feat(server): cmd flag to disable colored logs (#18478)

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ Ref: https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/
 * (server) [#17094](https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/pull/17094) Add duration `shutdown-grace` for resource clean up (closing database handles) before exit.
 * (x/auth/vesting) [#17810](https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/pull/17810) Add the ability to specify a start time for continuous vesting accounts.
 * (runtime) [#18475](https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/pull/18475) Adds an implementation for core.branch.Service.
+* (server) [#18478](https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/pull/18478) CMD flag to disable colored logs.
 
 ### Improvements
 

client/flags/flags.go

@@ -86,8 +86,9 @@ const (
 	// This differs from FlagOutputDocument that is used to set the output file.
 	FlagOutput = "output"
 	// Logging flags
-	FlagLogLevel  = "log_level"
-	FlagLogFormat = "log_format"
+	FlagLogLevel   = "log_level"
+	FlagLogFormat  = "log_format"
+	FlagLogNoColor = "log_no_color"
 )
 
 // List of supported output formats

server/cmd/execute.go

@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ func Execute(rootCmd *cobra.Command, envPrefix, defaultHome string) error {
 	rootCmd.PersistentFlags().String(flags.FlagLogLevel, zerolog.InfoLevel.String(), "The logging level (trace|debug|info|warn|error|fatal|panic|disabled or '*:<level>,<key>:<level>')")
 	// NOTE: The default logger is only checking for the "json" value, any other value will default to plain text.
 	rootCmd.PersistentFlags().String(flags.FlagLogFormat, "plain", "The logging format (json|plain)")
+	rootCmd.PersistentFlags().Bool(flags.FlagLogNoColor, false, "Disable colored logs")
 
 	executor := cmtcli.PrepareBaseCmd(rootCmd, envPrefix, defaultHome)
 	return executor.ExecuteContext(ctx)

server/util.go

@@ -173,6 +173,10 @@ func CreateSDKLogger(ctx *Context, out io.Writer) (log.Logger, error) {
 	if ctx.Viper.GetString(flags.FlagLogFormat) == flags.OutputFormatJSON {
 		opts = append(opts, log.OutputJSONOption())
 	}
+	opts = append(opts,
+		log.ColorOption(!ctx.Viper.GetBool(flags.FlagLogNoColor)),
+		// We use CometBFT flag (cmtcli.TraceFlag) for trace logging.
+		log.TraceOption(ctx.Viper.GetBool(FlagTrace)))
 
 	// check and set filter level or keys for the logger if any
 	logLvlStr := ctx.Viper.GetString(flags.FlagLogLevel)
@@ -194,9 +198,6 @@ func CreateSDKLogger(ctx *Context, out io.Writer) (log.Logger, error) {
 		opts = append(opts, log.LevelOption(logLvl))
 	}
 
-	// Check if the CometBFT flag for trace logging is set and enable stack traces if so.
-	opts = append(opts, log.TraceOption(ctx.Viper.GetBool("trace"))) // cmtcli.TraceFlag
-
 	return log.NewLogger(out, opts...), nil
 }