# Logging Best Practices for Debugging Applications

DevFeed: [Logging Best Practices for Debugging Applications](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/when-and-what-should-i-be-logging-24101.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://blog.sentry.io/logging-best-practices/>)

Author: Ben Coe

Published: 2026-07-09T09:00:00Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [Sentry Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/sentry-blog.md>)

Topics: [Logging](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/logging.md>), [debugging](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/debugging.md>), [observability](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/observability.md>), [audit](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/audit.md>), [Instrumentation](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/instrumentation.md>)

Tags: [audit](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/audit.md>), [best-practices](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/best-practices.md>), [debugging](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/debugging.md>), [how-to](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/how-to.md>), [instrumentation](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/instrumentation.md>), [learn](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/learn.md>), [logging](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/logging.md>), [observability](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/observability.md>), [sentry](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/sentry.md>)

## AI overview

This article presents practical logging best practices for applications. It recommends adding targeted log lines, using temporary instrumentation during investigations, recording runtime decisions and intermediate outcomes, and auditing access and mutating operations to make production software easier to debug and understand.

## Source excerpt

Learn logging best practices: what to log, how to structure messages, and what to avoid. Practical tips with Sentry's structured logging.