Audit Trail - Many-to-Many associations are always audited despite of the settings

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I have checked the current implementation and found that objects of the DevExpress.Xpo.Metadata.Helpers.IntermediateObject type are always processed, and this behavior cannot be disabled using the AuditTrailSettings class. These objects are used to store Many-to-Many Relationships.
To manually manage these objects, inherit a new class from the FillObjectAuditProcessor and override the IsObjectToAudit and ResolveManyToManyDiffsForIntermediateObject methods:

Code
public class MyFullObjectAuditProcessor : FullObjectAuditProcessor {  
    public MyFullObjectAuditProcessor(DevExpress.Xpo.Session session, AuditTrailSettings settings) : base(session, settings) { }  
    protected override bool IsObjectToAudit(object obj) {  
        bool result = base.IsObjectToAudit(obj);  
        if(result && (obj is DevExpress.Xpo.Metadata.Helpers.IntermediateObject)) {  
            result = false;  
        }  
        return result;  
    }  
    protected override DiffCollection ResolveManyToManyDiffsForIntermediateObject(DevExpress.Xpo.Metadata.Helpers.IntermediateObject intermediateObject, System.Collections.Generic.List<AuditDataItem> listToResolve) {  
        return new DiffCollection();  
    }  
}  

Replace the FillObjectAuditProcessor object with yours using the AuditTrailService.CustomCreateObjectAuditProcessorsFactory event:

Code
static class Program {  
        static void Main() {  
            ...  
            AuditingTestWindowsFormsApplication winApplication = new AuditingTestWindowsFormsApplication();  
            AuditTrailService.Instance.CustomCreateObjectAuditProcessorsFactory += new EventHandler<CustomCreateObjectAuditProcessorsFactoryEventArgs>(Instance_CustomCreateObjectAuditProcessorsFactory);  
            ...  
        }  
        static void Instance_CustomCreateObjectAuditProcessorsFactory(object sender, CustomCreateObjectAuditProcessorsFactoryEventArgs e) {  
            e.Factory = new ObjectAuditProcessorsFactory();  
            e.Handled = true;  
        }  
}  

    public class ObjectAuditProcessorsFactory : IObjectAuditProcessorsFactory {  
        public ObjectAuditProcessorsFactory() {}  
        public virtual bool IsSuitableAuditProcessor(ObjectAuditProcessor processor, ObjectAuditingMode mode) {  
            return true;  
        }  
        public virtual ObjectAuditProcessor CreateAuditProcessor(ObjectAuditingMode mode, DevExpress.Xpo.Session session, AuditTrailSettings settings) {  
            if(mode != ObjectAuditingMode.Full) {  
                throw new ArgumentException();  
            }  
            return new MyFullObjectAuditProcessor(session, settings);  
        }  
    }  

We will see how to improve this situation, though I cannot promise any time frame.