Post-market monitoring

By Jorge García Aibar Updated 2026-09-25

The AI Act Article 72 duty to actively monitor a high-risk system's performance and risks after deployment, throughout its lifetime ¹.

Developed in: ch. 18, Post-market monitoring and serious incidents (Articles 72 and 73)
Chapters: ch. 08, Regulatory Map · ch. 18, EU AI Act
Source: 1 numbered reference, listed below

Where it is used

12 chapters of the Body of Knowledge use the term. Each link opens the first section that does.

04 · The Stack Layer 05: Assurance & Continuous Compliance 2 mentions
05 · Patterns Pattern: Incident Pipeline 1 mention
06 · The Role What employers get wrong in the job description 1 mention
07 · Maturity Model How this relates to certification and other assessments 1 mention
08 · Regulatory Map EU AI Act, post-Omnibus 4 mentions
10 · Reading List Incident and risk repositories (the empirical record) 1 mention
13 · Risk Management The loop: identify, assess, treat, monitor 2 mentions
14 · Development Release readiness and conformity 4 mentions
17 · Incidents The response lifecycle 4 mentions
18 · EU AI Act Provider duties beyond the requirements 3 mentions
22 · Principles & Standards Harmonised standards under the AI Act 1 mention
23 · AI Agents EU AI Act hooks for agents 1 mention

Patterns that use this term

2 pattern pages use the term, most mentions first.

Drift & Fairness Monitor 3 mentions
Incident Pipeline 1 mention

Sources

[1] Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 (AI Act), consolidated text as amended by Regulation (EU) 2026/1744 (Digital Omnibus on AI, in force 27 Jul 2026; definitions in Art. 3, incl. 3(1), 3(3) to 3(14), 3(14b), 3(20), 3(22), 3(23), 3(29) to 3(32), 3(49), 3(55) to 3(57), 3(60), 3(61), 3(63), 3(68); Arts. 4, 5, 6 (incl. 6(3) third subparagraph, profiling), 9, 10, 11, 13, 14, 15, 17, 22 to 27 (incl. 26(11)), 40, 41, 43, 47, 48, 50, 53 (incl. 53(1)(c)), 55, 57, 60, 72, 73, 86; Annexes I, III, IV). Publications Office of the EU (EUR-Lex). 2026-07-27. https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2024/1689/2026-07-27/eng (verified: primary)

Definitions of legal terms paraphrase the cited text, which governs. Dated statements are as of 2026-09-24.

Cite this term

García Aibar, J. (2026). Post-market monitoring. In AI Governance Engineering: The Thesis & Body of Knowledge (v0.5.0), Glossary. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22956197. https://aigovernanceengineer.com/glossary/post-market-monitoring. CC BY 4.0

BibTeX

@misc{aige2026postmarketmonitoring,
  author  = {Jorge García Aibar},
  title   = {{Post-market monitoring}},
  note    = {Glossary, AI Governance Engineering: The Thesis \& Body of Knowledge, version 0.5.0},
  year    = {2026},
  doi     = {10.5281/zenodo.22956197},
  url     = {https://aigovernanceengineer.com/glossary/post-market-monitoring}
}

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