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title: "Image layers and copy-on-write"
description: "How can you trace a file change over immutable image layers?"
status: "coming-soon"
language: "en"
canonical: "https://bulnik.dev/en/articles/topics/T27.04/"
topicId: "T27.04"
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> Coming soon — this article is being prepared. Below are its question, intended outcome, and place in the story.

## The question

How can you trace a file change over immutable image layers?

## What we will work through

Trace a file change over immutable image layers.

## Before you begin

Previously covered: Images, containers, and processes.

- [Images, containers, and processes](/en/articles/topics/T27.01/)