Record metadata
type: "Glossary term"
title: "Audit trail"
description: "A trustworthy record of what an agent read, decided and did."
tags: [glossary]
generated: { by: human:crpage, at: 2026-07-09T09:44:00Z }
aliases: "audit trail; auditability"
status: stable
Definition
A trustworthy record of what an agent read, which instructions influenced it, which tools it invoked, what it changed and under whose authority — strategic for public-sector scrutiny and the ATRS.
Used in this bundle
Appears in: observability-and-provenance, atrs.
provenance, consent.