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    "Make trace and debug logging easier to configure standalone",
    "Allow runtime log-level adjustments via a new loglevel RPC"
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    "Author inactive for 65 days",
    "Code is otherwise clean with passing CI"
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    "Positive approach feedback with suggested deprecation of logging RPC (stickies-v)",
    "Alternative design exists in competing pull request #34038 (ajtowns)"
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      "P3 because it eliminates the confusing requirement to combine -loglevel with -debug",
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      "P3 because it exposes runtime control of log levels via a new loglevel RPC",
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  "summary": "This PR allows the -loglevel configuration option to function standalone without requiring accompanying -debug options to activate categories. It also introduces a new `loglevel` RPC that enables inspecting and adjusting logging levels (trace, debug, info) per category at runtime without restarting bitcoind.",
  "problem": "Trace logging is difficult to discover and enable because -loglevel requires paired -debug flags to take effect. Furthermore, log severity thresholds cannot be modified dynamically at runtime, hindering debugging on live nodes.",
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    "stickies-v suggested deprecating the older `logging` RPC to avoid maintaining two parallel logging RPC endpoints.",
    "Potential conflict with or overlap against alternative pull request #34038."
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    "Adopted MaybeArg helper in RPC parameter extraction as suggested by stickies-v."
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    "stickies-v: 'This looks like an elegant approach, I think it's an intuitive RPC and -loglevel interface.'",
    "stickies-v: 'I don't think we should have 2 parallel active logging RPC methods, so imo this PR should mark logging deprecated...'"
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  "card": "This PR simplifies trace logging configuration by allowing the -loglevel argument to enable logging categories directly without requiring paired -debug arguments, and introduces a new loglevel RPC to adjust category log levels at runtime. It solves developer and operator friction when inspecting trace-level details on running nodes without needing a restart. Reviewer stickies-v found the approach elegant, though suggested deprecating the legacy logging RPC and pointed out the competing alternative in #34038. The PR is technically ready with green CI, but the author has been silent for over 60 days."
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