Benjamin Cane • 8/23/2025

Sometimes when I tell people that logging can impact a microservices response time, I get strange looks. 🤨

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The article details a real-world scenario where excessive logging in a microservice's hot path caused a spike in p99 latency under high load. It presents two key fixes: changing a log level from Info to Debug and implementing asynchronous logging. The core message is to be intentional about logging practices to avoid performance degradation.

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#performance #latency #Logging
Sometimes when I tell people that logging can impact a microservices response time, I get strange looks. 🤨

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