# Audit Trail

> A chronological record linking each event to the one that caused it.

Record: `lexicon:audit-trail`
Kind: artifact
Layer: [Observability](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/observability.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lexicon-audit-trail

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Uncorrelated Events](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/uncorrelated-events.md) and before [Cause-Effect Reconstruction](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/cause-effect-reconstruction.md).

## Category

- [Observability / Auditability / Traceability](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon-category/observability-auditability-traceability.md)

## Reinforced by

- [Causation ID](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/causation-id.md)

## Linked from

- [Observability / Auditability / Traceability](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-observability-auditability-traceability.md)