Trying to check a security tool’s activity log for an event that had just happened showed nothing at all.
⚡ Quick Fix (TL;DR)
The Culprit: The log's date picker couldn't even select the current day, only showing entries through the previous day – the dashboard's historical reporting view is built for later review, not real-time confirmation, and simply hadn't caught up yet.
The Fix: Most security dashboards that separate historical reporting from a live view have a separate live-activity tab – check for that specifically when debugging something that just happened, rather than trusting the historical log to reflect events from the current day.
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