Ask HN: How do you handle audit logs in your systems?

Re:Ask HN: How do you handle audit logs in your systems? by mrkeen on Monday July 28, 2025 @12:26AM (#44707236)

First hypothetical: If your "audit" logging suggests a different reality than your database, which one should you trust?

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Re:Ask HN: How do you handle audit logs in your systems? by tianqi on Monday July 28, 2025 @02:57AM (#44708002)

I personally would not assume that there is a question of ‘which one to trust’. In this case I would know that something has gone wrong and use both of these two as clues only to find the root cause which made them different.

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