View MongoDB VSCode Extension Logs

You can view logs for MongoDB for VS Code Extension to troubleshoot extension issues.

Steps

Open the Command Palette (Ctrl+Shift+P or Cmd+Shift+P)

Run the Developer: Open Log... command

Select MongoDB Extension from the list of log files

Examples

Insert

The following example shows log messages that appear after you use a playground to insert a document into a collection:

2025-10-23 14:36:24.130 [info] [telemetry] Telemetry sent [
  {
    anonymousId: '414615cf-8328-427a-bb18-23416389a7ec',
    event: 'Playground Created',
    properties: {
      extension_version: '1.14.2',
      device_id: 'unknown',
      playground_type: 'insertDocument'
    }
  }
]
2025-10-23 14:36:26.019 [info] [language server controller] Running a playground... [
  {
    connectionId: '6e213121-77a7-4d43-a14c-1fde0e6ac06e',
    filePath: '/Users/jeff/github/docs-mongodb-internal/playground-3.mongodb.js',
    inputLength: 254
  }
]
2025-10-23 14:36:26.705 [info] [language server controller] Evaluate response [
  {
    namespace: 'test.products',
    type: 'InsertOneResult',
    outputLength: 39,
    language: 'json'
  }
]
2025-10-23 14:36:36.672 [info] [telemetry] Telemetry sent [
  {
    anonymousId: '414615cf-8328-427a-bb18-23416389a7ec',
    event: 'Command Run',
    properties: {
      extension_version: '1.14.2',
      device_id: 'unknown',
      command: 'mdb.runPlayground'
    }
  }
]
2025-10-23 14:36:36.672 [info] [telemetry] Telemetry sent [
  {
    anonymousId: '414615cf-8328-427a-bb18-23416389a7ec',
    event: 'Playground Code Executed',
    properties: {
      extension_version: '1.14.2',
      device_id: 'unknown',
      type: 'insert',
      partial: false,
      error: false
    }
  }
]

Read

The following example shows log messages that appear after you run a playground to read data from a collection:

2025-10-23 14:12:27.424 [info] [telemetry] Telemetry sent [
  {
    anonymousId: '414615cf-8328-427a-bb18-23416389a7ec',
    event: 'Playground Created',
    properties: {
      extension_version: '1.14.2',
      device_id: 'unknown',
      playground_type: 'search'
    }
  }
]
2025-10-23 14:12:27.424 [info] [telemetry] Telemetry sent [
  {
    anonymousId: '414615cf-8328-427a-bb18-23416389a7ec',
    event: 'Command Run',
    properties: {
      extension_version: '1.14.2',
      device_id: 'unknown',
      command: 'mdb.runPlayground'
    }
  }
]
2025-10-23 14:12:37.446 [info] [telemetry] Telemetry sent [
  {
    anonymousId: '414615cf-8328-427a-bb18-23416389a7ec',
    event: 'Playground Code Executed',
    properties: {
      extension_version: '1.14.2',
      device_id: 'unknown',
      type: 'query',
      partial: false,
      error: false
    }
  }
]

Back

Settings