Audit event streaming examples

The following sections provide examples of audit event streaming.

Audit event streaming on Git operations

Introduced in GitLab 14.9 with a flag named audit_event_streaming_git_operations. Disabled by default.

Enabled on GitLab.com in GitLab 15.0.

Enabled on self-managed in GitLab 15.1 by default.

details.author_class field introduced in GitLab 15.3.

Generally available in GitLab 15.6. Feature flag audit_event_streaming_git_operations removed.

Streaming audit events can be sent when authenticated users push, pull, or clone a project's remote Git repositories:

Using SSH.
Using HTTP or HTTPS.
Using Download ({download}) in GitLab UI.

Audit events are not captured for users that are not signed in. For example, when downloading a public project.

To configure streaming audit events for Git operations, see Add a new HTTP destination.

Headers

X-Gitlab-Audit-Event-Type introduced in GitLab 15.0.

Headers are formatted as follows:

POST /logs HTTP/1.1
Host: <DESTINATION_HOST>
Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded
X-Gitlab-Event-Streaming-Token: <DESTINATION_TOKEN>
X-Gitlab-Audit-Event-Type: repository_git_operation

Example payloads for Git over SSH events

Fetch:

{
  "id": 1,
  "author_id": 1,
  "entity_id": 29,
  "entity_type": "Project",
  "details": {
    "author_name": "Administrator",
    "author_class": "User",
    "target_id": 29,
    "target_type": "Project",
    "target_details": "example-project",
    "custom_message": {
      "protocol": "ssh",
      "action": "git-upload-pack"
    },
    "ip_address": "127.0.0.1",
    "entity_path": "example-group/example-project"
  },
  "ip_address": "127.0.0.1",
  "author_name": "Administrator",
  "entity_path": "example-group/example-project",
  "target_details": "example-project",
  "created_at": "2022-02-23T06:21:05.283Z",
  "target_type": "Project",
  "target_id": 29,
  "event_type": "repository_git_operation"
}

Push:

{
  "id": 1,
  "author_id": 1,
  "entity_id": 29,
  "entity_type": "Project",
  "details": {
    "author_name": "Administrator",
    "author_class": "User",
    "target_id": 29,
    "target_type": "Project",
    "target_details": "example-project",
    "custom_message": {
      "protocol": "ssh",
      "action": "git-receive-pack"
    },
    "ip_address": "127.0.0.1",
    "entity_path": "example-group/example-project"
  },
  "ip_address": "127.0.0.1",
  "author_name": "Administrator",
  "entity_path": "example-group/example-project",
  "target_details": "example-project",
  "created_at": "2022-02-23T06:23:08.746Z",
  "target_type": "Project",
  "target_id": 29,
  "event_type": "repository_git_operation"
}

Example payloads for Git over SSH events with Deploy Key

Introduced in GitLab 15.3.

Fetch:

{
  "id": 1,
  "author_id": -3,
  "entity_id": 29,
  "entity_type": "Project",
  "details": {
    "author_name": "deploy-key-name",
    "author_class": "DeployKey",
    "target_id": 29,
    "target_type": "Project",
    "target_details": "example-project",
    "custom_message": {
      "protocol": "ssh",
      "action": "git-upload-pack"
    },
    "ip_address": "127.0.0.1",
    "entity_path": "example-group/example-project"
  },
  "ip_address": "127.0.0.1",
  "author_name": "deploy-key-name",
  "entity_path": "example-group/example-project",
  "target_details": "example-project",
  "created_at": "2022-07-26T05:43:53.662Z",
  "target_type": "Project",
  "target_id": 29,
  "event_type": "repository_git_operation"
}

Example payloads for Git over HTTP and HTTPS events

Fetch:

{
  "id": 1,
  "author_id": 1,
  "entity_id": 29,
  "entity_type": "Project",
  "details": {
    "author_name": "Administrator",
    "author_class": "User",
    "target_id": 29,
    "target_type": "Project",
    "target_details": "example-project",
    "custom_message": {
      "protocol": "http",
      "action": "git-upload-pack"
    },
    "ip_address": "127.0.0.1",
    "entity_path": "example-group/example-project"
  },
  "ip_address": "127.0.0.1",
  "author_name": "Administrator",
  "entity_path": "example-group/example-project",
  "target_details": "example-project",
  "created_at": "2022-02-23T06:25:43.938Z",
  "target_type": "Project",
  "target_id": 29,
  "event_type": "repository_git_operation"
}

Push:

{
  "id": 1,
  "author_id": 1,
  "entity_id": 29,
  "entity_type": "Project",
  "details": {
    "author_name": "Administrator",
    "author_class": "User",
    "target_id": 29,
    "target_type": "Project",
    "target_details": "example-project",
    "custom_message": {
      "protocol": "http",
      "action": "git-receive-pack"
    },
    "ip_address": "127.0.0.1",
    "entity_path": "example-group/example-project"
  },
  "ip_address": "127.0.0.1",
  "author_name": "Administrator",
  "entity_path": "example-group/example-project",
  "target_details": "example-project",
  "created_at": "2022-02-23T06:26:29.294Z",
  "target_type": "Project",
  "target_id": 29,
  "event_type": "repository_git_operation"
}

Example payloads for Git over HTTP and HTTPS events with Deploy Token

Fetch:

{
  "id": 1,
  "author_id": -2,
  "entity_id": 22,
  "entity_type": "Project",
  "details": {
    "author_name": "deploy-token-name",
    "author_class": "DeployToken",
    "target_id": 22,
    "target_type": "Project",
    "target_details": "example-project",
    "custom_message": {
      "protocol": "http",
      "action": "git-upload-pack"
    },
    "ip_address": "127.0.0.1",
    "entity_path": "example-group/example-project"
  },
  "ip_address": "127.0.0.1",
  "author_name": "deploy-token-name",
  "entity_path": "example-group/example-project",
  "target_details": "example-project",
  "created_at": "2022-07-26T05:46:25.850Z",
  "target_type": "Project",
  "target_id": 22,
  "event_type": "repository_git_operation"
}

Example payloads for events from GitLab UI download button

Fetch:

{
  "id": 1,
  "author_id": 99,
  "entity_id": 29,
  "entity_type": "Project",
  "details": {
    "custom_message": "Repository Download Started",
    "author_name": "example_username",
    "author_class": "User",
    "target_id": 29,
    "target_type": "Project",
    "target_details": "example-group/example-project",
    "ip_address": "127.0.0.1",
    "entity_path": "example-group/example-project"
  },
  "ip_address": "127.0.0.1",
  "author_name": "example_username",
  "entity_path": "example-group/example-project",
  "target_details": "example-group/example-project",
  "created_at": "2022-02-23T06:27:17.873Z",
  "target_type": "Project",
  "target_id": 29,
  "event_type": "repository_git_operation"
}

Audit event streaming on merge request approval actions

Introduced in GitLab 14.9.

Stream audit events that relate to merge approval actions performed in a project.

Headers

Headers are formatted as follows:

POST /logs HTTP/1.1
Host: <DESTINATION_HOST>
Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded
X-Gitlab-Event-Streaming-Token: <DESTINATION_TOKEN>
X-Gitlab-Audit-Event-Type: audit_operation

Example payload

{
  "id": 1,
  "author_id": 1,
  "entity_id": 6,
  "entity_type": "Project",
  "details": {
    "author_name": "example_username",
    "target_id": 20,
    "target_type": "MergeRequest",
    "target_details": "merge request title",
    "custom_message": "Approved merge request",
    "ip_address": "127.0.0.1",
    "entity_path": "example-group/example-project"
  },
  "ip_address": "127.0.0.1",
  "author_name": "example_username",
  "entity_path": "example-group/example-project",
  "target_details": "merge request title",
  "created_at": "2022-03-09T06:53:11.181Z",
  "target_type": "MergeRequest",
  "target_id": 20,
  "event_type": "audit_operation"
}

Audit event streaming on merge request create actions

Introduced in GitLab 15.2.

Stream audit events that relate to merge request create actions using the /logs endpoint.

Send API requests that contain the X-Gitlab-Audit-Event-Type header with value merge_request_create. GitLab responds with JSON payloads with an event_type field set to merge_request_create.

Headers

Headers are formatted as follows:

POST /logs HTTP/1.1
Host: <DESTINATION_HOST>
Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded
X-Gitlab-Audit-Event-Type: merge_request_create
X-Gitlab-Event-Streaming-Token: <DESTINATION_TOKEN>

Example payload

{
  "id": 1,
  "author_id": 1,
  "entity_id": 24,
  "entity_type": "Project",
  "details": {
    "author_name": "example_user",
    "target_id": 132,
    "target_type": "MergeRequest",
    "target_details": "Update test.md",
    "custom_message": "Added merge request",
    "ip_address": "127.0.0.1",
    "entity_path": "example-group/example-project"
  },
  "ip_address": "127.0.0.1",
  "author_name": "Administrator",
  "entity_path": "example-group/example-project",
  "target_details": "Update test.md",
  "created_at": "2022-07-04T00:19:22.675Z",
  "target_type": "MergeRequest",
  "target_id": 132,
  "event_type": "merge_request_create"
}

Audit event streaming on project fork actions

Introduced in GitLab 15.2.

Stream audit events that relate to project fork actions using the /logs endpoint.

Send API requests that contain the X-Gitlab-Audit-Event-Type header with value project_fork_operation. GitLab responds with JSON payloads with an event_type field set to project_fork_operation.

Headers

Headers are formatted as follows:

POST /logs HTTP/1.1
Host: <DESTINATION_HOST>
Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded
X-Gitlab-Audit-Event-Type: project_fork_operation
X-Gitlab-Event-Streaming-Token: <DESTINATION_TOKEN>

Example payload

{
  "id": 1,
  "author_id": 1,
  "entity_id": 24,
  "entity_type": "Project",
  "details": {
    "author_name": "example_username",
    "target_id": 24,
    "target_type": "Project",
    "target_details": "example-project",
    "custom_message": "Forked project to another-group/example-project-forked",
    "ip_address": "127.0.0.1",
    "entity_path": "example-group/example-project"
  },
  "ip_address": "127.0.0.1",
  "author_name": "example_username",
  "entity_path": "example-group/example-project",
  "target_details": "example-project",
  "created_at": "2022-06-30T03:43:35.384Z",
  "target_type": "Project",
  "target_id": 24,
  "event_type": "project_fork_operation"
}

Audit event streaming on project group link actions

Introduced in GitLab 15.2.

Stream audit events that relate to project group link creation, updates, and deletion using the /logs endpoint.

Send API requests that contain the X-Gitlab-Audit-Event-Type header with value of either:

project_group_link_create.
project_group_link_update.
project_group_link_destroy.

GitLab responds with JSON payloads with an event_type field set to either:

project_group_link_create.
project_group_link_update.
project_group_link_destroy.

Example Headers

Headers are formatted as follows:

POST /logs HTTP/1.1
Host: <DESTINATION_HOST>
Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded
X-Gitlab-Audit-Event-Type: project_group_link_create
X-Gitlab-Event-Streaming-Token: <DESTINATION_TOKEN>

Example payload for project group link create

{
  "id": 1,
  "author_id": 1,
  "entity_id": 24,
  "entity_type": "Project",
  "details": {
    "author_name": "example-user",
    "target_id": 31,
    "target_type": "Group",
    "target_details": "another-group",
    "custom_message": "Added project group link",
    "ip_address": "127.0.0.1",
    "entity_path": "example-group/example-project"
  },
  "ip_address": "127.0.0.1",
  "author_name": "example-user",
  "entity_path": "example-group/example-project",
  "target_details": "another-group",
  "created_at": "2022-07-04T00:43:09.318Z",
  "target_type": "Group",
  "target_id": 31,
  "event_type": "project_group_link_create"
}

Example payload for project group link update

{
  "id": 1,
  "author_id": 1,
  "entity_id": 24,
  "entity_type": "Project",
  "details": {
    "author_name": "example-user",
    "target_id": 31,
    "target_type": "Group",
    "target_details": "another-group",
    "custom_message": "Changed project group link profile group_access from Developer to Guest",
    "ip_address": "127.0.0.1",
    "entity_path": "example-group/example-project"
  },
  "ip_address": "127.0.0.1",
  "author_name": "example-user",
  "entity_path": "example-group/example-project",
  "target_details": "another-group",
  "created_at": "2022-07-04T00:43:28.328Z",
  "target_type": "Group",
  "target_id": 31,
  "event_type": "project_group_link_update"
}

Example payload for project group link delete

{
  "id": 1,
  "author_id": 1,
  "entity_id": 24,
  "entity_type": "Project",
  "details": {
    "author_name": "example-user",
    "target_id": 31,
    "target_type": "Group",
    "target_details": "another-group",
    "custom_message": "Removed project group link",
    "ip_address": "127.0.0.1",
    "entity_path": "example-group/example-project"
  },
  "ip_address": "127.0.0.1",
  "author_name": "example-user",
  "entity_path": "example-group/example-project",
  "target_details": "another-group",
  "created_at": "2022-07-04T00:42:56.279Z",
  "target_type": "Group",
  "target_id": 31,
  "event_type": "project_group_link_destroy"
}

Audit event streaming on invalid merge request approver state

Introduced in GitLab 15.5.

Stream audit events that relate to invalid merge request approver states in a project.

Headers

Headers are formatted as follows:

POST /logs HTTP/1.1
Host: <DESTINATION_HOST>
Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded
X-Gitlab-Event-Streaming-Token: <DESTINATION_TOKEN>
X-Gitlab-Audit-Event-Type: audit_operation

Example payload

{
  "id": 1,
  "author_id": 1,
  "entity_id": 6,
  "entity_type": "Project",
  "details": {
    "author_name": "example_username",
    "target_id": 20,
    "target_type": "MergeRequest",
    "target_details": { title: "Merge request title", iid: "Merge request iid", id: "Merge request id" },
    "custom_message": "Invalid merge request approver rules",
    "ip_address": "127.0.0.1",
    "entity_path": "example-group/example-project"
  },
  "ip_address": "127.0.0.1",
  "author_name": "example_username",
  "entity_path": "example-group/example-project",
  "target_details": "merge request title",
  "created_at": "2022-03-09T06:53:11.181Z",
  "target_type": "MergeRequest",
  "target_id": 20,
  "event_type": "audit_operation"
}