add some logging to the DB (especially for iOS app feed debugging)

src/db/index.ts

@@ -112,7 +112,6 @@ db.on("populate", async () => {
 // ended up throwing lots of errors to the user... and they'd end up in a state
 // where they couldn't take action because they couldn't unlock that identity.)
 
-// check for the secret in storage
 async function useSecretAndInitializeAccountsDB(
   secretDB: SecretDexie,
   accountsDB: SensitiveDexie,
@@ -214,6 +213,22 @@ export async function updateAccountSettings(
   }
 }
 
+export async function logToDb(message: string): Promise<void> {
+  await db.open();
+  const todayKey = new Date().toDateString();
+  // only keep one day's worth of logs
+  const previous = await db.logs.get(todayKey);
+  if (!previous) {
+    // when this is today's first log, clear out everything previous
+    // to avoid the log table getting too large
+    // (let's limit a different way someday)
+    await db.logs.clear();
+  }
+  const prevMessages = (previous && previous.message) || "";
+  const fullMessage = `${prevMessages}\n${new Date().toISOString()} ${message}`;
+  await db.logs.update(todayKey, { message: fullMessage });
+}
+
 // similar method is in the sw_scripts/additional-scripts.js file
 export async function logConsoleAndDb(
   message: string,
@@ -224,16 +239,5 @@ export async function logConsoleAndDb(
   } else {
     logger.log(`${new Date().toISOString()} ${message}`);
   }
-
-  await db.open();
-  const todayKey = new Date().toDateString();
-  // only keep one day's worth of logs
-  const previous = await db.logs.get(todayKey);
-  if (!previous) {
-    // when this is today's first log, clear out everything previous
-    await db.logs.clear();
-  }
-  const prevMessages = (previous && previous.message) || "";
-  const fullMessage = `${prevMessages}\n${new Date().toISOString()} ${message}`;
-  await db.logs.update(todayKey, { message: fullMessage });
+  await logToDb(message);
 }

src/utils/logger.ts

@@ -1,18 +1,46 @@
+import { logToDb } from "../db";
+
+function safeStringify(obj: unknown) {
+  const seen = new WeakSet();
+
+  return JSON.stringify(obj, (key, value) => {
+    if (typeof value === "object" && value !== null) {
+      if (seen.has(value)) {
+        return "[Circular]";
+      }
+      seen.add(value);
+    }
+
+    if (typeof value === "function") {
+      return `[Function: ${value.name || "anonymous"}]`;
+    }
+
+    return value;
+  });
+}
+
 export const logger = {
   log: (message: string, ...args: unknown[]) => {
     if (process.env.NODE_ENV !== "production") {
       // eslint-disable-next-line no-console
       console.log(message, ...args);
+      const argsString = args.length > 0 ? " - " + safeStringify(args) : "";
+      logToDb(message + argsString);
     }
   },
   warn: (message: string, ...args: unknown[]) => {
     if (process.env.NODE_ENV !== "production") {
       // eslint-disable-next-line no-console
       console.warn(message, ...args);
+      const argsString = args.length > 0 ? " - " + safeStringify(args) : "";
+      logToDb(message + argsString);
     }
   },
   error: (message: string, ...args: unknown[]) => {
+    // Errors will always be logged
     // eslint-disable-next-line no-console
-    console.error(message, ...args); // Errors should always be logged
+    console.error(message, ...args);
+    const argsString = args.length > 0 ? " - " + safeStringify(args) : "";
+    logToDb(message + argsString);
   },
 };