chore: improve client (#10149)

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codex-rs/Cargo.lock

@@ -1855,6 +1855,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "codex-otel",
  "codex-protocol",
  "dirs",
+ "owo-colors",
  "pretty_assertions",
  "serde",
  "serde_json",

codex-rs/state/Cargo.toml

@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ clap = { workspace = true, features = ["derive", "env"] }
 codex-otel = { workspace = true }
 codex-protocol = { workspace = true }
 dirs = { workspace = true }
+owo-colors = { workspace = true }
 serde = { workspace = true, features = ["derive"] }
 serde_json = { workspace = true }
 sqlx = { workspace = true }

codex-rs/state/migrations/0002_logs.sql

@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ CREATE TABLE logs (
     level TEXT NOT NULL,
     target TEXT NOT NULL,
     message TEXT,
-    fields_json TEXT NOT NULL,
     module_path TEXT,
     file TEXT,
     line INTEGER

codex-rs/state/src/bin/logs_client.rs

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ use chrono::Utc;
 use clap::Parser;
 use codex_state::STATE_DB_FILENAME;
 use dirs::home_dir;
+use owo_colors::OwoColorize;
 use sqlx::QueryBuilder;
 use sqlx::Row;
 use sqlx::Sqlite;
@@ -64,8 +65,6 @@ struct LogRow {
     ts_nanos: i64,
     level: String,
     message: Option<String>,
-    fields_json: String,
-    module_path: Option<String>,
     file: Option<String>,
     line: Option<i64>,
 }
@@ -237,7 +236,7 @@ async fn fetch_max_id(pool: &SqlitePool, filter: &LogFilter) -> anyhow::Result<i
 
 fn base_select_builder<'a>() -> QueryBuilder<'a, Sqlite> {
     QueryBuilder::<Sqlite>::new(
-        "SELECT id, ts, ts_nanos, level, message, fields_json, module_path, file, line FROM logs WHERE 1 = 1",
+        "SELECT id, ts, ts_nanos, level, message, file, line FROM logs WHERE 1 = 1",
     )
 }
 
@@ -269,19 +268,38 @@ fn push_filters<'a>(builder: &mut QueryBuilder<'a, Sqlite>, filter: &'a LogFilte
 
 fn format_row(row: &LogRow) -> String {
     let timestamp = format_timestamp(row.ts, row.ts_nanos);
+    let level = row.level.as_str();
     let location = match (&row.file, row.line) {
         (Some(file), Some(line)) => format!("{file}:{line}"),
         (Some(file), None) => file.clone(),
         _ => "-".to_string(),
     };
-    let module = row.module_path.as_deref().unwrap_or("-");
     let message = row.message.as_deref().unwrap_or("");
-    let fields = row.fields_json.as_str();
+    let level_colored = color_level(level);
-    let level = row.level.as_str();
+    let timestamp_colored = timestamp.dimmed().to_string();
-    if fields == "{}" || fields.is_empty() {
+    let location_colored = location.dimmed().to_string();
-        return format!("{timestamp} {level:<5} [{module}] {location} - {message}");
+    let message_colored = message.bold().to_string();
+    format!("{timestamp_colored} {level_colored} {location_colored} - {message_colored}")
+}
+
+fn color_level(level: &str) -> String {
+    let padded = format!("{level:<5}");
+    if level.eq_ignore_ascii_case("error") {
+        return padded.red().bold().to_string();
     }
-    format!("{timestamp} {level:<5} [{module}] {location} - {message} {fields}")
+    if level.eq_ignore_ascii_case("warn") {
+        return padded.yellow().bold().to_string();
+    }
+    if level.eq_ignore_ascii_case("info") {
+        return padded.green().bold().to_string();
+    }
+    if level.eq_ignore_ascii_case("debug") {
+        return padded.blue().bold().to_string();
+    }
+    if level.eq_ignore_ascii_case("trace") {
+        return padded.magenta().bold().to_string();
+    }
+    padded.bold().to_string()
 }
 
 fn format_timestamp(ts: i64, ts_nanos: i64) -> String {

codex-rs/state/src/log_db.rs

@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ use std::time::Duration;
 use std::time::SystemTime;
 use std::time::UNIX_EPOCH;
 
-use serde_json::Value;
 use tokio::sync::mpsc;
 use tracing::Event;
 use tracing::field::Field;
@@ -54,7 +53,7 @@ where
 {
     fn on_event(&self, event: &Event<'_>, _ctx: tracing_subscriber::layer::Context<'_, S>) {
         let metadata = event.metadata();
-        let mut visitor = JsonVisitor::default();
+        let mut visitor = MessageVisitor::default();
         event.record(&mut visitor);
 
         let now = SystemTime::now()
@@ -66,7 +65,6 @@ where
             level: metadata.level().as_str().to_string(),
             target: metadata.target().to_string(),
             message: visitor.message,
-            fields_json: Value::Object(visitor.fields).to_string(),
             module_path: metadata.module_path().map(ToString::to_string),
             file: metadata.file().map(ToString::to_string),
             line: metadata.line().map(|line| line as i64),
@@ -114,49 +112,44 @@ async fn flush(state_db: &std::sync::Arc<StateRuntime>, buffer: &mut Vec<LogEntr
 }
 
 #[derive(Default)]
-struct JsonVisitor {
+struct MessageVisitor {
-    fields: serde_json::Map<String, Value>,
     message: Option<String>,
 }
 
-impl JsonVisitor {
+impl MessageVisitor {
-    fn record_value(&mut self, field: &Field, value: Value) {
+    fn record_message(&mut self, field: &Field, value: String) {
         if field.name() == "message" && self.message.is_none() {
-            self.message = Some(match &value {
+            self.message = Some(value);
-                Value::String(message) => message.clone(),
-                _ => value.to_string(),
-            });
         }
-        self.fields.insert(field.name().to_string(), value);
     }
 }
 
-impl Visit for JsonVisitor {
+impl Visit for MessageVisitor {
     fn record_i64(&mut self, field: &Field, value: i64) {
-        self.record_value(field, Value::from(value));
+        self.record_message(field, value.to_string());
     }
 
     fn record_u64(&mut self, field: &Field, value: u64) {
-        self.record_value(field, Value::from(value));
+        self.record_message(field, value.to_string());
     }
 
     fn record_bool(&mut self, field: &Field, value: bool) {
-        self.record_value(field, Value::from(value));
+        self.record_message(field, value.to_string());
     }
 
     fn record_f64(&mut self, field: &Field, value: f64) {
-        self.record_value(field, Value::from(value));
+        self.record_message(field, value.to_string());
     }
 
     fn record_str(&mut self, field: &Field, value: &str) {
-        self.record_value(field, Value::from(value));
+        self.record_message(field, value.to_string());
     }
 
     fn record_error(&mut self, field: &Field, value: &(dyn std::error::Error + 'static)) {
-        self.record_value(field, Value::from(value.to_string()));
+        self.record_message(field, value.to_string());
     }
 
     fn record_debug(&mut self, field: &Field, value: &dyn std::fmt::Debug) {
-        self.record_value(field, Value::from(format!("{value:?}")));
+        self.record_message(field, format!("{value:?}"));
     }
 }

codex-rs/state/src/model/log.rs

@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ pub struct LogEntry {
     pub level: String,
     pub target: String,
     pub message: Option<String>,
-    pub fields_json: String,
     pub module_path: Option<String>,
     pub file: Option<String>,
     pub line: Option<i64>,

codex-rs/state/src/runtime.rs

@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ FROM threads
         }
 
         let mut builder = QueryBuilder::<Sqlite>::new(
-            "INSERT INTO logs (ts, ts_nanos, level, target, message, fields_json, module_path, file, line) ",
+            "INSERT INTO logs (ts, ts_nanos, level, target, message, module_path, file, line) ",
         );
         builder.push_values(entries, |mut row, entry| {
             row.push_bind(entry.ts)
@@ -222,7 +222,6 @@ FROM threads
                 .push_bind(&entry.level)
                 .push_bind(&entry.target)
                 .push_bind(&entry.message)
-                .push_bind(&entry.fields_json)
                 .push_bind(&entry.module_path)
                 .push_bind(&entry.file)
                 .push_bind(entry.line);