# Audit trails for autonomous agents with AWS DevOps Agent

DevFeed: [Audit trails for autonomous agents with AWS DevOps Agent](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/audit-trails-for-autonomous-agents-with-aws-devops-agent-61009.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/devops/audit-trails-for-autonomous-agents-with-aws-devops-agent/>)

Author: Ben Peterson

Published: 2026-09-28T16:07:26Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [AWS DevOps & Developer Productivity Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/aws-devops-developer-productivity-blog.md>)

Topics: [audit](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/audit.md>), [DevOps](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/devops.md>), [Amazon EventBridge](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/amazon-eventbridge.md>), [AWS CloudTrail](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/aws-cloudtrail.md>), [Amazon Bedrock](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/amazon-bedrock.md>)

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## AI overview

The article explains how to create an audit trail for AWS DevOps Agent, which investigates production incidents and can propose or apply fixes. It describes capturing the agent's reasoning, findings, recommendations, lifecycle events, and configuration context using the agent journal, Amazon EventBridge, AWS CloudTrail, AWS Lambda, and Amazon S3.

## Source excerpt

AWS DevOps Agent investigates production incidents and proposes or applies fixes on your behalf, raising two questions for every operation and security review: what did the agent do, and how do you understand its impact? Learn how to build a durable, low-maintenance audit trail using the agent journal, Amazon EventBridge lifecycle events, and AWS CloudTrail.