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observability.access_log was parsed (default true) but nothing read it, so the only way to silence the per-request proxy request completed lines was lowering the log level, which takes every other info line down with them. This makes the key do what its name says.

AccessLog::emit is the single point every access-log line goes through (buffered handlers, deferred stream endings, the head-phase cancel, /v1/realtime, passthrough routes, pre-dispatch rejections), so the switch is one process-wide flag that init_tracing sets from the config and emit checks. It is a check rather than an EnvFilter directive so no RUST_LOG spelling can bring the lines back.

Behaviour change: access_log: false now writes no access-log line at all, whatever log_level / RUST_LOG say; every other log line is unaffected. access_log: true (the default, and what an omitted key or block means) behaves exactly as before, including level filtering: the line is still an info event. A deployment that had access_log: false in its config while it was inert will stop getting access-log lines after upgrading; remove the key or set it to true to keep them.

config.example.yaml / config.managed.yaml now annotate the key. The public chart (charts/aisix) already carries observability.access_log: true, so nothing changes there.

Tests: a new DP e2e (access-log-switch-e2e) spawns one gateway with access_log: false and one with the default, both at info, and drives a buffered chat, a streamed chat and a pre-dispatch 400 through each. Off, it stops the gateway (which drains the log queue) and asserts no access-log line, while the boot line and the per-attempt provider call completed lines of the same requests are present. Default, each request has its line. The off case fails with the check removed. The e2e harness used to write access_log: false into every spawned gateway; it now writes the binary's default and specs opt out with accessLog: false.

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  • New Features
    • Request access-log entries can be disabled independently of other log messages through observability.access_log. Access logging is enabled by default and writes one entry per request at the info level.
  • Documentation
    • Clarified that access-log entries appear only when the effective log filter allows info. When RUST_LOG is set, it determines the filter; otherwise, log_level applies.

The key was parsed with a default of true but nothing read it, so the only
way to silence access-log lines was the log level, which silences every other
info line with them. access_log: false now suppresses every access-log line
whatever the level or RUST_LOG; the default keeps today's behaviour.

The e2e harness wrote access_log: false into every spawned gateway while the
key was inert; it now writes the binary's default unless a spec opts out.
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The observability configuration now controls per-request access-log emission. The tracing initializer applies the setting after subscriber initialization succeeds. End-to-end tests cover disabled and default-enabled logging.

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Layer / File(s) Summary
Access-log emission gate
crates/aisix-obs/src/access_log.rs
An atomic enable flag gates access-log events. When disabled, emit_with returns without emitting.
Configuration and initialization
crates/aisix-core/src/config.rs, crates/aisix-obs/src/lib.rs, config.example.yaml, config.managed.yaml
Configuration comments describe the setting. After tracing subscriber initialization succeeds, init_tracing sets the access-log flag from cfg.access_log.
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tests/e2e/src/harness/app.ts, tests/e2e/src/cases/access-log-switch-e2e.test.ts, tests/e2e/src/cases/body-edges-e2e.test.ts, tests/e2e/src/cases/listener-tls-e2e.test.ts, tests/e2e/src/cases/status-config-e2e.test.ts
The harness defaults access logging to enabled and provides an override. Tests check disabled and default behavior across buffered, streamed, and malformed requests. Other test configurations no longer set the old disabled value, and obsolete comments were removed.

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  participant ObservabilityConfig
  participant init_tracing
  participant AccessLogFlag as access_log_enable_flag
  participant AccessLog as AccessLog_emit_with
  ObservabilityConfig->>init_tracing: provide cfg.access_log
  init_tracing->>AccessLogFlag: set enabled state
  AccessLog->>AccessLogFlag: check enabled state
  AccessLogFlag-->>AccessLog: return enabled state
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Access logging is now configurable and the change looks sound. One test does not guard against duplicate access-log lines. This is a small test-strength gap and can be handled as a follow-up.

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The key used to be inert; now it would silently turn off the access log for
anyone raising these specs' log level.
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#	crates/aisix-obs/src/access_log.rs

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tests/e2e/src/cases/access-log-switch-e2e.test.ts (1)

168-173: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Assert exactly one access-log line per request.

waitForLogLine returns the first matching line. A duplicate line for the same request can therefore pass. Stop the app as a completion barrier, then count all matching lines for each request ID.

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     const sent = await drive(on);
     const app = on;
+    await app.stop();
+    await waitForLogLine(app, (l) => l.includes("aisix shut down cleanly"), "the shutdown line");
+    const lines = app.output().split("\n");
+
     for (const [id, status] of [
       [sent.buffered, 200],
       [sent.streamed, 200],
       [sent.refused, 400],
     ] as const) {
-      const line = await waitForLogLine(
-        app,
-        (l) => l.includes(ACCESS_LINE) && l.includes(`request_id="${id}"`),
-        `the access-log line for ${id}`,
-      );
-      expect(line).toContain(`status=${status}`);
+      const matches = lines.filter(
+        (l) => l.includes(ACCESS_LINE) && l.includes(`request_id="${id}"`),
+      );
+      expect(matches, `access-log lines for ${id}`).toHaveLength(1);
+      expect(matches[0]).toContain(`status=${status}`);
     }
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Review comment at @tests/e2e/src/cases/access-log-switch-e2e.test.ts around
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Update the access-log assertions in the test around `drive` and `waitForLogLine`
to verify exactly one matching line per request ID. Stop the app and wait for
its clean-shutdown log as a completion barrier, then count matching lines in the
complete output and check the single line’s expected status.

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Inline comments:
Review comments at @config.example.yaml:
- Line 177: Update both comments near the `build_filter` configuration to
describe the effective tracing filter, including that a valid `RUST_LOG` filter
takes precedence over `log_level`; remove the claim that `log_level` must allow
`info`.

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Review comments at @tests/e2e/src/cases/access-log-switch-e2e.test.ts:
- Around line 168-173: Update the access-log assertions in the test around
`drive` and `waitForLogLine` to verify exactly one matching line per request ID.
Stop the app and wait for its clean-shutdown log as a completion barrier, then
count matching lines in the complete output and check the single line’s expected
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