From 62ecfb76cc238b763b8991660e092bd40f60fed4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Paul S. Schweigert" <paul@paulschweigert.com>
Date: Fri, 9 Jan 2026 14:11:12 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] fix: add logging for start_session details

Signed-off-by: Paul S. Schweigert <paul@paulschweigert.com>
---
 mellea/stdlib/session.py | 24 ++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 24 insertions(+)

diff --git a/mellea/stdlib/session.py b/mellea/stdlib/session.py
index db4f47be..3ebf281d 100644
--- a/mellea/stdlib/session.py
+++ b/mellea/stdlib/session.py
@@ -132,6 +132,8 @@ def start_session(
         session.cleanup()
         ```
     """
+    logger = FancyLogger.get_logger()
+
     backend_class = backend_name_to_class(backend_name)
     if backend_class is None:
         raise Exception(
@@ -142,6 +144,28 @@ def start_session(
 
     if ctx is None:
         ctx = SimpleContext()
+
+    # Log session configuration
+    if isinstance(model_id, ModelIdentifier):
+        # Get the backend-specific model name
+        backend_to_attr = {
+            "ollama": "ollama_name",
+            "hf": "hf_model_name",
+            "huggingface": "hf_model_name",
+            "openai": "openai_name",
+            "watsonx": "watsonx_name",
+            "litellm": "hf_model_name",
+        }
+        attr = backend_to_attr.get(backend_name, "hf_model_name")
+        model_id_str = getattr(model_id, attr, None) or model_id.hf_model_name or str(model_id)
+    else:
+        model_id_str = model_id
+    logger.info(
+        f"Starting Mellea session: backend={backend_name}, model={model_id_str}, "
+        f"context={ctx.__class__.__name__}"
+        + (f", model_options={model_options}" if model_options else "")
+    )
+
     return MelleaSession(backend, ctx)
 
 

From 09e54ad9e54a1bffa2a8be560e8afcc1139b046c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Paul S. Schweigert" <paul@paulschweigert.com>
Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2026 12:55:27 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] fix ruff format

Signed-off-by: Paul S. Schweigert <paul@paulschweigert.com>
---
 mellea/stdlib/session.py | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/mellea/stdlib/session.py b/mellea/stdlib/session.py
index 55465e26..d1daff1f 100644
--- a/mellea/stdlib/session.py
+++ b/mellea/stdlib/session.py
@@ -158,7 +158,9 @@ def start_session(
             "litellm": "hf_model_name",
         }
         attr = backend_to_attr.get(backend_name, "hf_model_name")
-        model_id_str = getattr(model_id, attr, None) or model_id.hf_model_name or str(model_id)
+        model_id_str = (
+            getattr(model_id, attr, None) or model_id.hf_model_name or str(model_id)
+        )
     else:
         model_id_str = model_id
     logger.info(