Recording changes to the config to a log

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Hello,
I am still trying to figure out the mess of a router I inherited, but now I want to do this in a more controlled and collected way.
I was searching online for something like this but came up empty-handed.

What I Want:
Whenever there’s a change in the config of the router, save the time date and the config that was changed along with the previous value.

This will be a great tool to see which changes broke something and revert them, instead of breaking and reverting the whole config every time.

So do any of you know of a way to do this?
Thanks

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If its a mess make a backup file and export the config.
Then reset to defaults and slowly put the required settings back in minus any extra not essential.
THe exported config can be printed or up on a second monitor for reference purposes, but suggesting dont copy and paste,
understand the purpose of each rule/setting.

Finally, if you know the requirements-use cases of users and devices then that will guide the setup. Focus less on teh old config and more on the requirements as understood.

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System → History in Winbox.

Not sure how long the history there lasts though.

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And Safe mode.
If some setting causes things to break, it will be noticeable rather fast (usually at the same time as the “Oops”-moment).

Safe mode will then revert things back on its own.

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Unfortunately that does not give any real detail.

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Well as much as I appreciate your feedback, it is seriously not feasible, as that would mean a downtime of a couple of days to go with this approach. The 2 hours downtime I had before were more than enough to get people on edge.

So there’s no way to actually log any changes in the router’s config? I mean, that kind of thing could save a company from experiencing the same thing that happened to Facebook. If they had an automatic log it would not have taken them that long to bring services up as diagnosing the problem would have been a breeze.