[DOCS-16302] [SERVER] Update description of `uuid` field in audit log messages Created: 04/Aug/23  Updated: 30/Oct/23  Resolved: 08/Aug/23

Status: Closed
Project: Documentation
Component/s: manual, Server
Affects Version/s: None
Fix Version/s: Server_Docs_20231030

Type: Task Priority: Critical - P2
Reporter: Sara Golemon Assignee: Dave Cuthbert (Inactive)
Resolution: Fixed Votes: 0
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 Description   

On https://www.mongodb.com/docs/manual/reference/audit-message/ the 'uuid' field of audit log messages is described as the following:

Document that contains a universally unique identifier (UUID) for the audit message. The $type field specifies the BSON subtype for the $binary field. The $type value of 04 specifies that the $binary field contains a UUID.

This gives the impression that a given UUID will only appear once in any file.  This is incorrect.  The field identifies a UUID associated with the client connection which generated the audit event.  This value will be repeated across multiple records in a given audit file, once for each event generated by a single client connection.  Grouping events by common UUIDs allows the actions of a single client to be associated together into a single user session.



 Comments   
Comment by Sarah Olson [ 04/Aug/23 ]

Increasing priority due to the associated help ticket.

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