Updates to Gmail log events

Updates to Gmail log events
September 25, 2025

What’s changing
To support more granular incident investigations and to expand access to this critical security data, we’ve made a few changes to the Gmail Audit Logs.

1. Addition of the Gmail log events to the audit and investigation tool
   Gmail log events, previously only available to customers with access to the Security investigation tool (Security > Security center > Investigation tool), will now also be available to customers with access to the audit and investigation tool (Reporting > Audit and investigation) when Gmail is enabled as an application. This is change is now available.
2. Addition of the Gmail log events to the AdminSDK Reports API
   Gmail log events are now available in the Google Workspace Admin SDK Reports API, providing programmatic access to this data.
3. Gemini Data Access Logging for Gmail log events
   Addressing customer feedback for more granularity in reporting on how Gemini accesses data, a “message content accessed” log event will now be triggered when the Gemini app or Gemini for Workspace apps access Gmail messages on behalf of a user. Those events will have a client type of “API” and an actor application name of “Gemini or Gemini for Workspace”. These events will become available to customers gradually over the next few weeks.

Who’s impacted
Admins

Why it matters

• Granular audit logs are critical to helping organizations investigate cybersecurity incidents and understand their data usage. The changes announced today expand access to this critical data and expand the depth of analysis that can be performed.

Rollout pace

• Gradual rollout - please see launch timing notes for each change listed above.

Getting started

• Admins: As the changes become available, you can get started with your analysis in either the Audit and Investigation tool or the Admin SDK (Reports API).
• End users: There is no end user setting for this feature.

Availability

• Available for Google Workspace with audit log eligible licenses. To learn more about the audit log availability for your license types, please review this Help Center article.