feat: add gateway logs tab

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@
 - Web UI: allow reconnect + password URL auth for the control UI and always scrub auth params from the URL. Thanks @oswalpalash for PR #414.
 - Web UI: add Connect button on Overview to apply connection changes. Thanks @wizaj for PR #385.
 - Web UI: keep Focus toggle on the top bar (swap with theme toggle) so it stays visible. Thanks @RobOK2050 for reporting. (#440)
+- Web UI: add Logs tab for gateway file logs with filtering, auto-follow, and export.
 - ClawdbotKit: fix SwiftPM resource bundling path for `tool-display.json`. Thanks @fcatuhe for PR #398.
 - Tools: add Telegram/WhatsApp reaction tools (with per-provider gating). Thanks @zats for PR #353.
 - Tools: flatten literal-union schemas for Claude on Vertex AI. Thanks @carlulsoe for PR #409.

docs/gateway/logging.md

@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ Clawdbot uses a file logger backed by `tslog` ([`src/logging.ts`](https://github
 
 The file format is one JSON object per line.
 
+The Control UI Logs tab tails this file via the gateway (`logs.tail`).
+
 **Verbose vs. log levels**
 
 - **File logs** are controlled exclusively by `logging.level`.

docs/web/control-ui.md

@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ The dashboard settings panel lets you store a token; passwords are not persisted
 - Config: apply + restart with validation (`config.apply`) and wake the last active session
 - Config schema + form rendering (`config.schema`); Raw JSON editor remains available
 - Debug: status/health/models snapshots + event log + manual RPC calls (`status`, `health`, `models.list`)
+- Logs: live tail of gateway file logs with filter/export (`logs.tail`)
 - Update: run a package/git update + restart (`update.run`) with a restart report
 
 ## Tailnet access (recommended)

src/gateway/protocol/index.ts

@@ -50,6 +50,10 @@ import {
   GatewayFrameSchema,
   type HelloOk,
   HelloOkSchema,
+  type LogsTailParams,
+  LogsTailParamsSchema,
+  type LogsTailResult,
+  LogsTailResultSchema,
   type ModelsListParams,
   ModelsListParamsSchema,
   type NodeDescribeParams,
@@ -258,6 +262,8 @@ export const validateCronRunParams =
   ajv.compile<CronRunParams>(CronRunParamsSchema);
 export const validateCronRunsParams =
   ajv.compile<CronRunsParams>(CronRunsParamsSchema);
+export const validateLogsTailParams =
+  ajv.compile<LogsTailParams>(LogsTailParamsSchema);
 export const validateChatHistoryParams = ajv.compile(ChatHistoryParamsSchema);
 export const validateChatSendParams = ajv.compile(ChatSendParamsSchema);
 export const validateChatAbortParams = ajv.compile<ChatAbortParams>(
@@ -338,6 +344,8 @@ export {
   CronRemoveParamsSchema,
   CronRunParamsSchema,
   CronRunsParamsSchema,
+  LogsTailParamsSchema,
+  LogsTailResultSchema,
   ChatHistoryParamsSchema,
   ChatSendParamsSchema,
   UpdateRunParamsSchema,
@@ -407,6 +415,8 @@ export type {
   CronRunParams,
   CronRunsParams,
   CronRunLogEntry,
+  LogsTailParams,
+  LogsTailResult,
   PollParams,
   UpdateRunParams,
 };

src/gateway/protocol/schema.ts

@@ -808,6 +808,27 @@ export const CronRunLogEntrySchema = Type.Object(
   { additionalProperties: false },
 );
 
+export const LogsTailParamsSchema = Type.Object(
+  {
+    cursor: Type.Optional(Type.Integer({ minimum: 0 })),
+    limit: Type.Optional(Type.Integer({ minimum: 1, maximum: 5000 })),
+    maxBytes: Type.Optional(Type.Integer({ minimum: 1, maximum: 1_000_000 })),
+  },
+  { additionalProperties: false },
+);
+
+export const LogsTailResultSchema = Type.Object(
+  {
+    file: NonEmptyString,
+    cursor: Type.Integer({ minimum: 0 }),
+    size: Type.Integer({ minimum: 0 }),
+    lines: Type.Array(Type.String()),
+    truncated: Type.Optional(Type.Boolean()),
+    reset: Type.Optional(Type.Boolean()),
+  },
+  { additionalProperties: false },
+);
+
 // WebChat/WebSocket-native chat methods
 export const ChatHistoryParamsSchema = Type.Object(
   {
@@ -920,6 +941,8 @@ export const ProtocolSchemas: Record<string, TSchema> = {
   CronRunParams: CronRunParamsSchema,
   CronRunsParams: CronRunsParamsSchema,
   CronRunLogEntry: CronRunLogEntrySchema,
+  LogsTailParams: LogsTailParamsSchema,
+  LogsTailResult: LogsTailResultSchema,
   ChatHistoryParams: ChatHistoryParamsSchema,
   ChatSendParams: ChatSendParamsSchema,
   ChatAbortParams: ChatAbortParamsSchema,
@@ -991,6 +1014,8 @@ export type CronRemoveParams = Static<typeof CronRemoveParamsSchema>;
 export type CronRunParams = Static<typeof CronRunParamsSchema>;
 export type CronRunsParams = Static<typeof CronRunsParamsSchema>;
 export type CronRunLogEntry = Static<typeof CronRunLogEntrySchema>;
+export type LogsTailParams = Static<typeof LogsTailParamsSchema>;
+export type LogsTailResult = Static<typeof LogsTailResultSchema>;
 export type ChatAbortParams = Static<typeof ChatAbortParamsSchema>;
 export type ChatEvent = Static<typeof ChatEventSchema>;
 export type UpdateRunParams = Static<typeof UpdateRunParamsSchema>;

src/gateway/server-methods.ts

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import { configHandlers } from "./server-methods/config.js";
 import { connectHandlers } from "./server-methods/connect.js";
 import { cronHandlers } from "./server-methods/cron.js";
 import { healthHandlers } from "./server-methods/health.js";
+import { logsHandlers } from "./server-methods/logs.js";
 import { modelsHandlers } from "./server-methods/models.js";
 import { nodeHandlers } from "./server-methods/nodes.js";
 import { providersHandlers } from "./server-methods/providers.js";
@@ -25,6 +26,7 @@ import { wizardHandlers } from "./server-methods/wizard.js";
 
 const handlers: GatewayRequestHandlers = {
   ...connectHandlers,
+  ...logsHandlers,
   ...voicewakeHandlers,
   ...healthHandlers,
   ...providersHandlers,

src/gateway/server-methods/logs.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,150 @@
+import fs from "node:fs/promises";
+
+import {
+  ErrorCodes,
+  errorShape,
+  formatValidationErrors,
+  validateLogsTailParams,
+} from "../protocol/index.js";
+import { getResolvedLoggerSettings } from "../../logging.js";
+import type { GatewayRequestHandlers } from "./types.js";
+
+const DEFAULT_LIMIT = 500;
+const DEFAULT_MAX_BYTES = 250_000;
+const MAX_LIMIT = 5000;
+const MAX_BYTES = 1_000_000;
+
+function clamp(value: number, min: number, max: number) {
+  return Math.max(min, Math.min(max, value));
+}
+
+async function readLogSlice(params: {
+  file: string;
+  cursor?: number;
+  limit: number;
+  maxBytes: number;
+}) {
+  const stat = await fs.stat(params.file).catch(() => null);
+  if (!stat) {
+    return {
+      cursor: 0,
+      size: 0,
+      lines: [] as string[],
+      truncated: false,
+      reset: false,
+    };
+  }
+
+  const size = stat.size;
+  const maxBytes = clamp(params.maxBytes, 1, MAX_BYTES);
+  const limit = clamp(params.limit, 1, MAX_LIMIT);
+  let cursor =
+    typeof params.cursor === "number" && Number.isFinite(params.cursor)
+      ? Math.max(0, Math.floor(params.cursor))
+      : undefined;
+  let reset = false;
+  let truncated = false;
+  let start = 0;
+
+  if (cursor != null) {
+    if (cursor > size) {
+      reset = true;
+      start = Math.max(0, size - maxBytes);
+      truncated = start > 0;
+    } else {
+      start = cursor;
+      if (size - start > maxBytes) {
+        reset = true;
+        truncated = true;
+        start = Math.max(0, size - maxBytes);
+      }
+    }
+  } else {
+    start = Math.max(0, size - maxBytes);
+    truncated = start > 0;
+  }
+
+  if (size === 0 || size <= start) {
+    return {
+      cursor: size,
+      size,
+      lines: [] as string[],
+      truncated,
+      reset,
+    };
+  }
+
+  const handle = await fs.open(params.file, "r");
+  try {
+    let prefix = "";
+    if (start > 0) {
+      const prefixBuf = Buffer.alloc(1);
+      const prefixRead = await handle.read(prefixBuf, 0, 1, start - 1);
+      prefix = prefixBuf.toString("utf8", 0, prefixRead.bytesRead);
+    }
+
+    const length = Math.max(0, size - start);
+    const buffer = Buffer.alloc(length);
+    const readResult = await handle.read(buffer, 0, length, start);
+    let text = buffer.toString("utf8", 0, readResult.bytesRead);
+    let lines = text.split("\n");
+    if (start > 0 && prefix !== "\n") {
+      lines = lines.slice(1);
+    }
+    if (lines.length > 0 && lines[lines.length - 1] === "") {
+      lines = lines.slice(0, -1);
+    }
+    if (lines.length > limit) {
+      lines = lines.slice(lines.length - limit);
+    }
+
+    cursor = size;
+
+    return {
+      cursor,
+      size,
+      lines,
+      truncated,
+      reset,
+    };
+  } finally {
+    await handle.close();
+  }
+}
+
+export const logsHandlers: GatewayRequestHandlers = {
+  "logs.tail": async ({ params, respond }) => {
+    if (!validateLogsTailParams(params)) {
+      respond(
+        false,
+        undefined,
+        errorShape(
+          ErrorCodes.INVALID_REQUEST,
+          `invalid logs.tail params: ${formatValidationErrors(validateLogsTailParams.errors)}`,
+        ),
+      );
+      return;
+    }
+
+    const p = params as { cursor?: number; limit?: number; maxBytes?: number };
+    const file = getResolvedLoggerSettings().file;
+    try {
+      const result = await readLogSlice({
+        file,
+        cursor: p.cursor,
+        limit: p.limit ?? DEFAULT_LIMIT,
+        maxBytes: p.maxBytes ?? DEFAULT_MAX_BYTES,
+      });
+      respond(true, { file, ...result }, undefined);
+    } catch (err) {
+      respond(
+        false,
+        undefined,
+        errorShape(
+          ErrorCodes.UNAVAILABLE,
+          `log read failed: ${String(err)}`,
+        ),
+      );
+    }
+  },
+};

src/gateway/server.ts

@@ -212,6 +212,7 @@ type Client = {
 
 const METHODS = [
   "health",
+  "logs.tail",
   "providers.status",
   "status",
   "usage.status",

ui/src/styles/components.css

@@ -413,6 +413,10 @@
   background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2);
 }
 
+.chip input {
+  margin-right: 6px;
+}
+
 .chip-ok {
   color: var(--ok);
   border-color: rgba(27, 217, 138, 0.4);
@@ -450,6 +454,104 @@
   background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2);
 }
 
+.log-stream {
+  border: 1px solid var(--border);
+  border-radius: 14px;
+  background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2);
+  max-height: 520px;
+  overflow: auto;
+  container-type: inline-size;
+}
+
+.log-row {
+  display: grid;
+  grid-template-columns: 90px 70px minmax(140px, 200px) minmax(0, 1fr);
+  gap: 12px;
+  align-items: start;
+  padding: 6px 10px;
+  border-bottom: 1px solid var(--border);
+  font-size: 12px;
+}
+
+.log-row:last-child {
+  border-bottom: none;
+}
+
+.log-time {
+  color: var(--muted);
+}
+
+.log-level {
+  text-transform: uppercase;
+  font-size: 10px;
+  font-weight: 600;
+  border: 1px solid var(--border);
+  border-radius: 999px;
+  padding: 2px 6px;
+  width: fit-content;
+}
+
+.log-level.trace,
+.log-level.debug {
+  color: var(--muted);
+}
+
+.log-level.info {
+  color: var(--info);
+  border-color: rgba(76, 150, 242, 0.4);
+}
+
+.log-level.warn {
+  color: var(--warn);
+  border-color: rgba(242, 201, 76, 0.4);
+}
+
+.log-level.error,
+.log-level.fatal {
+  color: var(--danger);
+  border-color: rgba(255, 92, 92, 0.4);
+}
+
+.log-chip.trace,
+.log-chip.debug {
+  color: var(--muted);
+}
+
+.log-chip.info {
+  color: var(--info);
+  border-color: rgba(76, 150, 242, 0.4);
+}
+
+.log-chip.warn {
+  color: var(--warn);
+  border-color: rgba(242, 201, 76, 0.4);
+}
+
+.log-chip.error,
+.log-chip.fatal {
+  color: var(--danger);
+  border-color: rgba(255, 92, 92, 0.4);
+}
+
+.log-subsystem {
+  color: var(--muted);
+}
+
+.log-message {
+  white-space: pre-wrap;
+  word-break: break-word;
+}
+
+@container (max-width: 620px) {
+  .log-row {
+    grid-template-columns: 70px 60px minmax(0, 1fr);
+  }
+
+  .log-subsystem {
+    display: none;
+  }
+}
+
 .chat {
   display: flex;
   flex-direction: column;

ui/src/ui/app-render.ts

@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ import type {
   CronRunLogEntry,
   CronStatus,
   HealthSnapshot,
+  LogEntry,
+  LogLevel,
   PresenceEntry,
   ProvidersStatusSnapshot,
   SessionsListResult,
@@ -37,6 +39,7 @@ import { renderConnections } from "./views/connections";
 import { renderCron } from "./views/cron";
 import { renderDebug } from "./views/debug";
 import { renderInstances } from "./views/instances";
+import { renderLogs } from "./views/logs";
 import { renderNodes } from "./views/nodes";
 import { renderOverview } from "./views/overview";
 import { renderSessions } from "./views/sessions";
@@ -69,6 +72,7 @@ import {
 } from "./controllers/config";
 import { loadCronRuns, toggleCronJob, runCronJob, removeCronJob, addCronJob } from "./controllers/cron";
 import { loadDebug, callDebugMethod } from "./controllers/debug";
+import { loadLogs } from "./controllers/logs";
 
 export type EventLogEntry = {
   ts: number;
@@ -172,6 +176,14 @@ export type AppViewState = {
   debugCallParams: string;
   debugCallResult: string | null;
   debugCallError: string | null;
+  logsLoading: boolean;
+  logsError: string | null;
+  logsFile: string | null;
+  logsEntries: LogEntry[];
+  logsFilterText: string;
+  logsLevelFilters: Record<LogLevel, boolean>;
+  logsAutoFollow: boolean;
+  logsTruncated: boolean;
   client: GatewayBrowserClient | null;
   connect: () => void;
   setTab: (tab: Tab) => void;
@@ -185,6 +197,8 @@ export type AppViewState = {
   handleTelegramSave: () => Promise<void>;
   handleSendChat: () => Promise<void>;
   resetToolStream: () => void;
+  handleLogsScroll: (event: Event) => void;
+  exportLogs: (lines: string[], label: string) => void;
 };
 
 export function renderApp(state: AppViewState) {
@@ -478,6 +492,27 @@ export function renderApp(state: AppViewState) {
               onCall: () => callDebugMethod(state),
             })
           : nothing}
+
+        ${state.tab === "logs"
+          ? renderLogs({
+              loading: state.logsLoading,
+              error: state.logsError,
+              file: state.logsFile,
+              entries: state.logsEntries,
+              filterText: state.logsFilterText,
+              levelFilters: state.logsLevelFilters,
+              autoFollow: state.logsAutoFollow,
+              truncated: state.logsTruncated,
+              onFilterTextChange: (next) => (state.logsFilterText = next),
+              onLevelToggle: (level, enabled) => {
+                state.logsLevelFilters = { ...state.logsLevelFilters, [level]: enabled };
+              },
+              onToggleAutoFollow: (next) => (state.logsAutoFollow = next),
+              onRefresh: () => loadLogs(state, { reset: true }),
+              onExport: (lines, label) => state.exportLogs(lines, label),
+              onScroll: (event) => state.handleLogsScroll(event),
+            })
+          : nothing}
       </main>
     </div>
   `;

ui/src/ui/app.ts

@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@ import type {
   CronRunLogEntry,
   CronStatus,
   HealthSnapshot,
+  LogEntry,
+  LogLevel,
   PresenceEntry,
   ProvidersStatusSnapshot,
   SessionsListResult,
@@ -77,6 +79,7 @@ import {
   loadSkills,
 } from "./controllers/skills";
 import { loadDebug } from "./controllers/debug";
+import { loadLogs } from "./controllers/logs";
 
 type EventLogEntry = {
   ts: number;
@@ -85,6 +88,14 @@ type EventLogEntry = {
 };
 
 const TOOL_STREAM_LIMIT = 50;
+const DEFAULT_LOG_LEVEL_FILTERS: Record<LogLevel, boolean> = {
+  trace: true,
+  debug: true,
+  info: true,
+  warn: true,
+  error: true,
+  fatal: true,
+};
 
 type AgentEventPayload = {
   runId: string;
@@ -343,11 +354,29 @@ export class ClawdbotApp extends LitElement {
   @state() debugCallResult: string | null = null;
   @state() debugCallError: string | null = null;
 
+  @state() logsLoading = false;
+  @state() logsError: string | null = null;
+  @state() logsFile: string | null = null;
+  @state() logsEntries: LogEntry[] = [];
+  @state() logsFilterText = "";
+  @state() logsLevelFilters: Record<LogLevel, boolean> = {
+    ...DEFAULT_LOG_LEVEL_FILTERS,
+  };
+  @state() logsAutoFollow = true;
+  @state() logsTruncated = false;
+  @state() logsCursor: number | null = null;
+  @state() logsLastFetchAt: number | null = null;
+  @state() logsLimit = 500;
+  @state() logsMaxBytes = 250_000;
+  @state() logsAtBottom = true;
+
   client: GatewayBrowserClient | null = null;
   private chatScrollFrame: number | null = null;
   private chatScrollTimeout: number | null = null;
   private chatHasAutoScrolled = false;
   private nodesPollInterval: number | null = null;
+  private logsPollInterval: number | null = null;
+  private logsScrollFrame: number | null = null;
   private toolStreamById = new Map<string, ToolStreamEntry>();
   private toolStreamOrder: string[] = [];
   basePath = "";
@@ -370,6 +399,7 @@ export class ClawdbotApp extends LitElement {
     this.applySettingsFromUrl();
     this.connect();
     this.startNodesPolling();
+    if (this.tab === "logs") this.startLogsPolling();
   }
 
   protected firstUpdated() {
@@ -379,6 +409,7 @@ export class ClawdbotApp extends LitElement {
   disconnectedCallback() {
     window.removeEventListener("popstate", this.popStateHandler);
     this.stopNodesPolling();
+    this.stopLogsPolling();
     this.detachThemeListener();
     this.topbarObserver?.disconnect();
     this.topbarObserver = null;
@@ -401,6 +432,14 @@ export class ClawdbotApp extends LitElement {
         this.chatLoading === false;
       this.scheduleChatScroll(forcedByTab || forcedByLoad || !this.chatHasAutoScrolled);
     }
+    if (
+      this.tab === "logs" &&
+      (changed.has("logsEntries") || changed.has("logsAutoFollow") || changed.has("tab"))
+    ) {
+      if (this.logsAutoFollow && this.logsAtBottom) {
+        this.scheduleLogsScroll(changed.has("tab") || changed.has("logsAutoFollow"));
+      }
+    }
   }
 
   connect() {
@@ -505,6 +544,56 @@ export class ClawdbotApp extends LitElement {
     this.nodesPollInterval = null;
   }
 
+  private startLogsPolling() {
+    if (this.logsPollInterval != null) return;
+    this.logsPollInterval = window.setInterval(() => {
+      if (this.tab !== "logs") return;
+      void loadLogs(this, { quiet: true });
+    }, 2000);
+  }
+
+  private stopLogsPolling() {
+    if (this.logsPollInterval == null) return;
+    clearInterval(this.logsPollInterval);
+    this.logsPollInterval = null;
+  }
+
+  private scheduleLogsScroll(force = false) {
+    if (this.logsScrollFrame) cancelAnimationFrame(this.logsScrollFrame);
+    void this.updateComplete.then(() => {
+      this.logsScrollFrame = requestAnimationFrame(() => {
+        this.logsScrollFrame = null;
+        const container = this.querySelector(".log-stream") as HTMLElement | null;
+        if (!container) return;
+        const distanceFromBottom =
+          container.scrollHeight - container.scrollTop - container.clientHeight;
+        const shouldStick = force || distanceFromBottom < 80;
+        if (!shouldStick) return;
+        container.scrollTop = container.scrollHeight;
+      });
+    });
+  }
+
+  handleLogsScroll(event: Event) {
+    const container = event.currentTarget as HTMLElement | null;
+    if (!container) return;
+    const distanceFromBottom =
+      container.scrollHeight - container.scrollTop - container.clientHeight;
+    this.logsAtBottom = distanceFromBottom < 80;
+  }
+
+  exportLogs(lines: string[], label: string) {
+    if (lines.length === 0) return;
+    const blob = new Blob([`${lines.join("\n")}\n`], { type: "text/plain" });
+    const url = URL.createObjectURL(blob);
+    const anchor = document.createElement("a");
+    const stamp = new Date().toISOString().slice(0, 19).replace(/[:T]/g, "-");
+    anchor.href = url;
+    anchor.download = `clawdbot-logs-${label}-${stamp}.log`;
+    anchor.click();
+    URL.revokeObjectURL(url);
+  }
+
   resetToolStream() {
     this.toolStreamById.clear();
     this.toolStreamOrder = [];
@@ -713,6 +802,8 @@ export class ClawdbotApp extends LitElement {
   setTab(next: Tab) {
     if (this.tab !== next) this.tab = next;
     if (next === "chat") this.chatHasAutoScrolled = false;
+    if (next === "logs") this.startLogsPolling();
+    else this.stopLogsPolling();
     void this.refreshActiveTab();
     this.syncUrlWithTab(next, false);
   }
@@ -751,6 +842,9 @@ export class ClawdbotApp extends LitElement {
       await loadDebug(this);
       this.eventLog = this.eventLogBuffer;
     }
+    if (this.tab === "logs") {
+      await loadLogs(this, { reset: true });
+    }
   }
 
   private inferBasePath() {
@@ -824,6 +918,8 @@ export class ClawdbotApp extends LitElement {
   private setTabFromRoute(next: Tab) {
     if (this.tab !== next) this.tab = next;
     if (next === "chat") this.chatHasAutoScrolled = false;
+    if (next === "logs") this.startLogsPolling();
+    else this.stopLogsPolling();
     if (this.connected) void this.refreshActiveTab();
   }
 

ui/src/ui/controllers/logs.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,136 @@
+import type { GatewayBrowserClient } from "../gateway";
+import type { LogEntry, LogLevel } from "../types";
+
+export type LogsState = {
+  client: GatewayBrowserClient | null;
+  connected: boolean;
+  logsLoading: boolean;
+  logsError: string | null;
+  logsCursor: number | null;
+  logsFile: string | null;
+  logsEntries: LogEntry[];
+  logsTruncated: boolean;
+  logsLastFetchAt: number | null;
+  logsLimit: number;
+  logsMaxBytes: number;
+};
+
+const LOG_BUFFER_LIMIT = 2000;
+const LEVELS = new Set<LogLevel>([
+  "trace",
+  "debug",
+  "info",
+  "warn",
+  "error",
+  "fatal",
+]);
+
+function parseMaybeJsonString(value: unknown) {
+  if (typeof value !== "string") return null;
+  const trimmed = value.trim();
+  if (!trimmed.startsWith("{") || !trimmed.endsWith("}")) return null;
+  try {
+    const parsed = JSON.parse(trimmed) as unknown;
+    if (!parsed || typeof parsed !== "object") return null;
+    return parsed as Record<string, unknown>;
+  } catch {
+    return null;
+  }
+}
+
+function normalizeLevel(value: unknown): LogLevel | null {
+  if (typeof value !== "string") return null;
+  const lowered = value.toLowerCase() as LogLevel;
+  return LEVELS.has(lowered) ? lowered : null;
+}
+
+export function parseLogLine(line: string): LogEntry {
+  if (!line.trim()) return { raw: line, message: line };
+  try {
+    const obj = JSON.parse(line) as Record<string, unknown>;
+    const meta =
+      obj && typeof obj._meta === "object" && obj._meta !== null
+        ? (obj._meta as Record<string, unknown>)
+        : null;
+    const time =
+      typeof obj.time === "string"
+        ? obj.time
+        : typeof meta?.date === "string"
+          ? meta?.date
+          : null;
+    const level = normalizeLevel(meta?.logLevelName ?? meta?.level);
+
+    const contextCandidate =
+      typeof obj["0"] === "string"
+        ? (obj["0"] as string)
+        : typeof meta?.name === "string"
+          ? (meta?.name as string)
+          : null;
+    const contextObj = parseMaybeJsonString(contextCandidate);
+    let subsystem: string | null = null;
+    if (contextObj) {
+      if (typeof contextObj.subsystem === "string") subsystem = contextObj.subsystem;
+      else if (typeof contextObj.module === "string") subsystem = contextObj.module;
+    }
+    if (!subsystem && contextCandidate && contextCandidate.length < 120) {
+      subsystem = contextCandidate;
+    }
+
+    let message: string | null = null;
+    if (typeof obj["1"] === "string") message = obj["1"] as string;
+    else if (!contextObj && typeof obj["0"] === "string") message = obj["0"] as string;
+    else if (typeof obj.message === "string") message = obj.message as string;
+
+    return {
+      raw: line,
+      time,
+      level,
+      subsystem,
+      message: message ?? line,
+      meta: meta ?? undefined,
+    };
+  } catch {
+    return { raw: line, message: line };
+  }
+}
+
+export async function loadLogs(
+  state: LogsState,
+  opts?: { reset?: boolean; quiet?: boolean },
+) {
+  if (!state.client || !state.connected) return;
+  if (state.logsLoading && !opts?.quiet) return;
+  if (!opts?.quiet) state.logsLoading = true;
+  state.logsError = null;
+  try {
+    const res = await state.client.request("logs.tail", {
+      cursor: opts?.reset ? undefined : state.logsCursor ?? undefined,
+      limit: state.logsLimit,
+      maxBytes: state.logsMaxBytes,
+    });
+    const payload = res as {
+      file?: string;
+      cursor?: number;
+      size?: number;
+      lines?: unknown;
+      truncated?: boolean;
+      reset?: boolean;
+    };
+    const lines = Array.isArray(payload.lines)
+      ? (payload.lines.filter((line) => typeof line === "string") as string[])
+      : [];
+    const entries = lines.map(parseLogLine);
+    const shouldReset = Boolean(opts?.reset || payload.reset || state.logsCursor == null);
+    state.logsEntries = shouldReset
+      ? entries
+      : [...state.logsEntries, ...entries].slice(-LOG_BUFFER_LIMIT);
+    if (typeof payload.cursor === "number") state.logsCursor = payload.cursor;
+    if (typeof payload.file === "string") state.logsFile = payload.file;
+    state.logsTruncated = Boolean(payload.truncated);
+    state.logsLastFetchAt = Date.now();
+  } catch (err) {
+    state.logsError = String(err);
+  } finally {
+    if (!opts?.quiet) state.logsLoading = false;
+  }
+}

ui/src/ui/navigation.ts

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ export const TAB_GROUPS = [
     tabs: ["overview", "connections", "instances", "sessions", "cron"],
   },
   { label: "Agent", tabs: ["skills", "nodes"] },
-  { label: "Settings", tabs: ["config", "debug"] },
+  { label: "Settings", tabs: ["config", "debug", "logs"] },
 ] as const;
 
 export type Tab =
@@ -18,7 +18,8 @@ export type Tab =
   | "nodes"
   | "chat"
   | "config"
-  | "debug";
+  | "debug"
+  | "logs";
 
 const TAB_PATHS: Record<Tab, string> = {
   overview: "/overview",
@@ -31,6 +32,7 @@ const TAB_PATHS: Record<Tab, string> = {
   chat: "/chat",
   config: "/config",
   debug: "/debug",
+  logs: "/logs",
 };
 
 const PATH_TO_TAB = new Map(
@@ -118,6 +120,8 @@ export function titleForTab(tab: Tab) {
       return "Config";
     case "debug":
       return "Debug";
+    case "logs":
+      return "Logs";
     default:
       return "Control";
   }
@@ -145,6 +149,8 @@ export function subtitleForTab(tab: Tab) {
       return "Edit ~/.clawdbot/clawdbot.json safely.";
     case "debug":
       return "Gateway snapshots, events, and manual RPC calls.";
+    case "logs":
+      return "Live tail of the gateway file logs.";
     default:
       return "";
   }

ui/src/ui/types.ts

@@ -380,3 +380,20 @@ export type SkillStatusReport = {
 export type StatusSummary = Record<string, unknown>;
 
 export type HealthSnapshot = Record<string, unknown>;
+
+export type LogLevel =
+  | "trace"
+  | "debug"
+  | "info"
+  | "warn"
+  | "error"
+  | "fatal";
+
+export type LogEntry = {
+  raw: string;
+  time?: string | null;
+  level?: LogLevel | null;
+  subsystem?: string | null;
+  message?: string | null;
+  meta?: Record<string, unknown> | null;
+};

ui/src/ui/views/logs.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,135 @@
+import { html, nothing } from "lit";
+
+import type { LogEntry, LogLevel } from "../types";
+
+const LEVELS: LogLevel[] = ["trace", "debug", "info", "warn", "error", "fatal"];
+
+export type LogsProps = {
+  loading: boolean;
+  error: string | null;
+  file: string | null;
+  entries: LogEntry[];
+  filterText: string;
+  levelFilters: Record<LogLevel, boolean>;
+  autoFollow: boolean;
+  truncated: boolean;
+  onFilterTextChange: (next: string) => void;
+  onLevelToggle: (level: LogLevel, enabled: boolean) => void;
+  onToggleAutoFollow: (next: boolean) => void;
+  onRefresh: () => void;
+  onExport: (lines: string[], label: string) => void;
+  onScroll: (event: Event) => void;
+};
+
+function formatTime(value?: string | null) {
+  if (!value) return "";
+  const date = new Date(value);
+  if (Number.isNaN(date.getTime())) return value;
+  return date.toLocaleTimeString();
+}
+
+function matchesFilter(entry: LogEntry, needle: string) {
+  if (!needle) return true;
+  const haystack = [entry.message, entry.subsystem, entry.raw]
+    .filter(Boolean)
+    .join(" ")
+    .toLowerCase();
+  return haystack.includes(needle);
+}
+
+export function renderLogs(props: LogsProps) {
+  const needle = props.filterText.trim().toLowerCase();
+  const levelFiltered = LEVELS.some((level) => !props.levelFilters[level]);
+  const filtered = props.entries.filter((entry) => {
+    if (entry.level && !props.levelFilters[entry.level]) return false;
+    return matchesFilter(entry, needle);
+  });
+  const exportLabel = needle || levelFiltered ? "filtered" : "visible";
+
+  return html`
+    <section class="card">
+      <div class="row" style="justify-content: space-between;">
+        <div>
+          <div class="card-title">Logs</div>
+          <div class="card-sub">Gateway file logs (JSONL).</div>
+        </div>
+        <div class="row" style="gap: 8px;">
+          <button class="btn" ?disabled=${props.loading} @click=${props.onRefresh}>
+            ${props.loading ? "Loading…" : "Refresh"}
+          </button>
+          <button
+            class="btn"
+            ?disabled=${filtered.length === 0}
+            @click=${() => props.onExport(filtered.map((entry) => entry.raw), exportLabel)}
+          >
+            Export ${exportLabel}
+          </button>
+        </div>
+      </div>
+
+      <div class="filters" style="margin-top: 14px;">
+        <label class="field" style="min-width: 220px;">
+          <span>Filter</span>
+          <input
+            .value=${props.filterText}
+            @input=${(e: Event) =>
+              props.onFilterTextChange((e.target as HTMLInputElement).value)}
+            placeholder="Search logs"
+          />
+        </label>
+        <label class="field checkbox">
+          <span>Auto-follow</span>
+          <input
+            type="checkbox"
+            .checked=${props.autoFollow}
+            @change=${(e: Event) =>
+              props.onToggleAutoFollow((e.target as HTMLInputElement).checked)}
+          />
+        </label>
+      </div>
+
+      <div class="chip-row" style="margin-top: 12px;">
+        ${LEVELS.map(
+          (level) => html`
+            <label class="chip log-chip ${level}">
+              <input
+                type="checkbox"
+                .checked=${props.levelFilters[level]}
+                @change=${(e: Event) =>
+                  props.onLevelToggle(level, (e.target as HTMLInputElement).checked)}
+              />
+              <span>${level}</span>
+            </label>
+          `,
+        )}
+      </div>
+
+      ${props.file
+        ? html`<div class="muted" style="margin-top: 10px;">File: ${props.file}</div>`
+        : nothing}
+      ${props.truncated
+        ? html`<div class="callout" style="margin-top: 10px;">
+            Log output truncated; showing latest chunk.
+          </div>`
+        : nothing}
+      ${props.error
+        ? html`<div class="callout danger" style="margin-top: 10px;">${props.error}</div>`
+        : nothing}
+
+      <div class="log-stream" style="margin-top: 12px;" @scroll=${props.onScroll}>
+        ${filtered.length === 0
+          ? html`<div class="muted" style="padding: 12px;">No log entries.</div>`
+          : filtered.map(
+              (entry) => html`
+                <div class="log-row">
+                  <div class="log-time mono">${formatTime(entry.time)}</div>
+                  <div class="log-level ${entry.level ?? ""}">${entry.level ?? ""}</div>
+                  <div class="log-subsystem mono">${entry.subsystem ?? ""}</div>
+                  <div class="log-message mono">${entry.message ?? entry.raw}</div>
+                </div>
+              `,
+            )}
+      </div>
+    </section>
+  `;
+}