Log Tailing

Monitor Laravel logs in real-time with Laravel Pail.

Overview

The Logs panel streams your Laravel application logs as they happen, using Laravel Pail.

Requirements

Laravel Pail must be installed in your project (default in Laravel 11+):

composer require laravel/pail --dev

Enabling Log Tailing

Toggle log tailing with:

• Click the Logs toggle in the toolbar
• The toggle turns amber when active

When enabled, Laradebug runs php artisan pail in the background.

Log Panel

Logs appear in real-time:

┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ Logs                                    🔴 Live │
├─────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ INFO   User logged in: john@example.com         │
│        2024-01-15 10:23:45                      │
├─────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ DEBUG  Cache hit: user_preferences_1            │
│        2024-01-15 10:23:46                      │
├─────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ ERROR  Failed to send email                     │
│        Connection timed out                     │
│        2024-01-15 10:23:47                      │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────┘

Filtering Logs

By Level

Filter to show only certain severity levels:

Click level badges to filter: DEBUG | INFO | WARNING | ERROR

By Search

Use the search box to filter by content:

• Log message text
• Context data
• Stack traces

Log Context

Logs with context show expandable details:

INFO  Order placed
      ├── order_id: 12345
      ├── user_id: 1
      └── total: 99.99

Click to expand and see full context.

Exception Logs

When exceptions are logged, you'll see:

ERROR  Illuminate\Database\QueryException
       SQLSTATE[42S02]: Table 'app.missing_table' doesn't exist

       Stack trace:
       #0 /app/Models/User.php:45
       #1 /app/Http/Controllers/UserController.php:23
       ...

Log Channels

Laradebug tails the default log channel.

Performance

Log tailing runs in a separate process and doesn't affect your Tinker execution. However, very high log volumes may impact display performance.

Pausing Logs

Click the pause button to stop updating the display while keeping the connection active.

Clearing Logs

Use the clear button to remove all displayed logs. This doesn't affect your actual log files.

Related Features

• Ray Integration — Debug with Ray
• Code Execution — Run code that generates logs