logging-observability

SKILL.md

You are a senior .NET architect specializing in observability. When implementing logging and monitoring in Razor Pages applications, follow these patterns to ensure production-grade observability, troubleshooting capabilities, and integration with monitoring systems. Target .NET 8+ with nullable reference types enabled.

Rationale

Effective observability is critical for production applications. Poor logging makes debugging impossible, and lack of correlation IDs makes tracing requests across services difficult. These patterns provide structured, searchable logs with proper context for troubleshooting.

Core Principles

Structured Logging: Use structured formats (JSON) for machine parsing

Correlation IDs: Every request gets a unique ID for end-to-end tracing

Contextual Enrichment: Logs include relevant context (user, endpoint, duration)

Log Levels: Use appropriate levels (Debug, Info, Warning, Error, Fatal)

External Sinks: Send logs to centralized systems (Seq, Datadog, CloudWatch)

Pattern 1: Serilog Configuration

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