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+HTTP Logging
+============
+
+
+Sometimes, while debugging your Web app (or client-side code using
+Necko), it can be useful to log HTTP traffic.  This saves a log of HTTP-related
+information from your browser run into a file that you can examine (or
+upload to Bugzilla if a developer has asked you for a log).
+
+.. note::
+
+   **Note:** The `Web
+   Console <https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Tools/Web_Console>`__
+   also offers the ability to peek at HTTP transactions within Firefox.
+   HTTP logging generally provides more detailed logging.
+
+.. _using-about-networking:
+
+Using about:logging
+-------------------
+
+This is the best and easiest way to do HTTP logging.  At any point
+during while your browser is running, you can turn logging on and off.
+
+.. note::
+
+   **Note:** Before Firefox 108 the logging UI used to be located at `about:networking#logging`
+
+This allows you to capture only the "interesting" part of the browser's
+behavior (i.e. your bug), which makes the HTTP log much smaller and
+easier to analyze.
+
+#. Launch the browser and get it into whatever state you need to be in
+   just before your bug occurs.
+#. Open a new tab and type in "about:logging" into the URL bar.
+#. Adjust the location of the log file if you don't like the default
+#. Adjust the list of modules that you want to log: this list has the
+   exact same format as the MOZ_LOG environment variable (see below).
+   Generally the default list is OK, unless a Mozilla developer has told
+   you to modify it.
+#. Click on Start Logging.
+#. Reproduce the bug (i.e. go to the web site that is broken for you and
+   make the bug happen in the browser)
+#. Make a note of the value of "Current Log File".
+#. Click on Stop Logging.
+#. Go to the folder containing the specified log file, and gather all
+   the log files. You will see several files that look like:
+   log.txt-main.1806.moz_log, log.txt-child.1954.moz_log,
+   log.txt-child.1970.moz_log, etc.  This is because Firefox now uses
+   multiple processes, and each process gets its own log file.
+#. For many bugs, the "log.txt-main.moz_log" file is the only thing you need to
+   upload as a file attachment to your Bugzilla bug (this is assuming
+   you're logging to help a mozilla developer).  Other bugs may require
+   all the logs to be uploaded--ask the developer if you're not sure.
+#. Pat yourself on the back--a job well done!  Thanks for helping us
+   debug Firefox.
+
+Logging HTTP activity by manually setting environment variables
+---------------------------------------------------------------
+
+Sometimes the about:logging approach won't work, for instance if your
+bug occurs during startup, or you're running on mobile, etc.  In that
+case you can set environment variables \*before\* you launch Firefox.
+Note that this approach winds up logging the whole browser history, so
+files can get rather large (they compress well :)
+
+Setting environment variables differs by operating system. Don't let the
+scary-looking command line stuff frighten you off; it's not hard at all!
+
+Windows
+~~~~~~~
+
+#. If Firefox is already running, exit out of it.
+
+#. Open a command prompt by holding down the Windows key and pressing "R".
+
+#. Type CMD and press enter, a new Command Prompt window with a black
+   background will appear.
+
+#. | Copy and paste the following lines one at a time into the Command
+     Prompt window. Press the enter key after each one.:
+   | **For 64-bit Windows:**
+
+   ::
+
+      set MOZ_LOG=timestamp,rotate:200,nsHttp:5,cache2:5,nsSocketTransport:5,nsHostResolver:5
+      set MOZ_LOG_FILE=%TEMP%\log.txt
+      "c:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe"
+
+   **For 32-bit Windows:**
+
+   ::
+
+      set MOZ_LOG=timestamp,rotate:200,nsHttp:5,cache2:5,nsSocketTransport:5,nsHostResolver:5
+      set MOZ_LOG_FILE=%TEMP%\log.txt
+      "c:\Program Files (x86)\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe"
+
+   (These instructions assume that you installed Firefox to the default
+   location, and that drive C: is your Windows startup disk. Make the
+   appropriate adjustments if those aren't the case.)
+
+#. Reproduce whatever problem it is that you're having.
+
+#. Once you've reproduced the problem, exit Firefox and look for the
+   generated log files in your temporary directory. You can type
+   "%TEMP%" directly into the Windows Explorer location bar to get there
+   quickly.
+
+Linux
+~~~~~
+
+This section offers information on how to capture HTTP logs for Firefox
+running on Linux.
+
+#. Quit out of Firefox if it's running.
+
+#. Open a new shell. The commands listed here assume a bash-compatible
+   shell.
+
+#. Copy and paste the following commands into the shell one at a time.
+   Make sure to hit enter after each line.
+
+   ::
+
+      export MOZ_LOG=timestamp,rotate:200,nsHttp:5,cache2:5,nsSocketTransport:5,nsHostResolver:5
+      export MOZ_LOG_FILE=/tmp/log.txt
+      cd /path/to/firefox
+      ./firefox
+
+#. Reproduce the problem you're debugging.
+
+#. When the problem has been reproduced, exit Firefox and look for the
+   generated log files, which you can find at ``/tmp/log.txt``.
+
+Mac OS X
+~~~~~~~~
+
+These instructions show how to log HTTP traffic in Firefox on Mac OS X.
+
+#. Quit Firefox is if it's currently running, by using the Quit option
+   in the File menu. Keep in mind that simply closing all windows does
+   **not** quit Firefox on Mac OS X (this is standard practice for Mac
+   applications).
+
+#. Run the Terminal application, which is located in the Utilities
+   subfolder in your startup disk's Applications folder.
+
+#. Copy and paste the following commands into the Terminal window,
+   hitting the return key after each line.
+
+   ::
+
+      export MOZ_LOG=timestamp,rotate:200,nsHttp:5,cache2:5,nsSocketTransport:5,nsHostResolver:5
+      export MOZ_LOG_FILE=~/Desktop/log.txt
+      cd /Applications/Firefox.app/Contents/MacOS
+      ./firefox-bin
+
+   (The instructions assume that you've installed Firefox directly into
+   your startup disk's Applications folder. If you've put it elsewhere,
+   change the path used on the third line appropriately.)
+
+#. Reproduce whatever problem you're trying to debug.
+
+#. Quit Firefox and look for the generated ``log.txt`` log files on your
+   desktop.
+
+.. note::
+
+   **Note:** The generated log file uses Unix-style line endings. Older
+   editors may have problems with this, but if you're using an even
+   reasonably modern Mac OS X application to view the log, you won't
+   have any problems.
+
+Start logging using command line arguments
+------------------------------------------
+
+Since Firefox 61 it's possible to start logging in a bit simpler way
+than setting environment variables: using command line arguments.  Here
+is an example for the **Windows** platform, on other platforms we accept
+the same form of the arguments:
+
+#. If Firefox is already running, exit out of it.
+
+#. Open a command prompt. On `Windows
+   XP <https://commandwindows.com/runline.htm>`__, you can find the
+   "Run..." command in the Start menu's "All Programs" submenu. On `all
+   newer versions of
+   Windows <http://www.xp-vista.com/other/where-is-run-in-windows-vista>`__,
+   you can hold down the Windows key and press "R".
+
+#. | Copy and paste the following line into the "Run" command window and
+     then press enter:
+   | **For 32-bit Windows:**
+
+   ::
+
+      "c:\Program Files (x86)\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe" -MOZ_LOG=timestamp,rotate:200,nsHttp:5,cache2:5,nsSocketTransport:5,nsHostResolver:5 -MOZ_LOG_FILE=%TEMP%\log.txt
+
+   **For 64-bit Windows:**
+
+   ::
+
+      "c:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe" -MOZ_LOG=timestamp,rotate:200,nsHttp:5,cache2:5,nsSocketTransport:5,nsHostResolver:5 -MOZ_LOG_FILE=%TEMP%\log.txt
+
+   (These instructions assume that you installed Firefox to the default
+   location, and that drive C: is your Windows startup disk. Make the
+   appropriate adjustments if those aren't the case.)
+
+#. Reproduce whatever problem it is that you're having.
+
+#. Once you've reproduced the problem, exit Firefox and look for the
+   generated log files in your temporary directory. You can type
+   "%TEMP%" directly into the Windows Explorer location bar to get there
+   quickly.
+
+Advanced techniques
+-------------------
+
+You can adjust some of the settings listed above to change what HTTP
+information get logged.
+
+Limiting the size of the logged data
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+By default there is no limit to the size of log file(s), and they
+capture the logging throughout the time Firefox runs, from start to
+finish.  These files can get quite large (gigabytes)!  So we have added
+a 'rotate:SIZE_IN_MB' option to MOZ_LOG (we use it in the examples
+above).  If you are using Firefox >= 51, setting this option saves only
+the last N megabytes of logging data, which helps keep them manageable
+in size.  (Unknown modules are ignored, so it's OK to use 'rotate' in
+your environment even if you're running Firefox <= 50: it will do
+nothing).
+
+This is accomplished by splitting the log into up to 4 separate files
+(their filenames have a numbered extension, .0, .1, .2, .3)  The logging
+back end cycles the files it writes to, while ensuring that the sum of
+these files’ sizes will never go over the specified limit.
+
+Note 1: **the file with the largest number is not guaranteed to be the
+last file written!**  We don’t move the files, we only cycle.  Using the
+rotate module automatically adds timestamps to the log, so it’s always
+easy to recognize which file keeps the most recent data.
+
+Note 2: **rotate doesn’t support append**.  When you specify rotate, on
+every start all the files (including any previous non-rotated log file)
+are deleted to avoid any mixture of information.  The ``append`` module
+specified is then ignored.
+
+Use 'sync' if your browser crashes or hangs
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+By default, HTTP logging buffers messages and only periodically writes
+them to disk (this is more efficient and also makes logging less likely
+to interfere with race conditions, etc).  However, if you are seeing
+your browser crash (or hang) you should add ",sync" to the list of
+logging modules in your MOZ_LOG environment variable.  This will cause
+each log message to be immediately written (and fflush()'d), which is
+likely to give us more information about your crash.
+
+Turning on QUIC logging
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+This can be done by setting `MOZ_LOG` to
+`timestamp,rotate:200,nsHttp:5,neqo_http3::*:5,neqo_transport::*:5`.
+
+Logging only HTTP request and response headers
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+There are two ways to do this:
+
+#. Replace MOZ_LOG\ ``=nsHttp:5`` with MOZ_LOG\ ``=nsHttp:3`` in the
+   commands above.
+#. There's a handy extension for Firefox called `HTTP Header
+   Live <https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/3829>`__ that you can
+   use to capture just the HTTP request and response headers. This is a
+   useful tool when you want to peek at HTTP traffic.
+
+Turning off logging of socket-level transactions
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+If you're not interested in socket-level log information, either because
+it's not relevant to your bug or because you're debugging something that
+includes a lot of noise that's hard to parse through, you can do that.
+Simply remove the text ``nsSocketTransport:5`` from the commands above.
+
+Turning off DNS query logging
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+You can turn off logging of host resolving (that is, DNS queries) by
+removing the text ``nsHostResolver:5`` from the commands above.
+
+Enable Logging for try server runs
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+You can enable logging on try by passing the `env` argument via `mach try`.
+For example:
+
+.. note::
+
+   ``./mach try fuzzy --env "MOZ_LOG=nsHttp:5,SSLTokensCache:5"``
+
+See also
+--------
+
+-  There are similar options available to debug mailnews protocols.
+   See `this
+   document <https://www-archive.mozilla.org/quality/mailnews/mail-troubleshoot.html>`__ for
+   more info about mailnews troubleshooting.
+-  On the Windows platform, nightly Firefox builds have FTP logging
+   built-in (don't ask why this is only the case for Windows!). To
+   enable FTP logging, just set ``MOZ_LOG=nsFtp:5`` (in older versions
+   of Mozilla, you need to use ``nsFTPProtocol`` instead of ``nsFtp``).
+-  When Mozilla's built-in logging capabilities aren't good enough, and
+   you need a full-fledged packet tracing tool, two free products are
+   `Wireshark <https://www.wireshark.org/>`__
+   and `ngrep <https://github.com/jpr5/ngrep/>`__. They are available
+   for Windows and most flavors of UNIX (including Linux and Mac OS
+   X), are rock solid, and offer enough features to help uncover any
+   Mozilla networking problem.