log_min_messages

Controls which message levels are written to the server log. Valid values are DEBUG5, DEBUG4, DEBUG3, DEBUG2, DEBUG1, INFO, NOTICE, WARNING, ERROR, LOG, FATAL, and PANIC. Each level includes all the levels that follow it. The later the level, the fewer messages are sent to the log. The default is WARNING. Note that LOG has a different rank here than in client_min_messages. Only superusers and users with the appropriate SET privilege can change this setting.

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boot val: warning
category: Reporting and Logging / When to Log
context: superuser
doc same as: Unknown
documented: true
enumvals: debug5, debug4, debug3, debug2, debug1, info, notice, warning, error, log, fatal, panic
extra desc: Each level includes all the levels that follow it. The later the level, the fewer messages are sent.
lang: en
max val: Unknown
metadata version: 18
min val: Unknown
name: log_min_messages
short desc: Sets the message levels that are logged.
source: pg-settings-source-snapshot
unit: Unknown
vartype: enum

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Controls which message levels are written to the server log. Valid values are DEBUG5, DEBUG4, DEBUG3, DEBUG2, DEBUG1, INFO, NOTICE, WARNING, ERROR, LOG, FATAL, and PANIC. Each level includes all the levels that follow it. The later the level, the fewer messages are sent to the log. The default is WARNING. Note that LOG has a different rank here than in client_min_messages. Only superusers and users with the appropriate SET privilege can change this setting.

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<p>
        Controls which <a class="link" href="/docs/18/runtime-config-logging.html#RUNTIME-CONFIG-SEVERITY-LEVELS" title="Table 19.3. Message Severity Levels">message
        levels</a> are written to the server log.
        Valid values are <code class="literal">DEBUG5</code>, <code class="literal">DEBUG4</code>,
        <code class="literal">DEBUG3</code>, <code class="literal">DEBUG2</code>, <code class="literal">DEBUG1</code>,
        <code class="literal">INFO</code>, <code class="literal">NOTICE</code>, <code class="literal">WARNING</code>,
        <code class="literal">ERROR</code>, <code class="literal">LOG</code>, <code class="literal">FATAL</code>, and
        <code class="literal">PANIC</code>.  Each level includes all the levels that
        follow it.  The later the level, the fewer messages are sent
        to the log.  The default is <code class="literal">WARNING</code>.  Note that
        <code class="literal">LOG</code> has a different rank here than in
        <a class="xref" href="/docs/18/runtime-config-client.html#GUC-CLIENT-MIN-MESSAGES">client_min_messages</a>.
        Only superusers and users with the appropriate <code class="literal">SET</code>
        privilege can change this setting.
       </p>

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