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The audit code recorded every entity and every property, with no way to say otherwise. That makes it unusable where the same DbContext carries both configuration and high-volume runtime rows, and unsafe where an entity holds a credential.

Adds an optional AuditOptions with two filters:

  • ShouldAuditEntity — skip an entity entirely
  • ShouldAuditProperty — never capture a given property

Both default to null, so callers that pass nothing behave exactly as before.

The property filter runs before the entity state is considered. An Added entity is captured as a full snapshot rather than a diff, so a filter that only covered modifications would still write a secret out in full the first time the row was inserted. There's a test for that case specifically.

Also syncs SW.EfCoreExtensions.PgSql's copy of the file with the base one, which had drifted to DateTime where the base uses DateTimeOffset. Technically breaking for anyone using the audit feature from the PgSql package — nothing does; audit shipped in 8.1.3 and no consumer references it.

5 new tests; suite is 24/24.

Adds an optional AuditOptions so a caller can exclude whole entities and
individual properties. Applied before the entity state is considered, so an
excluded property is absent from an Added snapshot too — otherwise a secret
would still be recorded in full on insert.

Both filters default to null, so existing callers are unaffected.

Also syncs the PgSql copy with the base one, which had drifted to DateTime.
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Summary

  • Added optional AuditOptions to CapturePendingAuditDiffs.
  • Added ShouldAuditEntity and ShouldAuditProperty filters.
  • Applied property filtering to added, modified, and deleted audit data.
  • Preserved the original two-parameter overload for compatibility.
  • Added documentation and audit behavior tests.
  • Kept the PostgreSQL timestamp type as DateTime.

Risk

risk:low

The default behavior is unchanged. The new filters can reduce audit coverage if configured incorrectly.

Security-sensitive areas

Filters can exclude security-relevant entities or properties from audit records. Protect filter configuration and review excluded fields.

Test coverage

Tests cover default capture, property exclusion from added snapshots and modified diffs, entity exclusion, generated key resolution, user ID preservation, and entity state preservation.

Operational concerns

No migration or deployment steps are required. No timestamp type migration is included. Rollback requires reverting the additive API and filter behavior changes.

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Audit filtering

Layer / File(s) Summary
Audit options and capture flow
SW.EfCoreExtensions.../AuditBuilderExtensions.cs, SW.EfCoreExtensions.PgSql/AuditBuilderExtensions.cs
Adds optional entity and property predicates to CapturePendingAuditDiffs. Filters apply to added, modified, and deleted entries. The original overload remains available and delegates to the new overload.
Audit filtering validation and documentation
SW.EfCoreExtensions.UnitTests/AuditTests.cs, docs/AUDIT.md
Adds tests for default capture, entity filtering, property filtering, and generated-key finalization. Documents AuditOptions, the new overload, and filtering behavior.

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes

Merge Risk: ⚪ Minimal · up to 17269

Audit filtering is additive, preserves existing capture behavior when options are omitted, and retains compatibility for existing callers.

Suggested labels: security, database, risk:high

Suggested reviewers: mmalkhatib

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In `@SW.EfCoreExtensions.PgSql/AuditBuilderExtensions.cs`:
- Line 38: The timestamp type changes in GenericAuditDiffJson and
PendingAuditEntry are breaking public API changes. Preserve the existing
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if retaining DateTimeOffset, publish this as a major-version migration with
explicit consumer guidance; apply the decision at AuditBuilderExtensions.cs
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- Around line 185-186: Restore the two-parameter
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string CorrelationId,
int Sequence,
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Treat the timestamp type change as a breaking public contract. GenericAuditDiffJson no longer exposes its DateTime constructor parameter, and PendingAuditEntry.Timestamp no longer exposes its DateTime init accessor. Existing compiled consumers can therefore fail to bind. Preserve the old types in a compatible release, or publish this change as a major-version migration with explicit consumer guidance.

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Adding an optional parameter to CapturePendingAuditDiffs replaced its signature,
so an assembly compiled against the old one could no longer bind. The original
two-parameter method is back, forwarding to an options-aware overload that takes
no defaults of its own — otherwise the two would be ambiguous.

Also reverts the PgSql timestamp to DateTime. Syncing the two drifted copies was
never needed for this feature and made a breaking change out of an additive one.
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Both findings were valid and are fixed in 1726940.

Preserve the capture-method ABI — correct. The original CapturePendingAuditDiffs(ChangeTracker, string?) is back and forwards to an options-aware overload that takes no defaults of its own, so the two can't be ambiguous. Verified by reflecting over the built assembly; both signatures are present:

ChangeTracker changeTracker, String userId
ChangeTracker changeTracker, String userId, AuditOptions options

The trade-off is that options can no longer be passed on its own — userId has to be given explicitly, null if there isn't one. Tests and docs updated accordingly.

PgSql timestamp type — also correct, and the change should not have been in this PR at all. Syncing the two drifted copies of the file wasn't needed for this feature, and it turned an additive change into a breaking one. DateTime is restored; the PgSql diff is now additive apart from two lines of the private BuildDiff. The drift between the two copies is pre-existing and worth its own PR.

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