Audit Log

You might say

An administrator changed a permission. Show who changed what, when, and whether the action succeeded or was denied.

An audit log records who did what to which object, when, and with what result.After an administrator changes the billing-editor role, an audit log can record the actor, time, target, action, and success or denial so the permission change can be investigated. It is different from an error log that explains a program failure and from monitoring that observes health signals; request data may contain sensitive information, so its scope and access need control.

Know first

Authorization Server Logs

Audit Log

How one permission change leaves traceable evidence

Admin permission audituser_42 became admin

app logpermission updated

actorunknown

source and timeunknown

EvidenceOnly the result remains, without action context

The team cannot identify who changed the role or when.

Which questions an audit log should answer

Make the action visible: Knowing only that the current permission changed is not enough. Connect the actor, time, target, action, and success or denial result so the team can reconstruct the security-relevant operation.

Return investigation to the permission flow: If a member suddenly loses checkout access, filter records by account, role, and time, then check whether the request succeeded and which identity source was involved. Fix the cause and verify a new searchable record; without accessible records, the sequence cannot be reconstructed reliably.

A second scenario: correcting a medical record: When a medical record is corrected, the audit log should connect the actor, time, target record, change, and result so the team can reconstruct who changed what. Unrelated sensitive content should not be copied into the log in full.

Quick checkChoose the best answer

Someone removed a finance-team member's checkout permission. Which evidence should you use first?

Find an audit record with the actor, time, target permission, action, and resultSearch only server error logs; no error means no permission changedUse the day's request-volume chart to infer which administrator acted from the peak

You can say this to an AI Agent

Add audit logging for administrator permission changes. Record at least the actor, time, target account or role, action, and success or denial result. Do not write passwords or unnecessary sensitive content to the log. Verify one successful and one denied change, show that both records are searchable, and state who can access them.

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