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title: Adjust log levels
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# Adjust log levels

In production, set log levels to `INFO` to ensure that you capture enough information to help diagnose issues, but do not expose unnecessary information. For more information, refer to [Server logs](../monitoring-guide/server-logs.html).

At startup and shutdown, `INFO` can produce many messages. During stable operation, `INFO` generally results in log messages only when coarse-grain operations such as scheduled reconciliation start or stop.

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|   | The default IDM log formatter encodes all control characters (such as newline characters) using URL-encoding, to protect against log forgery. For more information, refer to [Server logs](../monitoring-guide/server-logs.html). |