Reference Activity and History

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Every audit log entry references the item it acted on. Instead of leaving Audit Logs to piece an item’s story together, you can open a full timeline for a referenced item in a side panel — without losing your place.

Open a Timeline

Open Audit Logs and select an entry to view its details.
Find a reference such as Requirement, Test Case, Defect, Custom Field, Group, or User.
Select the highlighted reference ID. A timeline opens in a side panel.

References that can’t open a timeline — for example a workspace or project ID — appear as plain text.

Two Kinds of Timelines

The panel shows one of two timelines, depending on the item.

Change history

A field-level history of the item — every change with its before and after values. Available for:

Test Cases
Requirements
Releases
Defects
Executions
Test Runs

Activity

A timeline of audit events for the item. Available for items that don’t keep a field-level history:

Custom Fields
Groups
Labels
Users
Projects
Shared Steps
Parameters

What the Timeline Shows

Both timelines group events by date — Today, Yesterday, and older — and show, for each event:

The person who performed the action, with their avatar. Hover over a name to see their profile card.
A short summary of what happened.
The time, relative to now. Hover to see the exact date and time.
The change itself, inline:
- Before → after values for edited fields.
- Added and removed members, with additions and removals clearly marked.
- Readable names for related projects, roles, and groups — instead of raw IDs.

Use Refresh in the panel to reload the latest events.

Open the Item

To jump to the item itself, select the Open link — for example Open requirement or Open group — from the audit log details header, or at the top of the timeline panel. The item opens on its own page in a new tab, so your audit log view stays open.

On Smaller Screens

On smaller screens the audit log details already open in a side panel. Selecting a reference there opens the timeline on top of it; closing the timeline returns you to the details.