# Logging Implementation Summary
**Date**: January 2025
**Status**: ✅ Complete
**Version**: FastMCP v3 with Parameter Sanitization
---
## Overview
Enhanced the `@log_call` decorator to support optional parameter logging with automatic sensitive data redaction for improved debugging and security.
---
## Implementation
### 1. Core Enhancement: `@log_call` Decorator
**File**: `src/utils/logging.py`
**New Parameters**:
```python
@log_call(
action_name="function_name",
level_name="route",
log_params=True, # ✨ NEW: Enable parameter logging
sensitive_params=["api_key"] # ✨ NEW: List of params to redact
)
```
**Features**:
- **Correlation ID Tracking**: Automatic request tracing across all layers
- **Parameter Logging**: Optional parameter logging (disabled by default)
- **Sensitive Data Redaction**: Automatic `[REDACTED]` replacement for sensitive params
- **Security-First**: Common sensitive parameter patterns pre-configured
- **Works with async/sync**: Supports both function types
**Example Output**:
```
[abc123] [route] download_model - ENTER params={'url': '[REDACTED]', 'api_key': '[REDACTED]'}
[abc123] [route] download_model - SUCCESS (2.345s)
```
### 2. Security: Common Sensitive Parameters
The following parameter names are automatically redacted:
- `password`, `passwd`, `pwd`
- `secret`, `webhook_secret`, `client_secret`
- `token`, `auth_token`, `access_token`, `bearer_token`
- `api_key`, `apikey`, `key`
- `credential`, `credentials`, `authorization`
- URLs (may contain tokens in query strings)
### 3. Applied to Production Code
**File**: `src/routes/model_upload.py`
Applied parameter logging with URL sanitization to protect API tokens:
```python
@log_call(
action_name="download_model_from_url",
level_name="route",
log_params=True,
sensitive_params=["url"] # URL may contain API tokens in query string
)
async def download_model_from_url(...)
```
**Why URLs?**: Services like CivitAI include API keys in URL query strings:
```
https://civitai.com/api/download/models/12345?token=SECRET_API_KEY
```
---
## Documentation Updates
### 1. MCP Logging Skill (`.github/skills/mcp-logging/SKILL.md`)
**Added**:
- ✅ Core principle: "Sensitive Parameter Sanitization"
- ✅ Parameter logging section with examples
- ✅ Security checklist
- ✅ Common sensitive parameter patterns table
- ✅ Integration guidance
### 2. Example Code (`.github/skills/mcp-logging/examples/04_parameter_sanitization.py`)
**Created**: Comprehensive example demonstrating:
- Webhook payload sanitization
- File upload metadata logging
- API call with tokens
- Multiple sensitive parameters
- Environment-based logging control
### 3. Reference Documentation (`docs/REFERENCE.md`)
**Added**: New "Logging and Observability" section covering:
- Correlation ID tracking
- Log levels
- Parameter logging usage
- Common sensitive parameters
- Reference to complete logging documentation
### 4. Architecture Documentation (`docs/ARCHITECTURE.md`)
**Added**: New "Logging & Observability" component section covering:
- @log_call decorator capabilities
- CorrelationLogger design
- Correlation context management
- Security features
- Usage examples
### 5. Refactoring Summary (`docs/REFACTORING_SUMMARY.md`)
**Updated**: Logging utilities section with:
- Parameter sanitization feature
- Correlation ID tracking
- Context management via contextvars
- Security benefits
### 6. Routes AGENTS.md (`src/routes/AGENTS.md`)
**Updated**: Decorator-based logging section with:
- New `log_params` and `sensitive_params` parameters
- Parameter sanitization example
- Security rationale
- Reference to complete documentation
---
## Testing
**Verified**:
1. ✅ Parameter logging works correctly
2. ✅ Sensitive parameters show `[REDACTED]`
3. ✅ Correlation IDs propagate across layers
4. ✅ Works with both async and sync functions
5. ✅ Zero impact when `log_params=False` (default)
**Example Test Output**:
```bash
$ DEBUG_LOGGING=true python .github/skills/mcp-logging/examples/04_parameter_sanitization.py
[abc123] [webhook] process_webhook - ENTER params={'payload': '[REDACTED]', 'signature': '[REDACTED]'}
[abc123] [webhook] process_webhook - SUCCESS (0.001s)
```
---
## Usage Guidelines
### When to Enable Parameter Logging
✅ **Use parameter logging for**:
- Debugging complex issues in development/staging
- Troubleshooting API integration failures
- Investigating workflow execution problems
❌ **Do NOT use in production** (unless specifically debugging):
- Large performance impact (logs can be massive)
- Potential PII exposure even with sanitization
- Increased log storage costs
### When to Add Sensitive Parameters
Add parameters to `sensitive_params` when:
1. **Authentication Data**: Tokens, API keys, passwords
2. **User Data**: Email addresses, phone numbers, personal info
3. **Security Data**: Signatures, credentials, secrets
4. **URLs**: Any URL that might contain tokens/keys in query strings
### Best Practices
```python
# ✅ GOOD: Explicit sensitive parameters
@log_call(
action_name="api_call",
level_name="route",
log_params=True,
sensitive_params=["api_key", "token", "url"]
)
# ❌ BAD: No sensitive params specified (may leak tokens)
@log_call(
action_name="api_call",
level_name="route",
log_params=True
)
# ⚠️ CAUTION: Generic parameter names may not be caught
@log_call(
action_name="process_data",
level_name="route",
log_params=True,
sensitive_params=["data"] # If "data" contains nested secrets
)
```
---
## Benefits
### Security
- **Automatic Redaction**: No manual sanitization needed
- **Pre-configured Patterns**: Common sensitive parameter names built-in
- **Defense in Depth**: Multiple layers of protection
### Debugging
- **End-to-End Tracing**: Correlation IDs across all layers
- **Parameter Visibility**: See what values are being passed
- **Timing Information**: Identify performance bottlenecks
### Maintainability
- **Zero Boilerplate**: No manual logging code needed
- **Consistent Format**: All logs follow same pattern
- **Easy to Extend**: Add new sensitive params per function
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## Related Documentation
- **Complete Guide**: `.github/skills/mcp-logging/SKILL.md`
- **Examples**: `.github/skills/mcp-logging/examples/`
- **Architecture**: `docs/ARCHITECTURE.md` (Logging & Observability section)
- **API Reference**: `docs/REFERENCE.md` (Logging and Observability section)
---
## Future Enhancements
**Potential Improvements**:
1. **Configurable Redaction Patterns**: Allow regex-based parameter matching
2. **Environment-Based Defaults**: Auto-enable/disable based on `DEBUG_LOGGING`
3. **Structured Logging**: JSON output for log aggregation systems
4. **Performance Monitoring**: Track slow requests automatically
5. **Audit Logging**: Separate audit trail for sensitive operations
---
## Summary
✅ **Implemented**: Comprehensive parameter logging with automatic sensitive data redaction
✅ **Documented**: Updated all relevant documentation files
✅ **Tested**: Verified functionality with example code
✅ **Applied**: Enabled on production route functions where appropriate
✅ **Secure**: Automatic protection against common data leak patterns
**Status**: Ready for production use with DEBUG_LOGGING feature flag.
