Reviewing your security log

Accessing your security log

The security log lists all actions performed within the last 90 days.

In the upper-right corner of any page on GitHub, click your profile photo, then click Settings.
In the "Archives" section of the sidebar, click Security log.

Searching your security log

The name for each audit log entry is composed of a category of events, followed by an operation type. For example, the repo.create entry refers to the create operation on the repo category.

Each audit log entry shows applicable information about an event, such as:

The enterprise or organization an action was performed in
The user (actor) who performed the action
The user affected by the action
Which repository an action was performed in
The action that was performed
Which country the action took place in
The date and time the action occurred
For actions outside of the web UI, how the user (actor) authenticated

Note that you cannot search for entries using text. You can, however, construct search queries using a variety of filters. Many operators used when querying the log, such as -, >, or <, match the same format as searching across GitHub Enterprise Server. For more information, see "About searching on GitHub."

Search based on operation

Use the operation qualifier to limit actions to specific types of operations. For example:

operation:access finds all events where a resource was accessed.
operation:authentication finds all events where an authentication event was performed.
operation:create finds all events where a resource was created.
operation:modify finds all events where an existing resource was modified.
operation:remove finds all events where an existing resource was removed.
operation:restore finds all events where an existing resource was restored.
operation:transfer finds all events where an existing resource was transferred.

Search based on repository

Use the repo qualifier to limit actions to a specific repository. For example:

repo:"my-org/our-repo" finds all events that occurred for the our-repo repository in the my-org organization.
repo:"my-org/our-repo" repo:"my-org/another-repo" finds all events that occurred for both the our-repo and another-repo repositories in the my-org organization.
-repo:"my-org/not-this-repo" excludes all events that occurred for the not-this-repo repository in the my-org organization.

Note that you must include the account name within the repo qualifier and put it in quotes or escape the / with a \; searching for just repo:our-repo or repo:my-org/our-repo will not work.

Search based on the user

The actor qualifier can scope events based on who performed the action. For example:

actor:octocat finds all events performed by octocat.
actor:octocat actor:hubot finds all events performed by octocat or hubot.
-actor:hubot excludes all events performed by hubot.

Note that you can only use a GitHub Enterprise Server username, not an individual's real name.

Search based on the action performed

The events listed in your security log are triggered by your actions. Actions are grouped into different categories. For the full list of events in each category, see "Security log events."

Category name	Description
`oauth_access`	Contains all activities related to OAuth access tokens.
`oauth_authorization`	Contains all activities related to authorizing OAuth apps. For more information, see "Authorizing OAuth apps."
`personal_access_token`	Contains activities related to fine-grained personal access tokens. For more information, see "Managing your personal access tokens."
`profile_picture`	Contains all activities related to your profile picture.
`project`	Contains all activities related to projects (classic).
`public_key`	Contains all activities related to your public SSH keys.
`repo`	Contains all activities related to the repositories you own.
`team`	Contains all activities related to teams you are a part of.
`two_factor_authentication`	Contains all activities related to two-factor authentication.
`user`	Contains all activities related to your account.