Get an audit event

GET /v1/audit-events/{event_id} · permission audit-events:read

Returns one audit record from either stream (admin or application).

Request

Parameter	In	Required	Description
`event_id`	path	yes	Audit record id, prefixed with `evt_`.

Response

200 OK and the record, in the same shape as an item of List audit events. Empty fields are null.

ip and user_agent are present only when the key has the audit-events:read_ip permission (filled only for records younger than 13 months); without it the fields are left out entirely.

{
  "id": "evt_01j9xk3m7q8r2s4t6v8w0y2z4a",
  "stream": "admin",
  "seq": 4182,
  "schema_version": 1,
  "action": "user.blocked",
  "category": "administration",
  "outcome": "success",
  "reason_code": null,
  "occurred_at": "2026-10-01T08:15:42.120Z",
  "received_at": "2026-10-01T08:15:42.131Z",
  "recorded_at": "2026-10-01T08:15:42.140Z",
  "clock_anomaly": false,
  "actor_type": "api_key",
  "actor_id": "key_01j9xk3m7q8r2s4t6v8w0y2z4d",
  "act_chain": null,
  "session_id": null,
  "auth_context": null,
  "elevation_ref": null,
  "org_id": null,
  "targets": [
    {"type": "user", "id": "usr_0a1b2c3d4e5f6g7h8j9k0m1n2p", "org_id": null, "name": null}
  ],
  "application_id": null,
  "ip": "203.0.113.7",
  "ip_prefix": "203.0.113.0/24",
  "ip_country": "DE",
  "ip_asn": 64500,
  "user_agent": "keenauth-go/1.4.0 (go/1.25.3)",
  "user_agent_family": "keenauth-go",
  "request_id": "0192a6c1-7d3e-7a10-9b2c-3d4e5f607182",
  "correlation_id": null,
  "trace_id": "4bf92f3577b34da6a3ce929d0e0e4736",
  "producer_service": "directory",
  "policy_ref": "perm:users:write",
  "changes": {"status": {"old": "active", "new": "blocked"}},
  "metadata": null,
  "prev_hash": "n4bQgYhMfWWaL-qgxVrQFaO_TxsrC4Is0V1sFbDwCgg",
  "org_prev_hash": null,
  "record_hash": "LCa0a2j_xo_5m0U8HTBBNBNCLXBkg7-g-YpeiGJm564"
}

Errors

Every error is an application/problem+json body with a stable code.

HTTP	`code`	When
401	`unauthenticated`	The API key is missing, invalid or revoked.
403	`insufficient_permissions`	The key lacks `audit-events:read`.
404	`not_found`	The record does not exist, belongs to another environment, is outside the retention window, or the id is malformed.
429	`rate_limited`	The rate limit was exceeded; honor `Retry-After`.
503	`service_unavailable`	A dependency is temporarily unavailable; retry later.

Example

curl https://api.eu.keenauth.com/v1/audit-events/evt_01j9xk3m7q8r2s4t6v8w0y2z4a \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $KEENAUTH_SECRET_KEY"

keenauth audit-events get evt_01j9xk3m7q8r2s4t6v8w0y2z4a

Personal data

This endpoint carries personal data: audit events. Personal data in the KeenAuth APIs describes what is stored, how long it is kept and how it is deleted. Do not send special categories of personal data (health, biometric data, religion, political opinions, sexual orientation) in any field.