Lists ActionTrail feature releases by date, region, and related documentation.
February 2024
Feature | Description | Release date | Region | References |
Event delivery to MaxCompute | Trails support delivering events to MaxCompute. | 2024-02 | All regions |
October 2023
Feature | Description | Release date | Region | References |
New advanced event query feature | Extends the event query feature with analytic statements for statistical analysis of audit logs. | 2023-10 | All regions |
March 2023
Feature | Description | Release date | Region | References |
New Insights feature | Analyzes management events to identify unusual activities related to API call rates, API error rates, IP addresses, AccessKey pair call rates, permission changes, password changes, and trail concealment, then generates Insights events. | 2023-03 | ||
Insights event delivery | Delivers Insights events to OSS or Simple Log Service. | 2023-03 | All regions |
February 2023
Feature | Description | Release date | Region | References |
Service-event name-based query | Query events by combining a service name and an event name. | 2023-02 | All regions |
September 2022
Feature | Description | Release date | Region | References |
Sensitive operation query | Query sensitive operations within an account using dedicated query conditions. | 2022-09 | All regions |
April 2022
Feature | Description | Release date | Region | References |
AccessKey pair audit | Query AccessKey pair details and usage records, including accessed services, related IP addresses, and resources. | 2022-04 | All regions |
December 2021
Feature | Description | Release date | Region | References |
Scenario-based advanced event query | Advanced event queries support the following scenarios:
| 2021-12 | All regions |
November 2021
Feature | Description | Release date | Region | References |
Event-based custom alerting | Create custom alert rules with query statements and configurable thresholds to monitor events. | 2021-11 | All regions |
August 2021
Feature | Description | Release date | Region | References |
Insights | Identifies abnormal operations in management events to surface potential risks to cloud resources. When enabled for a trail, ActionTrail generates Insights events and delivers them to the specified Simple Log Service Logstore or OSS bucket. Note To manage Insights events, submit a ticket. | 2021-08 | All regions except China (Heyuan), China (Guangzhou), and UAE (Dubai) |
April 2021
Feature | Description | Release date | Region | References |
Event alerting | Configure alert rules for trails that deliver events to a Simple Log Service Logstore. Receive notifications when sensitive or abnormal operations trigger the rules. | 2021-04 | All regions |
March 2021
Feature | Description | Release date | Region | References |
Cross-account event delivery | Deliver events from multiple Alibaba Cloud accounts or resource directory members to the same Simple Log Service Logstore or OSS bucket for centralized audit data archiving and monitoring. | 2021-03 | All regions | |
Additional supported Alibaba Cloud services and fields for the Inner-ActionTrail feature |
| 2021-03 | All regions |
January 2021
Feature | Description | Release date | Region | References |
Historical event delivery | Create tasks to deliver events from the last 90 days to Simple Log Service for analysis or download. | 2021-01 | All regions |
December 2020
Feature | Description | Release date | Region | References |
Advanced event query | Query events across multiple services and regions, including events older than 90 days, through a trail that delivers to a Simple Log Service Logstore. | 2020-12 | All regions |
September 2020
Feature | Description | Release date | Region | References |
Best practices | The ActionTrail console adds a Best Practices page with links to guides for trail creation, event analysis, and more. | 2020-09 | All regions |
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August 2020
Feature | Description | Release date | Region | References |
Optimized trail operation | View trails across all regions from a single region. The trail creation workflow is updated. | 2020-08 | All regions |
July 2020
Feature | Description | Release date | Region | References |
Details of events | Event details now include the source service, operator, and event name. | 2020-07 | All regions |
March 2020
Feature | Description | Release date | Region | References |
Multi-account trails | Deliver operation logs of all resource directory members to an OSS bucket or Simple Log Service Logstore. | 2020-03 | All regions |
February 2020
Feature | Description | Release date | Region | References |
More supported Alibaba Cloud services | Added event tracking for more Alibaba Cloud services. | 2020-02 | All regions | |
Optimized engine for online event queries | Supports multiple concurrent query criteria, each with multiple options. | 2020-02 | All regions |
January 2020
Feature | Description | Release date | Region | References |
Event delivery notification | Receive Message Service (MNS) topic notifications when ActionTrail delivers events to an OSS bucket. | 2020-01 | All regions | |
OSS server-side encryption | Enable server-side encryption for events delivered to OSS buckets. | 2020-01 | All regions |
December 2019
Feature | Description | Release date | Region | References |
Integration with the ECS console | View ECS instance events directly in the ECS console. | 2019-12 | All regions | |
Support for multiple trails | Create up to five trails per region to track different event types and deliver them to specified OSS buckets or Simple Log Service Logstores. | 2019-12 | All regions | |
Region selection | Create trails that track events in one or more selected regions. | 2019-12 | All regions | |
Online query of events that occurred in the last 90 days | Query events from the last 90 days without creating a trail. The console retention period increases from 30 to 90 days. Events older than 90 days require a trail. | 2019-12 | All regions |
November 2019
Feature | Description | Release date | Region | References |
Automatic activation of ActionTrail | ActionTrail is automatically activated for all valid Alibaba Cloud accounts. | 2019-11 | All regions | |
Best practices | Guides for using ActionTrail and understanding compliance auditing on Alibaba Cloud. | 2019-11 | All regions |
October 2019
Feature | Description | Release date | Region | References |
More supported Alibaba Cloud services | Added event tracking for more Alibaba Cloud services. | 2019-10 | All regions |
September 2019
Feature | Description | Release date | Region | References |
Inner-ActionTrail | Track and record platform events to improve O&M transparency. Initially supports OSS events only. Submit a ticket to enable this feature. | 2019-9 | Regions supported by the China site (aliyun.com) |