Title: Runtime Logs in the VIP Dashboard
Author: WordPress VIP Documentation
Published: March 9, 2022
Last modified: April 17, 2025

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 1. [Logs](https://docs.wpvip.com/logs/)
 2. [Runtime Logs ](https://docs.wpvip.com/logs/runtime-logs/)
 3. Runtime Logs in the VIP Dashboard

#  Runtime Logs in the VIP Dashboard

Runtime Logs provides an aggregated, near real-time view into recent application
logs generated by WordPress and Node.js environments on the WPVIP Platform.

Review recently fetched Runtime Logs for an environment in [the application view of the VIP Dashboard](https://docs.wpvip.com/vip-dashboard/application-view/).

Runtime Logs can also be [retrieved in the command line using VIP-CLI](https://docs.wpvip.com/runtime-logs/).

Review [more details about Runtime Logs and existing limitations](https://docs.wpvip.com/runtime-logs/).

## Access

**Prerequisite**

To access the **Runtime Logs** panel, a user must have at minimum an [Org member role](https://docs.wpvip.com/manage-user-access/vip-dashboard/org-roles)
or an [App write role](https://docs.wpvip.com/app-role/) for that application.

To access the **Runtime Logs** panel:

 1. Navigate to the [VIP Dashboard](https://dashboard.wpvip.com/) for an application.
 2. Select “**Logs**” from the sidebar navigation at the left of the screen.
 3. Select **“Runtime Logs”** from the submenu.

The **Runtime Logs** panel is environment-specific (e.g., production, develop). 
A different environment can be selected from the dropdown located at the upper left
of the VIP Dashboard application view.

## Display setting options

A new set of Runtime Logs is fetched based on default settings when the “**Runtime****
Logs**” view of the Health panel is first loaded. Up to 100 log entries will be 
displayed at one time.

The view of the logs can be adjusted by updating available setting options.

 * Select the **Type** of logs to view from the dropdown selector at the upper left
   hand corner of the panel.
    - **Application Logs** are displayed by default for both WordPress and Node.
      js environments. Application Logs are from web containers (i.e. log entries
      generated by HTTP requests)
    - **Batch Logs** are only available for WordPress environments. They from batch
      containers (i.e. log entries generated by [cron tasks](https://docs.wpvip.com/tools-for-site-management/cron-control/)
      or WP-CLI commands)
 * **Auto-fetch new logs** is enabled by default. When enabled, new logs are retrieved
   every 30 seconds and will be automatically appended to the list of logs displayed
   in the browser. Updated information reporting the number of appended logs and
   the time the last auto-fetch occurred is displayed below the list of logs.

## Filter logs

The displayed logs can be filtered by searching for specific strings. Enter a value
to filter by in the search field located in the upper right of the panel labeled“**
Search form**“.

## Export logs as a CSV

Export a copy of the displayed logs as a CSV file by selecting the button labeled“**
Download as CSV**” located in the upper right of the panel.

A CSV file of the current logs displayed—based on any selected settings or filters—
can be downloaded to the user’s local machine. Select the button labeled “**Download
as CSV**” located in the upper right of the Health “**Runtime** **Logs**” panel.

![](https://docs.wpvip.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/Runtime-Logs.png?w
=1024)

Example screenshot of Runtime Logs panel in the VIP Dashboard

Last updated: April 17, 2025