refactor(logger): give each component library its own logger

benchmarks/linear_programming/cuopt/run_mip.cpp

@@ -166,6 +166,14 @@ int run_single_file(std::string file_path,
     }
   }
 
+  // This benchmark and the solver library have separate loggers, both writing settings.log_file.
+  // Configure the solver's first so its own initializer reuses that configuration rather than
+  // truncating the file mid-solve; this image's logger then appends to it. Without one, this
+  // image's own messages would sit unflushed in the buffer sink.
+  auto solver_log = cuopt::mathematical_optimization::configure_logging(
+    settings.log_file, log_to_console, /*truncate=*/true);
+  cuopt::init_logger_t bench_log(settings.log_file, log_to_console, /*truncate=*/false);
+
   constexpr bool input_mps_strict = false;
   cuopt::mathematical_optimization::io::mps_data_model_t<int, double> mps_data_model;
   bool parsing_failed = false;

ci/check_symbols.sh

@@ -100,6 +100,26 @@ for sym in "${required_symbols[@]}"; do
     fi
 done
 
+# Each component library keeps its own logger only while this state stays hidden; exporting it
+# silently merges them back into one. Nothing else catches that.
+logger_state_symbols=(
+    "cuopt::default_logger()"
+    "cuopt::global_log_buffer()"
+    "cuopt::reset_default_logger()"
+)
+
+demangled_dyn_syms="$(readelf --dyn-syms --wide "${LIBRARY}" | awk '$7 != "UND" { print $8 }' | c++filt)"
+
+for sym in "${logger_state_symbols[@]}"; do
+    echo "Checking that logger state '${sym}' is NOT exported..."
+    if grep -qF "${sym}" <<< "${demangled_dyn_syms}"; then
+        echo "ERROR: Logger state '${sym}' is exported from ${LIBRARY}."
+        echo "ERROR: Per-component loggers collapse into one. Check that logger.hpp's namespace"
+        echo "ERROR: is not marked CUOPT_EXPORT and hidden visibility is still set on the target."
+        failed=1
+    fi
+done
+
 if [[ "${failed}" -ne 0 ]]; then
     exit 1
 fi

cpp/cuopt_cli.cpp

@@ -100,8 +100,15 @@ int run_single_file(const std::string& file_path,
                     cuopt::mathematical_optimization::io::mps_reader_type_t mps_reader,
                     cuopt::mathematical_optimization::solver_settings_t<int, double>& settings)
 {
-  cuopt::init_logger_t log(settings.get_parameter<std::string>(CUOPT_LOG_FILE),
-                           settings.get_parameter<bool>(CUOPT_LOG_TO_CONSOLE));
+  // The CLI and the solver library have separate loggers that both write this file.
+  // Configure the solver's first so its own initializer reuses that configuration rather
+  // than truncating the file mid-solve; the CLI's own logger then appends to it.
+  const auto log_file    = settings.get_parameter<std::string>(CUOPT_LOG_FILE);
+  const auto log_console = settings.get_parameter<bool>(CUOPT_LOG_TO_CONSOLE);
+
+  auto solver_log =
+    cuopt::mathematical_optimization::configure_logging(log_file, log_console, true);
+  cuopt::init_logger_t log(log_file, log_console, /*truncate=*/false);
 
   std::string base_filename = file_path.substr(file_path.find_last_of("/\\") + 1);
 

cpp/src/CMakeLists.txt

@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 # cmake-format: on
 
 set(UTIL_SRC_FILES ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/utilities/seed_generator.cu
-                   ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/utilities/logger.cpp
                    ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/utilities/version_info.cpp
                    ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/utilities/timestamp_utils.cpp
                    ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/utilities/work_unit_scheduler.cpp)

cpp/src/math_optimization/CMakeLists.txt

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ list(PREPEND
   ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/solution_reader.cu
   ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/solution_writer.cu
   ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/tic_toc.cpp
+  ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/logger_entry.cpp
   )
 
 set(CUOPT_SRC_FILES ${CUOPT_SRC_FILES}

cpp/src/math_optimization/logger_entry.cpp

@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+/* clang-format off */
+/*
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright (c) 2026, NVIDIA CORPORATION & AFFILIATES. All rights reserved.
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ */
+/* clang-format on */
+
+#include <utilities/logger.hpp>
+
+namespace cuopt::mathematical_optimization {
+
+std::shared_ptr<void> configure_logging(const std::string& log_file,
+                                        bool log_to_console,
+                                        bool truncate)
+{
+  return cuopt::make_logger_config(log_file, log_to_console, truncate);
+}
+
+}  // namespace cuopt::mathematical_optimization

cpp/src/routing/solve.cu

@@ -16,6 +16,9 @@ template <typename i_t, typename f_t>
 assignment_t<i_t> solve(data_model_view_t<i_t, f_t> const& data_model,
                         solver_settings_t<i_t, f_t> const& settings)
 {
+  // Without this, CUOPT_LOG_ERROR below sinks into the buffer and is never emitted.
+  init_logger_t log("", settings.get_error_logging_mode());
+
   try {
     cuopt::routing::solver_t<i_t, f_t> solver(data_model, settings);
     return solver.solve();