Debug messages are disabled by default, enable them with the --log-debug flag.
| Flag | Effect |
|---|---|
--log-debug |
Log debug messages |
--log-to-console |
Output the log to stdout / Chrome dev console |
--machine-readable-stacktrace |
Enable JSON stack trace |
--no-color |
Disable colors in the output of main process |
as of 1.21.0
--devmodeenables both--log-debugand--log-to-console(formerly--debug)as of 1.3.0--debugenables both--log-debugand--log-to-console
The logs can be found in:
Linux: ~/.config/DeltaChat/logs/
Mac: ~/Library/Application\ Support/DeltaChat/logs
You can also access the log folder and the current log file under the View->Developer menu:
The log files have the extension .log, the file name represents the point in time the log started.
Basically the log files are tab separated CSV-files(also known as TSV):
"2019-01-27T13:46:31.801Z" "main/deltachat" "INFO" [] "dc_get_info"
| timestamp | location / module | level | stacktrace | arg1 | arg2 | ... |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| "2019-01-27T13:46:31.801Z" | "main/deltachat" | "INFO" | [] | "dc_get_info" | - | ... |
space seperate terms, exclude with -, if your term contains spaces you should exape it with "
-👻 - don't show events from background accounts (not selected accounts)
-📡 - don't show any events
-[JSONRPC] - don't show jsonrpc messages
[JSONRPC] - show only jsonrpc messages
Start deltachat with --devmode (or --log-debug and --log-to-console) argument to show full log output.