Reviewing the audit log for your organization

Accessing the audit log

The audit log lists actions performed within the last 90 days. Only owners can access an organization's audit log.

1. In the top right corner of GitHub Enterprise, click your profile photo, then click Your profile.
   
2. On the left side of your profile page, under "Organizations", click the icon for your organization.
   
3. Under your organization name, click Settings.
   
4. In the Settings sidebar, click Audit log.
   

Searching the audit log

The log lists the following information about each action:

• Which repository an action was performed in
• The user that performed the action
• The action that was performed
• Which country the action took place in
• The date and time the action occurred

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. For more information, see "Searching on GitHub."

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; searching for just repo: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 both octocat and hubot.
• -actor:hubot excludes all events performed by hubot.

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

Search based on the action performed

To search for specific events, use the action qualifier in your query. Actions listed in the audit log are grouped within the following categories:

Category Name	Description
discussion_post	Contains all activities related to discussions posted to a team page.
discussion_post_reply	Contains all activities related to replies to discussions posted to a team page.
hook	Contains all activities related to webhooks.
integration_installation_request	Contains all activities related to organization member requests for owners to approve integrations for use in the organization.
org	Contains all activities related to organization membership
profile_picture	Contains all activities related to your organization's profile picture.
project	Contains all activities related to project boards.
protected_branch	Contains all activities related to protected branches.
repo	Contains all activities related to the repositories owned by your organization.
repository_vulnerability_alert	Contains all activities related to security alerts for vulnerable dependencies.
team	Contains all activities related to teams in your organization.
team_discussions	Contains activities related to managing team discussions for an organization.

You can search for specific sets of actions using these terms. For example:

• action:team finds all events grouped within the team category.
• -action:hook excludes all events in the webhook category.

Each category has a set of associated events that you can filter on. For example:

• action:team.create finds all events where a team was created.
• -action:hook.events_changed excludes all events where the events on a webhook have been altered.

This list describes the available categories and associated events:

• The discussion_post category
• The discussion_post_reply category
• The hook category
• The integration_installation_request category
• The issue category
• The org category
• The oauth_application category
• The profile_picture category
• The project category
• The protected_branch category
• The repo category
• The repository_vulnerability_alert category
• The team category
• The team_discussions category

The discussion_post category

Action	Description
update	Triggered when a team discussion post is edited.
destroy	Triggered when a team discussion post is deleted.

The discussion_post_reply category

Action	Description
update	Triggered when a reply to a team discussion post is edited.
destroy	Triggered when a reply to a team discussion post is deleted.

The hook category

Action	Description
create	Triggered when a new hook was added to a repository owned by your organization.
config_changed	Triggered when an existing hook has its configuration altered.
destroy	Triggered when an existing hook was removed from a repository.
events_changed	Triggered when the events on a hook have been altered.

The integration_installation_request category

Action	Description
create	Triggered when an organization member requests that an organization owner install an integration for use in the organization.
close	Triggered when a request to install an integration for use in an organization is either approved or denied by an organization owner, or canceled by the organization member who opened the request.

The issue category

Action	Description
destroy	Triggered when an organization owner or someone with admin permissions in a repository deletes an issue from an organization-owned repository.

The org category

Action	Description
disable_member_team_creation_permission	Triggered when an organization owner limits team creation to owners. For more information, see "Setting team creation permissions in your organization."
disable_two_factor_requirement	Triggered when an owner disables a two-factor authentication requirement for all members and outside collaborators in an organization.
enable_member_team_creation_permission	Triggered when an organization owner allows members to create teams. For more information, see "Setting team creation permissions in your organization."
enable_two_factor_requirement	Triggered when an owner requires two-factor authentication for all members and outside collaborators in an organization.
invite_member	Triggered when a new user was invited to join your organization.
remove_member	Triggered when an owner removes a member from an organization or when two-factor authentication is required in an organization and an organization member doesn't use 2FA or disables 2FA. Also triggered when an organization member removes themselves from an organization.
remove_outside_collaborator	Triggered when an owner removes an outside collaborator from an organization or when two-factor authentication is required in an organization and an outside collaborator does not use 2FA or disables 2FA.
update_default_repository_permission	Triggered when an owner changes the default repository permission level for organization members.
update_member	Triggered when an owner changes a person's role from owner to member or member to owner.
update_member_repository_creation_permission	Triggered when an owner changes the create repository permission for organization members.

The oauth_application category

Action	Description
create	Triggered when a new OAuth App is created.
destroy	Triggered when an existing OAuth App is deleted.
reset_secret	Triggered when an OAuth App's client secret is reset.
revoke_tokens	Triggered when an OAuth App's user tokens are revoked.
transfer	Triggered when an existing OAuth App is transferred to a new organization.

The profile_picture category

Action	Description
update	Triggered when you set or update your organization's profile picture.

The project category

Action	Description
create	Triggered when a project board is created.
link	Triggered when a repository is linked to a project board.
rename	Triggered when a project board is renamed.
update	Triggered when a project board is updated.
delete	Triggered when a project board is deleted.
unlink	Triggered when a repository is unlinked from a project board.
update_org_permission	Triggered when the base-level permission for all organization members is changed or removed.
update_team_permission	Triggered when a team's project board permission level is changed or when a team is added or removed from a project board.
update_user_permission	Triggered when an organization member or outside collaborator is added to or removed from a project board or has their permission level changed.

The protected_branch category

Action	Description
create	Triggered when branch protection is enabled on a branch.
destroy	Triggered when branch protection is disabled on a branch.
update_admin_enforced	Triggered when branch protection is enforced for repository administrators.
update_require_code_owner_review	Triggered when enforcement of required Code Owner review is updated on a branch.
dismiss_stale_reviews	Triggered when enforcement of dismissing stale pull requests is updated on a branch.
update_signature_requirement_enforcement_level	Triggered when enforcement of required commit signing is updated on a branch.
update_pull_request_reviews_enforcement_level	Triggered when enforcement of required pull request reviews is updated on a branch.
update_required_status_checks_enforcement_level	Triggered when enforcement of required status checks is updated on a branch.
rejected_ref_update	Triggered when a branch update attempt is rejected.
policy_override	Triggered when a branch protection requirement is overridden by a repository administrator.

The repo category

Action	Description
access	Triggered when a repository owned by an organization is switched from "private" to "public" (or vice versa).
add_member	Triggered when a user accepts an invitation to have collaboration access to a repository.
add_topic	Triggered when a repository admin adds a topic to a repository.
archived	Triggered when a repository admin archives a repository.
config.disable_anonymous_git_access	Triggered when anonymous Git read access is disabled in a public repository.
config.enable_anonymous_git_access	Triggered when anonymous Git read access is enabled in a public repository.
config.lock_anonymous_git_access	Triggered when a repository's anonymous Git read access setting is locked.
config.unlock_anonymous_git_access	Triggered when a repository's anonymous Git read access setting is unlocked.
create	Triggered when a new repository is created.
destroy	Triggered when a repository is deleted.
enable	Triggered when a repository is reenabled.
remove_member	Triggered when a user is removed from a repository as a collaborator.
remove_topic	Triggered when a repository admin removes a topic from a repository.
rename	Triggered when a repository is renamed.
transfer	Triggered when a repository is transferred.
transfer_start	Triggered when a repository transfer is about to occur.
unarchived	Triggered when a repository admin unarchives a repository.

The repository_vulnerability_alert category

Action	Description
create	Triggered when GitHub Enterprise creates a security alert for a vulnerable dependency in a particular repository.
resolve	Triggered when someone with write access to a repository pushes changes to update and resolve a vulnerability in a project dependency.
dismiss	Triggered when an organization owner or person with admin access to the repository dismisses a security alert about a vulnerable dependency.

The team category

Action	Description
add_member	Triggered when a member of an organization is added to a team.
add_repository	Triggered when a team is given control of a repository.
change_parent_team	Triggered when a child team is created or a child team's parent is changed.
change_privacy	Triggered when a team's privacy level is changed.
create	Triggered when a new team is created.
destroy	Triggered when a team is deleted from the organization.
remove_member	Triggered when a member of an organization is removed from a team.
remove_repository	Triggered when a repository is no longer under a team's control.

The team_discussions category

Action	Description
disable	Triggered when an organization owner disables team discussions for an organization. For more information, see "Disabling team discussions for your organization."
enable	Triggered when an organization owner enables team discussions for an organization.

Search based on time of action

Use the created qualifier to filter actions in the audit log based on when they occurred. Date formatting must follow the ISO8601 standard, which is YYYY-MM-DD (year-month-day). You can also add optional time information THH:MM:SS+00:00 after the date, to search by the hour, minute, and second. That's T, followed by HH:MM:SS (hour-minutes-seconds), and a UTC offset (+00:00).

Dates support greater than, less than, and range qualifiers. For example:

• created:2014-07-08 finds all events that occurred on July 8th, 2014.
• created:>=2014-07-08 finds all events that occurred on or after July 8th, 2014.
• created:<=2014-07-08 finds all events that occurred on or before July 8th, 2014.
• created:2014-07-01..2014-07-31 finds all events that occurred in the month of July 2014.

The audit log contains data for the past 90 days, but you can use the created qualifier to search for events earlier than that.

Search based on location

Using the qualifier country, you can filter actions in the audit log based on the originating country. You can use a country's two-letter short code or its full name. Keep in mind that countries with spaces in their name will need to be wrapped in quotation marks. For example:

• country:de finds all events that occurred in Germany.
• country:Mexico finds all events that occurred in Mexico.
• country:"United States" all finds events that occurred in the United States.

Further reading

• "Keeping your organization secure"