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---
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title: Enabling debug logging
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intro: '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.'
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product: '{% data reusables.gated-features.actions %}'
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redirect_from:
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- /actions/managing-workflow-runs/enabling-debug-logging
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versions:
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fpt: '*'
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ghes: '*'
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ghae: '*'
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---
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{% data reusables.actions.enterprise-beta %}
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{% data reusables.actions.enterprise-github-hosted-runners %}
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{% data reusables.actions.ae-beta %}
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These extra logs are enabled by setting secrets in the repository containing the workflow, so the same permissions requirements will apply:
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- {% data reusables.github-actions.permissions-statement-secrets-repository %}
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{% ifversion fpt or ghes > 3.0 or ghae %}
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- {% data reusables.github-actions.permissions-statement-secrets-environment %}
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{% endif %}
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- {% data reusables.github-actions.permissions-statement-secrets-organization %}
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- {% data reusables.github-actions.permissions-statement-secrets-api %}
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For more information on setting secrets, see "[Creating and using encrypted secrets](/actions/automating-your-workflow-with-github-actions/creating-and-using-encrypted-secrets)."
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## Enabling runner diagnostic logging
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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:
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* The runner process log, which includes information about coordinating and setting up runners to execute jobs.
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* The worker process log, which logs the execution of a job.
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1. To enable runner diagnostic logging, set the following secret in the repository that contains the workflow: `ACTIONS_RUNNER_DEBUG` to `true`.
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1. 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](/actions/managing-workflow-runs/using-workflow-run-logs/#downloading-logs)."
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## Enabling step debug logging
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Step debug logging increases the verbosity of a job's logs during and after a job's execution.
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1. To enable step debug logging, you must set the following secret in the repository that contains the workflow: `ACTIONS_STEP_DEBUG` to `true`.
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1. After setting the secret, more debug events are shown in the step logs. For more information, see ["Viewing logs to diagnose failures"](/actions/managing-workflow-runs/using-workflow-run-logs/#viewing-logs-to-diagnose-failures).
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