diff --git a/apps/sim/lib/mcp/application/use-cases.ts b/apps/sim/lib/mcp/application/use-cases.ts
index b656ea30cf5..bbc6519e335 100644
--- a/apps/sim/lib/mcp/application/use-cases.ts
+++ b/apps/sim/lib/mcp/application/use-cases.ts
@@ -315,9 +315,7 @@ function updateAudit(
       serverName: result.server.name,
       transport: result.server.transport,
       url: result.server.url,
-      updatedFields: Object.keys(input).filter(
-        (key) => !['workspaceId', 'serverId', 'source'].includes(key)
-      ),
+      updatedFields: result.updatedFields ?? [],
       source: input.source,
     },
   }
diff --git a/apps/sim/lib/mcp/orchestration/server-lifecycle.test.ts b/apps/sim/lib/mcp/orchestration/server-lifecycle.test.ts
index 073c5a1d0fa..cdcd59d2f58 100644
--- a/apps/sim/lib/mcp/orchestration/server-lifecycle.test.ts
+++ b/apps/sim/lib/mcp/orchestration/server-lifecycle.test.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
  */
 import {
   auditMock,
+  auditMockFns,
   dbChainMock,
   dbChainMockFns,
   encryptionMock,
@@ -64,6 +65,9 @@ import {
 } from '@/lib/mcp/orchestration/server-lifecycle'
 
 describe('MCP server lifecycle orchestration', () => {
+  const auditUpdatedFields = (): string[] | undefined =>
+    auditMockFns.mockRecordAudit.mock.calls.at(-1)?.[0].metadata.updatedFields
+
   beforeEach(() => {
     vi.clearAllMocks()
     resetDbChainMock()
@@ -151,6 +155,48 @@ describe('MCP server lifecycle orchestration', () => {
     )
     // ...and revoke the now-orphaned OAuth tokens rather than leaving them stored and valid.
     expect(mockRevokeOauthTokens).toHaveBeenCalledWith('server-1', 'workspace-1')
+    // The reset columns are the point of this audit row — an auditor needs to see
+    // that the connection was invalidated, not just that authType was touched.
+    expect(auditUpdatedFields()).toEqual(
+      expect.arrayContaining(['authType', 'connectionStatus', 'lastConnected', 'lastError'])
+    )
+  })
+
+  it('audits only the columns an edit wrote, not the params it was handed', async () => {
+    dbChainMockFns.limit.mockResolvedValueOnce([
+      {
+        url: 'https://example.com/mcp',
+        authType: 'headers',
+        oauthClientId: null,
+        oauthClientSecret: null,
+      },
+    ])
+    dbChainMockFns.returning.mockResolvedValueOnce([
+      {
+        id: 'server-1',
+        workspaceId: 'workspace-1',
+        name: 'Renamed',
+        transport: 'streamable-http',
+        url: 'https://example.com/mcp',
+        authType: 'headers',
+      },
+    ])
+
+    // A rename from the settings modal: the route always sends the OAuth params.
+    const result = await performUpdateMcpServer({
+      workspaceId: 'workspace-1',
+      userId: 'user-1',
+      serverId: 'server-1',
+      name: 'Renamed',
+      oauthClientId: null,
+      oauthClientIdProvided: false,
+      oauthClientSecretProvided: false,
+    })
+
+    expect(result.success).toBe(true)
+    // `updatedAt` is excluded deliberately — it moves on every write, so it would
+    // be noise in every audit row.
+    expect(auditUpdatedFields()).toEqual(['name'])
   })
 
   it('resets to disconnected when a create/upsert flips an existing OAuth server to headers', async () => {
diff --git a/apps/sim/lib/mcp/orchestration/server-lifecycle.ts b/apps/sim/lib/mcp/orchestration/server-lifecycle.ts
index 6f378ffafd5..2899aa659b8 100644
--- a/apps/sim/lib/mcp/orchestration/server-lifecycle.ts
+++ b/apps/sim/lib/mcp/orchestration/server-lifecycle.ts
@@ -91,6 +91,13 @@ export interface PerformMcpServerResult {
   updated?: boolean
   authType?: McpAuthType
   configurationChanged?: boolean
+  /**
+   * Fields the update's SET clause wrote, minus `updatedAt`, for audit. Only
+   * the writer knows these: a param is not a write, and callers cannot see the
+   * `connectionStatus`/`lastConnected`/`lastError` reset that an auth or
+   * credential change forces. Record this instead of deriving names from input.
+   */
+  updatedFields?: string[]
 }
 
 export type McpServerMutationAction = 'create' | 'update' | 'delete'
@@ -389,7 +396,12 @@ export async function updateMcpServer(
       params.timeout !== undefined ||
       params.retries !== undefined
 
-    return { success: true, server, configurationChanged: shouldClearCache }
+    return {
+      success: true,
+      server,
+      configurationChanged: shouldClearCache,
+      updatedFields: Object.keys(updateData).filter((key) => key !== 'updatedAt'),
+    }
   } catch (error) {
     logger.error('Failed to update MCP server', { error })
     throw error
@@ -501,15 +513,7 @@ export async function performUpdateMcpServer(
         serverName: result.server.name,
         transport: result.server.transport,
         url: result.server.url,
-        updatedFields: Object.entries(params)
-          .filter(
-            ([key, value]) =>
-              value !== undefined &&
-              !['workspaceId', 'userId', 'serverId', 'actorName', 'actorEmail', 'request'].includes(
-                key
-              )
-          )
-          .map(([key]) => key),
+        updatedFields: result.updatedFields ?? [],
       },
       request: params.request,
     })