chore(core): Better debug logs for local dev (#11096)

packages/cli/src/logging/logger.service.ts

@@ -3,9 +3,11 @@ import callsites from 'callsites';
 import { InstanceSettings } from 'n8n-core';
 import { LoggerProxy, LOG_LEVELS } from 'n8n-workflow';
 import path, { basename } from 'node:path';
+import pc from 'picocolors';
 import { Service } from 'typedi';
 import winston from 'winston';
 
+import { inDevelopment, inProduction } from '@/constants';
 import { isObjectLiteral } from '@/utils';
 
 import { noOp } from './constants';
@@ -61,8 +63,7 @@ export class Logger {
 
 		for (const logLevel of LOG_LEVELS) {
 			if (levels[logLevel] > levels[this.level]) {
-				// winston defines `{ error: 0, warn: 1, info: 2, debug: 5 }`
+				// numerically higher (less severe) log levels become no-op
-				// so numerically higher (less severe) log levels become no-op
 				// to prevent overhead from `callsites` calls
 				Object.defineProperty(this, logLevel, { value: noOp });
 			}
@@ -71,24 +72,60 @@ export class Logger {
 
 	private setConsoleTransport() {
 		const format =
-			this.level === 'debug'
+			this.level === 'debug' && inDevelopment
-				? winston.format.combine(
+				? this.debugDevConsoleFormat()
-						winston.format.metadata(),
+				: this.level === 'debug' && inProduction
-						winston.format.timestamp(),
+					? this.debugProdConsoleFormat()
-						winston.format.colorize({ all: true }),
-						winston.format.printf(({ level, message, timestamp, metadata }) => {
-							const _metadata = this.toPrintable(metadata);
-							return `${timestamp} | ${level.padEnd(18)} | ${message}${_metadata}`;
-						}),
-					)
 					: winston.format.printf(({ message }: { message: string }) => message);
 
 		this.internalLogger.add(new winston.transports.Console({ format }));
 	}
 
+	private debugDevConsoleFormat() {
+		return winston.format.combine(
+			winston.format.metadata(),
+			winston.format.timestamp({ format: () => this.devTsFormat() }),
+			winston.format.colorize({ all: true }),
+			winston.format.printf(({ level: _level, message, timestamp, metadata: _metadata }) => {
+				const SEPARATOR = ' '.repeat(3);
+				const LOG_LEVEL_COLUMN_WIDTH = 15; // 5 columns + ANSI color codes
+				const level = _level.toLowerCase().padEnd(LOG_LEVEL_COLUMN_WIDTH, ' ');
+				const metadata = this.toPrintable(_metadata);
+				return [timestamp, level, message + ' ' + pc.dim(metadata)].join(SEPARATOR);
+			}),
+		);
+	}
+
+	private debugProdConsoleFormat() {
+		return winston.format.combine(
+			winston.format.metadata(),
+			winston.format.timestamp(),
+			winston.format.printf(({ level, message, timestamp, metadata }) => {
+				const _metadata = this.toPrintable(metadata);
+				return `${timestamp} | ${level.padEnd(5)} | ${message}${_metadata ? ' ' + _metadata : ''}`;
+			}),
+		);
+	}
+
+	private devTsFormat() {
+		const now = new Date();
+		const pad = (num: number, digits: number = 2) => num.toString().padStart(digits, '0');
+		const hours = pad(now.getHours());
+		const minutes = pad(now.getMinutes());
+		const seconds = pad(now.getSeconds());
+		const milliseconds = pad(now.getMilliseconds(), 3);
+		return `${hours}:${minutes}:${seconds}.${milliseconds}`;
+	}
+
 	private toPrintable(metadata: unknown) {
 		if (isObjectLiteral(metadata) && Object.keys(metadata).length > 0) {
-			return ' ' + JSON.stringify(metadata);
+			return inProduction
+				? JSON.stringify(metadata)
+				: JSON.stringify(metadata)
+						.replace(/{"/g, '{ "')
+						.replace(/,"/g, ', "')
+						.replace(/:/g, ': ')
+						.replace(/}/g, ' }'); // spacing for readability
 		}
 
 		return '';

packages/workflow/src/ErrorReporterProxy.ts

@@ -5,17 +5,13 @@ interface ErrorReporter {
 	report: (error: Error | string, options?: ReportingOptions) => void;
 }
 
-const { NODE_ENV } = process.env;
-const inDevelopment = !NODE_ENV || NODE_ENV === 'development';
-
 const instance: ErrorReporter = {
 	report: (error) => {
 		if (error instanceof Error) {
 			let e = error;
 			do {
 				const meta = e instanceof ApplicationError ? e.extra : undefined;
-				if (inDevelopment) console.log(e, meta);
+				Logger.error(`${e.constructor.name}: ${e.message}`, meta);
-				else Logger.error(`${e.constructor.name}: ${e.message}`, meta);
 				e = e.cause as Error;
 			} while (e);
 		}