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Logging

Production Stop 18

Logging is the memory of an API. Every request, error, and access event is a record I can use to understand behavior, debug problems, and prove what happened. I treat logs as a first-class part of operations, not exhaust to be ignored.

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Logging Is Standardized

Require that every API emit standardized, structured logs with consistent fields for request identity, timing, status, and correlation. I expect logs to follow a shared schema across services so th...

Logging (Operations)

Require that every API produces structured, correlated logs for each request, so I want a consistent log schema, a correlation or trace identifier carried through, and clear rules about what gets c...