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HTTP Log Levels

  • Writer: Nick Sessa
    Nick Sessa
  • Nov 18, 2025
  • 2 min read

If you're working with a partner, it's critical to ensure they do not modify global instance security settings without explicit review/approval from your platform team.


One recurring issue we see are vendors enabling 'ALL' level outbound REST logging platform-wide to troubleshoot a single integration. This often captures authorization headers in plain text for every outbound call, which is a significant and avoidable risk.



To Partners:

Please don’t enable elevated outbound logging at the platform level just to debug a single API. If you absolutely must enable full outbound REST logging, do it at the outbound REST record level, not the entire platform.


Red team members:

This is a common misconfiguration we continue to see in the wild. Be sure to take note...


🔍 Quick Security Check:


Review these system properties

- glide.outbound_http_log.override

- glide.outbound_http_log.override.level


If override is true and the level is ELEVATED or ALL, you’re likely logging sensitive data instance-wide.


Need help reviewing your security posture post-implementation? Let’s talk.


Logged elements by level

Field

Basic

Elevated

All

Sequence

x

x

x

HTTP Method

x

x

x

Protocol

x

x

x

Scheme

x

x

x

Hostname

x

x

x

Path

x

x

x

HTTP response status

x

x

x

Request length

x

x

x

Response length

x

x

x

Total call time

x

x

x

System ID

x

x

x

Source table

x

x

x

Source record ID

Note: You must have read access for records in the specified Source table to view this field.

x

x

x

Scope

x

x

x

Session

x

x

x

Transaction

x

x

x

User

x

x

x

MID server

x

x

x

Request headers


x

x

Request query


x

x

Response headers


x

x

Request body



x

Response body



x


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