# Failed Login audit

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/failed-login-audit/28997>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Tags:** ignition79, vision\
**Created:** [October 10, 2019, 4:38pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/failed-login-audit/28997 "2019-10-10T16:38:51Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![josh.kohut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c6cbf5/32.png) [@josh.kohut](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/josh.kohut)\
**Post date:** [October 10, 2019, 4:38pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/failed-login-audit/28997/1 "2019-10-10T16:38:51Z")

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Can I get access to failed login attempts to the client? I know these can be logged using the Ignition Audit events, but we use our own audit tables. I would like to be able to capture failed login attempts. I tried using Client Startup script, but I don't believe that is being fired unless the login is successful.

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**Author:** ![meghana.hr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/22d042/32.png) [@meghana.hr](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/meghana.hr)\
**Post date:** [October 8, 2025, 1:09pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/failed-login-audit/28997/2 "2025-10-08T13:09:14Z")

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Hello,  
I wanted to follow up to see if you were able to find any solution for capturing failed client login attempts. We’re looking to implement the same functionality in our project.

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**Author:** ![pturmel](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/pturmel/32/3295_2.png) [@pturmel](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/pturmel)\
**Post date:** [October 8, 2025, 2:02pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/failed-login-audit/28997/3 "2025-10-08T14:02:13Z")

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Use the built-in audit tables. Use an INSERT trigger in your DB (not in Ignition) to copy desired records to your custom tables.

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**Author:** ![hayath](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/9d8465/32.png) [@hayath](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/hayath)\
**Post date:** [October 8, 2025, 5:16pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/failed-login-audit/28997/4 "2025-10-08T17:16:39Z")

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Hello,  
If we use the built-in audit tables to capture failed client login attempts, will it create a large number of entries? We’re concerned it might take up a lot of storage, especially since tag writes are also being logged.

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**Author:** ![meghana.hr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/22d042/32.png) [@meghana.hr](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/meghana.hr)\
**Post date:** [October 14, 2025, 5:28am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/failed-login-audit/28997/5 "2025-10-14T05:28:38Z")

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Thank You

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**Author:** ![pturmel](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/pturmel/32/3295_2.png) [@pturmel](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/pturmel)\
**Post date:** [October 14, 2025, 10:42am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/failed-login-audit/28997/6 "2025-10-14T10:42:19Z")

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Possibly. Set up a maintenance script that prunes your DB appropriately.

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**Author:** ![hayath](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/9d8465/32.png) [@hayath](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/hayath)\
**Post date:** [October 22, 2025, 3:15pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/failed-login-audit/28997/7 "2025-10-22T15:15:36Z")

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Thank you