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Stan_Marsh
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Jun 25, 2025

Exced Timeout in Event Logs WAF

I have a issue with a customer WAF, in the Event Logs, it shows me an error in the "triggered violation (I attached a screenshot).", & the request show the status: ilegal. we modify the maximun ...
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Jeffrey_Granier
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Jul 01, 2025

Hello,

 

Are you using local logging?  Local logging can lag due to various performance metrics.   Best practice is to setup and configure WAF events for an external log collector WAF Logging

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    Stan_Marsh
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    Jul 02, 2025

    Hi jeffrey,

    Thanks,

    Yes, I verified it and indeed the local log is being used. Any recommendations on how to apply the WAF event log to an external collector?