generated: '2026-09-12'
method: searched
source: >-
  https://cloud.google.com/free, https://docs.cloud.google.com/logging/docs/write-query-log-entries-gcloud,
  https://cloud.google.com/stackdriver/pricing
description: >-
  Cloud Logging has NO test-mode/live-mode separation. There is no sandbox host, no test key
  prefix, no magic test identifiers and no fixture tooling — every call goes to production
  logging.googleapis.com against a real Google Cloud project. What stands in for a sandbox is
  a throwaway project inside the free tier, where the first 50 GiB of log storage per project
  per month is free.
test_live_separation:
  supported: false
  key_prefixes: null
  note: >-
    Credentials are OAuth tokens over a real project. Isolation is achieved by using a separate
    Google Cloud project, not by a mode flag.
free_evaluation:
  free_tier:
    allotment: 50 GiB of Logging storage per project per month
    url: https://cloud.google.com/stackdriver/pricing
  free_trial:
    credit: USD 300
    url: https://cloud.google.com/free
  note: Both are platform-level, not Logging-specific.
test_values: []
test_values_note: >-
  Google publishes no magic test log names, test resource ids or simulator values. Nothing is
  invented here; the field is empty because the provider publishes nothing to put in it.
safe_rehearsal:
  approach: throwaway-project-and-scratch-log
  steps:
    - Create or select a disposable Google Cloud project.
    - gcloud logging write my-test-log "A simple entry"
    - gcloud logging read "logName=projects/PROJECT_ID/logs/my-test-log" --limit 10
    - gcloud logging logs delete my-test-log
  docs: https://docs.cloud.google.com/logging/docs/write-query-log-entries-gcloud
  caution: >-
    `gcloud logging logs delete` is irreversible and removes every entry under that log name.
    See the reversibility block in conventions/google-cloud-logging-conventions.yml.
dry_run:
  supported: false