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## Resource: About Wix Logs

## Article: About Wix Logs

## Article Link: https://dev.wix.com/docs/develop-websites-sdk/test-your-site/work-with-wix-logs/about-wix-logs.md

## Article Content:

# About Wix Logs

Wix Logs provide information about events and errors that occur on a site. They're generated in both preview mode and for the published site, and can originate from a site's frontend and backend.

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Use logs to:

- Trace visitor flows.
- Gain insights into a site's performance.
- View messages generated by methods such as `console.log()` or `console.info()`.
- Trace and resolve errors. Error logs include a stack trace to make debugging easier.
- Compare logs against your [site history](https://support.wix.com/en/article/viewing-and-managing-your-site-history) and the [Release Manager](https://support.wix.com/en/article/accessing-the-release-manager) to debug and analyze different site revisions.

> **Note**: Verbose logging is only supported for [routers](https://dev.wix.com/docs/develop-websites-sdk/code-your-site/build-a-custom-backend/routers/about-routers.md).

## Log access options

Logs are available directly in a site's dashboard, as well as through external monitoring tools you can connect to a site.

You can view a site's logs with:

- **Wix Logs:** Use [Wix Logs](https://dev.wix.com/docs/develop-websites-sdk/test-your-site/work-with-wix-logs/view-logs-with-wix-logs.md) to view basic log information in real-time directly in the site dashboard.
- **Google Cloud Logs:** View a [site's logs in Google Cloud Logs](https://dev.wix.com/docs/develop-websites-sdk/test-your-site/work-with-wix-logs/view-logs-with-google-cloud-logs.md), a monitoring tool that performs log analysis and generates visual depictions of log data.
- **An external monitoring tool:** View a [site's logs using an external monitoring tool](https://dev.wix.com/docs/develop-websites-sdk/test-your-site/work-with-wix-logs/view-logs-with-an-external-logging-tool.md) of your choice to generate metrics and analyze logs.

## Log structure

Each log contains a message as well as log metadata, such as:

- The log's timestamp
- Origin
- The site's [view mode](https://support.wix.com/en/article/studio-editor-saving-previewing-and-publishing-your-site#previewing-a-site)
- The site's [revision number](https://support.wix.com/en/article/viewing-and-managing-your-site-history)

Learn more about the [log object structure](https://dev.wix.com/docs/develop-websites-sdk/test-your-site/work-with-wix-logs/log-object-structure.md).

## See also

- [View logs using Wix Logs](https://dev.wix.com/docs/develop-websites-sdk/test-your-site/work-with-wix-logs/view-logs-with-wix-logs.md)
- [View logs using Google Cloud Logs](https://dev.wix.com/docs/develop-websites-sdk/test-your-site/work-with-wix-logs/view-logs-with-google-cloud-logs.md)
- [View logs using an external logging tool](https://dev.wix.com/docs/develop-websites-sdk/test-your-site/work-with-wix-logs/view-logs-with-an-external-logging-tool.md)
- [Tutorial | Generate a log to debug a site](https://dev.wix.com/docs/develop-websites-sdk/get-started/tutorials/monitoring/tutorial-generate-logs-to-debug-a-site.md)
- [Log object structure](https://dev.wix.com/docs/develop-websites-sdk/test-your-site/work-with-wix-logs/log-object-structure.md)