ECO-CMP-PY-008 — Excessive logging in hot path¶

Category: Computation (CMP)
Family: Python (PY)
Layer: Code
Tier: 1
Severity: note
Tags: python, logging, io
Legacy ID: ECO-PY-008

Summary¶

Logging in tight loops or request hot paths adds CPU and I/O overhead.

Hot-path logging is a quiet tax on throughput and latency.

{
  "confidence": 0.6,
  "notes": "Worse with synchronous handlers.",
  "type": "io"
}

{
  "languages": [
    "python"
  ],
  "method": "ast"
}

{
  "guidance": "Reduce log volume; guard debug logs; sample where appropriate.",
  "tradeoffs": "Less granular logs unless sampled."
}

{
  "system_layers": [
    "code"
  ]
}