chore(webapp): reduce telemetry ingestion log volume

Author: ericallam

.server-changes/reduce-otel-ingestion-log-volume.md

@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+area: webapp
+type: improvement
+---
+
+Move per-batch ClickHouse event-insert logs to the debug level to cut default log volume, and add an `HTTP_ACCESS_LOG_DISABLED` env var that suppresses successful (2xx) HTTP access logs while still logging errors.

apps/webapp/app/eventLoopMonitor.server.ts

@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ function startEventLoopUtilizationMonitoring() {
     const utilization = Number.isFinite(diff.utilization) ? diff.utilization : 0;
 
     if (Math.random() < env.EVENT_LOOP_MONITOR_UTILIZATION_SAMPLE_RATE) {
-      logger.info("nodejs.event_loop.utilization", { utilization });
+      logger.debug("nodejs.event_loop.utilization", { utilization });
     }
 
     lastEventLoopUtilization = currentEventLoopUtilization;

apps/webapp/app/v3/dynamicFlushScheduler.server.ts

@@ -310,7 +310,7 @@ export class DynamicFlushScheduler<T> {
     if (newConcurrency !== currentConcurrency) {
       this.limiter = pLimit(newConcurrency);
 
-      this.logger.info("Adjusted flush concurrency", {
+      this.logger.debug("Adjusted flush concurrency", {
         previousConcurrency: currentConcurrency,
         newConcurrency,
         queuePressure,

apps/webapp/app/v3/eventRepository/clickhouseEventRepository.server.ts

@@ -269,7 +269,7 @@ export class ClickhouseEventRepository implements IEventRepository {
         return;
       }
 
-      logger.info("ClickhouseEventRepository.flushBatch Inserted batch into clickhouse", {
+      logger.debug("ClickhouseEventRepository.flushBatch Inserted batch into clickhouse", {
         events: events.length,
         insertResult: outcome.insertResult,
         sanitized: outcome.kind === "sanitized",
@@ -302,7 +302,7 @@ export class ClickhouseEventRepository implements IEventRepository {
       return;
     }
 
-    logger.info("ClickhouseEventRepository.flushLlmMetricsBatch Inserted LLM metrics batch", {
+    logger.debug("ClickhouseEventRepository.flushLlmMetricsBatch Inserted LLM metrics batch", {
       rows: rows.length,
       sanitized: outcome.kind === "sanitized",
     });
@@ -421,7 +421,7 @@ export class ClickhouseEventRepository implements IEventRepository {
         throw insertError;
       }
 
-      logger.info("ClickhouseEventRepository.flushOtelMetricsBatch Inserted OTLP metrics batch", {
+      logger.debug("ClickhouseEventRepository.flushOtelMetricsBatch Inserted OTLP metrics batch", {
         rows: rows.length,
       });
     });

apps/webapp/server.ts

@@ -108,7 +108,16 @@ if (ENABLE_CLUSTER && cluster.isPrimary) {
   // more aggressive with this caching.
   app.use(express.static("public", { maxAge: "1h" }));
 
-  app.use(morgan("tiny"));
+  // On high-volume machine-ingest services (e.g. otel) the per-request access
+  // log dominates log volume. HTTP_ACCESS_LOG_DISABLED suppresses successful
+  // (2xx) access logs; non-2xx responses are always logged so errors stay visible.
+  const suppressSuccessfulAccessLogs = process.env.HTTP_ACCESS_LOG_DISABLED === "1";
+  app.use(
+    morgan("tiny", {
+      skip: (_req, res) =>
+        suppressSuccessfulAccessLogs && res.statusCode >= 200 && res.statusCode < 300,
+    })
+  );
 
   process.title = ENABLE_CLUSTER
     ? `node webapp-worker-${cluster.isWorker ? cluster.worker?.id : "solo"}`