Golang Logging Standards
Priority: P1 (STANDARD)
Principles
- •Structured Logging: Use JSON or structured text. Readable by machines and humans.
- •Leveled Logging: Debug, Info, Warn, Error.
- •Contextual: Include correlation IDs (TraceID, RequestID) in logs.
- •No
log.Fatal: Avoid terminating app inside libraries. Return error instead. Onlymainshould exit.
Libraries
- •
log/slog(Recommended): Stdlib since Go 1.21. Fast, structured, zero-dep. - •Zap (
uber-go/zap): High performance, good if pre-1.21 or extreme throughput needed. - •Zerolog: Zero allocation, fast JSON logger.
Guidelines
- •Initialize logger at startup.
- •Inject logger or use a global singleton configured at startup (pragmatic choice).
- •Use
slog.Attrfor structured data.