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---
title: Server Logging
sidebarTitle: Logging
description: Receive and handle log messages from MCP servers.
icon: receipt
---
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MCP servers can emit log messages to clients. The client can handle these logs through a log handler callback.
## Log Handler
Provide a `log_handler` function when creating the client:
```python
from fastmcp import Client
from fastmcp.client.logging import LogMessage
async def log_handler(message: LogMessage):
level = message.level.upper()
logger = message.logger or 'server'
data = message.data
print(f"[{level}] {logger}: {data}")
client = Client(
"my_mcp_server.py",
log_handler=log_handler,
)
```
### Handler Parameters
The `log_handler` is called every time a log message is received. It receives a `LogMessage` object:
<Card icon="code" title="Log Handler Parameters">
<ResponseField name="LogMessage" type="Log Message Object">
<Expandable title="attributes">
<ResponseField name="level" type='Literal["debug", "info", "notice", "warning", "error", "critical", "alert", "emergency"]'>
The log level
</ResponseField>
<ResponseField name="logger" type="str | None">
The logger name (optional, may be None)
</ResponseField>
<ResponseField name="data" type="Any">
The actual log message content
</ResponseField>
</Expandable>
</ResponseField>
</Card>
```python
async def detailed_log_handler(message: LogMessage):
if message.level == "error":
print(f"ERROR: {message.data}")
elif message.level == "warning":
print(f"WARNING: {message.data}")
else:
print(f"{message.level.upper()}: {message.data}")
```
## Default Log Handling
If you don't provide a custom `log_handler`, FastMCP uses a default handler that emits a DEBUG-level FastMCP log for every log message received from the server, which is useful for visibility without polluting your own logs.
```python
client = Client("my_mcp_server.py")
async with client:
# Server logs will be emitted at DEBUG level automatically
await client.call_tool("some_tool")
```