From 5a3377790e727b3943646adbdec210a41ac8b8ad Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Philip Okugbe <16838612+Philipinho@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 6 Aug 2025 18:16:30 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] feat: debug mode env variable (#1450)

---
 .env.example                                         |  5 ++++-
 apps/server/src/common/logger/internal-log-filter.ts | 12 ++++++++----
 2 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.env.example b/.env.example
index 084b871b..4a74a6b4 100644
--- a/.env.example
+++ b/.env.example
@@ -43,4 +43,7 @@ POSTMARK_TOKEN=
 # for custom drawio server
 DRAWIO_URL=
 
-DISABLE_TELEMETRY=false
\ No newline at end of file
+DISABLE_TELEMETRY=false
+
+# Enable debug logging in production (default: false)
+DEBUG_MODE=false
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/apps/server/src/common/logger/internal-log-filter.ts b/apps/server/src/common/logger/internal-log-filter.ts
index f56d3fce..5273716c 100644
--- a/apps/server/src/common/logger/internal-log-filter.ts
+++ b/apps/server/src/common/logger/internal-log-filter.ts
@@ -12,10 +12,14 @@ export class InternalLogFilter extends ConsoleLogger {
 
   constructor() {
     super();
-    this.allowedLogLevels =
-      process.env.NODE_ENV === 'production'
-        ? ['log', 'error', 'fatal']
-        : ['log', 'debug', 'verbose', 'warn', 'error', 'fatal'];
+    const isProduction = process.env.NODE_ENV === 'production';
+    const isDebugMode = process.env.DEBUG_MODE === 'true';
+    
+    if (isProduction && !isDebugMode) {
+      this.allowedLogLevels = ['log', 'error', 'fatal'];
+    } else {
+      this.allowedLogLevels = ['log', 'debug', 'verbose', 'warn', 'error', 'fatal'];
+    }
   }
 
   private isLogLevelAllowed(level: string): boolean {