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Docs for netbirdio/netbird#8626 (dashboard login location) and the peer session event variables from netbirdio/netbird#8620 and netbirdio/netbird#8628. The peer connected and disconnected events themselves are documented in #1117.

  • Audit Events Logging: Dashboard login events now record the source IP and location, with a note on trustedHTTPProxies for self-hosted deployments.
  • Environment variables: adds NB_PEER_SESSION_EVENTS_STARTUP_GRACE and NB_DISABLE_PEER_SESSION_EVENTS.
  • External reverse proxy: notes that untrusted proxies also affect the IP recorded on login events.

Merge after #8620, #8626 and #8628.

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  • Documentation
    • Clarified which location details are recorded for dashboard and MCP OAuth logins, and how reverse proxy settings affect the recorded IP address.
    • Documented runtime settings for peer-session audit events, including startup grace, event suppression, defaults, and behavior for invalid values.
    • Updated Cloudflare guidance to note that login audit events may record a Cloudflare address until its IP ranges are trusted.

Add the peer connected and disconnected audit events, the startup grace window setting, and the source IP recorded on dashboard login events.

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The documentation adds details about peer session audit event settings and dashboard login audit events. It describes login location fields, including for MCP OAuth logins, and explains how trusted proxy configuration affects the recorded client IP.

Changes: Audit event documentation

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Peer session event settings
src/pages/selfhosted/environment-variables.mdx
The table documents NB_PEER_SESSION_EVENTS_STARTUP_GRACE and NB_DISABLE_PEER_SESSION_EVENTS, including defaults and behavior for zero, invalid, or negative values.
Login event details and proxy guidance
src/pages/manage/activity/index.mdx, src/pages/selfhosted/external-reverse-proxy.mdx
The activity page documents location fields for dashboard and MCP OAuth logins and the trustedHTTPProxies requirement for self-hosted reverse-proxy deployments. The Cloudflare guidance notes that login audit events can record a Cloudflare address until its IP ranges are trusted.

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Suggested reviewers: sunsetdrifter

Merge Risk: Moderate · up to d2980

This documentation change describes a setting to disable peer connect/disconnect audit events. If the server release does not include that setting, operators who set it will still see those events. Confirm the toggle ships in the server release, or defer that table row, before merging.

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The title names two documented changes: dashboard login location and the session events startup grace variable. The changeset adds a Dashboard Login Location section to the activity docs and documents NB_PEER_SESSION_EVENTS_STARTUP_GRACE in the environment variables table. It also updates the Cloudflare reverse proxy guidance. The title covers the main changes, but it omits NB_DISABLE_PEER_SESSION_EVENTS and the Cloudflare note, which the commit history mentions.

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A rabbit reads the settings with care,
Login locations now appear there.
Trusted proxies guide the address shown,
Peer event options are clearly known.
The docs hop forward, neat and bright.

#1117 documents the peer connected and disconnected events on
their own page, so this change keeps only the startup grace variable and the
dashboard login location.
@mlsmaycon mlsmaycon changed the title Document peer session audit events and dashboard login location Document dashboard login location and the session events startup grace Nov 14, 2026

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| `NB_PPROF_ADDR` | Start the unauthenticated Go pprof HTTP listener at a `host:port` address, for example `127.0.0.1:6060`. Unset disables it. Bind to loopback or another trusted interface and restart the server after changing it; never expose pprof directly to the public internet. |
| `NB_EVENT_ACTIVITY_LOG_ENABLED` | Enable activity log events |
| `NB_PEER_SESSION_EVENTS_STARTUP_GRACE` | Window after startup during which no peer connect or disconnect audit events are recorded, as a Go duration such as `90s` or `2m`. Defaults to `2m`; `0` disables it. Invalid or negative values fall back to the default |
| `NB_DISABLE_PEER_SESSION_EVENTS` | Set to `true` to stop recording peer connect and disconnect audit events. Other audit events are unaffected. Defaults to `false`; invalid values are ignored |

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Add the toggle implementation to the release dependency.

PR #8620 records peer session events but does not read NB_DISABLE_PEER_SESSION_EVENTS. An operator who sets it to true on that version will still get those events after the startup window. The toggle is in the separate, open PR #8628. Ensure #8628 is included in the server release before publishing this row, or defer the row. (raw.githubusercontent.com)

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Ensure the NB_DISABLE_PEER_SESSION_EVENTS documentation is not published before the server release that implements and reads the toggle: include that implementation in the release dependency, or defer this row until it ships.

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