Laravel GitHub Issue Logger

Automatically create GitHub issues from your Laravel exceptions & logs. Perfect for smaller projects without the need for full-featured logging services.

Requirements

• PHP ^8.3
• Laravel ^11.37|^12.0
• Monolog ^3.6

Features

• ✨ Automatically create GitHub issues from Exceptions & Logs
• 🔍 Group similar errors into single issues
• 💬 Add comments to existing issues for recurring errors
• 🏷️ Support customizable labels
• 🎯 Smart deduplication to prevent issue spam
• ⚡️ Buffered logging for better performance
• 📝 Customizable issue templates
• 🕵🏻‍♂️ Tracing Support (Request & User)

Showcase

When an error occurs in your application, a GitHub issue is automatically created with comprehensive error information and stack trace:

The issue appears in your repository with all the detailed information about the error:

If the same error occurs again, instead of creating a duplicate, a new comment is automatically added to track the occurrence:

Installation

Install with Composer:

composer require naoray/laravel-github-monolog

Configuration

Add the GitHub logging channel to config/logging.php:

'channels' => [
    // ... other channels ...

    'github' => [
        // Required configuration
        'driver' => 'custom',
        'via' => \Naoray\LaravelGithubMonolog\GithubIssueHandlerFactory::class,
        'repo' => env('GITHUB_REPO'),    // Format: "username/repository"
        'token' => env('GITHUB_TOKEN'),  // Your GitHub Personal Access Token

        // Optional configuration
        'level' => env('LOG_LEVEL', 'error'),
        'labels' => ['bug'],
    ],
]

Add these variables to your .env file:

GITHUB_REPO=username/repository
GITHUB_TOKEN=your-github-personal-access-token

You can use the github log channel as your default LOG_CHANNEL or add it as part of your stack in LOG_STACK.

Getting a GitHub Token

To obtain a Personal Access Token:

1. Go to Generate a new token (this link pre-selects the required scopes)
2. Review the pre-selected scopes (the repo scope should be checked)
3. Click "Generate token"
4. Copy the token immediately (you won't be able to access it again after leaving the page)
5. Add it to your .env file as GITHUB_TOKEN

Note: The token requires the repo scope to create issues in both public and private repositories.

Usage

Whenever an exception is thrown it will be logged as an issue to your repository.

You can also use it like any other Laravel logging channel:

// Single channel
Log::channel('github')->error('Something went wrong!');

// Or as part of a stack
Log::stack(['daily', 'github'])->error('Something went wrong!');

Advanced Configuration

Customizing Templates

The package uses Markdown templates to format issues and comments. You can customize these templates by publishing them:

php artisan vendor:publish --tag="github-monolog-views"

This will copy the templates to resources/views/vendor/github-monolog/ where you can modify them:

• issue.md: Template for new issues
• comment.md: Template for comments on existing issues
• previous_exception.md: Template for previous exceptions in the chain

Important: The templates use HTML comments as section markers (e.g. <!-- stacktrace:start --> and <!-- stacktrace:end -->). These markers are used to intelligently remove empty sections from the rendered output. Please keep these markers intact when customizing the templates.

Available template variables:

• {level}: Log level (error, warning, etc.)
• {message}: The error message or log content
• {simplified_stack_trace}: A cleaned up stack trace
• {full_stack_trace}: The complete stack trace
• {previous_exceptions}: Details of any previous exceptions
• {context}: Additional context data
• {extra}: Extra log data
• {signature}: Internal signature used for deduplication

Deduplication

Group similar errors to avoid duplicate issues. The package uses Laravel's cache system for deduplication storage.

'github' => [
    // ... basic config from above ...
    'deduplication' => [
        'time' => 60,        // Time window in seconds - how long to wait before creating a new issue
        'store' => null,     // Uses your default cache store (from cache.default)
        'prefix' => 'dedup', // Prefix for cache keys
    ],
]

For cache store configuration, refer to the Laravel Cache documentation.

Buffering

Buffer logs to reduce GitHub API calls. Customize the buffer size and overflow behavior to optimize performance:

'github' => [
    // ... basic config from above ...
    'buffer' => [
        'limit' => 0,        // Maximum records in buffer (0 = unlimited, flush on shutdown)
        'flush_on_overflow' => true,  // When limit is reached: true = flush all, false = remove oldest
    ],
]

When buffering is active:

• Logs are collected in memory until flushed
• Buffer is automatically flushed on application shutdown
• When limit is reached:
  • With flush_on_overflow = true: All records are flushed
  • With flush_on_overflow = false: Only the oldest record is removed

Tracing

The package includes optional tracing capabilities that allow you to track requests and user data in your logs. Enable this feature through your configuration:

'tracing' => [
    'enabled' => true,    // Master switch for all tracing
    'requests' => true,   // Enable request tracing
    'user' => true,      // Enable user tracing
]

Request Tracing

When request tracing is enabled, the following data is automatically logged:

• URL
• HTTP Method
• Route information
• Headers (filtered to remove sensitive data)
• Request body

User Tracing

By default, user tracing only logs the user identifier to comply with GDPR regulations. However, you can customize the user data being logged by setting your own resolver:

use Naoray\LaravelGithubMonolog\Tracing\UserDataCollector;

UserDataCollector::setUserDataResolver(function ($user) {
    return [
        'username' => $user->username,
        // Add any other user fields you want to log
    ];
});

Note: When customizing user data collection, ensure you comply with relevant privacy regulations and only collect necessary information.

Signature Generator

Control how errors are grouped by customizing the signature generator. By default, the package uses a generator that creates signatures based on exception details or log message content.

'github' => [
    // ... basic config from above ...
    'signature_generator' => \Naoray\LaravelGithubMonolog\Deduplication\DefaultSignatureGenerator::class,
]

You can implement your own signature generator by implementing the SignatureGeneratorInterface:

use Monolog\LogRecord;
use Naoray\LaravelGithubMonolog\Deduplication\SignatureGeneratorInterface;

class CustomSignatureGenerator implements SignatureGeneratorInterface
{
    public function generate(LogRecord $record): string
    {
        // Your custom logic to generate a signature
        return md5($record->message);
    }
}

Testing

composer test

Changelog

Please see CHANGELOG for more information on what has changed recently.

Contributing

Please see CONTRIBUTING for details.

Security Vulnerabilities

Please review our security policy on how to report security vulnerabilities.

Credits

• Krishan Koenig
• All Contributors

License

The MIT License (MIT). Please see License File for more information.