SOX Audit Justification – Flow Reporting Restriction (Australia Patch 2)

DianaBTX
Tera Expert

Has anyone else run into this after upgrading to Australia Patch 2?

  • com.snc.process_flow.reporting.level is now forced to BASIC in production
  • Setting it to FULL automatically reverts back
  • New flow executions only capture runtime state + duration (no step details) [support.se...icenow.com]

This is a deliberate platform change for performance, not a bug.


🚨 Concern

This creates a real challenge for:

  • Debugging flow failures
  • Root cause analysis
  • Audit / SOX evidence requirements (no input/output or step-level visibility)

If a flow runs at BASIC, the detailed execution data is permanently lost.


⚠️ Workaround isn’t scalable

  • Only option is enabling FULL reporting per flow
  • Requires knowing what will fail ahead of time
  • Not realistic for large environments or integrations

Questions for the community

  • How are you handling audit/compliance needs with this limitation?
  • Are you enabling FULL on all critical flows? Automating it somehow?
  • Has anyone pushed back successfully with ServiceNow?
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