This log provides details of actions performed with your publicly served folders. It is helpful for auditing who (Remote IP) is accessing the publicly served folders, when files were accessed, the hostname and path of the files accessed, and the status of each action.

We retain these logs for 180 days.

Details Recorded in Public Hosting Logs

Each log entry records the following columns.

Column	Details
Date	Start time of the action.
Remote IP	IP address of the client that initiated the HTTP requests to your public hosting folder.
Server IP	IP address of the public hosting server.
Hostname	Hostname or domain name of the server to which an HTTP request is sent.
Path	HTTP request path. When filtering the Path, delimit it by slashes (`/`), excluding both the start and end slashes. Maximum length: 5000 characters.
Status	HTTP Status such as Success or Failure for each action.
HTTP Method	HTTP method for the request. Almost always GET.
Response Code	HTTP response code.
Bytes Transferred	How many bytes were transferred as a result of the request.
Duration	Time taken in milliseconds for the execution of the action.

Status and Response Code

The Public Hosting logs record each request to the public hosting web server, not only the requests that resulted in a completed download.

The Status of a log entry indicates whether the requested path could be served to a visitor, and correlates with the Response Code. When the response code is 200, the requested folder or file path exists and was served to a public hosting visitor, so the status is Success.

When you configure your publicly served folder to force users to download rather than displaying the contents of some files directly within the browser, the successful response code for a file path is 301 rather than 200.

The status is always Success when the request succeeds, even if the web visitor cancels the download or their connection is interrupted.

When a visitor requests a path that doesn't exist in a publicly served folder, the response code is 404 and the status is Failure.

A response code of 401 means the visitor did not supply the correct credentials for the public sharing folder, and the status is Failure.