---
title: "Audit Trail Implementation in ASP.NET Core with Entity Framework Core"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/audit-trail-implementation-in-asp-net-core-with-entity-framework-core-2mmivgl85
source_url: https://codewithmukesh.com/blog/audit-trail-implementation-in-aspnet-core
type: article
source: "Code with Mukesh"
author: "Mukesh Murugan"
published: 2026-05-31T07:46:13.235Z
updated: 2026-06-01T04:01:30.965Z
tags: [".net", "c#", "aspnetcore"]
reading_time: 10
upvotes: 0
comments: 0
language: en
---

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# Audit Trail Implementation in ASP.NET Core with Entity Framework Core

**[Code with Mukesh](https://daily.dev/sources/codewithmukesh)** · [@iammukeshm](https://daily.dev/iammukeshm) · 10 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments

## Summary

A step-by-step guide to implementing an audit trail in ASP.NET Core (.NET 5) using Entity Framework Core's ChangeTracker. The approach involves creating an abstract context class that overrides SaveChangesAsync to capture table name, affected columns, primary key, old/new values, operation type, responsible user, and timestamp into an AuditLogs table. The tutorial also covers a bonus tip for more efficient EF Core updates that only persist changed columns, and mentions a NuGet package alternative for modularizing the implementation.

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