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# Passport Drafts

> How draft passports work in tieback: staged, editable content that is not yet bound to the published, immutable snapshot served to consumers.

A passport **draft** is a staged, editable working copy of a passport's content and configuration. Drafts let editors compose and review passports without exposing them through the resolver and without committing the immutable snapshot that publication produces.

## Draft vs Published

| Property                             | Draft                               | Published                  |
| ------------------------------------ | ----------------------------------- | -------------------------- |
| Visible at the resolver URL          | No                                  | Yes                        |
| Editable                             | Yes                                 | No (immutable snapshot)    |
| Counted against mint volume          | No                                  | Yes                        |
| Affected by template / theme changes | Yes, reflects current configuration | No, frozen at publish time |

## Lifecycle

#### Create a draft

Editors start a draft from the product detail surface or from a previously published passport
that needs an amended successor.

#### Iterate

Modify content, change template, switch theme, attach Market Packs. Use the live preview to
verify rendering.

#### Publish

Publishing creates the immutable snapshot, generates the HTML artifact, and exposes the passport
at the resolver URL.

## Drafts and Governance

Drafts are not subject to break-glass workflows because nothing public has been issued yet. Once published, the passport becomes immutable and any subsequent change requires re-publication or, for narrowly scoped corrections, a governed break-glass amendment.

## Related Docs

* [Passport Operations](/passports/passport-operations)
* [Publication Lifecycle](/passports/publication-lifecycle)
* [Break-Glass Amendments](/passports/controlled-update-break-glass)