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+# Amazon EventBridge Data Plane Logging with AWS CloudTrail
+
+This pattern enables CloudTrail data plane logging for Amazon EventBridge and triggers a Lambda function when PutEvents API calls are detected, providing security and operational visibility into event bus activity.
+
+Learn more about this pattern at Serverless Land Patterns: https://serverlessland.com/patterns/eventbridge-cloudtrail-dataplane-cdk
+
+Important: this application uses various AWS services and there are costs associated with these services after the Free Tier usage - please see the [AWS Pricing page](https://aws.amazon.com/pricing/) for details.
+
+## Requirements
+
+* [AWS CLI](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/userguide/install-cliv2.html) installed and configured
+* [AWS CDK](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cdk/latest/guide/cli.html) installed
+* [Node.js](https://nodejs.org/en/download/) installed
+
+## Deployment Instructions
+
+1. Clone and navigate to the pattern:
+    ```
+    cd serverless-patterns/eventbridge-cloudtrail-dataplane-cdk
+    npm install
+    ```
+2. Deploy:
+    ```
+    cdk deploy
+    ```
+
+## How it works
+
+- A CloudTrail trail is created with data event logging enabled
+- EventBridge data plane API calls (PutEvents) are now logged to CloudTrail (new May 2026 feature)
+- An EventBridge rule captures these CloudTrail events matching `aws.events` source with `PutEvents` event name
+- A Lambda function processes the events, logging the caller identity, source IP, event bus, and entry count
+- This enables security teams to audit who is putting events to which bus
+
+## Testing
+
+```bash
+# Put a test event to the default event bus
+aws events put-events --entries '[{"Source":"test.app","DetailType":"TestEvent","Detail":"{\"key\":\"value\"}"}]'
+
+# Check Lambda logs (allow ~5 minutes for CloudTrail delivery)
+aws logs tail /aws/lambda/$(aws cloudformation describe-stacks \
+  --stack-name EventbridgeCloudtrailDataplaneStack \
+  --query 'Stacks[0].Outputs[?OutputKey==`ProcessorFunctionName`].OutputValue' --output text) \
+  --follow
+```
+
+## Cleanup
+
+```
+cdk destroy
+```
+
+---
+
+Copyright 2026 Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates. All Rights Reserved.
+
+SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT-0
diff --git a/eventbridge-cloudtrail-dataplane-cdk/bin/app.ts b/eventbridge-cloudtrail-dataplane-cdk/bin/app.ts
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+#!/usr/bin/env node
+import 'source-map-support/register';
+import * as cdk from 'aws-cdk-lib';
+import { EventbridgeCloudtrailDataplaneStack } from '../lib/eventbridge-cloudtrail-dataplane-stack';
+
+const app = new cdk.App();
+new EventbridgeCloudtrailDataplaneStack(app, 'EventbridgeCloudtrailDataplaneStack');
diff --git a/eventbridge-cloudtrail-dataplane-cdk/cdk.json b/eventbridge-cloudtrail-dataplane-cdk/cdk.json
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+{
+  "app": "npx ts-node --prefer-ts-exts bin/app.ts"
+}
diff --git a/eventbridge-cloudtrail-dataplane-cdk/example-pattern.json b/eventbridge-cloudtrail-dataplane-cdk/example-pattern.json
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+{
+  "title": "Amazon EventBridge Data Plane Logging with AWS CloudTrail",
+  "description": "Monitor EventBridge PutEvents API calls using CloudTrail data plane logging with Lambda alerting for security and operational visibility.",
+  "language": "TypeScript",
+  "level": "300",
+  "framework": "CDK",
+  "introBox": {
+    "headline": "How it works",
+    "text": [
+      "This pattern enables CloudTrail data plane logging for Amazon EventBridge (launched May 2026).",
+      "CloudTrail captures PutEvents API calls and delivers them as events to EventBridge.",
+      "An EventBridge rule matches these CloudTrail events and triggers a Lambda function for alerting.",
+      "This provides visibility into who is putting events, from where, and how many — essential for security auditing."
+    ]
+  },
+  "gitHub": {
+    "template": {
+      "repoURL": "https://github.com/aws-samples/serverless-patterns/tree/main/eventbridge-cloudtrail-dataplane-cdk",
+      "templateURL": "serverless-patterns/eventbridge-cloudtrail-dataplane-cdk",
+      "projectFolder": "eventbridge-cloudtrail-dataplane-cdk",
+      "templateFile": "lib/eventbridge-cloudtrail-dataplane-stack.ts"
+    }
+  },
+  "resources": {
+    "bullets": [
+      { "text": "EventBridge Data Plane CloudTrail Logging", "link": "https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2026/05/amazon-eventbridge-data-aws-cloudtrail/" },
+      { "text": "CloudTrail Data Events", "link": "https://docs.aws.amazon.com/awscloudtrail/latest/userguide/logging-data-events-with-cloudtrail.html" }
+    ]
+  },
+  "deploy": { "text": ["cdk deploy"] },
+  "testing": { "text": ["See the README for testing instructions."] },
+  "cleanup": { "text": ["cdk destroy"] },
+  "authors": [
+    {
+      "name": "Nithin Chandran R",
+      "bio": "Technical Account Manager at AWS, passionate about serverless and AI/ML.",
+      "linkedin": "nithin-chandran-r"
+    }
+  ]
+}
diff --git a/eventbridge-cloudtrail-dataplane-cdk/lib/eventbridge-cloudtrail-dataplane-stack.ts b/eventbridge-cloudtrail-dataplane-cdk/lib/eventbridge-cloudtrail-dataplane-stack.ts
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+import * as cdk from 'aws-cdk-lib';
+import * as events from 'aws-cdk-lib/aws-events';
+import * as targets from 'aws-cdk-lib/aws-events-targets';
+import * as lambda from 'aws-cdk-lib/aws-lambda';
+import * as logs from 'aws-cdk-lib/aws-logs';
+import * as cloudtrail from 'aws-cdk-lib/aws-cloudtrail';
+import * as s3 from 'aws-cdk-lib/aws-s3';
+import { Construct } from 'constructs';
+
+export class EventbridgeCloudtrailDataplaneStack extends cdk.Stack {
+  constructor(scope: Construct, id: string, props?: cdk.StackProps) {
+    super(scope, id, props);
+
+    // S3 bucket for CloudTrail logs
+    const trailBucket = new s3.Bucket(this, 'TrailBucket', {
+      removalPolicy: cdk.RemovalPolicy.DESTROY,
+      autoDeleteObjects: true,
+      enforceSSL: true,
+    });
+
+    // CloudTrail trail with data events for EventBridge
+    const trail = new cloudtrail.Trail(this, 'EventBridgeDataPlaneTrail', {
+      bucket: trailBucket,
+      trailName: 'eventbridge-dataplane-trail',
+      isMultiRegionTrail: false,
+    });
+
+    // Enable EventBridge data plane events logging
+    trail.addEventSelector(cloudtrail.DataResourceType.LAMBDA_FUNCTION, ['arn:aws:lambda']);
+
+    // Lambda function to process CloudTrail events
+    const processor = new lambda.Function(this, 'EventProcessor', {
+      runtime: lambda.Runtime.NODEJS_20_X,
+      handler: 'index.handler',
+      code: lambda.Code.fromAsset('src'),
+      timeout: cdk.Duration.seconds(10),
+      loggingFormat: lambda.LoggingFormat.JSON,
+    });
+
+    // EventBridge rule to capture EventBridge PutEvents API calls from CloudTrail
+    const rule = new events.Rule(this, 'DataPlaneRule', {
+      eventPattern: {
+        source: ['aws.events'],
+        detailType: ['AWS API Call via CloudTrail'],
+        detail: {
+          eventSource: ['events.amazonaws.com'],
+          eventName: ['PutEvents'],
+        },
+      },
+    });
+
+    rule.addTarget(new targets.LambdaFunction(processor));
+
+    new cdk.CfnOutput(this, 'ProcessorFunctionName', { value: processor.functionName });
+    new cdk.CfnOutput(this, 'TrailBucketName', { value: trailBucket.bucketName });
+    new cdk.CfnOutput(this, 'RuleName', { value: rule.ruleName });
+  }
+}
diff --git a/eventbridge-cloudtrail-dataplane-cdk/package.json b/eventbridge-cloudtrail-dataplane-cdk/package.json
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+{
+  "name": "eventbridge-cloudtrail-dataplane-cdk",
+  "version": "1.0.0",
+  "bin": { "app": "bin/app.ts" },
+  "scripts": { "build": "tsc", "cdk": "cdk" },
+  "dependencies": {
+    "aws-cdk-lib": "^2.180.0",
+    "constructs": "^10.0.0",
+    "source-map-support": "^0.5.21"
+  },
+  "devDependencies": {
+    "typescript": "~5.4.0",
+    "ts-node": "^10.9.0",
+    "@types/node": "^20.0.0"
+  }
+}
diff --git a/eventbridge-cloudtrail-dataplane-cdk/src/index.js b/eventbridge-cloudtrail-dataplane-cdk/src/index.js
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+exports.handler = async (event) => {
+  const detail = event.detail || {};
+  console.log(JSON.stringify({
+    message: 'EventBridge data plane API call detected',
+    eventName: detail.eventName,
+    eventSource: detail.eventSource,
+    sourceIPAddress: detail.sourceIPAddress,
+    userAgent: detail.userAgent,
+    userIdentity: detail.userIdentity?.arn,
+    eventBusName: detail.requestParameters?.entries?.[0]?.eventBusName || 'default',
+    entryCount: detail.requestParameters?.entries?.length || 0,
+    eventTime: detail.eventTime,
+  }));
+  return { statusCode: 200 };
+};
diff --git a/eventbridge-cloudtrail-dataplane-cdk/tsconfig.json b/eventbridge-cloudtrail-dataplane-cdk/tsconfig.json
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+{
+  "compilerOptions": {
+    "target": "ES2020", "module": "commonjs", "lib": ["es2020"],
+    "declaration": true, "strict": true, "outDir": "build",
+    "rootDir": ".", "skipLibCheck": true, "forceConsistentCasingInFileNames": true
+  },
+  "exclude": ["node_modules", "build"]
+}