Audit Trail Chain Fix and Accepted Link Breaks

Audit Trail chain fix

Plans: Plans that include the Audit Trail (The Growth and above) Where: Audit Trail; GET /api/v1/audit-trail/verify Versions: backend 2.7.0

Who benefits: CTOs, IT managers and auditors who rely on the Audit Trail as evidence.

Entries written at the same moment can no longer fork the hash chain. Verification now reports every break, not just the first, and historic link breaks that were reviewed and approved show as Accepted.

How to use it

1. Click Audit Trail and look at the status icon next to each Seq #. A blue info icon means a historic link break that was accepted. Hover over it to read Link break accepted (<reference>).
2. Call GET /api/v1/audit-trail/verify for the full result. New fields include breaks, breakCount, acceptedBreaks, scanComplete and effectiveBoundarySeq. See Audit Trail Verify API.
3. Auditors: read Audit Trail Integrity and Accepted Link Breaks for what to ask for as evidence.