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Post-market monitoring

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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.

Post-market monitoring: mentions per chapter26 mentions of the term across 12 of the 23 chapters of the Body of Knowledge; the chapters the glossary cross-references are drawn solid.Cross-referenced chapterOther chapter04 The Stack: 2 mentions04 The Stack205 Patterns: 1 mention05 Patterns106 The Role: 1 mention06 The Role107 Maturity Model: 1 mention07 Maturity Model108 Regulatory Map: 4 mentions08 Regulatory Map410 Reading List: 1 mention10 Reading List113 Risk Management: 2 mentions13 Risk Management214 Development: 4 mentions14 Development417 Incidents: 4 mentions17 Incidents418 EU AI Act: 3 mentions18 EU AI Act322 Principles & Standards: 1 mention22 Principles & Standards123 AI Agents: 2 mentions23 AI Agents2No mentions in the other 11 chaptersSource: the Body of Knowledgev0.5.0
Post-market monitoring: mentions per chapter26 mentions of the term across 12 of the 23 chapters of the Body of Knowledge; the chapters the glossary cross-references are drawn solid.Cross-referenced chapterOther chapter0001020304 The Stack: 2 mentions20405 Patterns: 1 mention10506 The Role: 1 mention10607 Maturity Model: 1 mention10708 Regulatory Map: 4 mentions40810 Reading List: 1 mention110111213 Risk Management: 2 mentions21314 Development: 4 mentions414151617 Incidents: 4 mentions41718 EU AI Act: 3 mentions31819202122 Principles & Standards: 1 mention12223 AI Agents: 2 mentions223Source: the Body of Knowledge v0.5.0
Mentions per chapter How often each chapter names the term, with the chapters the glossary cross-references drawn solid. The longest bar is where to read the term in use; bars spread across many chapters mark a term that runs through the discipline.
Mentions as a table
Mentions of Post-market monitoring per chapter
ChapterMentionsCross-referenced
00 Preface0No
01 Definition0No
02 Why Now0No
03 Values & Principles0No
04 The Stack2No
05 Patterns1No
06 The Role1No
07 Maturity Model1No
08 Regulatory Map4Yes
10 Reading List1No
11 AI Defined0No
12 Governance Program0No
13 Risk Management2No
14 Development4No
15 Deployment0No
16 Fairness & XAI0No
17 Incidents4No
18 EU AI Act3Yes
19 Privacy & AI0No
20 Existing Law0No
21 AI Laws Worldwide0No
22 Principles & Standards1No
23 AI Agents2No

Patterns that use this term

2 pattern pages use the term, most mentions first.

Post-market monitoring: related terms and patternsThe term at the centre; related terms on solid edges, the terms it is contrasted with on dashed edges, and the patterns that use it most in the colour of their layer.RelatedColour: stack layer of the pattern04 Runtime Controls05 AssurancePost-market monitoringRelated terms (3)AI Act (EU) · RelatedAI Act (EU)Serious incident · RelatedSerious incidentTechnical documentation (Annex IV) · RelatedTechnical documentationPatterns using it (2)Drift & Fairness Monitor, 3 mentions · Uses the termDrift & Fairness MonitorIncident Pipeline, 1 mention · Uses the termIncident Pipeline
Post-market monitoring: related terms and patternsThe term at the centre; related terms on solid edges, the terms it is contrasted with on dashed edges, and the patterns that use it most in the colour of their layer.RelatedColour: stack layer of the pattern04 Runtime Controls05 AssuranceRelated terms (3)AI Act (EU) · RelatedAI Act (EU)Serious incident · RelatedSerious incidentTechnical documentation (Annex IV) · RelatedTechnical documentationPatterns using it (2)Drift & Fairness Monitor, 3 mentions · Uses the termDrift & Fairness MonitorIncident Pipeline, 1 mention · Uses the termIncident PipelinePost-marketmonitoring
The term's neighbourhood Terms related to this one on solid edges, terms it is often confused with on dashed edges, and the patterns that use it most in the colour of their layer. Follow a dashed edge to check the distinction before you use either term.
Neighbourhood as a table
Neighbourhood of Post-market monitoring
FamilyItemRelation
Related termsAI Act (EU)Related
Related termsSerious incidentRelated
Related termsTechnical documentation (Annex IV)Related
Patterns using itDrift & Fairness Monitor, 3 mentionsUses the term
Patterns using itIncident Pipeline, 1 mentionUses the term
  • Serious incident

    Under AI Act Article 3(49), an incident or malfunction of an AI system that directly or indirectly leads to (a) a death or serious harm to health, (b) serious…

  • Technical documentation (Annex IV)

    The provider's technical file for a high-risk AI system, drawn up before placing on the market and kept up to date under Article 11: description, development…

  • AI Act (EU)

    Regulation (EU) 2024/1689, the EU's horizontal, risk-tiered law for AI, amended by the Digital Omnibus.

Sources

  1. [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)

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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}
}