diff --git a/docs/log_contexts.rst b/docs/log_contexts.rst new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..0046e171be9b --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/log_contexts.rst @@ -0,0 +1,10 @@ +What do I do about "Unexpected logging context" debug log-lines everywhere? + + The logging context lives in thread local storage + Sometimes it gets out of sync with what it should actually be, usually because something scheduled something to run on the reactor without preserving the logging context. + what is the impact of it getting out of sync? and how and when should we preserve log context? + The impact is that some of the CPU and database metrics will be under-reported, and some log lines will be mis-attributed. + It should happen auto-magically in all the APIs that do IO or otherwise defer to the reactor. + Mjark: the other place is if we branch, e.g. using defer.gatherResults + +Unanswered: how and when should we preserve log context? \ No newline at end of file