diff --git a/apps/portal-bff/.env.example b/apps/portal-bff/.env.example
index db2d790..943ac57 100644
--- a/apps/portal-bff/.env.example
+++ b/apps/portal-bff/.env.example
@@ -105,6 +105,18 @@ SESSION_ENCRYPTION_KEY=replace_with_32_random_bytes_base64url
 # SESSION_IDLE_TIMEOUT_SECONDS=1800
 # SESSION_ABSOLUTE_TIMEOUT_SECONDS=43200
 
+# Per-environment salt used to pseudonymise the user id before it
+# lands in audit rows (per ADR-0013 §"Schema") and in Pino app log
+# lines (per ADR-0012 §"User id hashing"). Same value must be used
+# on both sides so audit and app logs join on `actor_id_hash`.
+#
+# Rotation invalidates the join key — old rows / log lines can no
+# longer be correlated with the new hash. Treat as long-lived per
+# environment. Mandatory at boot.
+#
+#   node -e "console.log(require('crypto').randomBytes(32).toString('base64url'))"
+LOG_USER_ID_SALT=replace_with_32_random_bytes_base64url
+
 # Future env vars introduced by upcoming phases / ADRs:
 #
 # Auth flow (ADR-0009) — additional keys wired as the routes land:
@@ -121,10 +133,6 @@ SESSION_ENCRYPTION_KEY=replace_with_32_random_bytes_base64url
 # MFA (ADR-0011):
 #   MFA_FRESHNESS_SECONDS           (default 600)
 #
-# Observability — additional keys to be wired as features land:
-#   LOG_USER_ID_SALT                (per-environment salt for hashing user_id
-#                                    in CLS context — needed once auth lands)
-#
 # Audit trail (ADR-0013):
 #   AUDIT_DATABASE_URL              (separate creds, role 'audit_writer')
 #   AUDIT_ARCHIVER_DATABASE_URL     (role 'audit_archiver', for the retention purge job)
diff --git a/apps/portal-bff/src/audit/audit.module.ts b/apps/portal-bff/src/audit/audit.module.ts
index 4653b54..2e705b8 100644
--- a/apps/portal-bff/src/audit/audit.module.ts
+++ b/apps/portal-bff/src/audit/audit.module.ts
@@ -1,15 +1,19 @@
-import { Module } from '@nestjs/common';
+import { Global, Module } from '@nestjs/common';
 import { AuditWriter } from './audit.service';
+import { HashUserIdService } from './hash-user-id.service';
 
 /**
- * Provides the AuditWriter to the rest of the BFF. Imported globally
- * by AppModule so any feature module can inject it without an extra
- * import. The actual append-only contract is enforced by the
- * Postgres role grants set up in the audit-schema migration — see
+ * Provides the AuditWriter (and the salt-bound HashUserIdService it
+ * depends on) to the rest of the BFF. Marked `@Global()` so a feature
+ * module can inject `AuditWriter` by writing it in a constructor —
+ * no need to re-import AuditModule in every feature. The append-only
+ * contract is enforced by the Postgres role grants set up in the
+ * audit-schema migration — see
  * apps/portal-bff/prisma/migrations/*_init_audit_schema.
  */
+@Global()
 @Module({
-  providers: [AuditWriter],
-  exports: [AuditWriter],
+  providers: [HashUserIdService, AuditWriter],
+  exports: [HashUserIdService, AuditWriter],
 })
 export class AuditModule {}
diff --git a/apps/portal-bff/src/audit/audit.service.spec.ts b/apps/portal-bff/src/audit/audit.service.spec.ts
index c861395..960686f 100644
--- a/apps/portal-bff/src/audit/audit.service.spec.ts
+++ b/apps/portal-bff/src/audit/audit.service.spec.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import { PrismaService } from 'nestjs-prisma';
 import { Prisma } from '@prisma/client';
 import { AuditWriter } from './audit.service';
 import type { AuditEventInput } from './audit.types';
+import { HashUserIdService } from './hash-user-id.service';
 
 interface AuditEventCreateCall {
   data: {
@@ -45,17 +46,20 @@ async function createSubject(): Promise<{
   writer: AuditWriter;
   prisma: MockPrisma;
   cls: { get: jest.Mock };
+  hashUserId: { hash: jest.Mock };
 }> {
   const { prisma, cls } = buildMocks();
+  const hashUserId = { hash: jest.fn((id: string) => `hash(${id})`) };
   const moduleRef = await Test.createTestingModule({
     providers: [
       AuditWriter,
       { provide: PrismaService, useValue: prisma },
       { provide: ClsService, useValue: cls },
+      { provide: HashUserIdService, useValue: hashUserId },
     ],
   }).compile();
 
-  return { writer: moduleRef.get(AuditWriter), prisma, cls };
+  return { writer: moduleRef.get(AuditWriter), prisma, cls, hashUserId };
 }
 
 const baseInput: AuditEventInput = {
@@ -172,3 +176,89 @@ describe('AuditWriter', () => {
     );
   });
 });
+
+describe('AuditWriter — typed event methods', () => {
+  describe('signIn()', () => {
+    it('hashes the actor oid and records auth.sign_in (success / workforce)', async () => {
+      const { writer, prisma, hashUserId } = await createSubject();
+      await writer.signIn({
+        actor: { oid: 'user-oid', amr: ['pwd', 'mfa'] },
+        sessionId: 'sid-1',
+      });
+      expect(hashUserId.hash).toHaveBeenCalledWith('user-oid');
+      const call = prisma.tx.auditEvent.create.mock.calls[0]?.[0] as AuditEventCreateCall;
+      expect(call.data.eventType).toBe('auth.sign_in');
+      expect(call.data.audience).toBe('workforce');
+      expect(call.data.outcome).toBe('success');
+      expect(call.data.actorIdHash).toBe('hash(user-oid)');
+      expect(call.data.subject).toBe('session:sid-1');
+      expect(call.data.payload).toEqual({ amr: ['pwd', 'mfa'] });
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe('signInFailed()', () => {
+    it('records auth.sign_in.failed with the failureKind and no actor by default', async () => {
+      const { writer, prisma, hashUserId } = await createSubject();
+      await writer.signInFailed({ failureKind: 'state-mismatch' });
+      expect(hashUserId.hash).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+      const call = prisma.tx.auditEvent.create.mock.calls[0]?.[0] as AuditEventCreateCall;
+      expect(call.data.eventType).toBe('auth.sign_in.failed');
+      expect(call.data.outcome).toBe('failure');
+      expect(call.data.actorIdHash).toBeNull();
+      expect(call.data.payload).toEqual({ failureKind: 'state-mismatch' });
+    });
+
+    it('merges payload with failureKind under the same key', async () => {
+      const { writer, prisma } = await createSubject();
+      await writer.signInFailed({
+        failureKind: 'entra-error',
+        payload: { entraError: 'access_denied', entraErrorDescription: 'user cancelled' },
+      });
+      const call = prisma.tx.auditEvent.create.mock.calls[0]?.[0] as AuditEventCreateCall;
+      expect(call.data.payload).toEqual({
+        failureKind: 'entra-error',
+        entraError: 'access_denied',
+        entraErrorDescription: 'user cancelled',
+      });
+    });
+
+    it('hashes the actor oid when one is provided (rare — identity-after-rejection path)', async () => {
+      const { writer, prisma, hashUserId } = await createSubject();
+      await writer.signInFailed({ failureKind: 'amr-missing', actor: { oid: 'user-oid' } });
+      expect(hashUserId.hash).toHaveBeenCalledWith('user-oid');
+      const call = prisma.tx.auditEvent.create.mock.calls[0]?.[0] as AuditEventCreateCall;
+      expect(call.data.actorIdHash).toBe('hash(user-oid)');
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe('signOut()', () => {
+    it('records auth.sign_out (success) with the hashed actor + session subject', async () => {
+      const { writer, prisma, hashUserId } = await createSubject();
+      await writer.signOut({ actor: { oid: 'user-oid' }, sessionId: 'sid-2' });
+      expect(hashUserId.hash).toHaveBeenCalledWith('user-oid');
+      const call = prisma.tx.auditEvent.create.mock.calls[0]?.[0] as AuditEventCreateCall;
+      expect(call.data.eventType).toBe('auth.sign_out');
+      expect(call.data.outcome).toBe('success');
+      expect(call.data.actorIdHash).toBe('hash(user-oid)');
+      expect(call.data.subject).toBe('session:sid-2');
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe('sessionExpired()', () => {
+    it('records auth.session.expired with reason + ageMs', async () => {
+      const { writer, prisma, hashUserId } = await createSubject();
+      await writer.sessionExpired({
+        actor: { oid: 'user-oid' },
+        sessionId: 'sid-3',
+        reason: 'absolute',
+        ageMs: 13 * 60 * 60 * 1000,
+      });
+      expect(hashUserId.hash).toHaveBeenCalledWith('user-oid');
+      const call = prisma.tx.auditEvent.create.mock.calls[0]?.[0] as AuditEventCreateCall;
+      expect(call.data.eventType).toBe('auth.session.expired');
+      expect(call.data.outcome).toBe('success');
+      expect(call.data.subject).toBe('session:sid-3');
+      expect(call.data.payload).toEqual({ reason: 'absolute', ageMs: 13 * 60 * 60 * 1000 });
+    });
+  });
+});
diff --git a/apps/portal-bff/src/audit/audit.service.ts b/apps/portal-bff/src/audit/audit.service.ts
index aeb5762..a8d83be 100644
--- a/apps/portal-bff/src/audit/audit.service.ts
+++ b/apps/portal-bff/src/audit/audit.service.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,14 @@ import { trace } from '@opentelemetry/api';
 import { ClsService } from 'nestjs-cls';
 import { PrismaService } from 'nestjs-prisma';
 import { Prisma } from '@prisma/client';
-import type { AuditEventInput } from './audit.types';
+import type {
+  AuditEventInput,
+  SignInActor,
+  SignInFailedInput,
+  SignOutInput,
+  SessionExpiredInput,
+} from './audit.types';
+import { HashUserIdService } from './hash-user-id.service';
 
 /**
  * AuditWriter — single entry point for ADR-0013 audit-log writes.
@@ -37,8 +44,76 @@ export class AuditWriter {
   constructor(
     private readonly prisma: PrismaService,
     private readonly cls: ClsService,
+    private readonly hashUserId: HashUserIdService,
   ) {}
 
+  /**
+   * Typed event: successful sign-in via the OIDC callback. Per
+   * ADR-0013's v1 catalogue (`auth.sign_in`).
+   *
+   * Hashes the user id internally — callers pass the raw Entra
+   * `oid`, never the hash, so the salt stays inside the audit
+   * module.
+   */
+  async signIn(input: { actor: SignInActor; sessionId: string }): Promise<void> {
+    await this.recordEvent({
+      eventType: 'auth.sign_in',
+      audience: 'workforce',
+      outcome: 'success',
+      actorIdHash: this.hashUserId.hash(input.actor.oid),
+      subject: `session:${input.sessionId}`,
+      payload: { amr: input.actor.amr },
+    });
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Typed event: failed sign-in at the callback. The `failureKind`
+   * mirrors the discriminator on `AuthCodeFlowError` so the audit
+   * row is self-describing without joining anything.
+   *
+   * `actorIdHash` is left null on purpose: at the moment of
+   * failure we may not have resolved an identity yet (state
+   * mismatch, expired flow, token-exchange error before any user
+   * claim was parsed). Callers can pass an explicit hash when the
+   * identity *was* resolved before rejection.
+   */
+  async signInFailed(input: SignInFailedInput): Promise<void> {
+    await this.recordEvent({
+      eventType: 'auth.sign_in.failed',
+      audience: 'workforce',
+      outcome: 'failure',
+      ...(input.actor !== undefined ? { actorIdHash: this.hashUserId.hash(input.actor.oid) } : {}),
+      payload: { failureKind: input.failureKind, ...(input.payload ?? {}) },
+    });
+  }
+
+  async signOut(input: SignOutInput): Promise<void> {
+    await this.recordEvent({
+      eventType: 'auth.sign_out',
+      audience: 'workforce',
+      outcome: 'success',
+      actorIdHash: this.hashUserId.hash(input.actor.oid),
+      subject: `session:${input.sessionId}`,
+    });
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Typed event: session destroyed by the absolute-timeout
+   * middleware (12 h hard ceiling, ADR-0010 §"TTL policy"). The
+   * idle-TTL expiry is *not* surfaced through this method — it
+   * happens silently inside Redis with no BFF observation point.
+   */
+  async sessionExpired(input: SessionExpiredInput): Promise<void> {
+    await this.recordEvent({
+      eventType: 'auth.session.expired',
+      audience: 'workforce',
+      outcome: 'success',
+      actorIdHash: this.hashUserId.hash(input.actor.oid),
+      subject: `session:${input.sessionId}`,
+      payload: { reason: input.reason, ageMs: input.ageMs },
+    });
+  }
+
   async recordEvent(input: AuditEventInput): Promise<void> {
     const traceId = trace.getActiveSpan()?.spanContext().traceId ?? null;
     const actorIdHash =
diff --git a/apps/portal-bff/src/audit/audit.types.ts b/apps/portal-bff/src/audit/audit.types.ts
index bc2302a..78bab7f 100644
--- a/apps/portal-bff/src/audit/audit.types.ts
+++ b/apps/portal-bff/src/audit/audit.types.ts
@@ -41,3 +41,44 @@ export interface AuditEventInput {
    */
   actorIdHash?: string;
 }
+
+/**
+ * Identity payload accepted by the typed audit methods. The raw
+ * Entra `oid` is hashed by `AuditWriter` itself so the salt stays
+ * inside the module. `amr` is captured for the sign-in record.
+ */
+export interface SignInActor {
+  oid: string;
+  amr: readonly string[];
+}
+
+export interface SignInFailedInput {
+  failureKind: string;
+  /**
+   * Optional — pass only when the identity was actually resolved
+   * before the rejection (rare). Most failure paths (state
+   * mismatch, expired flow, token-exchange error) reject before any
+   * user claim is parsed and should leave `actor` undefined.
+   */
+  actor?: { oid: string };
+  /**
+   * Extra fields to merge into the audit row's payload alongside
+   * `failureKind`. PII is the caller's responsibility, same posture
+   * as `AuditEventInput.payload`.
+   */
+  payload?: Record<string, unknown>;
+}
+
+export interface SignOutInput {
+  actor: { oid: string };
+  sessionId: string;
+}
+
+export interface SessionExpiredInput {
+  actor: { oid: string };
+  sessionId: string;
+  /** `absolute` is the only reason emitted in v1; `idle` is silent. */
+  reason: 'absolute';
+  /** Age of the session at the moment of expiry, in milliseconds. */
+  ageMs: number;
+}
diff --git a/apps/portal-bff/src/audit/hash-user-id.service.spec.ts b/apps/portal-bff/src/audit/hash-user-id.service.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..26de611
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/portal-bff/src/audit/hash-user-id.service.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+import { randomBytes } from 'node:crypto';
+import { HashUserIdService } from './hash-user-id.service';
+
+const STRONG_SALT = randomBytes(32).toString('base64url');
+
+function withSalt<T>(salt: string, fn: () => T): T {
+  const original = process.env['LOG_USER_ID_SALT'];
+  process.env['LOG_USER_ID_SALT'] = salt;
+  try {
+    return fn();
+  } finally {
+    if (original === undefined) {
+      delete process.env['LOG_USER_ID_SALT'];
+    } else {
+      process.env['LOG_USER_ID_SALT'] = original;
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+describe('HashUserIdService', () => {
+  it('hashes the same input to the same output (stable join key)', () => {
+    withSalt(STRONG_SALT, () => {
+      const service = new HashUserIdService();
+      expect(service.hash('user-oid-42')).toBe(service.hash('user-oid-42'));
+    });
+  });
+
+  it('returns a 16-hex-char digest', () => {
+    withSalt(STRONG_SALT, () => {
+      const service = new HashUserIdService();
+      const hash = service.hash('user-oid-42');
+      expect(hash).toMatch(/^[0-9a-f]{16}$/);
+    });
+  });
+
+  it('produces different outputs for different inputs', () => {
+    withSalt(STRONG_SALT, () => {
+      const service = new HashUserIdService();
+      expect(service.hash('alice')).not.toBe(service.hash('bob'));
+    });
+  });
+
+  it('produces different outputs across salts (rotation invalidates the join key)', () => {
+    const a = withSalt(STRONG_SALT, () => new HashUserIdService().hash('alice'));
+    const b = withSalt(randomBytes(32).toString('base64url'), () =>
+      new HashUserIdService().hash('alice'),
+    );
+    expect(a).not.toBe(b);
+  });
+
+  it('refuses to construct when LOG_USER_ID_SALT is unset', () => {
+    const original = process.env['LOG_USER_ID_SALT'];
+    delete process.env['LOG_USER_ID_SALT'];
+    try {
+      expect(() => new HashUserIdService()).toThrow(/LOG_USER_ID_SALT is not set/);
+    } finally {
+      if (original !== undefined) {
+        process.env['LOG_USER_ID_SALT'] = original;
+      }
+    }
+  });
+});
diff --git a/apps/portal-bff/src/audit/hash-user-id.service.ts b/apps/portal-bff/src/audit/hash-user-id.service.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b06c9ad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/portal-bff/src/audit/hash-user-id.service.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+import { createHash } from 'node:crypto';
+import { Injectable } from '@nestjs/common';
+import { assertLogUserIdSalt } from '../config/check-log-user-id-salt';
+
+/**
+ * Pseudonymises a user id (Entra `oid`) into the 16-hex-char hash
+ * that both ADR-0013 (`audit_events.actor_id_hash`) and ADR-0012
+ * (Pino `user_id_hash`) store. The salt is read once at injection
+ * time so the per-request hot path runs purely on `node:crypto`.
+ *
+ * Same salt + same input ⇒ same output, on both writers, across
+ * application restarts within a given environment. That stability
+ * is the *whole point*: an investigator joins audit rows with app
+ * log lines on this hash, then re-hydrates the join key to the
+ * cleartext user id only inside the live operational DB.
+ *
+ * Rotating the salt invalidates the join key for everything that
+ * was written before the rotation. Treat as long-lived per
+ * environment.
+ *
+ * Hash construction:
+ *   sha256(`${salt}:${userId}`).hex.slice(0, 16)
+ *
+ * SHA-256 is overkill for collision resistance at 16 hex chars
+ * (64 bits of output), but truncation is intentional — log lines
+ * and audit rows want a compact identifier, and 64 bits of
+ * randomness is well above the birthday bound for any realistic
+ * user count. The salt prevents rainbow attacks even on the
+ * truncated form.
+ */
+@Injectable()
+export class HashUserIdService {
+  private readonly salt: string;
+
+  constructor() {
+    this.salt = assertLogUserIdSalt();
+  }
+
+  hash(userId: string): string {
+    return createHash('sha256').update(`${this.salt}:${userId}`).digest('hex').slice(0, 16);
+  }
+}
diff --git a/apps/portal-bff/src/auth/auth.controller.spec.ts b/apps/portal-bff/src/auth/auth.controller.spec.ts
index 6ee0628..aea05c6 100644
--- a/apps/portal-bff/src/auth/auth.controller.spec.ts
+++ b/apps/portal-bff/src/auth/auth.controller.spec.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import type { Request, Response } from 'express';
 import type { Logger } from 'nestjs-pino';
+import type { AuditWriter } from '../audit/audit.service';
 import type { UserSessionIndexService } from '../session/user-session-index.service';
 import { AuthController } from './auth.controller';
 import { PRE_AUTH_COOKIE_NAME, PRE_AUTH_COOKIE_TTL_MS } from './auth.cookie';
@@ -102,6 +103,12 @@ interface ControllerFixture {
   completeAuthCodeFlow: jest.Mock;
   logger: ReturnType<typeof makeLoggerStub>;
   userSessionIndex: { add: jest.Mock; remove: jest.Mock; list: jest.Mock };
+  audit: {
+    signIn: jest.Mock;
+    signInFailed: jest.Mock;
+    signOut: jest.Mock;
+    sessionExpired: jest.Mock;
+  };
 }
 
 const LOGOUT_URL = `${ENTRA.authority}/oauth2/v2.0/logout?post_logout_redirect_uri=${encodeURIComponent(ENTRA.postLogoutRedirectUri)}`;
@@ -123,6 +130,12 @@ function makeController(opts?: { completeAuthCodeFlow?: jest.Mock }): Controller
     remove: jest.fn().mockResolvedValue(undefined),
     list: jest.fn().mockResolvedValue([]),
   };
+  const audit = {
+    signIn: jest.fn().mockResolvedValue(undefined),
+    signInFailed: jest.fn().mockResolvedValue(undefined),
+    signOut: jest.fn().mockResolvedValue(undefined),
+    sessionExpired: jest.fn().mockResolvedValue(undefined),
+  };
   const logger = makeLoggerStub();
   return {
     controller: new AuthController(
@@ -130,11 +143,13 @@ function makeController(opts?: { completeAuthCodeFlow?: jest.Mock }): Controller
       logger as unknown as Logger,
       ENTRA,
       userSessionIndex as unknown as UserSessionIndexService,
+      audit as unknown as AuditWriter,
     ),
     beginAuthCodeFlow,
     completeAuthCodeFlow,
     logger,
     userSessionIndex,
+    audit,
   };
 }
 
@@ -252,6 +267,65 @@ describe('AuthController.callback', () => {
     expect(session.save).toHaveBeenCalled();
   });
 
+  it('emits an auth.sign_in audit event on the happy path', async () => {
+    const { controller, audit } = makeController();
+    const res = makeResStub();
+    const req = makeReqStub({
+      signedCookies: { [PRE_AUTH_COOKIE_NAME]: JSON.stringify(PRE_AUTH) },
+      session: makeSessionStub(),
+      sessionID: 'fresh-sid',
+    });
+
+    await controller.callback(req, res, 'auth-code', PRE_AUTH.state);
+
+    expect(audit.signIn).toHaveBeenCalledWith({
+      actor: USER,
+      sessionId: 'fresh-sid',
+    });
+    expect(audit.signInFailed).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
+
+  it('emits auth.sign_in.failed on the Entra-error branch', async () => {
+    const { controller, audit } = makeController();
+    const res = makeResStub();
+    const req = makeReqStub({
+      signedCookies: { [PRE_AUTH_COOKIE_NAME]: JSON.stringify(PRE_AUTH) },
+    });
+
+    await controller.callback(req, res, undefined, undefined, 'access_denied', 'user cancelled');
+
+    expect(audit.signInFailed).toHaveBeenCalledWith({
+      failureKind: 'entra-error',
+      payload: { entraError: 'access_denied', entraErrorDescription: 'user cancelled' },
+    });
+    expect(audit.signIn).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
+
+  it('emits auth.sign_in.failed (no-pre-auth-cookie) when the cookie is missing', async () => {
+    const { controller, audit } = makeController();
+    const res = makeResStub();
+    const req = makeReqStub();
+
+    await controller.callback(req, res, 'code', 'state');
+
+    expect(audit.signInFailed).toHaveBeenCalledWith({ failureKind: 'no-pre-auth-cookie' });
+  });
+
+  it('emits auth.sign_in.failed with the discriminator kind on AuthCodeFlowException', async () => {
+    const completeAuthCodeFlow = jest
+      .fn()
+      .mockRejectedValue(new AuthCodeFlowException({ kind: 'state-mismatch' }));
+    const { controller, audit } = makeController({ completeAuthCodeFlow });
+    const res = makeResStub();
+    const req = makeReqStub({
+      signedCookies: { [PRE_AUTH_COOKIE_NAME]: JSON.stringify(PRE_AUTH) },
+    });
+
+    await controller.callback(req, res, 'code', 'state');
+
+    expect(audit.signInFailed).toHaveBeenCalledWith({ failureKind: 'state-mismatch' });
+  });
+
   it('propagates a session.save() error as an exception (so the SPA never sees a successful redirect with no session)', async () => {
     const { controller } = makeController();
     const res = makeResStub();
@@ -398,8 +472,8 @@ describe('AuthController.me', () => {
 });
 
 describe('AuthController.logout', () => {
-  it('destroys the session, clears the session cookie, logs success, redirects to Entra logout', async () => {
-    const { controller, logger, userSessionIndex } = makeController();
+  it('destroys the session, clears the session cookie, logs + audits sign-out, redirects to Entra logout', async () => {
+    const { controller, logger, userSessionIndex, audit } = makeController();
     const res = makeResStub();
     const session = makeSessionStub({ user: USER });
     const req = makeReqStub({ session, sessionID: 'logged-out-sid' });
@@ -407,6 +481,10 @@ describe('AuthController.logout', () => {
     await controller.logout(req, res);
 
     expect(userSessionIndex.remove).toHaveBeenCalledWith(USER.oid, 'logged-out-sid');
+    expect(audit.signOut).toHaveBeenCalledWith({
+      actor: USER,
+      sessionId: 'logged-out-sid',
+    });
     expect(session.destroy).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
     expect(res.clearCookie).toHaveBeenCalledWith('portal_session', { path: '/' });
     expect(logger.log).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
@@ -446,8 +524,8 @@ describe('AuthController.logout', () => {
     }
   });
 
-  it('still clears the cookie and redirects when the user was already anonymous', async () => {
-    const { controller, logger, userSessionIndex } = makeController();
+  it('still clears the cookie and redirects when the user was already anonymous (no audit row either)', async () => {
+    const { controller, logger, userSessionIndex, audit } = makeController();
     const res = makeResStub();
     const session = makeSessionStub();
     const req = makeReqStub({ session });
@@ -456,8 +534,10 @@ describe('AuthController.logout', () => {
 
     // Nothing was ever added to the index for an anonymous request —
     // skip the SREM (cheaper + avoids racing the cleanup of a
-    // future user's session id collision).
+    // future user's session id collision). The audit row is also
+    // skipped: an "anonymous user logged out" event is noise.
     expect(userSessionIndex.remove).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(audit.signOut).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
     expect(session.destroy).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
     expect(logger.log).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
       { event: 'auth.signed_out', wasAuthenticated: false },
diff --git a/apps/portal-bff/src/auth/auth.controller.ts b/apps/portal-bff/src/auth/auth.controller.ts
index 156d02e..0579e65 100644
--- a/apps/portal-bff/src/auth/auth.controller.ts
+++ b/apps/portal-bff/src/auth/auth.controller.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import { Controller, Get, Inject, Query, Req, Res } from '@nestjs/common';
 import type { Request, Response } from 'express';
 import { Logger } from 'nestjs-pino';
+import { AuditWriter } from '../audit/audit.service';
 import { readSessionTimeouts, sessionCookieName } from '../session/session-cookie';
 import { UserSessionIndexService } from '../session/user-session-index.service';
 import {
@@ -29,6 +30,7 @@ export class AuthController {
     private readonly logger: Logger,
     @Inject(ENTRA_CONFIG) private readonly entra: EntraConfig,
     private readonly userSessionIndex: UserSessionIndexService,
+    private readonly audit: AuditWriter,
   ) {}
 
   /**
@@ -90,10 +92,15 @@ export class AuthController {
         },
         'AuthCallback',
       );
+      await this.audit.signInFailed({
+        failureKind: 'entra-error',
+        payload: { entraError, entraErrorDescription },
+      });
       return this.redirectWithError(res, 'token-exchange-failed');
     }
 
     if (typeof code !== 'string' || typeof state !== 'string') {
+      await this.audit.signInFailed({ failureKind: 'missing-code-or-state' });
       return this.redirectWithError(res, 'token-exchange-failed');
     }
 
@@ -103,6 +110,7 @@ export class AuthController {
       // their browser dropped the cookie (TTL elapsed in
       // a 3rd-party-cookie blocker, etc.). Treat as flow-expired.
       this.logger.warn({ event: 'auth.no_pre_auth_cookie' }, 'AuthCallback');
+      await this.audit.signInFailed({ failureKind: 'no-pre-auth-cookie' });
       return this.redirectWithError(res, 'flow-expired');
     }
 
@@ -127,6 +135,12 @@ export class AuthController {
       // and revoke. Best-effort: a Redis hiccup here doesn't fail
       // sign-in (the service swallows + logs).
       await this.userSessionIndex.add(user.oid, req.sessionID);
+      // First write to the audit trail — blocking, per ADR-0013.
+      // If this throws the user does NOT see a successful sign-in:
+      // the exception propagates and the controller emits a 5xx via
+      // Nest's default exception filter. Same posture as the
+      // session.save() above.
+      await this.audit.signIn({ actor: user, sessionId: req.sessionID });
       this.logger.log(
         {
           event: 'auth.signed_in',
@@ -141,6 +155,7 @@ export class AuthController {
     } catch (err) {
       if (err instanceof AuthCodeFlowException) {
         this.logger.warn({ event: 'auth.flow_error', failure: err.failure }, 'AuthCallback');
+        await this.audit.signInFailed({ failureKind: err.failure.kind });
         return this.redirectWithError(res, err.failure.kind);
       }
       throw err;
@@ -192,6 +207,12 @@ export class AuthController {
     // requests (nothing was ever added).
     if (user) {
       await this.userSessionIndex.remove(user.oid, sessionId);
+      // Audit the sign-out before tearing the session down — once
+      // destroy() runs we lose the actor id. Blocking per ADR-0013:
+      // if the audit row can't be written, the user does NOT get a
+      // "you're logged out" experience, because we can't certify
+      // the sign-out happened.
+      await this.audit.signOut({ actor: user, sessionId });
     }
 
     try {
diff --git a/apps/portal-bff/src/auth/auth.module.spec.ts b/apps/portal-bff/src/auth/auth.module.spec.ts
index 64226c9..4a24c6b 100644
--- a/apps/portal-bff/src/auth/auth.module.spec.ts
+++ b/apps/portal-bff/src/auth/auth.module.spec.ts
@@ -1,18 +1,40 @@
 import { randomBytes } from 'node:crypto';
 import { ConfidentialClientApplication } from '@azure/msal-node';
+import { Global, Module } from '@nestjs/common';
 import { Test } from '@nestjs/testing';
+import { ClsService } from 'nestjs-cls';
 import { LoggerModule } from 'nestjs-pino';
+import { PrismaService } from 'nestjs-prisma';
+import { AuditModule } from '../audit/audit.module';
 import { AuthModule } from './auth.module';
 import { ENTRA_CONFIG, type EntraConfig } from './entra-config.token';
 import { MSAL_CLIENT } from './msal-client.token';
 
-// AuthModule imports SessionModule (so AuthController can inject
-// `UserSessionIndexService`), which transitively pulls in
-// RedisModule + the session-secret / session-encryption-key
-// validators. The spec has to satisfy all of those env vars or the
-// test fails as soon as `compile()` walks the import graph — which
-// is exactly what bit the CI on PR #115 (CI starts with a clean env;
-// locally `nx test` was loading apps/portal-bff/.env and masking it).
+// Production app makes PrismaService + ClsService globally available
+// via `PrismaModule.forRoot({ isGlobal: true })` and ObservabilityModule.
+// In a slice-of-graph spec we stub both via a tiny @Global() module
+// so AuditModule's transitive resolution of AuditWriter succeeds
+// without booting Prisma or nestjs-cls for real.
+@Global()
+@Module({
+  providers: [
+    { provide: PrismaService, useValue: {} },
+    { provide: ClsService, useValue: { get: () => undefined } },
+  ],
+  exports: [PrismaService, ClsService],
+})
+class TestStubsModule {}
+
+// AuthModule imports SessionModule + (transitively, via AuditModule
+// being @Global) needs the AuditWriter providers. compile() walks
+// the full import graph so the spec has to satisfy every validator
+// at boot time, including:
+//   - SessionModule's RedisModule (REDIS_URL)
+//   - SessionModule's middleware factory (SESSION_SECRET +
+//     SESSION_ENCRYPTION_KEY)
+//   - AuditModule's HashUserIdService (LOG_USER_ID_SALT)
+// Lesson from PR #115/#116: CI starts with a clean env, masking the
+// failure that nx-loaded apps/portal-bff/.env hides locally.
 const VALID = {
   ENTRA_INSTANCE_URL: 'https://login.microsoftonline.com/',
   ENTRA_TENANT_ID: 'aaaaaaaa-bbbb-cccc-dddd-eeeeeeeeeeee',
@@ -25,16 +47,26 @@ const VALID = {
   REDIS_URL: 'redis://default:test-pass@127.0.0.1:65535/0',
   SESSION_SECRET: randomBytes(32).toString('base64url'),
   SESSION_ENCRYPTION_KEY: randomBytes(32).toString('base64url'),
+  LOG_USER_ID_SALT: randomBytes(32).toString('base64url'),
+  // PrismaModule reads this at boot; an unreachable URL is fine in
+  // tests because we never issue queries.
+  DATABASE_URL: 'postgresql://test:test@127.0.0.1:65535/test',
 };
 
 // AuthModule's MSAL_CLIENT factory injects the Pino-backed `Logger`
 // (which the production app supplies through `ObservabilityModule`).
-// Importing `LoggerModule.forRoot({ pinoHttp: { level: 'silent' } })`
-// here registers the same provider for the testing module without
-// flooding test stdout.
+// `AuditModule` is `@Global()` in production via AppModule; here we
+// import it explicitly because we compile a slice of the graph.
+// AuditWriter's deps (PrismaService, ClsService) are stubbed — the
+// spec doesn't need a working DB, only that the wiring resolves.
 async function compile() {
   return Test.createTestingModule({
-    imports: [LoggerModule.forRoot({ pinoHttp: { level: 'silent' } }), AuthModule],
+    imports: [
+      LoggerModule.forRoot({ pinoHttp: { level: 'silent' } }),
+      TestStubsModule,
+      AuditModule,
+      AuthModule,
+    ],
   }).compile();
 }
 
diff --git a/apps/portal-bff/src/config/check-log-user-id-salt.spec.ts b/apps/portal-bff/src/config/check-log-user-id-salt.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6508395
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/portal-bff/src/config/check-log-user-id-salt.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+import { randomBytes } from 'node:crypto';
+import { assertLogUserIdSalt } from './check-log-user-id-salt';
+
+const STRONG_SALT = randomBytes(32).toString('base64url');
+
+describe('assertLogUserIdSalt', () => {
+  const original = process.env['LOG_USER_ID_SALT'];
+
+  afterEach(() => {
+    if (original === undefined) {
+      delete process.env['LOG_USER_ID_SALT'];
+    } else {
+      process.env['LOG_USER_ID_SALT'] = original;
+    }
+  });
+
+  it('returns the value when LOG_USER_ID_SALT decodes to ≥ 32 bytes', () => {
+    process.env['LOG_USER_ID_SALT'] = STRONG_SALT;
+    expect(assertLogUserIdSalt()).toBe(STRONG_SALT);
+  });
+
+  it('throws when LOG_USER_ID_SALT is unset', () => {
+    delete process.env['LOG_USER_ID_SALT'];
+    expect(() => assertLogUserIdSalt()).toThrow(/LOG_USER_ID_SALT is not set/);
+  });
+
+  it('throws when LOG_USER_ID_SALT is the .env.example placeholder', () => {
+    process.env['LOG_USER_ID_SALT'] = 'replace_with_32_random_bytes_base64url';
+    expect(() => assertLogUserIdSalt()).toThrow(/placeholder/);
+  });
+
+  it('throws when LOG_USER_ID_SALT decodes below 32 bytes', () => {
+    process.env['LOG_USER_ID_SALT'] = randomBytes(16).toString('base64url');
+    expect(() => assertLogUserIdSalt()).toThrow(/decodes to 16 bytes/);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/apps/portal-bff/src/config/check-log-user-id-salt.ts b/apps/portal-bff/src/config/check-log-user-id-salt.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2916855
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/portal-bff/src/config/check-log-user-id-salt.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+/**
+ * Sanity-check the `LOG_USER_ID_SALT` env var early in bootstrap so
+ * a missing or obviously weak value fails fast instead of producing
+ * predictable hashes at runtime.
+ *
+ * Wired in `main.ts` alongside the other `assertX()` validators —
+ * same pre-flight family per ADR-0018 §"BFF env-var loading".
+ *
+ * `LOG_USER_ID_SALT` is the per-environment salt fed into SHA-256
+ * to pseudonymise user ids before they land in audit rows
+ * (`actor_id_hash`, per ADR-0013 §"Schema") and in Pino app log
+ * lines (`user_id_hash`, per ADR-0012 §"User id hashing"). The
+ * same value must be in scope on both writers so the two streams
+ * join on the hash.
+ *
+ * Returns the salt as a string so callers (`HashUserIdService`)
+ * can fold it into the hash without re-reading the env.
+ */
+
+const PLACEHOLDER = 'replace_with_32_random_bytes_base64url';
+const MIN_ENTROPY_BYTES = 32;
+
+export function assertLogUserIdSalt(): string {
+  const raw = process.env['LOG_USER_ID_SALT'];
+  if (!raw || raw === '') {
+    throw new Error(
+      `LOG_USER_ID_SALT is not set. Generate one with ` +
+        `"node -e \\"console.log(require('crypto').randomBytes(32).toString('base64url'))\\"" ` +
+        `and put it in apps/portal-bff/.env.`,
+    );
+  }
+
+  if (raw === PLACEHOLDER) {
+    throw new Error(
+      `LOG_USER_ID_SALT is still set to the .env.example placeholder ` +
+        `("${PLACEHOLDER}"). Replace with a real random value.`,
+    );
+  }
+
+  // Accept base64url-encoded input (the documented generation
+  // recipe). Anything below 32 bytes of decoded entropy is weaker
+  // than the project's AES-256 key family — reject early.
+  let decoded: Buffer;
+  try {
+    decoded = Buffer.from(raw, 'base64url');
+  } catch {
+    throw new Error(`LOG_USER_ID_SALT must be a base64url-encoded string. Got: ${truncate(raw)}`);
+  }
+
+  if (decoded.length < MIN_ENTROPY_BYTES) {
+    throw new Error(
+      `LOG_USER_ID_SALT decodes to ${decoded.length} bytes, ` +
+        `below the ${MIN_ENTROPY_BYTES}-byte minimum (≈ 256 bits of entropy). ` +
+        `Generate a longer value.`,
+    );
+  }
+
+  return raw;
+}
+
+function truncate(s: string): string {
+  return s.length > 16 ? `${s.slice(0, 16)}…` : s;
+}
diff --git a/apps/portal-bff/src/main.ts b/apps/portal-bff/src/main.ts
index a2049f6..07d8eee 100644
--- a/apps/portal-bff/src/main.ts
+++ b/apps/portal-bff/src/main.ts
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import { AppModule } from './app/app.module';
 import { assertDatabaseUrl } from './config/check-database-url';
 import { assertEntraConfig } from './config/check-entra-config';
 import { assertRedisConfig } from './config/check-redis-config';
+import { assertLogUserIdSalt } from './config/check-log-user-id-salt';
 import { assertSessionEncryptionKey } from './config/check-session-encryption-key';
 import { assertSessionSecret } from './config/check-session-secret';
 import {
@@ -44,6 +45,11 @@ assertRedisConfig();
 // surface on the first authenticated request otherwise.
 assertSessionEncryptionKey();
 
+// LOG_USER_ID_SALT — per-environment SHA-256 salt for the actor-id
+// hash that joins audit rows (ADR-0013) and Pino log lines
+// (ADR-0012). Mandatory at boot.
+assertLogUserIdSalt();
+
 async function bootstrap() {
   // `bufferLogs: true` holds early-bootstrap log lines until the
   // Pino-based Logger is wired in below, so we don't lose anything
diff --git a/apps/portal-bff/src/session/absolute-timeout.middleware.spec.ts b/apps/portal-bff/src/session/absolute-timeout.middleware.spec.ts
index 1265078..5334b47 100644
--- a/apps/portal-bff/src/session/absolute-timeout.middleware.spec.ts
+++ b/apps/portal-bff/src/session/absolute-timeout.middleware.spec.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import type { NextFunction, Request, Response } from 'express';
 import type { Logger } from 'nestjs-pino';
+import type { AuditWriter } from '../audit/audit.service';
 import { createAbsoluteTimeoutMiddleware } from './absolute-timeout.middleware';
 import type { UserSessionIndexService } from './user-session-index.service';
 
@@ -42,6 +43,12 @@ function makeIndex(): UserSessionIndexService & { add: jest.Mock; remove: jest.M
   } as unknown as UserSessionIndexService & { add: jest.Mock; remove: jest.Mock };
 }
 
+function makeAudit(): AuditWriter & { sessionExpired: jest.Mock } {
+  return {
+    sessionExpired: jest.fn().mockResolvedValue(undefined),
+  } as unknown as AuditWriter & { sessionExpired: jest.Mock };
+}
+
 function makeLogger() {
   return {
     log: jest.fn(),
@@ -65,7 +72,12 @@ const USER = {
 
 describe('absoluteTimeout middleware', () => {
   it('passes through when there is no session at all', async () => {
-    const middleware = createAbsoluteTimeoutMiddleware(makeIndex(), makeLogger(), () => NOW);
+    const middleware = createAbsoluteTimeoutMiddleware(
+      makeIndex(),
+      makeLogger(),
+      makeAudit(),
+      () => NOW,
+    );
     const req = makeReq(undefined);
     const res = makeRes();
     const next: NextFunction = jest.fn();
@@ -78,7 +90,12 @@ describe('absoluteTimeout middleware', () => {
 
   it('passes through when the session has no user (anonymous request hit a session-touching route)', async () => {
     const session = makeSession();
-    const middleware = createAbsoluteTimeoutMiddleware(makeIndex(), makeLogger(), () => NOW);
+    const middleware = createAbsoluteTimeoutMiddleware(
+      makeIndex(),
+      makeLogger(),
+      makeAudit(),
+      () => NOW,
+    );
     const res = makeRes();
     const next: NextFunction = jest.fn();
 
@@ -90,7 +107,12 @@ describe('absoluteTimeout middleware', () => {
 
   it('passes through when absoluteExpiresAt is unset (pre-hardening session)', async () => {
     const session = makeSession({ user: USER });
-    const middleware = createAbsoluteTimeoutMiddleware(makeIndex(), makeLogger(), () => NOW);
+    const middleware = createAbsoluteTimeoutMiddleware(
+      makeIndex(),
+      makeLogger(),
+      makeAudit(),
+      () => NOW,
+    );
     const res = makeRes();
     const next: NextFunction = jest.fn();
 
@@ -106,7 +128,12 @@ describe('absoluteTimeout middleware', () => {
       createdAt: NOW - 60_000,
       absoluteExpiresAt: NOW + 60_000,
     });
-    const middleware = createAbsoluteTimeoutMiddleware(makeIndex(), makeLogger(), () => NOW);
+    const middleware = createAbsoluteTimeoutMiddleware(
+      makeIndex(),
+      makeLogger(),
+      makeAudit(),
+      () => NOW,
+    );
     const res = makeRes();
     const next: NextFunction = jest.fn();
 
@@ -117,7 +144,7 @@ describe('absoluteTimeout middleware', () => {
     expect(res.clearCookie).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
   });
 
-  it('destroys the session, removes from the index, clears the cookie, and still calls next() when past the ceiling', async () => {
+  it('destroys the session, removes from the index, clears the cookie, audits expiry, and still calls next() when past the ceiling', async () => {
     const session = makeSession({
       user: USER,
       createdAt: NOW - 13 * 60 * 60 * 1000,
@@ -125,7 +152,8 @@ describe('absoluteTimeout middleware', () => {
     });
     const index = makeIndex();
     const logger = makeLogger();
-    const middleware = createAbsoluteTimeoutMiddleware(index, logger, () => NOW);
+    const audit = makeAudit();
+    const middleware = createAbsoluteTimeoutMiddleware(index, logger, audit, () => NOW);
     const res = makeRes();
     const next: NextFunction = jest.fn();
 
@@ -134,6 +162,12 @@ describe('absoluteTimeout middleware', () => {
     expect(session.destroy).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
     expect(index.remove).toHaveBeenCalledWith(USER.oid, 'session-abc');
     expect(res.clearCookie).toHaveBeenCalledWith('portal_session', { path: '/' });
+    expect(audit.sessionExpired).toHaveBeenCalledWith({
+      actor: { oid: USER.oid },
+      sessionId: 'session-abc',
+      reason: 'absolute',
+      ageMs: 13 * 60 * 60 * 1000,
+    });
     expect(logger.log).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
       expect.objectContaining({
         event: 'session.absolute_timeout',
@@ -145,7 +179,7 @@ describe('absoluteTimeout middleware', () => {
     expect(next).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
   });
 
-  it('logs but does not throw when destroy() fails — still clears cookie + index + calls next()', async () => {
+  it('logs but does not throw when destroy() fails — still clears cookie + index + audits + calls next()', async () => {
     const session = makeSession({
       user: USER,
       createdAt: NOW - 13 * 60 * 60 * 1000,
@@ -156,7 +190,8 @@ describe('absoluteTimeout middleware', () => {
     );
     const index = makeIndex();
     const logger = makeLogger();
-    const middleware = createAbsoluteTimeoutMiddleware(index, logger, () => NOW);
+    const audit = makeAudit();
+    const middleware = createAbsoluteTimeoutMiddleware(index, logger, audit, () => NOW);
     const res = makeRes();
     const next: NextFunction = jest.fn();
 
@@ -170,6 +205,7 @@ describe('absoluteTimeout middleware', () => {
       'AbsoluteTimeout',
     );
     expect(index.remove).toHaveBeenCalledWith(USER.oid, 'session-abc');
+    expect(audit.sessionExpired).toHaveBeenCalled();
     expect(res.clearCookie).toHaveBeenCalled();
     expect(next).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
   });
diff --git a/apps/portal-bff/src/session/absolute-timeout.middleware.ts b/apps/portal-bff/src/session/absolute-timeout.middleware.ts
index 96bd2a5..78dfb70 100644
--- a/apps/portal-bff/src/session/absolute-timeout.middleware.ts
+++ b/apps/portal-bff/src/session/absolute-timeout.middleware.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import type { NextFunction, Request, RequestHandler, Response } from 'express';
 import { Logger } from 'nestjs-pino';
+import { AuditWriter } from '../audit/audit.service';
 import { sessionCookieName } from './session-cookie';
 import { UserSessionIndexService } from './user-session-index.service';
 
@@ -29,6 +30,7 @@ import { UserSessionIndexService } from './user-session-index.service';
 export function createAbsoluteTimeoutMiddleware(
   index: UserSessionIndexService,
   logger: Logger,
+  audit: AuditWriter,
   now: () => number = Date.now,
 ): RequestHandler {
   return async function absoluteTimeout(
@@ -79,6 +81,18 @@ export function createAbsoluteTimeoutMiddleware(
     await index.remove(userId, sessionId);
     res.clearCookie(sessionCookieName(), { path: '/' });
 
+    // Audit the expiry — blocking per ADR-0013: if the audit row
+    // can't be written, the request fails (the user sees a 5xx,
+    // ops gets a critical Pino line). The session was already
+    // destroyed above, so the user is signed out regardless — the
+    // failure surfaces in the response, not the security posture.
+    await audit.sessionExpired({
+      actor: { oid: userId },
+      sessionId,
+      reason: 'absolute',
+      ageMs,
+    });
+
     logger.log(
       {
         event: 'session.absolute_timeout',
diff --git a/apps/portal-bff/src/session/session.module.spec.ts b/apps/portal-bff/src/session/session.module.spec.ts
index 110d02d..94ccfe9 100644
--- a/apps/portal-bff/src/session/session.module.spec.ts
+++ b/apps/portal-bff/src/session/session.module.spec.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,23 @@
 import { randomBytes } from 'node:crypto';
+import { Global, Module } from '@nestjs/common';
 import { Test } from '@nestjs/testing';
+import { ClsService } from 'nestjs-cls';
 import { LoggerModule } from 'nestjs-pino';
+import { PrismaService } from 'nestjs-prisma';
+import { AuditModule } from '../audit/audit.module';
 import { SessionModule } from './session.module';
 import { SESSION_MIDDLEWARE, type RequestHandler } from './session.token';
 
+@Global()
+@Module({
+  providers: [
+    { provide: PrismaService, useValue: {} },
+    { provide: ClsService, useValue: { get: () => undefined } },
+  ],
+  exports: [PrismaService, ClsService],
+})
+class TestStubsModule {}
+
 const STRONG_KEY = randomBytes(32).toString('base64url');
 const STRONG_SECRET = randomBytes(32).toString('base64url');
 
@@ -11,12 +25,22 @@ interface OriginalEnv {
   REDIS_URL: string | undefined;
   SESSION_SECRET: string | undefined;
   SESSION_ENCRYPTION_KEY: string | undefined;
+  LOG_USER_ID_SALT: string | undefined;
   NODE_ENV: string | undefined;
 }
 
+// SessionModule's absolute-timeout middleware factory now depends
+// on `AuditWriter` (provided by AuditModule via @Global() in
+// production). The spec compiles a slice of the graph so we import
+// AuditModule explicitly and stub its DB-touching deps.
 async function compile() {
   return Test.createTestingModule({
-    imports: [LoggerModule.forRoot({ pinoHttp: { level: 'silent' } }), SessionModule],
+    imports: [
+      LoggerModule.forRoot({ pinoHttp: { level: 'silent' } }),
+      TestStubsModule,
+      AuditModule,
+      SessionModule,
+    ],
   }).compile();
 }
 
@@ -25,6 +49,7 @@ describe('SessionModule', () => {
     REDIS_URL: process.env['REDIS_URL'],
     SESSION_SECRET: process.env['SESSION_SECRET'],
     SESSION_ENCRYPTION_KEY: process.env['SESSION_ENCRYPTION_KEY'],
+    LOG_USER_ID_SALT: process.env['LOG_USER_ID_SALT'],
     NODE_ENV: process.env['NODE_ENV'],
   };
 
@@ -34,6 +59,7 @@ describe('SessionModule', () => {
     process.env['REDIS_URL'] = 'redis://default:test-pass@127.0.0.1:65535/0';
     process.env['SESSION_SECRET'] = STRONG_SECRET;
     process.env['SESSION_ENCRYPTION_KEY'] = STRONG_KEY;
+    process.env['LOG_USER_ID_SALT'] = randomBytes(32).toString('base64url');
     process.env['NODE_ENV'] = 'development';
   });
 
@@ -41,6 +67,7 @@ describe('SessionModule', () => {
     restore('REDIS_URL', original.REDIS_URL);
     restore('SESSION_SECRET', original.SESSION_SECRET);
     restore('SESSION_ENCRYPTION_KEY', original.SESSION_ENCRYPTION_KEY);
+    restore('LOG_USER_ID_SALT', original.LOG_USER_ID_SALT);
     restore('NODE_ENV', original.NODE_ENV);
   });
 
diff --git a/apps/portal-bff/src/session/session.module.ts b/apps/portal-bff/src/session/session.module.ts
index 92cce80..2e7343a 100644
--- a/apps/portal-bff/src/session/session.module.ts
+++ b/apps/portal-bff/src/session/session.module.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import { assertSessionEncryptionKey } from '../config/check-session-encryption-k
 import { assertSessionSecret } from '../config/check-session-secret';
 import { RedisModule } from '../redis/redis.module';
 import { REDIS_CLIENT, type Redis } from '../redis/redis.token';
+import { AuditWriter } from '../audit/audit.service';
 import { createAbsoluteTimeoutMiddleware } from './absolute-timeout.middleware';
 import { adaptIoredisForConnectRedis } from './ioredis-connect-redis-adapter';
 import { SessionDecryptError, decrypt, encrypt } from './session-crypto';
@@ -57,9 +58,12 @@ import { UserSessionIndexService } from './user-session-index.service';
     UserSessionIndexService,
     {
       provide: SESSION_ABSOLUTE_TIMEOUT_MIDDLEWARE,
-      inject: [UserSessionIndexService, Logger],
-      useFactory: (index: UserSessionIndexService, logger: Logger): RequestHandler =>
-        createAbsoluteTimeoutMiddleware(index, logger),
+      inject: [UserSessionIndexService, Logger, AuditWriter],
+      useFactory: (
+        index: UserSessionIndexService,
+        logger: Logger,
+        audit: AuditWriter,
+      ): RequestHandler => createAbsoluteTimeoutMiddleware(index, logger, audit),
     },
     {
       provide: SESSION_MIDDLEWARE,