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Does a SUCCESS audit event mean the search succeeded?

Not necessarily. Palantir documents that SUCCESS means the search was logged; it does not establish that the query returned results or completed successfully.

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Palantir’s Audit Explorer Logs the Searches Auditors Make. That Is Useful—and Incomplete

The beta makes audit-log review easier and records each search, but its own documentation lists what those search records do not capture.

Crashtech Editorial November 6, 2026 System Design & Architecture

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