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This document describes audit logging for Cloud Firestore. Google Cloud
services generate audit logs that record administrative and access activities
within your Google Cloud resources.

For more information about Cloud Audit Logs, see the following:

- [Types of audit logs](https://cloud.google.com/logging/docs/audit#types)
- [Audit log entry structure](https://cloud.google.com/logging/docs/audit#audit_log_entry_structure)
- [Storing and routing audit logs](https://cloud.google.com/logging/docs/audit#storing_and_routing_audit_logs)
- [Cloud Logging pricing summary](https://cloud.google.com/stackdriver/pricing#logs-pricing-summary)
- [Enable Data Access audit logs](https://cloud.google.com/logging/docs/audit/configure-data-access)

## Notes

When configuring audit logging, use the service name `datastore.googleapis.com`
to configure both `datastore.googleapis.com` and `firestore.googleapis.com.
Once configured, logs for the `Cloud Firestore` API include the service name`firestore.googleapis.com\`.

To view the time it took to process a `DATA_READ` or `DATA_WRITE` request, see
the `processing_duration` field within the `metadata` object of an `AuditLog`.
The `processing_duration` field describes the time the database took to process
a request. This is smaller than the end-user latency. In particular, it does
not include network overhead.

## Service name

Cloud Firestore audit logs use the service name `firestore.googleapis.com`.
Filter for this service:  

    protoPayload.serviceName="firestore.googleapis.com"

## Methods by permission type

Each IAM permission has a `type` property, whose value is an enum
that can be one of four values: `ADMIN_READ`, `ADMIN_WRITE`, `DATA_READ`, or
`DATA_WRITE`. When you call a method, Cloud Firestore generates an audit log whose category is dependent on the
`type` property of the permission required to perform the method.

Methods that require an IAM permission with the `type` property
value of `DATA_READ`, `DATA_WRITE`, or `ADMIN_READ` generate
[Data Access](https://cloud.google.com/logging/docs/audit/configure-data-access) audit logs.

Methods that require an IAM permission with the `type` property
value of `ADMIN_WRITE` generate
[Admin Activity](https://cloud.google.com/logging/docs/audit#admin-activity) audit logs.

| Permission type | Methods |
|---|---|
| `ADMIN_READ` | `google.cloud.location.Locations.GetLocation` `google.cloud.location.Locations.ListLocations` `google.firestore.admin.v1.FirestoreAdmin.GetBackup` `google.firestore.admin.v1.FirestoreAdmin.GetBackupSchedule` `google.firestore.admin.v1.FirestoreAdmin.GetDatabase` `google.firestore.admin.v1.FirestoreAdmin.GetField` `google.firestore.admin.v1.FirestoreAdmin.GetIndex` `google.firestore.admin.v1.FirestoreAdmin.ListBackupSchedules` `google.firestore.admin.v1.FirestoreAdmin.ListBackups` `google.firestore.admin.v1.FirestoreAdmin.ListDatabases` `google.firestore.admin.v1.FirestoreAdmin.ListFields` `google.firestore.admin.v1.FirestoreAdmin.ListIndexes` `google.firestore.admin.v1beta1.FirestoreAdmin.GetIndex` `google.firestore.admin.v1.MongoDBCompatible.ListIndexes` `google.firestore.admin.v1.MongoDBCompatible.ListDatabases` |
| `ADMIN_WRITE` | `google.firestore.admin.v1.FirestoreAdmin.CreateBackupSchedule` `google.firestore.admin.v1.FirestoreAdmin.CreateDatabase` `google.firestore.admin.v1.FirestoreAdmin.CreateIndex` `google.firestore.admin.v1.FirestoreAdmin.DeleteBackup` `google.firestore.admin.v1.FirestoreAdmin.DeleteBackupSchedule` `google.firestore.admin.v1.FirestoreAdmin.DeleteDatabase` `google.firestore.admin.v1.FirestoreAdmin.DeleteIndex` `google.firestore.admin.v1.FirestoreAdmin.RestoreDatabase` `google.firestore.admin.v1.FirestoreAdmin.UpdateBackupSchedule` `google.firestore.admin.v1.FirestoreAdmin.UpdateDatabase` `google.firestore.admin.v1.FirestoreAdmin.UpdateField` `google.longrunning.Operations.CancelOperation` `google.longrunning.Operations.DeleteOperation` |
| `DATA_READ` | `google.firestore.v1.MongoDBCompatible.Find` `google.firestore.v1.MongoDBCompatible.Aggregate` `google.firestore.v1.MongoDBCompatible.GetMore` `google.firestore.v1.MongoDBCompatible.ListCollections` `google.firestore.v1.MongoDBCompatible.Count` `google.firestore.v1.MongoDBCompatible.Distinct` `google.firestore.v1.MongoDBCompatible.CommitTransaction` `google.firestore.v1.MongoDBCompatible.AbortTransaction` `google.firestore.v1.MongoDBCompatible.EndSessions` `google.firestore.v1.MongoDBCompatible.KillCursors` |
| `DATA_WRITE` | `google.firestore.v1.MongoDBCompatible.Insert` `google.firestore.v1.MongoDBCompatible.Update` `google.firestore.v1.MongoDBCompatible.Delete` `google.firestore.v1.MongoDBCompatible.FindAndModify` `google.firestore.v1.MongoDBCompatible.CreateCollection` |

## Identify request callers

Audit Log entries include information about the identity that performed the
logged operation. To identify a request caller, see the following fields within
an [`AuditLog`](https://cloud.google.com/logging/docs/reference/audit/auditlog/rest/Shared.Types/AuditLog) object:

- The caller's identity is held in the
  [`AuthenticationInfo`](https://cloud.google.com/logging/docs/reference/audit/auditlog/rest/Shared.Types/AuditLog#AuthenticationInfo)
  field. This can include the `principalEmail` of the user. This information
  is [sometimes redacted](https://cloud.google.com/logging/docs/audit#user-id).

- The `callerIp` field within the
  [`requestMetadata`](https://cloud.google.com/logging/docs/reference/audit/auditlog/rest/Shared.Types/AuditLog#requestmetadata)
  object of an `AuditLog` entry includes the IP address of the caller.