Ozzzkar•2mo ago

Post auth log example not working

Hi, I tried to use the post auth log example here with Zitadel v4.0.0-rc.2 https://github.com/zitadel/actions/blob/main/examples/post_auth_log.js however nothing shows up in the logs. Tried with both text format and json, and enabled the debug level logging.

    Log:
      Formatter:
        Format: text
      Level: debug

    Log:
      Formatter:
        Format: text
      Level: debug

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OzzzkarOP•2mo ago

or if there's another way to get useful audit logs when stuff is happening (other than just http request logs) I tried adding an action that uses zitadel/http, but it seems this doesn't run either, cause there was no http request received on the server side. Could it be that Zitadel v4 only enables Actions v2 and not v1 and my Actions added to the Actions tab in the top menu are v1? when I click Actions in the top menu, it says

Actions V2 a new, improved version of Actions is now available. The current version is still accessible, but our future development will focus on the new one, which will eventually replace the current version.

and when I click Default Settings in the upper right, then click Actions in the left menu, it says

You are currently using the new Actions V2, which is in beta. The previous Version 1 is still available but will be discontinued in the future. Please report any issues or feedback.

a bit confusing. Also I get [internal] An internal error occurred (QUERY-y2u7vctrha) when I open this Actions page from the left menu I looked through the options in the admin console but I couldn't find a way to switch between v1/v2 or enable/disable actions v1/v2. Also nothing in the config file: https://zitadel.com/docs/self-hosting/manage/configure

Rajat•2mo ago

hey @Ozzzkar thnaks for raising this, checking

Rajat•2mo ago

hey @Ozzzkar both v1 and v2 should be available for now, you can enable/disable actions v2 from feature flag 🙂

Rajat•2mo ago

Also I get [internal] An internal error occurred (QUERY-y2u7vctrha) when I open this Actions page from the left menu can you pls share the link?

OzzzkarOP•2mo ago

I can't see that option anywhere. Maybe it was moved in v4? I'm using v4.0.0-rc.3 right now using self-hosted Zitadel. https://my-zitadel-domain.example.com/ui/console/instance?id=actions still the same with the latest rc.4 and 4.0.0 GA version, actions aren't running and I still can't find this option anywhere, which page is it on? @Rajat

Rajat•2mo ago

hey @Ozzzkar can I see some screenshots, what exactly ot running?. Is it action v2 pr v2? What did yoiu try? What did not work?

OzzzkarOP•2mo ago

enabled those many actions, but no actions running and no logs

Rajat•2mo ago

hey @Ozzzkar thanks! looking into it

OzzzkarOP•2mo ago

thanksss, appreciated! i could also open an issue on github 🙂 but it kinda feels like it's something silly however I installed rc.2 from scratch a few days ago and now i'm at rc.4

Rajat•2mo ago

ahh

OzzzkarOP•2mo ago

so i think it should work better out of the box

Rajat•2mo ago

let me deploy v4rc4 and see can you pls share your docker compose with me(remove any sensitive info/domains)

Rajat•2mo ago

I tried this action https://zitadel.com/docs/apis/actions/code-examples#check-authentication-error, it works 🙂

Rajat•2mo ago

I just deployed it on my docker-compose

OzzzkarOP•2mo ago

let's take it here 😄 the other thread was an issue reported by another person @Rajat i'm now able to see logs from action runs (written to stdout). I think it was basically because I was searching for the wrong keywords in the logs before. I now search for took because that's the only way to filter out all other warnings about missing translations (for English!?) that are written to stdout. Probably something that should be fixed. Anyway here's an example:

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{"logDate":"2025-07-30T11:38:07.68369996Z","took":1267859,"message":"action run succeeded","logLevel":"info","instanceId":"329851880840626827"}
    
2025-07-30 19:38:07.683    
{"logDate":"2025-07-30T11:38:07.683631852Z","took":0,"message":"successful login: username/redacted, timestamp/2025-07-30 11:38:04.611190808 +0000 UTC, appID/329851884011717259, remoteAddr/10.0.12.25:21698, request/{\"method\":\"GET\",\"url\":\"/login/externalidp/callback?iss=https%3A%2F%2Fcustomer.example.com%2F%7E\u0026code=VgKG8nT9mkqHTMwBTi3LNkS1hg8hL8Fl\u0026state=331147820113330508\",\"proto\":\"HTTP/1.1\",\"contentLength\":0,\"host\":\"zitadel-domain.example.com\",\"form\":{\"iss\":[\"https://customer.example.com/~\"],\"code\":[\"VgKG8nT9mkqHTMwBTi3LNkS1hg8hL8Fl\"],\"state\":[\"331147820113330508\"]},\"postForm\":{},\"remoteAddr\":\"10.0.12.25:21698\",\"headers\":{\
[..]
"Referer\":[\"https://customer.example.com/\"],\"Sec-Fetch-Mode\":[\"","logLevel":"info","instanceId":"329851880840626827"}
    
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{"logDate":"2025-07-30T11:38:07.682432123Z","took":0,"message":"action run started","logLevel":"info","instanceId":"329851880840626827"}

2025-07-30 19:38:07.683    
{"logDate":"2025-07-30T11:38:07.68369996Z","took":1267859,"message":"action run succeeded","logLevel":"info","instanceId":"329851880840626827"}
    
2025-07-30 19:38:07.683    
{"logDate":"2025-07-30T11:38:07.683631852Z","took":0,"message":"successful login: username/redacted, timestamp/2025-07-30 11:38:04.611190808 +0000 UTC, appID/329851884011717259, remoteAddr/10.0.12.25:21698, request/{\"method\":\"GET\",\"url\":\"/login/externalidp/callback?iss=https%3A%2F%2Fcustomer.example.com%2F%7E\u0026code=VgKG8nT9mkqHTMwBTi3LNkS1hg8hL8Fl\u0026state=331147820113330508\",\"proto\":\"HTTP/1.1\",\"contentLength\":0,\"host\":\"zitadel-domain.example.com\",\"form\":{\"iss\":[\"https://customer.example.com/~\"],\"code\":[\"VgKG8nT9mkqHTMwBTi3LNkS1hg8hL8Fl\"],\"state\":[\"331147820113330508\"]},\"postForm\":{},\"remoteAddr\":\"10.0.12.25:21698\",\"headers\":{\
[..]
"Referer\":[\"https://customer.example.com/\"],\"Sec-Fetch-Mode\":[\"","logLevel":"info","instanceId":"329851880840626827"}
    
2025-07-30 19:38:07.682    
{"logDate":"2025-07-30T11:38:07.682432123Z","took":0,"message":"action run started","logLevel":"info","instanceId":"329851880840626827"}

Rajat•2mo ago

hey @Ozzzkar glad it worked out 🙂

Gigi the Giraffe (Zitadel)•2mo ago

🎉 Looks like you just helped out another community member! Thanks for being so helpful <@158253511513997312>! You're now one step closer to leveling up—keep up the amazing peer support! 🚀

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