---
title: "audit verify"
description: "Verify the tamper-evident audit chain"
canonical: "https://pgbeam.com/docs/cli/audit/verify"
last-updated: "2026-10-15T11:54:41.000Z"
---

# audit verify

> Verify the tamper-evident audit chain

URL: https://pgbeam.com/docs/cli/audit/verify

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Recomputes the project's audit hash chain over an optional time range and reports whether it is intact. Each audit entry is linked to its predecessor with a SHA-256 hash, so editing or deleting any row breaks the chain. On a break, the response reports the first sequence number where a tampered or deleted entry was detected. Requires the same audit:read permission as the list and export endpoints.

## Usage

```bash
pgbeam audit verify [flags]
```

## Options

| Option            | Description                                                               | Required | Default |
| ----------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------- | ------- |
| `--start <value>` | Return entries at or after this timestamp (inclusive lower bound).        | No       | -       |
| `--end <value>`   | Return entries strictly older than this timestamp (cursor / upper bound). | No       | -       |

> **Global options**
>
> All [global options](/docs/cli/global-options) (`--token`, `--profile`,
> `--project`, `--org`, `--json`, `--no-color`, `--no-trunc`, `--debug`) are
> also available on this command.

## Examples

```bash
# Verify the tamper-evident audit chain
pgbeam audit verify

# Output as JSON
pgbeam audit verify --json
```

## Output

Renders a human-readable table or detail view by default; pass `--json` for the raw API response.