Audit logs record SCIM provisioning events

UpdateSep 18, 2026VerifiedAdded Sep 22, 2026

Confluent Cloud audit logs now record auditable events for SCIM provisioning operations, including enabling SCIM, managing SCIM tokens, and creating, updating, or deleting users through a SCIM client.

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