Log html sanitization \[Removed in Security Center 2.0\]

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title: Log html sanitization \[Removed in Security Center 2.0\]
description: Configure glide.html\_sanitize.discarded\_log.enable property to determine if HTML sanitization events will be logged in your instance.
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product: Instance Security Hardening Settings
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topic_type: reference
last_updated: "2026-09-10"
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# Log html sanitization \[Removed in Security Center 2.0\]

Configure **glide.html\_sanitize.discarded\_log.enable** property to determine if HTML sanitization events will be logged in your instance.

If this property is not set to the recommended value of **true**, HTML sanitization events are not logged in the **sys\_log** table. Lack of logging could negatively impact your instance automated security detection and investigation capabilities.

## More information

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Attribute

</th><th>

Description

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Configuration name

</td><td>

**glide.html\_sanitize.discarded\_log.enable**

</td></tr><tr><td>

Configuration type

</td><td>

System Properties \(/sys\_properties\_list.do\)

</td></tr><tr><td>

Data type

</td><td>

Boolean

</td></tr><tr><td>

Recommended value

</td><td>

true

</td></tr><tr><td>

Default value

</td><td>

true

</td></tr><tr><td>

Category

</td><td>

[Error handling and logging](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/platform-security/instance-security-hardening-settings/sc-error-handling-logging.md)

</td></tr><tr><td>

Security risk

</td><td>

-   Severity score: 2.4
-   CVSS score: Low
-   Security risk details: If this property is not set to the recommended value of **true**, HTML sanitization events are not logged in the **sys\_log** table which could impact automated security detection and investigation capabilities.

</td></tr><tr><td>

Dependencies and prerequisites

</td><td>

None

</td></tr><tr><td>

References

</td><td>

[Enabling HTML sanitizer](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/platform-security/t_ActivateHTMLSanitizer.md)

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</table>**Parent Topic:**[Error handling and logging](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/platform-security/instance-security-hardening-settings/sc-error-handling-logging.md)