- Updates for MySQL indexes on version 8+ and index keys to avoid max key length issues with long VARCHAR fields. The DBLogger model now creates indexes with a 255 character prefix for userAgent, host, path, and referer fields when using MySQL to prevent exceeding the 3072 byte key limit.

Author: lmajano

box.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
     "name":"ColdBox Security",
-    "version":"3.8.0",
+    "version":"3.7.2",
     "location":"https://downloads.ortussolutions.com/ortussolutions/coldbox-modules/cbsecurity/@build.version@/cbsecurity-@build.version@.zip",
     "author":"Ortus Solutions.com <info@ortussolutions.com>",
     "slug":"cbsecurity",

changelog.md

@@ -9,6 +9,10 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+### 🐛 Fixed
+
+- Updates for MySQL indexes on version 8+ and index keys to avoid max key length issues with long VARCHAR fields. The `DBLogger` model now creates indexes with a 255 character prefix for `userAgent`, `host`, `path`, and `referer` fields when using MySQL to prevent exceeding the 3072 byte key limit.
+
 ## [3.7.1] - 2026-05-21
 
 ### Fixed

models/util/DBLogger.cfc

@@ -449,8 +449,14 @@ component accessors="true" singleton threadsafe {
 				];
 
 				indexColumns.each( ( key ) => {
+					var indexDefinition = "#key#";
+					// For MySQL, limit VARCHAR(1024) index prefix to avoid exceeding 3072 byte key limit
+					var longVarcharCols = [ "userAgent", "host", "path", "referer" ];
+					if ( getDatabaseVendor() == "MySQL" && longVarcharCols.find( key ) > 0 ) {
+						indexDefinition = "#key#(255)";
+					}
 					queryExecute(
-						"CREATE INDEX idx_cbsecurity_#key# ON #getTable()# (#key#)",
+						"CREATE INDEX idx_cbsecurity_#key# ON #getTable()# (#indexDefinition#)",
 						{},
 						{ datasource : variables.settings.firewall.logs.dsn }
 					);