Who created this record?

• When was it last updated?
• Which user modified it?

Manually adding these fields to every entity is repetitive and error-prone. That’s where Spring Data JPA Auditing comes in — it automatically keeps track of who changed what and when.

🔹 Why Use Auditing?

Auditing helps you:

• Maintain data integrity and accountability.
• Debug production issues by checking update history.
• Meet compliance requirements (finance, healthcare, etc.).

🔹 Step 1: Enable JPA Auditing

Add @EnableJpaAuditing to your Spring Boot configuration class:

import org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication;
import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.SpringBootApplication;
import org.springframework.data.jpa.repository.config.EnableJpaAuditing;
@SpringBootApplication
@EnableJpaAuditing
public class AuditApp {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        SpringApplication.run(AuditApp.class, args);
    }
}

🔹 Step 2: Create an Auditable Entity