[scout] support log level override

src/platform/packages/shared/kbn-scout/src/common/services/index.ts

@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ export { createScoutConfig } from './config';
 export { getEsArchiver } from './es_archiver';
 export { createKbnUrl } from './kibana_url';
 export { createSamlSessionManager } from './saml_auth';
-export { getLogger } from './logger';
 
 export type { KibanaUrl } from './kibana_url';
 export type { SamlSessionManager } from '@kbn/test';

src/platform/packages/shared/kbn-scout/src/common/services/logger.ts

@@ -7,12 +7,44 @@
  * License v3.0 only", or the "Server Side Public License, v 1".
  */
 
-import { ToolingLog } from '@kbn/tooling-log';
+import { LogLevel, ToolingLog, LOG_LEVEL_FLAGS, DEFAULT_LOG_LEVEL } from '@kbn/tooling-log';
 
 export class ScoutLogger extends ToolingLog {
-  constructor(workerContext: string) {
-    super({ level: 'verbose', writeTo: process.stdout }, { context: workerContext });
-    this.serviceLoaded('logger');
+  /**
+   * Creates a ScoutLogger instance.
+   *
+   * Log level resolution priority:
+   *   1. The logLevel argument (if provided)
+   *   2. The SCOUT_LOG_LEVEL environment variable (if set)
+   *   3. The LOG_LEVEL environment variable (if set)
+   *   4. The default log level ('info')
+   *
+   * The log level string is normalized (case-insensitive), and 'quiet' is treated as 'error'.
+   * Only valid log levels from LOG_LEVEL_FLAGS are accepted.
+   *
+   * @param workerContext - Unique context string for the logger
+   * @param logLevel - Optional log level string (highest priority)
+   */
+  constructor(workerContext: string, logLevel?: LogLevel) {
+    // Helper to normalize and resolve log level string
+    const resolveLogLevelFromEnv = (value: string | undefined): LogLevel | undefined => {
+      if (typeof value === 'string' && value) {
+        let normalized = value.toLowerCase();
+        if (normalized === 'quiet') {
+          normalized = 'error';
+        }
+        const found = LOG_LEVEL_FLAGS.find(({ name }) => name === normalized);
+        if (found) return found.name as LogLevel;
+      }
+      return undefined;
+    };
+
+    const level =
+      logLevel ||
+      resolveLogLevelFromEnv(process.env.SCOUT_LOG_LEVEL) ||
+      resolveLogLevelFromEnv(process.env.LOG_LEVEL) ||
+      DEFAULT_LOG_LEVEL;
+    super({ level, writeTo: process.stdout }, { context: workerContext });
   }
 
   /**
@@ -30,18 +62,3 @@ export class ScoutLogger extends ToolingLog {
     this.debug(`[${name}] ${message}`);
   }
 }
-
-const loggerInstances = new Map<string, ScoutLogger>();
-
-/**
- * Singleton logger instance for specific worker to share across the Scout components
- * @param workerContext logger context, e.g. `scout-worker-1`; default is `scout`
- * @returns {ScoutLogger} logger instance
- */
-export function getLogger(workerContext: string = 'scout'): ScoutLogger {
-  if (!loggerInstances.has(workerContext)) {
-    loggerInstances.set(workerContext, new ScoutLogger(workerContext));
-  }
-
-  return loggerInstances.get(workerContext)!;
-}

src/platform/packages/shared/kbn-scout/src/playwright/fixtures/worker/core_fixtures.ts

@@ -17,13 +17,12 @@ import {
   createSamlSessionManager,
   createScoutConfig,
   KibanaUrl,
-  getLogger,
-  ScoutLogger,
   createElasticsearchCustomRole,
   createCustomRole,
   ElasticsearchRoleDescriptor,
   KibanaRole,
 } from '../../../common/services';
+import { ScoutLogger } from '../../../common/services/logger';
 import type { ScoutTestOptions } from '../../types';
 import type { ScoutTestConfig } from '.';
 
@@ -65,7 +64,9 @@ export const coreWorkerFixtures = base.extend<
       const workersCount = workerInfo.config.workers;
       const loggerContext =
         workersCount === 1 ? 'scout-worker' : `scout-worker-${workerInfo.parallelIndex + 1}`;
-      use(getLogger(loggerContext));
+      // The log level is resolved inside the ScoutLogger constructor, which checks the argument,
+      // then SCOUT_LOG_LEVEL, then LOG_LEVEL, and finally defaults to 'info'.
+      use(new ScoutLogger(loggerContext));
     },
     { scope: 'worker' },
   ],

src/platform/packages/shared/kbn-scout/src/playwright/global_hooks/data_ingestion.ts

@@ -9,17 +9,17 @@
 
 import { FullConfig } from 'playwright/test';
 import {
-  getLogger,
   getEsArchiver,
   createScoutConfig,
   measurePerformanceAsync,
   getEsClient,
   getKbnClient,
 } from '../../common';
+import { ScoutLogger } from '../../common/services/logger';
 import { ScoutTestOptions } from '../types';
 
 export async function ingestTestDataHook(config: FullConfig, archives: string[]) {
-  const log = getLogger();
+  const log = new ScoutLogger('scout: global hook');
 
   if (archives.length === 0) {
     log.debug('[setup] no test data to ingest');

src/platform/packages/shared/kbn-scout/src/playwright/global_hooks/synthtrace_ingestion.ts

@@ -18,7 +18,8 @@ import type {
   SynthtraceGenerator,
 } from '@kbn/apm-synthtrace-client';
 import { SynthtraceClientTypes } from '@kbn/apm-synthtrace';
-import { getLogger, createScoutConfig, measurePerformanceAsync, getEsClient } from '../../common';
+import { createScoutConfig, measurePerformanceAsync, getEsClient } from '../../common';
+import { ScoutLogger } from '../../common/services/logger';
 import { ScoutTestOptions } from '../types';
 import { getSynthtraceClient } from '../../common/services/synthtrace';
 
@@ -38,7 +39,7 @@ const INGESTION_CLIENT_MAP: Record<string, SynthtraceClientTypes> = {
  * @deprecated Use `globalSetupHook` and synthtrace fixtures instead
  */
 export async function ingestSynthtraceDataHook(config: FullConfig, data: SynthtraceIngestionData) {
-  const log = getLogger();
+  const log = new ScoutLogger('scout: global hook');
 
   const { apm, infra } = data;
   const hasApmData = apm.length > 0;

src/platform/packages/shared/kbn-scout/src/playwright/runner/run_tests.ts

@@ -8,10 +8,11 @@
  */
 
 import { resolve } from 'path';
-import { ToolingLog } from '@kbn/tooling-log';
+import { ToolingLog, pickLevelFromFlags } from '@kbn/tooling-log';
 import { ProcRunner, withProcRunner } from '@kbn/dev-proc-runner';
 import { getTimeReporter } from '@kbn/ci-stats-reporter';
 import { REPO_ROOT } from '@kbn/repo-info';
+import { getFlags } from '@kbn/dev-cli-runner';
 import { runElasticsearch, runKibanaServer } from '../../servers';
 import { loadServersConfig } from '../../config';
 import { silence } from '../../common';
@@ -31,13 +32,19 @@ export const getPlaywrightProject = (
   return 'local';
 };
 
-async function runPlaywrightTest(procs: ProcRunner, cmd: string, args: string[]) {
+async function runPlaywrightTest(
+  procs: ProcRunner,
+  cmd: string,
+  args: string[],
+  env: Record<string, string> = {}
+) {
   return procs.run(`playwright`, {
     cmd,
     args,
     cwd: resolve(REPO_ROOT),
     env: {
       ...process.env,
+      ...env,
     },
     wait: true,
   });
@@ -82,7 +89,8 @@ async function runLocalServersAndTests(
   log: ToolingLog,
   options: RunTestsOptions,
   cmd: string,
-  cmdArgs: string[]
+  cmdArgs: string[],
+  env: Record<string, string> = {}
 ) {
   const config = await loadServersConfig(options.mode, log);
   const abortCtrl = new AbortController();
@@ -114,7 +122,7 @@ async function runLocalServersAndTests(
     // wait for 5 seconds
     await silence(log, 5000);
 
-    await runPlaywrightTest(procs, cmd, cmdArgs);
+    await runPlaywrightTest(procs, cmd, cmdArgs, env);
   } finally {
     try {
       await procs.stop('kibana');
@@ -133,6 +141,12 @@ export async function runTests(log: ToolingLog, options: RunTestsOptions) {
   const pwGrepTag = getPlaywrightGrepTag(options.mode);
   const pwConfigPath = options.configPath;
   const pwProject = getPlaywrightProject(options.testTarget, options.mode);
+  const globalFlags = getFlags(process.argv.slice(2), {
+    allowUnexpected: true,
+  });
+  // Temporarily use `debug` log level for Playwright tests to better understand performance issues;
+  // We are going to change it to `info` in the future. This change doesn't affect Test Servers logging.
+  const logsLevel = pickLevelFromFlags(globalFlags, { default: 'debug' });
 
   const pwBinPath = resolve(REPO_ROOT, './node_modules/.bin/playwright');
   const pwCmdArgs = [
@@ -151,9 +165,13 @@ export async function runTests(log: ToolingLog, options: RunTestsOptions) {
     }
 
     if (pwProject === 'local') {
-      await runLocalServersAndTests(procs, log, options, pwBinPath, pwCmdArgs);
+      await runLocalServersAndTests(procs, log, options, pwBinPath, pwCmdArgs, {
+        SCOUT_LOG_LEVEL: logsLevel,
+      });
     } else {
-      await runPlaywrightTest(procs, pwBinPath, pwCmdArgs);
+      await runPlaywrightTest(procs, pwBinPath, pwCmdArgs, {
+        SCOUT_LOG_LEVEL: logsLevel,
+      });
     }
 
     reportTime(runStartTime, 'ready', {