The chapter holds the source skeleton.
articles · clauses · principlesThis page does not flatten FDA CSA into a generic checklist. It identifies the specific source units that future interpretation, evidence objects, and public artifacts must trace back to.
FDA CSA final guidance
Primary source for risk-based assurance of production and quality management system software.
QMSR terminology revision
February 2026 revisions aligned CSA language with QMSR terminology.
Production software scope
Manufacturing, inspection, automation, and production controls can be in scope.
Quality management system software scope
eQMS, CAPA, complaint, supplier, document, and record systems may need CSA reasoning.
Objective evidence
Records should show what assurance activity happened and why it was adequate.
Unscripted testing
Can be appropriate when justified by intended use and risk.
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Current public sources for FDA CSA.
official firstThese links are the public source anchors for this workspace. Interpretation, checklists, and future assets should point back here before being reused outside iFeed.
FDA CSA guidance
2026-02 · Current final guidance on computer software assurance for production and quality management system software; it supersedes the September 2025 final guidance.
FDA CSA guidance PDF
2026-02 · Guidance history notes February 2026 revisions to align terminology with QMSR amendments to Part 820.