Users ignore novel-length changelogs unless the headline matters to their workflow. Distribution channels—email, Slack, Twitter—need tight URLs.
One slug per ship train
/june-ship or /2-14-fixes becomes the canonical share for CS macros, sales enablement, and community posts.
Support templates
Agents paste the same short link when a ticket maps to a known fix—faster than searching Notion.
Deprecation notices
When features sunset, /legacy-api should evolve into migration guides, not 404s.
Enterprise buyers
Procurement forwards links in PDFs. Readable paths survive legal redlines aesthetically.
Product marketing can create Octilink URLs during launch war rooms without waiting for engineering deploy windows.