# Logs
Use Logs when you need to answer three questions quickly:
- What happened?
- When did it happen?
- Who triggered it?
This section is split into dedicated views so you can find events faster without searching the whole system manually.
# Activity Logs
Main activity view available at Admin Area -> Logs (/logs).
In this view you can:
- Review global activity (instances, users, services, logins, admin actions)
- Filter by date range
- Search by phrase
- Narrow results with quick filters (for example Users or Admins)
Use this tab first when you need a general timeline of platform actions.
# Tasks Logs
Use this tab to monitor background operations (for example staging creation, push to live, or push to staging).
You can:
- Filter by date, task type, status, and search phrase
- Track current status (
pending, running, failed, completed) - Retry selected failed tasks
- Cancel tasks that are still pending
# Servers Logs
This tab lists API and hosting request logs.
Use it to:
- Search request/response payloads
- Check request path, execution time, and timestamp
- Copy request or response content for troubleshooting
- Open full payload in a modal when the table preview is not enough
# Diagnostic Mode Logs
This section has two tabs:
- Current Incidents: currently affected instances/services
- Logs: chronological history of diagnostic events
Expand rows to see health-check details and use entity links to jump directly to the affected instance or service.
# Download System Logs
Use Logs -> Download System Logs to download a .zip archive with current system logs.
This is useful when sharing diagnostics with your internal team or PanelAlpha support.