Patent ID: 8914667

Claim:
A method for correcting a storage error within a dispersed storage network (DSN), the method comprises: identifying a set of collections of records corresponding to a data segment that is stored in the DSN as a set of encoded data slices, wherein a collection of records of the set of collections of records includes: an event record including information regarding an event, wherein the event is a user access operation or a system administrative operation initiated by a device affiliated with the DSN; a first record including information regarding a dispersed storage (DS) processing module processing an event request to produce a plurality of sub-event requests, wherein the event request is regarding the event; and a plurality of records including information regarding a set of DS units processing the plurality of sub-event requests; determining whether an error exists for one of the set of encoded data slices based on at least some of the set of collections of records; and when the error exists, flagging the one of the set of encoded data slices for potential rebuilding.