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Watch logs live
See new lines as your app writes them, with the same filters as the search.
Open the live view
Open Live in your project's Logs, or Watch these live on a search. It starts with the newest lines of one environment, then puts new ones at the top as they arrive. It asks for them every 2 seconds, and waits while its tab is hidden.
A line reaches Logs a few seconds after your app writes it: right after the response or the job that wrote it, or at the scheduler's next round, every 10 seconds unless you set another number.
Narrow what you watch
The live view has the search's filters except the time: text, level or worse, channel, host, release, transaction and request id. Type a text and press Watch; a choice in a list applies at once. Each filter in use is a chip that takes itself off, and a line's channel, transaction or host narrows the view to theirs.
Search these takes the same filters to the search, and Copy link copies the view for someone else.
Pause and resume
Pause holds the list still so you can read it. Resume brings the lines that came meanwhile and carries on. Click a line's time to open its page, with its context and the lines around it.
What the badges say
| Badge | What it means |
|---|---|
| Live | New lines appear as they arrive. |
| Paused | You paused the list. Resume to carry on. |
| Not reaching the service, trying again | Your browser couldn't reach Logs. It keeps asking, and catches up when it can. |
| Signed out: reload the page | Your session ended. Reload the page and sign in again. |
What can go wrong
- Some lines went by unseen. The view keeps the newest 500 lines. When more arrive at once, a note says so; the search has them all.
- Nothing appears. The app writes no lines that match, or sends them to another environment. Take a filter off, check the environment switch, then see Nothing arrives.
- Lines come in bursts. They go after each response and job, at most every 2 seconds per server, and otherwise from the scheduler. See Lines arrive late.