Evidence
Activity & evidence
What the site keeps after a decision, how to read it, how to prove it has not been edited, and how to get it out of the site safely when someone else needs to review it.
- 9 guides
- 34 min to read all
- Evidence
Guides in this collection
- 4 min readRead the activity timeline
Filter by agent, event, outcome, date and session, and read the human summary before the technical detail. The first place to look for most questions.
- 3 min readRead the request evidence
Identity, Ability, context, decision and outcome — the five things every evidence record carries, and how to read one without needing the agent’s source code.
- 3 min readWhat a request fingerprint proves
A stable digest of the request that lets an approval bind to exact inputs. What it proves, what it does not, and how to use it when comparing two requests.
- 4 min readVerify the audit chain
HMAC-SHA-256 chaining with a signed head means the record can prove it has not been edited. How to run a full-chain verification and when it is worth doing.
- 5 min readAudit chain verification failed
Treat a verification failure as serious and preserve the state before changing anything. The legitimate causes, the ones that are not, and what to do first.
- 4 min readOutcome unverified
The request ran but the result could not be confirmed. Check what WordPress actually holds before repeating anything; a blind retry doubles the change.
- 3 min readWhat is redacted, and when
Sensitive input is redacted on the way out — when a record is displayed or exported — not discarded on the way in. Why that ordering matters.
- 4 min readSet audit retention
Retention is opt-in: once applied, the free plugin keeps 30 days or 10,000 events, and RuleFence Pro sets a custom window. Removing evidence always needs confirmation.
- 4 min readExport evidence for review
Keep a copy of the record before you lose the chance: a database backup on the free plugin, or a redacted, verifiable export with RuleFence Pro.
Other collections
- 6 guidesInstall & activate
Requirements, activation, updates, and first-run checks.
- 8 guidesAgents & identity
Recognition, environment, status, and managed identity.
- 12 guidesAbilities & permissions
Registration, native authority, scope, and policy.
- 7 guidesApprovals
Review windows, request binding, expiry, and replay refusal.
- 6 guidesRecovery & emergency
Snapshots, rollback limits, emergency stop, and restore.
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Bring the request, not just the symptom.
Identity, Ability, decision, outcome, evidence — then the question.