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What is the typical time difference/latency between admin_logs and admin_logs_streaming?

  • Oct 30, 2026 1:14 PM UTC
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Hi community,

We are comparing the Box Events API endpoints for enterprise event logging and noticing a timing gap between admin_logs and admin_logs_streaming.

The official documentation mentions:

  • admin_logs: Returns historical events strictly in chronological order with higher latency.

  • admin_logs_streaming: Delivers events for live polling with much lower latency, but potentially out of order and with duplicates.

For those running this in production:

  1. What average latency or time delay are you seeing on admin_logs before an event appears compared to admin_logs_streaming?

  2. How are you handling the latency gap when syncing live audit data into your SIEM or monitoring pipeline?

Thanks for sharing your insights!