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Trail List

The Trail List is the main page of the CloudTrail. It displays all CloudTrail trails in your organization in a table, showing their current status, configuration, and deployment progress across accounts.

Accessing the Trail List

After authenticating, you land directly on the Trail List page. You can also return to it at any time by clicking Trails in the sidebar navigation.

Trail Table

The Trail List displays the following columns for each trail:

ColumnDescription
Trail NameThe name of the trail. Click to navigate to the Trail Detail page.
StatusCurrent status of the trail, displayed as a colored chip (see Status Reference below).
S3 BucketThe name of the S3 bucket where trail logs are stored.
Multi-RegionWhether the trail is configured as a multi-region trail (Yes or No).
AccountsDeployment progress shown as X/Y succeeded, where X is the number of accounts with a completed status and Y is the total number of accounts in the trail.
Created ByThe email address of the user who created the trail.
Created AtThe date and time when the trail was created.

Status Reference

Each trail displays a status chip with a color indicating its current state:

StatusColorDescription
completedGreenThe trail is fully deployed and active across all accounts.
in_progressBlueThe trail is currently being created or deployed to accounts.
partial_failureOrangeThe trail deployed successfully to some accounts but failed on others.
failedRedThe trail deployment failed across all accounts.
pendingGrayThe trail creation has been submitted but has not started processing.
deletingBlueThe trail is currently being deleted.
updatingBlueThe trail configuration is being updated.
deletedGrayThe trail has been deleted.

Actions from the Trail List

From the Trail List, you can:

  • View trail details -- Click any trail name to open its Trail Detail page
  • Create a new trail -- Click the Create Trail button
  • Refresh data -- Click the Refresh button to reload trail data
tip

If a trail shows a partial_failure status, click on the trail name to view the Trail Detail page, where you can see which specific accounts failed and the associated error messages.