Build/dev emoji logging improved. Restored old plain lines, using intentionally different emoji than the main package.

App-supplied extra fields may carry raw ANSI color codes without a
reset, bleeding into the next line's IP column and following output.
Ensure access log lines begin and end with a reset, adding one only
where missing to avoid duplicate resets on well-formed lines.

fastapi-vue/README.md

@@ -75,18 +75,57 @@ A startup box with the app name, version and connect URL is printed before servi
 
 <img src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/LeoVasanko/fastapi-vue-setup/main/docs/my-app.webp" alt="My App startup box and log items" width="500">
 
-Logging is integrated as well: removes noisy uvicorn logging, replacing it with prettified log formatting, a colored access log and tracebacks rendered by [tracerite](https://pypi.org/project/tracerite/). Note that HTTP responses also include tracerite formatting when `FastAPI(debug=True)` is used.
-
 Other arguments are generally passed to `uvicorn.run`, although some like `log_config` receive our modifications.
 
-> As a deployment option, environment `FORWARDED_ALLOW_IPS` controls `X-Forwarded` trusted IPs (default: `127.0.0.1,::1` works for typical setups).
+### Logging and exceptions
 
-### Environment (fastapi_vue.env)
+Pretty logging is configured automatically across the host process and all workers, at INFO in development and WARNING in production, with emoji level prefixes, colored access logs, and tracebacks rendered by [tracerite](https://pypi.org/project/tracerite/). With `FastAPI(debug=True)`, **Internal Server Error** responses use tracerite formatting as well.
 
-We use environment variables to pass values between program components, from devserver script setting dev mode and telling backend and frontend URLs, to your CLI, which in turn runs the FastAPI app that may also need access to this information. The variables are prefixed by the current application name to avoid conflicts. The CLI entry point should set one like `os.environ["FASTAPI_VUE"] = "MY_APP"`, before using `server.run`
+Application code can simply use `logging.info()` through `logging.exception()`, or ordinary `logging.getLogger("myapp")` loggers, without setting up logging itself. Set any logger's level when part of the application should be quieter or more verbose, for example `log_config={"loggers": {"myapp": {"level": "DEBUG"}}}`, accepting additions and overrides using [Python's logging configuration schema](https://docs.python.org/3/library/logging.config.html#logging-config-dictschema).
 
-The following properties read the environment and return `None` when variables haven't been set:
+## Environment
 
-- `fastapi_vue.env.prefix` — the prefix itself
+Environment variables are used to pass values across process boundaries, where ordinary Python variables cannot be shared. We provide runtime passing mainly intended for dev environment passing into the main application CLI, as well as config passing intended for the CLI to pass things to FastAPI side.
-- `fastapi_vue.env.dev` — running in development mode, from e.g. `MY_APP_DEV=1`
+
-- `fastapi_vue.env.vite_url`, `fastapi_vue.env.backend_url` — URLs set by the devserver
+Set the application prefix before `server.run()`, at top of your CLI main:
+
+```python
+os.environ["FASTAPI_VUE"] = "MY_APP"
+```
+
+### Runtime environment
+
+```python
+from fastapi_vue import env
+
+env.prefix       # application prefix
+env.dev          # development mode (bool)
+env.vite_url     # frontend URL (dev)
+env.backend_url  # backend URL (dev)
+```
+
+The three prefixed variables are set by devserver script and can be read anywhere in your application. Unset values return `None`.
+
+### Teleportation
+
+Mainly intended for passing application config from CLI main to all FastAPI workers and through reloader. Put shared configuration in its own module so that any part of your application can import the same `config` variable:
+
+```python
+from dataclasses import dataclass
+from fastapi_vue import env
+
+@dataclass
+class Config:
+    project: str = "."
+    read_only: bool = False
+
+config = env(Config)
+```
+
+The config values should be set (in CLI main) before teleportation, which occurs in `server.run()` for all registered env objects. Then everyone who imports the object receives those values. Modifications after that point however do not transit to other workers.
+
+Initially the passed in dataclass or msgspec.Struct is constructed with default values to its fields. Any number of env definitions may be added for different things, each getting a prefixed env variable by type name like `MY_APP_CONFIG` above. Beside `server.run`, pass objects to your own processes with `fastapi_vue.teleport()` if needed e.g. from FastAPI app to its workers. The data format in these variables is a JSON object.
+
+### Proxy configuration
+
+You may set `FORWARDED_ALLOW_IPS` to specify which connecting IP addresses are trusted to provide `X-Forwarded-*` headers. This is a server setup option rather than an application setting: the devserver does not set it, and it does not use the application-name prefix. It may therefore be set globally for the whole server. The default `127.0.0.1,::1` works for typical setups where Caddy, Nginx or another frontend server runs on the same machine.

fastapi-vue/fastapi_vue/__init__.py

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 """FastAPI Vue integration - serve Vue frontend from FastAPI."""
 
-from .environ import env
+from .environ import env, teleport
+from .logging import setup_logging
 from .staticfiles import Frontend
 
-__all__ = ["Frontend", "env"]
+__all__ = ["Frontend", "env", "setup_logging", "teleport"]

fastapi-vue/fastapi_vue/environ.py

@@ -4,12 +4,48 @@ The project entry point (generated __main__.py) sets FASTAPI_VUE to the
 project-specific prefix (e.g. "MY_APP"). Project settings are then passed
 as "<PREFIX>_*" environment variables; this module is the single place
 that resolves those names.
+
+Call env with a dataclass or msgspec.Struct type to bind an object of
+that type, e.g. env(Config). It is decoded from "<PREFIX>_<CLASS NAME>"
+when set (in spawned server processes) and default-constructed otherwise
+(in the CLI entry point, which mutates it before server.run() calls
+teleport()).
 """
 
+import dataclasses
+import json
 import os
+import re
+from typing import Any, TypeVar
 
 PREFIX_VARIABLE = "FASTAPI_VUE"
 
+# Names already used by fastapi-vue itself; bindings may not take them
+RESERVED_NAMES = frozenset({"DEV", "VITE_URL", "BACKEND_URL"})
+
+T = TypeVar("T")
+
+
+def _mangle(name: str) -> str:
+    """Class name to env name: underscores normalized, uppercased."""
+    return re.sub(r"_+", "_", name).strip("_").upper()
+
+
+def _encode(obj: Any) -> str:  # noqa: ANN401
+    if hasattr(type(obj), "__struct_fields__"):
+        import msgspec  # noqa: PLC0415
+
+        return msgspec.json.encode(obj).decode()
+    return json.dumps(dataclasses.asdict(obj))
+
+
+def _decode(raw: str, type_: type[T]) -> T:
+    if hasattr(type_, "__struct_fields__"):
+        import msgspec  # noqa: PLC0415
+
+        return msgspec.json.decode(raw, type=type_)
+    return type_(**json.loads(raw))
+
 
 class _Env:
     """Lazy accessors for the project's "<PREFIX>_*" environment variables.
@@ -18,6 +54,37 @@ class _Env:
     or the variable itself is not set.
     """
 
+    def __init__(self) -> None:
+        self._bindings: dict[str, tuple[type, Any]] = {}
+
+    def __call__(self, type_: type[T], *, name: str | None = None) -> T:
+        """Bind and return an object of the given type.
+
+        The type must be a dataclass or msgspec.Struct with defaults for
+        all fields. Decoded from the "<PREFIX>_<NAME>" variable when set,
+        default-constructed otherwise. The variable name is derived from
+        the class name unless overridden with name=. Repeated calls with
+        the same type return the same object; conflicting names raise
+        KeyError.
+        """
+        var = name if name is not None else _mangle(type_.__name__)
+        if var in RESERVED_NAMES:
+            msg = f"{var} is reserved for fastapi-vue itself"
+            raise KeyError(msg)
+        if bound := self._bindings.get(var):
+            bound_type, obj = bound
+            if bound_type is not type_:
+                msg = f"{var} is already bound to {bound_type}"
+                raise KeyError(msg)
+            return obj
+        if not (hasattr(type_, "__struct_fields__") or dataclasses.is_dataclass(type_)):
+            msg = f"{type_} must be a dataclass or msgspec.Struct"
+            raise TypeError(msg)
+        raw = self._get(var)
+        obj = _decode(raw, type_) if raw else type_()
+        self._bindings[var] = (type_, obj)
+        return obj
+
     @property
     def prefix(self) -> str | None:
         """Return the project prefix from the FASTAPI_VUE environment variable."""
@@ -44,3 +111,19 @@ class _Env:
 
 
 env = _Env()
+
+
+def teleport() -> None:
+    """Serialize objects bound via env() into environment variables.
+
+    Called by server.run() before spawning workers, so mutations made in
+    the CLI entry point propagate to them. Call directly only when spawning
+    server processes by other means.
+    """
+    if not env._bindings:  # noqa: SLF001
+        return
+    if not (prefix := env.prefix):
+        msg = f"{PREFIX_VARIABLE} is not set; cannot teleport bound objects"
+        raise RuntimeError(msg)
+    for var, (_, obj) in env._bindings.items():  # noqa: SLF001
+        os.environ[f"{prefix}_{var}"] = _encode(obj)

fastapi-vue/fastapi_vue/logging.py

@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Literal
 import tracerite
 from starlette.middleware.errors import ServerErrorMiddleware
 from starlette.responses import HTMLResponse, JSONResponse, PlainTextResponse, Response
-from uvicorn.config import Config
+from uvicorn.config import LOGGING_CONFIG, Config
 from uvicorn.lifespan.on import LifespanOn
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
@@ -31,9 +31,12 @@ if TYPE_CHECKING:
     from uvicorn.lifespan.on import LifespanSendMessage
 
 from .accesslog import AccessLogMiddleware
+from .environ import env
 
 ANSI_ESCAPE_RE = re.compile(r"\x1b\[[0-9;]*m")
 
+RESET = "\033[0m"
+
 ACCESS_LOG_FMT = "%(client)s %(status)s %(method)s %(host)s%(path)s %(extra)s%(timing)s"
 
 ACCESS_LOGGER = "fastapi_vue.access"
@@ -97,12 +100,14 @@ class Formatter(logging.Formatter):
         use_colors: bool | None = None,  # noqa: FBT001  # mirrors logging.Formatter
         *,
         access: bool = False,
+        install: bool = True,
     ) -> None:
-        """Load tracerite, optionally install the access log, detect color support."""
+        """Load tracerite, optionally install server patches and access log."""
         tracerite.load()
         tracerite.load_suppressions(
             extra={"starlette.routing": "until", "fastapi.routing": "until"}
         )
+        if install:
             patch_lifespan_logging()
             patch_server_error_middleware()
         if access:
@@ -119,7 +124,14 @@ class Formatter(logging.Formatter):
             return _level_prefix(record) + record.getMessage()
         formatted = super().formatMessage(record)
         if not self.use_colors:
-            formatted = strip_ansi(formatted)
+            return strip_ansi(formatted)
+        # Guard against app-supplied fields (``extra``) carrying raw color
+        # codes without a reset: ensure the line begins and ends with a
+        # reset, but only add one where it's missing to avoid duplicates.
+        if not formatted.startswith(RESET):
+            formatted = RESET + formatted
+        if not formatted.endswith(RESET):
+            formatted += RESET
         return formatted
 
 
@@ -298,13 +310,53 @@ def patch_server_error_middleware() -> None:
     ServerErrorMiddleware.error_response = error_response  # type: ignore[method-assign]
 
 
-def patch_log_config(log_config, *, access_log: bool = True):  # noqa: ANN001, ANN201
+def _merge_log_config(base: dict, overlay: dict) -> dict:
+    """Deep-merge *overlay* onto *base*; dicts merge recursively, others replace."""
+    for key, value in overlay.items():
+        if isinstance(value, dict) and isinstance(base.get(key), dict):
+            _merge_log_config(base[key], value)
+        else:
+            base[key] = value
+    return base
+
+
+def setup_logging(*, log_config: dict | None = None, dev: bool | None = None) -> None:
+    """Set up pretty logging standalone, outside of ``server.run()``.
+
+    Optional helper for CLI mains, devservers and scripts that log before
+    (or without) starting the server.  Loads tracerite directly and applies
+    the same patching as the server path (see ``patch_log_config``, a
+    private helper) with ``logging.config.dictConfig``: partial dicts merge
+    over uvicorn's default config, so only customizations are needed.  The
+    server-side patches (error middleware, access log) are not installed —
+    there is no server here.  The root logger level is INFO with *dev*
+    true, WARNING otherwise; *dev* of None follows ``env.dev``.  An
+    explicit level in *log_config* always wins::
+
+        import fastapi_vue
+        fastapi_vue.setup_logging(log_config={"loggers": {"myapp": {"level": "DEBUG"}}})
+    """
+    if log_config is not None and not isinstance(log_config, dict):
+        msg = f"setup_logging requires a dict log_config, got {type(log_config).__name__}"
+        raise TypeError(msg)
+    import logging.config
+
+    tracerite.load()
+    config = patch_log_config(log_config or {}, access_log=False, install=False, dev=dev)
+    # Standalone setup must not disable loggers created before this call.
+    config.setdefault("disable_existing_loggers", False)
+    logging.config.dictConfig(config)
+
+
+def patch_log_config(log_config, *, access_log: bool = True, install: bool = True, dev: bool | None = None):  # noqa: ANN001, ANN201
     """Patch a uvicorn log_config dict for our logging, best-effort.
 
-    Users presumably base their config on uvicorn's default dict, but any
+    A dict without a ``version`` key is treated as a partial config: it is
-    shape is tolerated: pieces that do not fit the config's structure are
+    merged over uvicorn's default dict, so only the customizations are
-    silently skipped.  Non-dict configs (e.g. an ini file path) pass through
+    needed (e.g. ``{"loggers": {"kanta": {"level": "DEBUG"}}}``).  A dict
-    untouched.
+    with ``version`` is a complete config used as-is; pieces that do not
+    fit its structure are silently skipped.  Non-dict configs (e.g. an ini
+    file path) pass through untouched.
 
     Always adds an unreferenced NullHandler whose Formatter instantiation
     loads tracerite in every process uvicorn applies the config in, filters
@@ -312,20 +364,26 @@ def patch_log_config(log_config, *, access_log: bool = True):  # noqa: ANN001, A
     routine INFO lines, an emoji-level-prefix Formatter in place of
     uvicorn's stock ``default`` formatter (a user-supplied one wins), a root
     logger entry so ``logging.info()`` et al. print through the default
-    handler, and a no-prefix ``kanta`` logger entry (likewise).  The
+    handler when one exists, at INFO in dev and WARNING in production
+    (matching Python's default).  The
     ``watchfiles.main`` logger is lifted to WARNING so its INFO "N changes
     detected" line is dropped while the WARNING "Reloading..." line (logged
     to ``uvicorn.error``) still shows; a user-supplied level wins.
-    With ``access_log``, additionally rewires the ``access`` formatter to
+    With ``install=False`` (standalone use via ``setup_logging``) the
-    our Formatter and attaches its handler to our ``fastapi_vue.access``
+    NullHandler backdoor and the server-side patches in Formatter are
-    logger.  We must not
+    skipped.  With ``access_log``, additionally rewires the ``access``
+    formatter to our Formatter and attaches its handler to our
+    ``fastapi_vue.access`` logger.  We must not
     attach handlers to ``uvicorn.access``: uvicorn gates its own
     protocol-level access logging on ``uvicorn.access.hasHandlers()``.
     """
     if not isinstance(log_config, dict):
         return log_config
     config = deepcopy(log_config)
+    if "version" not in config:
+        config = _merge_log_config(deepcopy(LOGGING_CONFIG), config)
 
+    if install:
         with suppress(Exception):
             config["formatters"]["fastapi_vue"] = {"()": "fastapi_vue.logging.Formatter"}
             config["handlers"]["fastapi_vue"] = {
@@ -346,18 +404,22 @@ def patch_log_config(log_config, *, access_log: bool = True):  # noqa: ANN001, A
     # default formatter; a user-supplied default formatter is left alone.
     with suppress(Exception):
         default = config["formatters"]["default"]
-        if default.get("()") in (None, "uvicorn.logging.DefaultFormatter"):
+        if default == LOGGING_CONFIG["formatters"]["default"]:
             config["formatters"]["default"] = {
                 "()": "fastapi_vue.logging.Formatter",
                 "fmt": "%(message)s",
                 "use_colors": None,
+                "install": install,
             }
 
     # uvicorn's default config leaves the root logger handlerless, eating
     # logging.info() et al.; route root through uvicorn's default handler.
+    # Level is WARNING in production so third-party loggers stay quiet, as
+    # with Python's default; dev keeps INFO.  Subloggers can override.
     with suppress(Exception):
         root = config.setdefault("root", {})
-        root.setdefault("level", "INFO")
+        root.setdefault("level", "INFO" if (env.dev if dev is None else dev) else "WARNING")
+        if "default" in config.get("handlers", {}):
             root_handlers = root.setdefault("handlers", [])
             if "default" not in root_handlers:
                 root_handlers.append("default")
@@ -369,23 +431,6 @@ def patch_log_config(log_config, *, access_log: bool = True):  # noqa: ANN001, A
             "level", "WARNING"
         )
 
-    # kanta-style output (diffs, colored headers) prints without prefixes,
-    # like our access log.  A user-supplied "kanta" logger entry wins.
-    with suppress(Exception):
-        config["formatters"].setdefault("plain", {"fmt": "%(message)s"})
-        config["handlers"].setdefault(
-            "plain",
-            {
-                "class": "logging.StreamHandler",
-                "formatter": "plain",
-                "stream": "ext://sys.stderr",
-            },
-        )
-        config.setdefault("loggers", {}).setdefault(
-            "kanta",
-            {"handlers": ["plain"], "level": "INFO", "propagate": False},
-        )
-
     if access_log:
         with suppress(Exception):
             config["formatters"]["access"] = {

fastapi-vue/fastapi_vue/server.py

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ from uvicorn import Config, Server
 from uvicorn.main import STARTUP_FAILURE
 from uvicorn.supervisors import ChangeReload, Multiprocess
 
-from .environ import env
+from .environ import env, teleport
 from .hostutil import parse_endpoints
 from .logging import (
     install_access_log,
@@ -148,6 +148,8 @@ def run(  # noqa: PLR0913
         msg = "No endpoints to serve; check listen configuration"
         raise ValueError(msg)
 
+    teleport()  # Serialize bound objects before spawning workers
+
     if startup_box:
         print_startup_box(startup_box, app, endpoints)
 

fastapi-vue/fastapi_vue/staticfiles.py

@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ from zstandard import ZstdCompressor
 
 from .environ import env
 
-logger = logging.getLogger("uvicorn.error")  # Use FastAPI logging style
+logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 __all__ = ["Frontend"]
 

fastapi-vue/pyproject.toml

@@ -23,3 +23,8 @@ build-backend = "hatchling.build"
 [tool.hatch.version]
 source = "vcs"
 raw-options.root = ".."
+
+[dependency-groups]
+dev = [
+    "msgspec>=0.21.1",
+]

fastapi-vue/tests/__init__.py

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+"""Tests for the fastapi_vue package."""

fastapi-vue/tests/test_environ.py

@@ -0,0 +1,126 @@
+"""Tests for env() object binding and teleport()."""
+
+import dataclasses
+import json
+import os
+from collections.abc import Iterator
+
+import msgspec
+import pytest
+from fastapi_vue import env, teleport
+from fastapi_vue.environ import PREFIX_VARIABLE, _Env
+
+
+@pytest.fixture(autouse=True)
+def _clean_bindings(monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch) -> Iterator[None]:
+    env._bindings.clear()  # noqa: SLF001
+    monkeypatch.setenv(PREFIX_VARIABLE, "TEST")
+    yield
+    env._bindings.clear()  # noqa: SLF001
+
+
+class StructConfig(msgspec.Struct):
+    """msgspec struct config."""
+
+    host: str = "localhost"
+    port: int = 8000
+
+
+@dataclasses.dataclass
+class DataclassConfig:
+    """Dataclass config."""
+
+    host: str = "localhost"
+    port: int = 8000
+
+
+def test_default_construction_and_identity() -> None:
+    """Unset env: default-constructed; repeated binds return the same object."""
+    config = env(StructConfig)
+    assert config.host == "localhost"
+    assert env(StructConfig) is config
+
+
+def test_name_mangling() -> None:
+    """Class names uppercase as-is; repeated/edge underscores normalize."""
+    env(StructConfig)
+    teleport()
+    assert json.loads(os.environ["TEST_STRUCTCONFIG"])["port"] == 8000
+
+    @dataclasses.dataclass
+    class _my__config_:  # noqa: N801
+        x: int = 0
+
+    env(_my__config_)
+    teleport()
+    assert "TEST_MY_CONFIG" in os.environ
+
+
+def test_name_override() -> None:
+    """name= overrides the mangled class name verbatim."""
+    env(DataclassConfig, name="SETTINGS")
+    teleport()
+    assert "TEST_SETTINGS" in os.environ
+
+
+def test_name_conflict() -> None:
+    """A different type with a colliding env name raises KeyError."""
+    env(StructConfig)
+    with pytest.raises(KeyError, match="already bound"):
+        env(DataclassConfig, name="STRUCTCONFIG")
+
+
+def test_reserved_names() -> None:
+    """Names used by fastapi-vue itself cannot be bound, by mangle or name=."""
+    with pytest.raises(KeyError, match="reserved"):
+        env(DataclassConfig, name="DEV")
+
+    @dataclasses.dataclass
+    class Dev:
+        x: int = 0
+
+    with pytest.raises(KeyError, match="reserved"):
+        env(Dev)
+
+
+def test_unsupported_type() -> None:
+    """Only dataclasses and msgspec.Structs can be bound."""
+    with pytest.raises(TypeError, match=r"dataclass or msgspec\.Struct"):
+        env(dict)
+
+
+def test_struct_teleport_and_decode() -> None:
+    """A mutated struct teleports; a fresh registry decodes it (worker view)."""
+    config = env(StructConfig)
+    config.port = 9000
+    teleport()
+    decoded = _Env()(StructConfig)
+    assert decoded == config
+    assert decoded is not config
+
+
+def test_dataclass_teleport_and_decode() -> None:
+    """Dataclasses round-trip through the environment via stdlib json."""
+    config = env(DataclassConfig)
+    config.host = "example.com"
+    teleport()
+    assert _Env()(DataclassConfig) == config
+
+
+def test_decode_on_bind_when_set(monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch) -> None:
+    """An already-set variable is decoded at binding time."""
+    monkeypatch.setenv("TEST_STRUCTCONFIG", '{"host": "example.com", "port": 1}')
+    assert env(StructConfig).host == "example.com"
+
+
+def test_teleport_without_prefix(monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch) -> None:
+    """teleport() with bindings but no FASTAPI_VUE prefix fails loudly."""
+    monkeypatch.delenv(PREFIX_VARIABLE)
+    env(StructConfig)
+    with pytest.raises(RuntimeError, match=PREFIX_VARIABLE):
+        teleport()
+
+
+def test_teleport_noop_without_bindings() -> None:
+    """No bindings: teleport() needs no prefix and does nothing."""
+    teleport()

fastapi-vue/tests/test_logging.py

@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+"""Tests for fastapi_vue.logging.patch_log_config overlay behavior."""
+
+import logging.config
+
+from fastapi_vue.logging import patch_log_config
+
+
+def test_empty_dict_overlays_uvicorn_defaults() -> None:
+    """An empty dict is a partial config: merged over uvicorn's defaults."""
+    config = patch_log_config({})
+    assert config["version"] == 1
+    assert config["disable_existing_loggers"] is False
+    assert config["root"]["handlers"] == ["default"]
+    assert "uvicorn" in config["loggers"]
+    logging.config.dictConfig(config)  # must be a valid, complete config
+
+
+def test_partial_logger_customization() -> None:
+    """The documented use case: only the customization, no boilerplate."""
+    config = patch_log_config({"loggers": {"kanta": {"level": "DEBUG"}}})
+    assert config["loggers"]["kanta"] == {"level": "DEBUG"}
+    assert config["loggers"]["uvicorn"]["handlers"] == ["default"]
+    assert config["loggers"]["watchfiles.main"]["level"] == "WARNING"
+    logging.config.dictConfig(config)
+    assert logging.getLogger("kanta").level == logging.DEBUG
+
+
+def test_overlay_root_level_wins() -> None:
+    """User-supplied root level is kept; our handler wiring still applies."""
+    config = patch_log_config({"root": {"level": "ERROR"}})
+    assert config["root"]["level"] == "ERROR"
+    assert config["root"]["handlers"] == ["default"]
+    logging.config.dictConfig(config)
+    assert logging.getLogger().level == logging.ERROR
+
+
+def test_overlay_formatter_customization_keeps_stock_siblings() -> None:
+    """A user formatter replaces ours; the access formatter still works."""
+    config = patch_log_config({"formatters": {"default": {"fmt": "%(name)s %(message)s"}}})
+    assert config["formatters"]["default"] == {
+        "()": "uvicorn.logging.DefaultFormatter",  # stock class, user's fmt
+        "fmt": "%(name)s %(message)s",
+        "use_colors": None,
+    }
+    assert "access" in config["formatters"]
+    logging.config.dictConfig(config)
+
+
+def test_full_config_used_as_is() -> None:
+    """A dict with version is complete: no uvicorn loggers appear."""
+    config = patch_log_config({"version": 1})
+    assert "uvicorn" not in config.get("loggers", {})
+    # No "default" handler exists, so root must not reference one.
+    assert "handlers" not in config["root"]
+    logging.config.dictConfig(config)
+
+
+def test_non_dict_passes_through() -> None:
+    """Non-dict configs (e.g. an ini file path) are returned untouched."""
+    assert patch_log_config("logging.ini") == "logging.ini"

pyproject.toml

@@ -49,3 +49,4 @@ ignore = ["CPY", "D203", "D213", "COM812", "PLR2004"]
 "template/**" = ["F821"]  # Undefined names are template placeholders
 "template/scripts/devserver.py" = ["N806"]  # MODULE_NAME is a template variable
 "fastapi_vue_setup.py" = ["PLR", "C901", "T201", "RUF001"]
+"**/tests/**" = ["S101"]  # Asserts are the point of tests

template/scripts/fastapi-vue/buildutil.py

@@ -10,21 +10,27 @@ from pathlib import Path
 
 MIN_NODE_VERSION = 20
 
+class _Formatter(logging.Formatter):
+    """Prefix formatter, intentionally different from fastapi_vue.logging.
 
-class _PrefixFormatter(logging.Formatter):
+    INFO and below pass through unprefixed so messages can use their own
-    """Formatter that adds prefix based on log level."""
+    markings (>>>, ###); WARNING and above get an emoji prefix.
+    """
 
     def format(self, record: logging.LogRecord) -> str:
+        if record.levelno >= logging.ERROR:
+            return f"🛑 {record.getMessage()}"
         if record.levelno >= logging.WARNING:
-            return f"⚠️  {record.getMessage()}"
+            return f"💣 {record.getMessage()}"
         return record.getMessage()
 
 
 _handler = logging.StreamHandler()
-_handler.setFormatter(_PrefixFormatter())
+_handler.setFormatter(_Formatter())
 logger = logging.getLogger("fastapi-vue")
 logger.addHandler(_handler)
 logger.setLevel(logging.INFO)
+logger.propagate = False  # own handler; do not double-print via a configured root
 
 
 def _check_node_version(node_path: str) -> None:

template/scripts/fastapi-vue/devutil.py

@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ async def ready(url: str, path: str = "", max_attempts: int = 50) -> None:
 
     for attempt in range(max_attempts):
         if await http_get_server(f"{url}{path}", timeout=1.0) is not None:
-            logger.info("✓ Backend ready!")
+            logger.info("🟢 Backend ready!")
             return
         if attempt == max_attempts - 1:
             logger.error("Backend at %s didn't start in time", url)