Browse Source

Update request log format documentation to mention the format used when the authenticated user is controlling another user. (#13794)

reivilibre 1 year ago
parent
commit
f7a77ad717
2 changed files with 3 additions and 2 deletions
  1. 1 0
      changelog.d/13794.doc
  2. 2 2
      docs/usage/administration/request_log.md

+ 1 - 0
changelog.d/13794.doc

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Update request log format documentation to mention the format used when the authenticated user is controlling another user.

+ 2 - 2
docs/usage/administration/request_log.md

@@ -12,14 +12,14 @@ See the following for how to decode the dense data available from the default lo
 
 | Part  | Explanation | 
 | ----- | ------------ |
-| AAAA  | Timestamp request was logged (not recieved) |
+| AAAA  | Timestamp request was logged (not received) |
 | BBBB  | Logger name (`synapse.access.(http\|https).<tag>`, where 'tag' is defined in the `listeners` config section, normally the port) |
 | CCCC  | Line number in code |
 | DDDD  | Log Level |
 | EEEE  | Request Identifier (This identifier is shared by related log lines)|
 | FFFF  | Source IP (Or X-Forwarded-For if enabled) |
 | GGGG  | Server Port |
-| HHHH  | Federated Server or Local User making request (blank if unauthenticated or not supplied) |
+| HHHH  | Federated Server or Local User making request (blank if unauthenticated or not supplied).<br/>If this is of the form `@aaa:example.com|@bbb:example.com`, then that means that `@aaa:example.com` is authenticated but they are controlling `@bbb:example.com`, e.g. if `aaa` is controlling `bbb` [via the admin API](https://matrix-org.github.io/synapse/latest/admin_api/user_admin_api.html#login-as-a-user). |
 | IIII  | Total Time to process the request |
 | JJJJ  | Time to send response over network once generated (this may be negative if the socket is closed before the response is generated)|
 | KKKK  | Userland CPU time |