EF Core value updates are not audited

EntityFramework changes are not getting audited or detected.

I am using a dotnet project as a package to make any DB changes. ie the package houses the databaseContext (Persistence package) I use another .net project to trigger these database changes through repository methods.

The Persistence package is used by multiple projects. The database changes through this package are properly audited when running from other .net projects, but completely ignored when using from one .net project. The config I set up for both these projects is the same. Yet Audits are not triggered from this particular project.

My setup:

Persistence package (Common .net project that houses the databaseContext and is used as a package)

In the DBContext Class:

` [AuditDbContext(Mode = AuditOptionMode.OptIn, IncludeEntityObjects = false, AuditEventType = “EF”)] public class CWContext : DbContext { private readonly DbContextHelper _helper = new DbContextHelper(); private readonly IAuditDbContext _auditContext;

    public CWContext(string connectionString) : base(GetOptions(connectionString))
    {
        _auditContext = new DefaultAuditContext(this);
        _helper.SetConfig(_auditContext);
    }
    . . . 
    . . .
    
    public override async Task<int> SaveChangesAsync(bool acceptAllChangesOnSuccess, CancellationToken cancellationToken = default(CancellationToken))
    {
        try
        {
            //return await base.SaveChangesAsync();
            return await _helper.SaveChangesAsync(_auditContext, () => base.SaveChangesAsync(acceptAllChangesOnSuccess, cancellationToken));
        }
        catch (Exception ex)
        {
            throw ex;
        }
    }
    public override async Task<int> SaveChangesAsync(CancellationToken cancellationToken = default(CancellationToken))
    {
        try
        {
            //return await base.SaveChangesAsync();
            return await _helper.SaveChangesAsync(_auditContext, () => base.SaveChangesAsync(cancellationToken));
        }
        catch (Exception ex)
        {
            throw ex;
        }
    }

    public override int SaveChanges()
    {
        try
        {
            //return base.SaveChanges();
            return _helper.SaveChanges(_auditContext, () => base.SaveChanges());
        }
        catch (Exception ex)
        {
            throw ex;
        }
    }

`

In the Entity class: [AuditInclude] public class Patient { . . .

CSPROJ: <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk"> <TargetFramework>net6.0</TargetFramework> . . . <ItemGroup> <PackageReference Include="Audit.EntityFramework.Core" Version="21.0.1" /> <PackageReference Include="EFCore.BulkExtensions" Version="6.0.1" /> <PackageReference Include="GitInfo" Version="2.2.0" /> <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore" Version="6.0.1" /> <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.SqlServer" Version="6.0.1" /> <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Tools" Version="6.0.1" /> <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.NetAnalyzers" Version="6.0.0" PrivateAssets="all" /> </ItemGroup>

In the .net Project that uses this Persistence package
(Project A-NotWorking)

In the ProjectStartup code:

       var app = builder.Build();
       . . .
        AuditLogsSetup.SetupAuditConfigs();
       app.Run();

}

The AuditLogsSetup static class: (Moving the contents of the static method directly up to the startup code didn’t work either)

public static class AuditLogsSetup { ////////////////////// I am using a custom data provider to write logs into ES from kinesis firehose here in other projects, but here, the default File Provider is also not working ///////////////////////////////// public static void SetupAuditConfigs() { Audit.Core.Configuration.Setup() .UseFileLogProvider(_ => _ .Directory(@“C:\Logs\AuditLogs”) .FilenameBuilder(ev => $“{ev.StartDate:yyyyMMddHHmmssffff}_{ev.EventType}.json”)); } }

CSPROJ:

<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk.Web">

<PropertyGroup>
	<TargetFramework>net6.0</TargetFramework>
    . . . 
    
<ItemGroup>
	<PackageReference Include="Audit.EntityFramework.Core" Version="21.0.1" />
	<PackageReference Include="AWSSDK.KinesisFirehose" Version="3.7.101.113" />
            . . .
	<PackageReference Include="GitInfo" Version="2.2.0" />
	<PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Authentication.JwtBearer" Version="6.0.3" />
	<PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.DataProtection.StackExchangeRedis" Version="6.0.4" />
	<PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Caching.StackExchangeRedis" Version="6.0.4" />
	<PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Http" Version="6.0.0" />
	<PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Http.Polly" Version="6.0.0" />
	<PackageReference Include="Polly.Contrib.WaitAndRetry" Version="1.1.1" />
	<PackageReference Include="Serilog.AspNetCore" Version="4.1.0" />
	<PackageReference Include="Swashbuckle.AspNetCore" Version="6.2.3" />
	<PackageReference Include="System.Diagnostics.DiagnosticSource" Version="7.0.2" />
</ItemGroup>

Am I missing configuring something here?

[thepirat000]

I didn’t find any official documentation stating so, but I think BulkUpdate cannot be intercepted in any way.

https://www.milanjovanovic.tech/blog/how-to-use-the-new-bulk-update-feature-in-ef-core-7

[thepirat000]

You could do that, but you should call _auditContext.ReloadDatabaseValues = true AFTER calling _helper.SetConfig(), otherwise it will be overridden by the default configuration:

public MyContext(string connectionString) : base(GetOptions(connectionString))
{
    _auditContext = new DefaultAuditContext(this);
    _helper.SetConfig(_auditContext);
    _auditContext.ReloadDatabaseValues = true;
}

But the recommended way to set the configuration globally is by using the fluent API, for example:

Audit.EntityFramework.Configuration.Setup()
    .ForAnyContext(cfg => cfg.ReloadDatabaseValues());

Or:

Audit.EntityFramework.Configuration.Setup()
    .ForContext<MyContext>(cfg => cfg.ReloadDatabaseValues());

Also, I’ve just realized I didn’t add a property to the AuditDbContextAttribute, but will do it for the next release.

So, you will be able to set the configuration like this:

[AuditDbContext(ReloadDatabaseValues = true, Mode = AuditOptionMode.OptIn, IncludeEntityObjects = false, AuditEventType = "EF")]
public class MyContext : DbContext
{
   ...
}