[Feature Request]: Audit log, page views, exports #2515

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OVERLORD · 2026-02-05T04:23:30+03:00

OVERLORD commented

2026-02-05 04:23:30 +03:00

Originally created by @Cave-Johnson on GitHub (Nov 30, 2021).

Describe the feature you'd like

Could we get more detail added to the audit log, have the option to show page views, attempts to access pages they don't have access to, exports of pages?

Stuff like page views i don't think should show by default as this would add a lot of noise to the audit log, but would be good to have as an option to show and search

Describe the benefits this feature would bring to BookStack users

Allow admins to have more granular monitoring of actions within bookstack. In sensitive environments it would be nice to track who has viewed a page and exported a page when dealing with potential IP theft cases.

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Originally created by @Cave-Johnson on GitHub (Nov 30, 2021). ### Describe the feature you'd like Could we get more detail added to the audit log, have the option to show page views, attempts to access pages they don't have access to, exports of pages? Stuff like page views i don't think should show by default as this would add a lot of noise to the audit log, but would be good to have as an option to show and search ### Describe the benefits this feature would bring to BookStack users Allow admins to have more granular monitoring of actions within bookstack. In sensitive environments it would be nice to track who has viewed a page and exported a page when dealing with potential IP theft cases. ### Additional context _No response_

OVERLORD added the 🌔 Out of scope 🔨 Feature Request labels 2026-02-05 04:23:30 +03:00

OVERLORD closed this issue

2026-02-05 04:23:33 +03:00

OVERLORD commented

2026-02-05 04:23:38 +03:00

@Cave-Johnson commented on GitHub (Nov 30, 2021):

Realise this is similar to https://github.com/BookStackApp/BookStack/issues/2173

Would enabling page view tracking work if it was a separate option to enable it? (with a warning about performance on large instances?)

@Cave-Johnson commented on GitHub (Nov 30, 2021): Realise this is similar to https://github.com/BookStackApp/BookStack/issues/2173 Would enabling page view tracking work if it was a separate option to enable it? (with a warning about performance on large instances?)

OVERLORD commented

2026-02-05 04:23:43 +03:00

@ssddanbrown commented on GitHub (Nov 30, 2021):

Would enabling page view tracking work if it was a separate option to enable it? (with a warning about performance on large instances?)

I try to keep away from adding optional features where possible. My other concern is just the about of events this would expand the system to (There are many different view operations this would touch) and the areas we'd need to add tracked events to.
We already track content views in a condensed format which provides much of what you might need (Last view per user per item).

The audit log is already what I'd consider a lesser-used area, I don't want to expand the maintenance scope too far for it.

@ssddanbrown commented on GitHub (Nov 30, 2021): > Would enabling page view tracking work if it was a separate option to enable it? (with a warning about performance on large instances?) I try to keep away from adding optional features where possible. My other concern is just the about of events this would expand the system to (There are many different `view` operations this would touch) and the areas we'd need to add tracked events to. We already track content views in a condensed format which provides much of what you might need (Last view per user per item). The audit log is already what I'd consider a lesser-used area, I don't want to expand the maintenance scope too far for it.

OVERLORD commented

2026-02-05 04:23:47 +03:00

@ssddanbrown commented on GitHub (Jan 7, 2022):

Since there's been no continued discussion I'll close this off as out of scope.

@ssddanbrown commented on GitHub (Jan 7, 2022): Since there's been no continued discussion I'll close this off as out of scope.

OVERLORD referenced this issue

2026-02-05 10:22:35 +03:00

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