Proxy Logging, Auditing, and Egress Visibility
Build audit trails for proxy egress: what to log, retention policies, and compliance-friendly observability for automation teams.
Build audit trails for proxy egress: what to log, retention policies, and compliance-friendly observability for automation teams.
What to log
- Egress proxy IP and ASN
- Target host (not always full URL with secrets)
- Status code and latency
- Pool slot ID and credential ID
- Worker job ID
Related: pool metrics.
Retention and access
Align retention with GDPR and internal policy. Restrict log access to ops roles. Redact query strings containing tokens.
Alerting
Alert on block rate spikes, cert failures, and geographic anomalies — often security signals not just quality issues.
Related: security risks overview.
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