This document describes audit logging for Spanner. Google Cloud servicesgenerate 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
• Audit log entry structure
• Storing and routing audit logs
• Cloud Logging pricing summary
• Enable Data Access audit logs

Notes

To view the time it took to process aDATA_READ orDATA_WRITE request, refer to theProcessing Duration section.

Service name

Spanner audit logs use the service namespanner.googleapis.com.Filter for this service:

protoPayload.serviceName="spanner.googleapis.com"

Methods by permission type

Each IAM permission has atype property, whose value is an enumthat can be one of four values:ADMIN_READ,ADMIN_WRITE,DATA_READ, orDATA_WRITE. When you call a method,Spanner generates an audit log whose category is dependent on thetype property of the permission required to perform the method.Methods that require an IAM permission with thetype property valueofDATA_READ,DATA_WRITE, orADMIN_READ generateData Access audit logs.Methods that require an IAM permission with thetype property valueofADMIN_WRITE generateAdmin Activity audit logs.

API interface audit logs

For information about how and which permissions are evaluated for each method,see the Identity and Access Management documentation for Spanner.

google.cloud.keyvisualizer.KeyVisualizer

The following audit logs are associated with methods belonging togoogle.cloud.keyvisualizer.KeyVisualizer.

GetScan

• Method:google.cloud.keyvisualizer.KeyVisualizer.GetScan
  
• Audit log type:Data access
  
• Permissions:
  • spanner.databases.read - DATA_READ
• Method is a long-running or streaming operation:No.
  
• Filter for this method: protoPayload.methodName="google.cloud.keyvisualizer.KeyVisualizer.GetScan"
  

google.longrunning.Operations

The following audit logs are associated with methods belonging togoogle.longrunning.Operations.

CancelOperation

• Method:google.longrunning.Operations.CancelOperation
  
• Audit log type:Admin activity
  
• Permissions:
  • spanner.backupOperations.cancel - ADMIN_WRITE
  • spanner.databaseOperations.cancel - ADMIN_WRITE
  • spanner.instanceOperations.cancel - ADMIN_WRITE
  • spanner.instancePartitionOperations.cancel - ADMIN_WRITE
• Method is a long-running or streaming operation:No.
  
• Filter for this method: protoPayload.methodName="google.longrunning.Operations.CancelOperation"
  

GetOperation

• Method:google.longrunning.Operations.GetOperation
  
• Audit log type:Data access
  
• Permissions:
  • spanner.backupOperations.get - ADMIN_READ
  • spanner.databaseOperations.get - ADMIN_READ
  • spanner.instanceOperations.get - ADMIN_READ
• Method is a long-running or streaming operation:No.
  
• Filter for this method: protoPayload.methodName="google.longrunning.Operations.GetOperation"
  

ListOperations

• Method:google.longrunning.Operations.ListOperations
  
• Audit log type:Data access
  
• Permissions:
  • spanner.backupOperations.list - ADMIN_READ
  • spanner.databaseOperations.list - ADMIN_READ
• Method is a long-running or streaming operation:No.
  
• Filter for this method: protoPayload.methodName="google.longrunning.Operations.ListOperations"
  

google.spanner.adapter.v1.Adapter

The following audit logs are associated with methods belonging togoogle.spanner.adapter.v1.Adapter.

AdaptMessage

• Method:google.spanner.adapter.v1.Adapter.AdaptMessage
  
• Audit log type:Data access
  
• Permissions:
  • spanner.databases.adapt - DATA_WRITE
  • spanner.databases.select - DATA_READ
• Method is a long-running or streaming operation:No.
  
• Filter for this method: protoPayload.methodName="google.spanner.adapter.v1.Adapter.AdaptMessage"
  

CreateSession

• Method:google.spanner.adapter.v1.Adapter.CreateSession
  
• Audit log type:Data access
  
• Permissions:
  • spanner.sessions.create - DATA_WRITE
• Method is a long-running or streaming operation:No.
  
• Filter for this method: protoPayload.methodName="google.spanner.adapter.v1.Adapter.CreateSession"
  

google.spanner.admin.database.v1.DatabaseAdmin

The following audit logs are associated with methods belonging togoogle.spanner.admin.database.v1.DatabaseAdmin.

AddSplitPoints

• Method:google.spanner.admin.database.v1.DatabaseAdmin.AddSplitPoints
  
• Audit log type:Admin activity
  
• Permissions:
  • spanner.databases.addSplitPoints - ADMIN_WRITE
• Method is a long-running or streaming operation:No.
  
• Filter for this method: protoPayload.methodName="google.spanner.admin.database.v1.DatabaseAdmin.AddSplitPoints"
  

ChangeQuorum

• Method:google.spanner.admin.database.v1.DatabaseAdmin.ChangeQuorum
  
• Audit log type:Admin activity
  
• Permissions:
  • spanner.databases.changequorum - ADMIN_WRITE
• Method is a long-running or streaming operation:Long-running operation
  
• Filter for this method: protoPayload.methodName="google.spanner.admin.database.v1.DatabaseAdmin.ChangeQuorum"
  

CopyBackup

• Method:google.spanner.admin.database.v1.DatabaseAdmin.CopyBackup
  
• Audit log type:Admin activity
  
• Permissions:
  • spanner.backups.copy - ADMIN_WRITE
  • spanner.backups.create - ADMIN_WRITE
• Method is a long-running or streaming operation:Long-running operation
  
• Filter for this method: protoPayload.methodName="google.spanner.admin.database.v1.DatabaseAdmin.CopyBackup"
  

CreateBackup

• Method:google.spanner.admin.database.v1.DatabaseAdmin.CreateBackup
  
• Audit log type:Admin activity
  
• Permissions:
  • spanner.backups.create - ADMIN_WRITE
  • spanner.databases.createBackup - ADMIN_READ
• Method is a long-running or streaming operation:Long-running operation
  
• Filter for this method: protoPayload.methodName="google.spanner.admin.database.v1.DatabaseAdmin.CreateBackup"
  

CreateBackupSchedule

• Method:google.spanner.admin.database.v1.DatabaseAdmin.CreateBackupSchedule
  
• Audit log type:Admin activity
  
• Permissions:
  • spanner.backupSchedules.create - ADMIN_WRITE
  • spanner.databases.createBackup - ADMIN_READ
• Method is a long-running or streaming operation:No.
  
• Filter for this method: protoPayload.methodName="google.spanner.admin.database.v1.DatabaseAdmin.CreateBackupSchedule"
  

CreateDatabase

• Method:google.spanner.admin.database.v1.DatabaseAdmin.CreateDatabase
  
• Audit log type:Admin activity
  
• Permissions:
  • spanner.databases.create - ADMIN_WRITE
• Method is a long-running or streaming operation:Long-running operation
  
• Filter for this method: protoPayload.methodName="google.spanner.admin.database.v1.DatabaseAdmin.CreateDatabase"
  

DeleteBackup

• Method:google.spanner.admin.database.v1.DatabaseAdmin.DeleteBackup
  
• Audit log type:Admin activity
  
• Permissions:
  • spanner.backups.delete - ADMIN_WRITE
• Method is a long-running or streaming operation:No.
  
• Filter for this method: protoPayload.methodName="google.spanner.admin.database.v1.DatabaseAdmin.DeleteBackup"
  

DeleteBackupSchedule

• Method:google.spanner.admin.database.v1.DatabaseAdmin.DeleteBackupSchedule
  
• Audit log type:Admin activity
  
• Permissions:
  • spanner.backupSchedules.delete - ADMIN_WRITE
• Method is a long-running or streaming operation:No.
  
• Filter for this method: protoPayload.methodName="google.spanner.admin.database.v1.DatabaseAdmin.DeleteBackupSchedule"
  

DropDatabase

• Method:google.spanner.admin.database.v1.DatabaseAdmin.DropDatabase
  
• Audit log type:Admin activity
  
• Permissions:
  • spanner.databases.drop - ADMIN_WRITE
• Method is a long-running or streaming operation:No.
  
• Filter for this method: protoPayload.methodName="google.spanner.admin.database.v1.DatabaseAdmin.DropDatabase"
  

GetBackup

• Method:google.spanner.admin.database.v1.DatabaseAdmin.GetBackup
  
• Audit log type:Data access
  
• Permissions:
  • spanner.backups.get - ADMIN_READ
• Method is a long-running or streaming operation:No.
  
• Filter for this method: protoPayload.methodName="google.spanner.admin.database.v1.DatabaseAdmin.GetBackup"
  

GetBackupSchedule

• Method:google.spanner.admin.database.v1.DatabaseAdmin.GetBackupSchedule
  
• Audit log type:Data access
  
• Permissions:
  • spanner.backupSchedules.get - ADMIN_READ
• Method is a long-running or streaming operation:No.
  
• Filter for this method: protoPayload.methodName="google.spanner.admin.database.v1.DatabaseAdmin.GetBackupSchedule"
  

GetDatabase

• Method:google.spanner.admin.database.v1.DatabaseAdmin.GetDatabase
  
• Audit log type:Data access
  
• Permissions:
  • spanner.databases.get - ADMIN_READ
• Method is a long-running or streaming operation:No.
  
• Filter for this method: protoPayload.methodName="google.spanner.admin.database.v1.DatabaseAdmin.GetDatabase"
  

GetDatabaseDdl

• Method:google.spanner.admin.database.v1.DatabaseAdmin.GetDatabaseDdl
  
• Audit log type:Data access
  
• Permissions:
  • spanner.databases.getDdl - ADMIN_READ
• Method is a long-running or streaming operation:No.
  
• Filter for this method: protoPayload.methodName="google.spanner.admin.database.v1.DatabaseAdmin.GetDatabaseDdl"
  

GetIamPolicy

• Method:google.spanner.admin.database.v1.DatabaseAdmin.GetIamPolicy
  
• Audit log type:Data access
  
• Permissions:
  • spanner.backups.getIamPolicy - ADMIN_READ
  • spanner.databases.getIamPolicy - ADMIN_READ
• Method is a long-running or streaming operation:No.
  
• Filter for this method: protoPayload.methodName="google.spanner.admin.database.v1.DatabaseAdmin.GetIamPolicy"
  

ListBackupOperations

• Method:google.spanner.admin.database.v1.DatabaseAdmin.ListBackupOperations
  
• Audit log type:Data access
  
• Permissions:
  • spanner.backupOperations.list - ADMIN_READ
• Method is a long-running or streaming operation:No.
  
• Filter for this method: protoPayload.methodName="google.spanner.admin.database.v1.DatabaseAdmin.ListBackupOperations"
  

ListBackupSchedules

• Method:google.spanner.admin.database.v1.DatabaseAdmin.ListBackupSchedules
  
• Audit log type:Data access
  
• Permissions:
  • spanner.backupSchedules.list - ADMIN_READ
• Method is a long-running or streaming operation:No.
  
• Filter for this method: protoPayload.methodName="google.spanner.admin.database.v1.DatabaseAdmin.ListBackupSchedules"
  

ListBackups

• Method:google.spanner.admin.database.v1.DatabaseAdmin.ListBackups
  
• Audit log type:Data access
  
• Permissions:
  • spanner.backups.list - ADMIN_READ
• Method is a long-running or streaming operation:No.
  
• Filter for this method: protoPayload.methodName="google.spanner.admin.database.v1.DatabaseAdmin.ListBackups"
  

ListDatabaseOperations

• Method:google.spanner.admin.database.v1.DatabaseAdmin.ListDatabaseOperations
  
• Audit log type:Data access
  
• Permissions:
  • spanner.databaseOperations.list - ADMIN_READ
• Method is a long-running or streaming operation:No.
  
• Filter for this method: protoPayload.methodName="google.spanner.admin.database.v1.DatabaseAdmin.ListDatabaseOperations"
  

ListDatabaseRoles

• Method:google.spanner.admin.database.v1.DatabaseAdmin.ListDatabaseRoles
  
• Audit log type:Data access
  
• Permissions:
  • spanner.databaseRoles.list - ADMIN_READ
• Method is a long-running or streaming operation:No.
  
• Filter for this method: protoPayload.methodName="google.spanner.admin.database.v1.DatabaseAdmin.ListDatabaseRoles"
  

ListDatabases

• Method:google.spanner.admin.database.v1.DatabaseAdmin.ListDatabases
  
• Audit log type:Data access
  
• Permissions:
  • spanner.databases.list - ADMIN_READ
• Method is a long-running or streaming operation:No.
  
• Filter for this method: protoPayload.methodName="google.spanner.admin.database.v1.DatabaseAdmin.ListDatabases"
  

RestoreDatabase

• Method:google.spanner.admin.database.v1.DatabaseAdmin.RestoreDatabase
  
• Audit log type:Admin activity
  
• Permissions:
  • spanner.backups.restoreDatabase - ADMIN_READ
  • spanner.databases.create - ADMIN_WRITE
• Method is a long-running or streaming operation:Long-running operation
  
• Filter for this method: protoPayload.methodName="google.spanner.admin.database.v1.DatabaseAdmin.RestoreDatabase"
  

SetIamPolicy

• Method:google.spanner.admin.database.v1.DatabaseAdmin.SetIamPolicy
  
• Audit log type:Admin activity
  
• Permissions:
  • spanner.backups.setIamPolicy - ADMIN_WRITE
  • spanner.databases.setIamPolicy - ADMIN_WRITE
• Method is a long-running or streaming operation:No.
  
• Filter for this method: protoPayload.methodName="google.spanner.admin.database.v1.DatabaseAdmin.SetIamPolicy"
  

TestIamPermissions

• Method:google.spanner.admin.database.v1.DatabaseAdmin.TestIamPermissions
  
• Audit log type:Data access
  
• Permissions:
  • spanner.databases.list - ADMIN_READ
• Method is a long-running or streaming operation:No.
  
• Filter for this method: protoPayload.methodName="google.spanner.admin.database.v1.DatabaseAdmin.TestIamPermissions"
  

UpdateBackup

• Method:google.spanner.admin.database.v1.DatabaseAdmin.UpdateBackup
  
• Audit log type:Admin activity
  
• Permissions:
  • spanner.backups.update - ADMIN_WRITE
• Method is a long-running or streaming operation:No.
  
• Filter for this method: protoPayload.methodName="google.spanner.admin.database.v1.DatabaseAdmin.UpdateBackup"
  

UpdateBackupSchedule

• Method:google.spanner.admin.database.v1.DatabaseAdmin.UpdateBackupSchedule
  
• Audit log type:Admin activity
  
• Permissions:
  • spanner.backupSchedules.update - ADMIN_WRITE
• Method is a long-running or streaming operation:No.
  
• Filter for this method: protoPayload.methodName="google.spanner.admin.database.v1.DatabaseAdmin.UpdateBackupSchedule"
  

UpdateDatabase

• Method:google.spanner.admin.database.v1.DatabaseAdmin.UpdateDatabase
  
• Audit log type:Admin activity
  
• Permissions:
  • spanner.databases.update - ADMIN_WRITE
• Method is a long-running or streaming operation:Long-running operation
  
• Filter for this method: protoPayload.methodName="google.spanner.admin.database.v1.DatabaseAdmin.UpdateDatabase"
  

UpdateDatabaseDdl

• Method:google.spanner.admin.database.v1.DatabaseAdmin.UpdateDatabaseDdl
  
• Audit log type:Admin activity
  
• Permissions:
  • spanner.databases.updateDdl - ADMIN_WRITE
• Method is a long-running or streaming operation:Long-running operation
  
• Filter for this method: protoPayload.methodName="google.spanner.admin.database.v1.DatabaseAdmin.UpdateDatabaseDdl"
  

google.spanner.admin.instance.v1.InstanceAdmin

The following audit logs are associated with methods belonging togoogle.spanner.admin.instance.v1.InstanceAdmin.

CreateInstance

• Method:google.spanner.admin.instance.v1.InstanceAdmin.CreateInstance
  
• Audit log type:Admin activity
  
• Permissions:
  • spanner.instances.create - ADMIN_WRITE
• Method is a long-running or streaming operation:Long-running operation
  
• Filter for this method: protoPayload.methodName="google.spanner.admin.instance.v1.InstanceAdmin.CreateInstance"
  

CreateInstanceConfig

• Method:google.spanner.admin.instance.v1.InstanceAdmin.CreateInstanceConfig
  
• Audit log type:Admin activity
  
• Permissions:
  • spanner.instanceConfigs.create - ADMIN_WRITE
• Method is a long-running or streaming operation:Long-running operation
  
• Filter for this method: protoPayload.methodName="google.spanner.admin.instance.v1.InstanceAdmin.CreateInstanceConfig"
  

CreateInstancePartition

• Method:google.spanner.admin.instance.v1.InstanceAdmin.CreateInstancePartition
  
• Audit log type:Admin activity
  
• Permissions:
  • spanner.instancePartitions.create - ADMIN_WRITE
• Method is a long-running or streaming operation:Long-running operation
  
• Filter for this method: protoPayload.methodName="google.spanner.admin.instance.v1.InstanceAdmin.CreateInstancePartition"
  

DeleteInstance

• Method:google.spanner.admin.instance.v1.InstanceAdmin.DeleteInstance
  
• Audit log type:Admin activity
  
• Permissions:
  • spanner.instances.delete - ADMIN_WRITE
• Method is a long-running or streaming operation:No.
  
• Filter for this method: protoPayload.methodName="google.spanner.admin.instance.v1.InstanceAdmin.DeleteInstance"
  

DeleteInstanceConfig

• Method:google.spanner.admin.instance.v1.InstanceAdmin.DeleteInstanceConfig
  
• Audit log type:Admin activity
  
• Permissions:
  • spanner.instanceConfigs.delete - ADMIN_WRITE
• Method is a long-running or streaming operation:No.
  
• Filter for this method: protoPayload.methodName="google.spanner.admin.instance.v1.InstanceAdmin.DeleteInstanceConfig"
  

DeleteInstancePartition

• Method:google.spanner.admin.instance.v1.InstanceAdmin.DeleteInstancePartition
  
• Audit log type:Admin activity
  
• Permissions:
  • spanner.instancePartitions.delete - ADMIN_WRITE
• Method is a long-running or streaming operation:No.
  
• Filter for this method: protoPayload.methodName="google.spanner.admin.instance.v1.InstanceAdmin.DeleteInstancePartition"
  

GetIamPolicy

• Method:google.spanner.admin.instance.v1.InstanceAdmin.GetIamPolicy
  
• Audit log type:Data access
  
• Permissions:
  • spanner.instances.getIamPolicy - ADMIN_READ
• Method is a long-running or streaming operation:No.
  
• Filter for this method: protoPayload.methodName="google.spanner.admin.instance.v1.InstanceAdmin.GetIamPolicy"
  

GetInstance

• Method:google.spanner.admin.instance.v1.InstanceAdmin.GetInstance
  
• Audit log type:Data access
  
• Permissions:
  • spanner.instances.get - ADMIN_READ
• Method is a long-running or streaming operation:No.
  
• Filter for this method: protoPayload.methodName="google.spanner.admin.instance.v1.InstanceAdmin.GetInstance"
  

GetInstanceConfig

• Method:google.spanner.admin.instance.v1.InstanceAdmin.GetInstanceConfig
  
• Audit log type:Data access
  
• Permissions:
  • spanner.instanceConfigs.get - ADMIN_READ
• Method is a long-running or streaming operation:No.
  
• Filter for this method: protoPayload.methodName="google.spanner.admin.instance.v1.InstanceAdmin.GetInstanceConfig"
  

GetInstancePartition

• Method:google.spanner.admin.instance.v1.InstanceAdmin.GetInstancePartition
  
• Audit log type:Data access
  
• Permissions:
  • spanner.instancePartitions.get - ADMIN_READ
• Method is a long-running or streaming operation:No.
  
• Filter for this method: protoPayload.methodName="google.spanner.admin.instance.v1.InstanceAdmin.GetInstancePartition"
  

ListInstanceConfigs

• Method:google.spanner.admin.instance.v1.InstanceAdmin.ListInstanceConfigs
  
• Audit log type:Data access
  
• Permissions:
  • spanner.instanceConfigs.list - ADMIN_READ
• Method is a long-running or streaming operation:No.
  
• Filter for this method: protoPayload.methodName="google.spanner.admin.instance.v1.InstanceAdmin.ListInstanceConfigs"
  

ListInstancePartitions

• Method:google.spanner.admin.instance.v1.InstanceAdmin.ListInstancePartitions
  
• Audit log type:Data access
  
• Permissions:
  • spanner.instancePartitions.list - ADMIN_READ
• Method is a long-running or streaming operation:No.
  
• Filter for this method: protoPayload.methodName="google.spanner.admin.instance.v1.InstanceAdmin.ListInstancePartitions"
  

ListInstances

• Method:google.spanner.admin.instance.v1.InstanceAdmin.ListInstances
  
• Audit log type:Data access
  
• Permissions:
  • spanner.instances.list - ADMIN_READ
• Method is a long-running or streaming operation:No.
  
• Filter for this method: protoPayload.methodName="google.spanner.admin.instance.v1.InstanceAdmin.ListInstances"
  

MoveInstance

• Method:google.spanner.admin.instance.v1.InstanceAdmin.MoveInstance
  
• Audit log type:Admin activity
  
• Permissions:
  • spanner.instances.update - ADMIN_WRITE
• Method is a long-running or streaming operation:Long-running operation
  
• Filter for this method: protoPayload.methodName="google.spanner.admin.instance.v1.InstanceAdmin.MoveInstance"
  

SetIamPolicy

• Method:google.spanner.admin.instance.v1.InstanceAdmin.SetIamPolicy
  
• Audit log type:Admin activity
  
• Permissions:
  • spanner.instances.setIamPolicy - ADMIN_WRITE
• Method is a long-running or streaming operation:No.
  
• Filter for this method: protoPayload.methodName="google.spanner.admin.instance.v1.InstanceAdmin.SetIamPolicy"
  

TestIamPermissions

• Method:google.spanner.admin.instance.v1.InstanceAdmin.TestIamPermissions
  
• Audit log type:Data access
  
• Permissions:
  • spanner.instances.list - ADMIN_READ
• Method is a long-running or streaming operation:No.
  
• Filter for this method: protoPayload.methodName="google.spanner.admin.instance.v1.InstanceAdmin.TestIamPermissions"
  

UpdateInstance

• Method:google.spanner.admin.instance.v1.InstanceAdmin.UpdateInstance
  
• Audit log type:Admin activity
  
• Permissions:
  • spanner.instances.update - ADMIN_WRITE
• Method is a long-running or streaming operation:Long-running operation
  
• Filter for this method: protoPayload.methodName="google.spanner.admin.instance.v1.InstanceAdmin.UpdateInstance"
  

UpdateInstanceConfig

• Method:google.spanner.admin.instance.v1.InstanceAdmin.UpdateInstanceConfig
  
• Audit log type:Admin activity
  
• Permissions:
  • spanner.instanceConfigs.update - ADMIN_WRITE
• Method is a long-running or streaming operation:Long-running operation
  
• Filter for this method: protoPayload.methodName="google.spanner.admin.instance.v1.InstanceAdmin.UpdateInstanceConfig"
  

UpdateInstancePartition

• Method:google.spanner.admin.instance.v1.InstanceAdmin.UpdateInstancePartition
  
• Audit log type:Admin activity
  
• Permissions:
  • spanner.instancePartitions.update - ADMIN_WRITE
• Method is a long-running or streaming operation:Long-running operation
  
• Filter for this method: protoPayload.methodName="google.spanner.admin.instance.v1.InstanceAdmin.UpdateInstancePartition"
  

google.spanner.v1.Spanner

The following audit logs are associated with methods belonging togoogle.spanner.v1.Spanner.

BatchCreateSessions

• Method:google.spanner.v1.Spanner.BatchCreateSessions
  
• Audit log type:Data access
  
• Permissions:
  • spanner.sessions.create - DATA_WRITE
• Method is a long-running or streaming operation:No.
  
• Filter for this method: protoPayload.methodName="google.spanner.v1.Spanner.BatchCreateSessions"
  

BatchWrite

• Method:google.spanner.v1.Spanner.BatchWrite
  
• Audit log type:Data access
  
• Permissions:
  • spanner.databases.write - DATA_WRITE
• Method is a long-running or streaming operation:Streaming RPC
  
• Filter for this method: protoPayload.methodName="google.spanner.v1.Spanner.BatchWrite"
  

BeginTransaction

• Method:google.spanner.v1.Spanner.BeginTransaction
  
• Audit log type:Data access
  
• Permissions:
  • spanner.databases.beginOrRollbackReadWriteTransaction - DATA_WRITE
  • spanner.databases.beginReadOnlyTransaction - DATA_READ
• Method is a long-running or streaming operation:No.
  
• Filter for this method: protoPayload.methodName="google.spanner.v1.Spanner.BeginTransaction"
  

• Method:google.spanner.v1.Spanner.Commit
  
• Audit log type:Data access
  
• Permissions:
  • spanner.databases.write - DATA_WRITE
• Method is a long-running or streaming operation:No.
  
• Filter for this method: protoPayload.methodName="google.spanner.v1.Spanner.Commit"
  

CreateSession

• Method:google.spanner.v1.Spanner.CreateSession
  
• Audit log type:Data access
  
• Permissions:
  • spanner.sessions.create - DATA_WRITE
• Method is a long-running or streaming operation:No.
  
• Filter for this method: protoPayload.methodName="google.spanner.v1.Spanner.CreateSession"
  

DeleteSession

• Method:google.spanner.v1.Spanner.DeleteSession
  
• Audit log type:Data access
  
• Permissions:
  • spanner.sessions.delete - DATA_WRITE
• Method is a long-running or streaming operation:No.
  
• Filter for this method: protoPayload.methodName="google.spanner.v1.Spanner.DeleteSession"
  

ExecuteBatchDml

• Method:google.spanner.v1.Spanner.ExecuteBatchDml
  
• Audit log type:Data access
  
• Permissions:
  • spanner.databases.write - DATA_WRITE
• Method is a long-running or streaming operation:No.
  
• Filter for this method: protoPayload.methodName="google.spanner.v1.Spanner.ExecuteBatchDml"
  

ExecuteSql

• Method:google.spanner.v1.Spanner.ExecuteSql
  
• Audit log type:Data access
  
• Permissions:
  • spanner.databases.select - DATA_READ
  • spanner.databases.write - DATA_WRITE
• Method is a long-running or streaming operation:No.
  
• Filter for this method: protoPayload.methodName="google.spanner.v1.Spanner.ExecuteSql"
  

ExecuteStreamingSql

• Method:google.spanner.v1.Spanner.ExecuteStreamingSql
  
• Audit log type:Data access
  
• Permissions:
  • spanner.databases.beginOrRollbackReadWriteTransaction - DATA_WRITE
  • spanner.databases.select - DATA_READ
• Method is a long-running or streaming operation:Streaming RPC
  
• Filter for this method: protoPayload.methodName="google.spanner.v1.Spanner.ExecuteStreamingSql"
  

GetSession

• Method:google.spanner.v1.Spanner.GetSession
  
• Audit log type:Data access
  
• Permissions:
  • spanner.sessions.get - DATA_READ
• Method is a long-running or streaming operation:No.
  
• Filter for this method: protoPayload.methodName="google.spanner.v1.Spanner.GetSession"
  

ListSessions

• Method:google.spanner.v1.Spanner.ListSessions
  
• Audit log type:Data access
  
• Permissions:
  • spanner.sessions.list - DATA_READ
• Method is a long-running or streaming operation:No.
  
• Filter for this method: protoPayload.methodName="google.spanner.v1.Spanner.ListSessions"
  

PartitionQuery

• Method:google.spanner.v1.Spanner.PartitionQuery
  
• Audit log type:Data access
  
• Permissions:
  • spanner.databaseRoles.use - DATA_WRITE
  • spanner.databases.beginReadOnlyTransaction - DATA_READ
  • spanner.databases.partitionQuery - DATA_READ
  • spanner.databases.useRoleBasedAccess - DATA_WRITE
• Method is a long-running or streaming operation:No.
  
• Filter for this method: protoPayload.methodName="google.spanner.v1.Spanner.PartitionQuery"
  

PartitionRead

• Method:google.spanner.v1.Spanner.PartitionRead
  
• Audit log type:Data access
  
• Permissions:
  • spanner.databases.partitionRead - DATA_READ
• Method is a long-running or streaming operation:No.
  
• Filter for this method: protoPayload.methodName="google.spanner.v1.Spanner.PartitionRead"
  

Read

• Method:google.spanner.v1.Spanner.Read
  
• Audit log type:Data access
  
• Permissions:
  • spanner.databases.read - DATA_READ
• Method is a long-running or streaming operation:No.
  
• Filter for this method: protoPayload.methodName="google.spanner.v1.Spanner.Read"
  

Rollback

• Method:google.spanner.v1.Spanner.Rollback
  
• Audit log type:Data access
  
• Permissions:
  • spanner.databases.beginOrRollbackReadWriteTransaction - DATA_WRITE
• Method is a long-running or streaming operation:No.
  
• Filter for this method: protoPayload.methodName="google.spanner.v1.Spanner.Rollback"
  

StreamingRead

• Method:google.spanner.v1.Spanner.StreamingRead
  
• Audit log type:Data access
  
• Permissions:
  • spanner.databases.beginOrRollbackReadWriteTransaction - DATA_WRITE
  • spanner.databases.read - DATA_READ
• Method is a long-running or streaming operation:Streaming RPC
  
• Filter for this method: protoPayload.methodName="google.spanner.v1.Spanner.StreamingRead"
  

System events

System Event audit logs are generated by GCP systems, notdirect user action. For more information, seeSystem Event audit logs.

Methods that don't produce audit logs

A method might not produce audit logs for one or more of the followingreasons:

• It is a high volume method involving significant log generation and storage costs.
• It has low auditing value.
• Another audit or platform log already provides method coverage.

The following methods don't produce audit logs:

• google.cloud.keyvisualizer.KeyVisualizer.ListScans
• google.longrunning.Operations.WaitOperation

Processing duration

To view the time it took to process aDATA_READ orDATA_WRITE request,refer to theprocessingDurationSeconds field within themetadata object oftheAuditLog.processingDurationSeconds helps you monitoryour request latencies.

processingDurationSeconds describes the Spanner API requestlatency. It is the length of time (in seconds) between when theSpanner API frontend receives the first byte of a request to whenit sends the last byte of a response. The time needed to process API requests inboth the Spanner backend and the API layer is the latency.However, this latency doesn't include network or Google Front End overheadbetween Spanner clients and servers. To visualize thehigh-level components involved in a Spanner API request, seeSpanner end-to-end latency guide.

For example, the following is an audit log that containsprocessingDurationSeconds information:

{"protoPayload":{"@type":"type.googleapis.com/google.cloud.audit.AuditLog","authenticationInfo":{...},"requestMetadata":{...},"serviceName":"spanner.googleapis.com","methodName":"google.spanner.v1.Spanner.Commit","authorizationInfo":[{...}],"resourceName":"projects/example-project/instances/example-instance/databases/example-database/sessions/example-session","request":{"transactionId":"example-transactionId","@type":"type.googleapis.com/google.spanner.v1.CommitRequest","session":"projects/example-project/instances/example-instance/databases/example-database/sessions/example-session"},"response":{"@type":"type.googleapis.com/google.spanner.v1.CommitResponse","commitTimestamp":"2023-02-13T17:11:10.106602Z"},"metadata":{"@type":"type.googleapis.com/spanner.cloud.instance_v1.QueryPerformanceMetadata","processingDurationSeconds":0.1932541}},"insertId":"p9ju4gdi7j0","resource":{...},"timestamp":"2023-02-13T17:11:10.000093953Z","severity":"INFO","logName":"projects/example-project/logs/cloudaudit.googleapis.com%2Fdata_access","receiveTimestamp":"2023-02-13T17:11:11.170517524Z"}

ForExecuteStreamingSql,StreamingRead,PartitionRead orPartitionQueryrequests, theprocessingDurationSeconds field is not set. To calculate thestreaming and partition request latency, seeCalculate streaming and partition request latency.