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# The warning about not setting whodunnit
After upgrading to PaperTrail 5, you see this warning:
> user_for_paper_trail is present, but whodunnit has not been set. PaperTrail no
> longer adds the set_paper_trail_whodunnit before_action for you. Please add this
> before_action to your ApplicationController to continue recording whodunnit.
## You want to track whodunnit
Add `before_action :set_paper_trail_whodunnit` to your ApplicationController.
See the PaperTrail readme for an example (https://github.com/paper-trail-gem/paper_trail#4a-finding-out-who-was-responsible-for-a-change).
## You don't want to track whodunnit
If you no longer want to track whodunnit, you may disable this
warning by overriding user_for_paper_trail to return nil.
```ruby
# in application_controller.rb
def user_for_paper_trail
nil # disable whodunnit tracking
end
```
## You just want the warning to go away
Upgrade to PT 6.
## Why does PT no longer add this callback for me?
So that you can control the order of callbacks. Maybe you have another callback
that must happen first, before `set_paper_trail_whodunnit`.