Superuser: browse site-wide admin action log (#1413)#1414
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…og (#1413) The admin index "Recent actions" sidebar is scoped to the current user's own actions (Django's for_user filter), so a superuser has no easy way to see what other editors/contributors have done. Every admin action is already recorded in django.contrib.admin.models.LogEntry; this surfaces it. Register LogEntry as a read-only, superuser-only ModelAdmin: - Filter by user / action type / content type; search object repr, change message, username/name. - Columns: time, user, colored action label, content type, link to the affected object (repr fallback for deletions), change summary. - Strictly read-only (append-only audit trail); superuser-only visibility matching the Grant/Award access model. - Shows under the Administration group as "Log entries". Adds regression tests pinning read-only + superuser-only enforcement, the end-to-end changelist (200 superuser / non-200 editor), and that the display columns don't raise on any action type. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Closes #1413.
Problem
The admin index "Recent actions" sidebar is scoped to the current user's own actions (Django's
for_userfilter), so a superuser can only see My actions — no easy way to see what other editors/contributors have done. Every admin add/change/delete is recorded indjango.contrib.admin.models.LogEntry; it was just never surfaced.What this does (Option A)
Registers
LogEntryas a read-only, superuser-only admin so a superuser can browse everyone's admin activity:Tests
New
website/tests/test_logentry_admin.py(6 tests, all passing) pins:Screenshots
UI change — screenshot of the Log entries changelist to follow.
Notes
Considered Option B (widen the sidebar panel for superusers); not doing that here — the filterable changelist is the more useful tool.
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