# Viewing drift
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You can view the drift status for your accounts and OUs through the console or APIs, and identify when account and OU configurations are *drifted*, or out of sync. Drift status also is communicated with SNS messages. For more information about receiving these SNS messages, see [Guidance on subscribing to SNS Topics](https://docs.aws.amazon.com//controltower/latest/userguide/sns-guidance.html).

To view OU and account drift status in the console, navigate to the **Organization** page, and then select the OUs or accounts that you wish to inspect. 

To view drift status for OUs and accounts programmatically, call the [https://docs.aws.amazon.com//controltower/latest/APIReference/API_ListEnabledBaselines.html](https://docs.aws.amazon.com//controltower/latest/APIReference/API_ListEnabledBaselines.html) API to view statuses for your enabled baselines. To view statuses for individual accounts programmatically with the `ListEnabledBaselines` API, use the `includeChildren` flag. You can filter by these statuses, and see only the accounts and OUs that require your attention.

**Note**  
AWS Control Tower generates a [lifecycle event](https://docs.aws.amazon.com//controltower/latest/userguide/lifecycle-events.html) when each drift remediation operation is completed.