diff --git a/base/audit_events.go b/base/audit_events.go
index f16bd8f7ff..4011683411 100644
--- a/base/audit_events.go
+++ b/base/audit_events.go
@@ -115,14 +115,16 @@ const (
 	AuditIDISGRAllRead   AuditID = 54421
 
 	// Documents events
-	AuditIDDocumentCreate       AuditID = 55000
-	AuditIDDocumentRead         AuditID = 55001
-	AuditIDDocumentUpdate       AuditID = 55002
-	AuditIDDocumentDelete       AuditID = 55003
-	AuditIDDocumentMetadataRead AuditID = 55004
-	AuditIDDocumentImport       AuditID = 55005
-	AuditIDDocumentResync       AuditID = 55006
-	AuditIDDocumentRevoke       AuditID = 55007
+	AuditIDDocumentCreate                AuditID = 55000
+	AuditIDDocumentRead                  AuditID = 55001
+	AuditIDDocumentUpdate                AuditID = 55002
+	AuditIDDocumentDelete                AuditID = 55003
+	AuditIDDocumentMetadataRead          AuditID = 55004
+	AuditIDDocumentImport                AuditID = 55005
+	AuditIDDocumentResync                AuditID = 55006
+	AuditIDDocumentRevoke                AuditID = 55007
+	AuditIDDocumentChannelHistoryCompact AuditID = 55008
+
 	// Document attachments events
 	AuditIDAttachmentCreate AuditID = 55010
 	AuditIDAttachmentRead   AuditID = 55011
@@ -1193,6 +1195,25 @@ var AuditEvents = events{
 		FilteringPermitted: true,
 		EventType:          eventTypeData,
 	},
+	AuditIDDocumentChannelHistoryCompact: {
+		Name:        "Document Channel history compact",
+		Description: "A document channel history was compacted by the Administrator",
+		MandatoryFields: AuditFields{
+			AuditFieldDocID:    "document id",
+			AuditFieldChannels: []string{"list", "of", "channels"},
+			AuditFieldSequence: "sequence",
+		},
+		mandatoryFieldGroups: []fieldGroup{
+			fieldGroupAuthenticated,
+			fieldGroupKeyspace,
+		},
+		optionalFieldGroups: []fieldGroup{
+			fieldGroupRequest,
+		},
+		EnabledByDefault:   false,
+		FilteringPermitted: true,
+		EventType:          eventTypeData,
+	},
 	AuditIDAttachmentCreate: {
 		Name:        "Create attachment",
 		Description: "A new attachment was created",
diff --git a/base/audit_events_fields.go b/base/audit_events_fields.go
index efea3cad48..ba1d6eea7c 100644
--- a/base/audit_events_fields.go
+++ b/base/audit_events_fields.go
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@ const (
 	AuditFieldDocIDs      = "doc_ids"
 	AuditFieldFeedType    = "feed_type"
 	AuditFieldIncludeDocs = "include_docs"
+	AuditFieldSequence    = "seq"
 
 	// Cluster compat version freeze events 53352, 53353
 	AuditFieldClusterCompatVersion = "cluster_compat_version"
diff --git a/rest/audit_test.go b/rest/audit_test.go
index d4ddd7356b..f6b4c78f68 100644
--- a/rest/audit_test.go
+++ b/rest/audit_test.go
@@ -1967,6 +1967,73 @@ func TestDatabaseAuditChanges(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestDocumentChannelHistoryCompactionAudit(t *testing.T) {
+	rt := createAuditLoggingRestTester(t)
+	defer rt.Close()
+
+	dbConfig := rt.NewDbConfig()
+	dbConfig.Logging = &DbLoggingConfig{
+		Audit: &DbAuditLoggingConfig{
+			Enabled: base.Ptr(true),
+			EnabledEvents: base.Ptr([]uint{
+				uint(base.AuditIDDocumentChannelHistoryCompact),
+			}),
+		},
+	}
+	RequireStatus(t, rt.CreateDatabase("db", dbConfig), http.StatusCreated)
+
+	testCases := []struct {
+		name   string
+		docIDs []string
+	}{
+		{
+			name:   "single doc",
+			docIDs: []string{"single_doc"},
+		},
+		{
+			name:   "multiple docs",
+			docIDs: []string{"multi_doc_1", "multi_doc_2", "multi_doc_3"},
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, tc := range testCases {
+		rt.Run(tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			for _, docID := range tc.docIDs {
+				rt.CreateTestDoc(docID)
+			}
+
+			body := string(base.MustJSONMarshal(t, CompactDocChannelHistoryRequest{
+				Seq: 1,
+			}))
+			output := base.AuditLogContents(t, func(t testing.TB) {
+				for _, docID := range tc.docIDs {
+					RequireStatus(t, rt.SendAdminRequest(http.MethodPost, "/{{.keyspace}}/_channel_history/"+docID+"/compact", body), http.StatusOK)
+				}
+			})
+
+			for _, docID := range tc.docIDs {
+				requireDocChannelAuditEvent(t, output, base.AuditIDDocumentChannelHistoryCompact, docID)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+func requireDocChannelAuditEvent(t testing.TB, output []byte, eventID base.AuditID, docID string) {
+	t.Helper()
+	events := jsonLines(t, output)
+	countFound := 0
+	for _, event := range events {
+		if base.AuditID(event[base.AuditFieldID].(float64)) != eventID {
+			continue
+		}
+		if event[base.AuditFieldDocID] == docID {
+			countFound++
+		}
+	}
+	require.Equal(t, 1, countFound, "expected exactly 1 %s event for doc %q, got %d",
+		base.AuditEvents[eventID].Name, docID, countFound)
+}
+
 // getAuditLoggingTestConfig returns a logging config with audit enabled and other loggers configured without collation to avoid CBG-4129
 func getAuditLoggingTestConfig(tempdir string) base.LoggingConfig {
 	return base.LoggingConfig{
diff --git a/rest/doc_api.go b/rest/doc_api.go
index 67cb2f9fd8..3c7118dcf4 100644
--- a/rest/doc_api.go
+++ b/rest/doc_api.go
@@ -941,6 +941,10 @@ func (h *handler) handleGetDocChannelHistory() error {
 		return err
 	}
 
+	base.Audit(h.ctx(), base.AuditIDDocumentMetadataRead, base.AuditFields{
+		base.AuditFieldDocID: docid,
+	})
+
 	h.writeJSON(chanHistory)
 	return nil
 }
@@ -977,6 +981,12 @@ func (h *handler) handleCompactDocChannelHistory() error {
 		"compacted_channels": channels,
 	}
 
+	base.Audit(h.ctx(), base.AuditIDDocumentChannelHistoryCompact, base.AuditFields{
+		base.AuditFieldDocID:    docid,
+		base.AuditFieldChannels: channels,
+		base.AuditFieldSequence: strconv.FormatUint(req.Seq, 10),
+	})
+
 	h.writeJSON(res)
 	return nil
 }