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Summary

  • move structured BAML log capture into baml_exec so baml run, baml test, and packed executables share one implementation
  • make packed binaries honor case-insensitive BAML_LOG thresholds while remaining silent by default
  • make baml run --log-file <PATH> create and stream [LEVEL] BAML log.* lines with --log off selecting file-only output
  • document packed-runtime logging and the restored --log-file behavior

Stack: canary → #4514 → #4412 (SDK bridge logging). Rebased after #4930; CLI terminal logging defaults to info, and --log off --log-file <PATH> keeps file-only output. Packed binaries retain their explicit BAML_LOG threshold.

Root cause

The packed host still used the capture-disabled dispatch API, so emitted log.* events had no consumer. Separately, the legacy event sink behind --log-file had been removed while the CLI flag remained, leaving the parsed path unused.

Validation

  • cargo test --lib -p baml_exec -p baml_cli (61 + 463 passed)
  • cargo test -p baml_cli --test pack_e2e (10 passed)
  • cargo test -p baml_cli --test exit_code_e2e log_sources_ -- --nocapture (2 passed)
  • cargo test -p baml_cli --test exit_code_e2e run_log_file_writes_baml_logs_without_changing_stdout -- --exact --nocapture
  • cargo clippy -p baml_cli -p baml_exec -p baml_pack_host --all-targets -- -D warnings
  • cargo fmt --all --check -- --config imports_granularity="Crate" --config group_imports="StdExternalCrate"
  • cargo check --target wasm32-unknown-unknown -p baml_exec

Fixes #4429

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  • New Features

    • Added configurable BAML log levels through BAML_LOG, including filtering for packed executables.
    • Added optional file-based log output for baml run --log-file, keeping captured logs separate from standard output.
    • Packed applications now support configurable terminal logging.
  • Documentation

    • Updated baml pack --help with an example for enabling logs.
  • Bug Fixes

    • Preserved command results in standard output when logs are written to a file.
    • Ensured captured logs are flushed before command results are returned.

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Logging output moved from baml_cli into baml_exec. CLI and packed-host execution now use shared log capture, filtering, terminal output, and file output. End-to-end tests cover baml run and packed binaries.

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Layer / File(s) Summary
Shared logging implementation
baml_language/crates/baml_exec/...
Adds LogLevel and LogOutput with BAML_LOG parsing, filtering, trace capture, terminal and file sinks, asynchronous draining, and tests.
CLI logging integration
baml_language/crates/baml_cli/src/lib.rs, baml_language/crates/baml_cli/src/run_command.rs, baml_language/crates/baml_cli/src/test_command.rs, baml_language/crates/baml_cli/src/pack_command.rs, baml_language/crates/baml_cli/tests/*
Removes the CLI-local logging module and uses baml_exec::LogOutput for run execution. Help text and end-to-end tests cover file output and packed-binary log filtering.
Packed target logging
baml_language/crates/baml_pack_host/src/main.rs
Packed execution parses BAML_LOG, creates a logging context, dispatches through dispatch_target_with_context, prints captured logs, and uses logging-aware shutdown.

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  CLI->>LogOutput: configure BAML_LOG or --log-file
  CLI->>LogOutput: create call context
  CLI->>BAMLRuntime: execute with context
  BAMLRuntime-->>LogOutput: emit structured log events
  LogOutput->>TerminalOrFile: filter and write logs
  BAMLRuntime-->>CLI: return function result
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✅ packed-program Linux 🔒 29.0 MB 11.2 MB file 28.9 MB +87.7 KB (+0.3%) OK
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The test uses uppercase WARN only. Use a mixed-case value such as wArN to protect the required case-insensitive packed-runtime behavior.

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## Summary

- default `baml run` and `baml test` structured logging to `info` when
neither `--log` nor `BAML_LOG` is set
- preserve explicit `--log`/`BAML_LOG` overrides, including `--log off`
- keep debug output filtered at the default threshold and flush visible
logs before results or test reports

## Reproduction

On `canary`, `baml run -e 'log.info("visible"); 7'` and a `baml test`
containing `log.info("visible")` print only their result/report because
both log thresholds default to `off`. This is the visibility half of the
reported failure: a detached agent/stream panic could leave the session
in thinking while the default-off runner exposed no contemporaneous
info-level diagnostics.

After this change, unset `run` and `test` invocations print
info/warn/error lines while filtering debug; `--log off` remains fully
quiet. The independent `Runtime$stream` schema-aligned parsing panic is
intentionally not changed here.

## Pack and bridge overlap

Packed-runtime log delivery is not present on `canary`; open PR BoundaryML#4514
owns that plumbing, so this PR does not duplicate it. BoundaryML#4514 currently
defaults an unset `BAML_LOG` to `off`; the requested packed-runtime
default belongs there once that delivery path lands.

The Rust SDK library loader separately reads `BAML_LOG` once and already
defaults unset or invalid values to `info`. User-authored `log.*`
delivery through native SDK function-call bridges is owned by BoundaryML#4412
(superseding BoundaryML#4345); that proposed bridge path reads `BAML_LOG` per call
and currently treats unset/empty/off as `off`.

## Tests

- `cargo +1.93.0 test --manifest-path baml_language/Cargo.toml -p
baml_cli --lib` (446 passed)
- `cargo +1.93.0 test --manifest-path baml_language/Cargo.toml -p
baml_cli --test exit_code_e2e
test_log_sources_route_filtered_baml_logs_to_stdout_without_changing_exit_codes
-- --exact`
- `cargo +1.93.0 clippy --manifest-path baml_language/Cargo.toml -p
baml_cli --all-targets -- -D warnings`
- `cargo +1.93.0 fmt --manifest-path baml_language/Cargo.toml --all --
--check`

Fixes
[B-1755](https://linear.app/boundaryml2/issue/B-1755/set-the-default-log-level-to-info)

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* **New Features**
  * `baml run` and `baml test` now display Info-level logs by default.
* Use `--log` or the `BAML_LOG` environment variable to adjust the
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* Updated command help and documentation to clarify the default
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