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url: /features/console.md
description: >-
  The Requesto console logs every request and response so you can inspect
  exactly what was sent and received. View headers, bodies, timing, and script
  output in one panel.
---

# Console & Logging

The console panel logs every request and response so you can inspect what was actually sent and received.

## Opening the Console

Click the **Console** bar at the bottom of the request view to expand it. Drag the top edge to resize. Click again (or the X) to collapse.

## How Logs Work

Each time you send a request, the console creates a **group** with up to four entries:

* **Request** (blue) - method, URL, headers, and body as sent (after variable substitution)
* **Response** (green) - status code, headers, and response body
* **Error** (red) - if the request failed (network error, timeout, etc.)
* **Info** (gray) - e.g. a test summary line ("Tests: 3/3 passed") for each send

Groups are shown newest-first. Each group shows the method, URL, status code, a duration, and a relative timestamp ("2s ago", "5m ago").

## Expanding a Group

Click a group row to expand it. Inside you'll see a section for each log entry (request, response, error, info).

The expanded view shows:

* **Request**: method, URL, headers (formatted key: value), and body
* **Response**: status code with color coding, response headers, body size, and body (pretty-printed if JSON)
* **Error**: error message

`Authorization` headers are highlighted and truncated as a reminder that they contain credentials.

## Status Colors

| Status Range | Color |
|---|---|
| 2xx | Green |
| 3xx | Yellow |
| 4xx | Orange |
| 5xx | Red |

## Copy to Clipboard

Expanded log entries have **copy** buttons: headers are copied as formatted `key: value` lines, and the response body is copied as the raw string.

## Clearing Logs

Click the **trash** icon in the console header to clear all logs from the current session.

## Storage

The backend keeps the last **100** request/response records in the active workspace's `.requesto/local/history.json` (excluded from git). Console logs in the frontend are held in memory for the current session.