docs/content/actions/monitoring-and-troubleshooting-workflows/enabling-debug-logging.md

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Enabling debug logging	If the workflow logs do not provide enough detail to diagnose why a workflow, job, or step is not working as expected, you can enable additional debug logging.	/actions/managing-workflow-runs/enabling-debug-logging	fpt ghes ghae ghec * * * *

{% data reusables.actions.enterprise-beta %} {% data reusables.actions.enterprise-github-hosted-runners %}

These extra logs are enabled by setting secrets in the repository containing the workflow, so the same permissions requirements will apply:

• {% data reusables.actions.permissions-statement-secrets-repository %}
• {% data reusables.actions.permissions-statement-secrets-environment %}
• {% data reusables.actions.permissions-statement-secrets-organization %}
• {% data reusables.actions.permissions-statement-secrets-api %}

For more information on setting secrets, see "Creating and using encrypted secrets."

{% ifversion debug-reruns %}

Additionally, anyone who has access to run a workflow can enable runner diagnostic logging and step debug logging for a workflow re-run. For more information, see "Re-running workflows and jobs."

{% endif %}

Enabling runner diagnostic logging

Runner diagnostic logging provides additional log files that contain information about how a runner is executing a job. Two extra log files are added to the log archive:

• The runner process log, which includes information about coordinating and setting up runners to execute jobs.
• The worker process log, which logs the execution of a job.

1. To enable runner diagnostic logging, set the following secret in the repository that contains the workflow: ACTIONS_RUNNER_DEBUG to true.

2. To download runner diagnostic logs, download the log archive of the workflow run. The runner diagnostic logs are contained in the runner-diagnostic-logs folder. For more information on downloading logs, see "Downloading logs."

Enabling step debug logging

Step debug logging increases the verbosity of a job's logs during and after a job's execution.

1. To enable step debug logging, you must set the following secret in the repository that contains the workflow: ACTIONS_STEP_DEBUG to true.

2. After setting the secret, more debug events are shown in the step logs. For more information, see "Viewing logs to diagnose failures".