We’re thrilled to announce a new feature in Banana Cake Pop that will enhance your development and debugging experience—Logging! Now, you can seamlessly send logs to Banana Cake Pop and analyze them directly within the app, making it easier than ever to monitor and troubleshoot your APIs.

What’s New?

Service Logs

APIs now have a dedicated Logs tab. This new tab allows you to view all the logs associated with a specific API. Whether you're tracking requests, debugging issues, or monitoring performance, this feature gives you a comprehensive view of what's happening under the hood.

Trace Logs

We’ve also added the ability to inspect logs within individual traces. When you open a trace, you’ll now see all the logs corresponding to each trace. This granular level of detail is invaluable for pinpointing issues and analyze traces in detail.

Log Retention

• Shared Clusters: Log retention in shared clusters is set to 1 day. This ensures that you can review recent logs.
• Dedicated Clusters: For those using dedicated clusters, we offer dynamic log retention times. This means you can configure log retention according to your specific needs, offering greater flexibility and control over your logging data.

Getting Started with Logging

To start using this new logging feature, ensure that you are using Banana Cake Pop version 13.9.0 or 14.x.x-preview.8. Below is a sample setup to get you started:

builder.Services
    .AddGraphQLServer()
    .AddInstrumentation()
    ... // your configuration here
    .AddBananaCakePopServices(x =>
    {
        x.ApiId = ""; // <-- Replace with your API ID
        x.ApiKey = ""; // <-- Replace with your API key
        x.Stage = "dev";
    });

builder.Services
    .AddLogging(x => x
        .AddBananaCakePopExporter()
        .AddOpenTelemetry(x =>
        {
            x.IncludeFormattedMessage = true;
            x.IncludeScopes = true;
        }));

You can find the full example over in the example repository or check out the documentation for more details.

We hope this new logging capability helps you gain deeper insights into your APIs and streamline your development workflow. As always, we’re here to help with any questions or feedback you might have. Don’t hesitate to reach out on [email protected] or on slack.chillicream.com

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Happy logging! 🚀