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Use when writing or running Unreal Engine tests, adding logging, or profiling a build. Also use when the user mentions 'UE_LOG', 'log category', 'DEFINE_LOG_CATEGORY', 'UE_LOGFMT', 'verbosity', 'check', 'ensure', 'ensureMsgf', 'verify', 'IMPLEMENT_SIMPLE_AUTOMATION_TEST', 'automation test', 'TEST_CLASS', 'CQTest', 'AFunctionalTest', 'latent command', 'Unreal Insights', 'TRACE_CPUPROFILER_EVENT_SCOPE', 'TRACE_BOOKMARK', 'stat unit', 'SCOPE_CYCLE_COUNTER', 'memreport', 'DrawDebugLine', 'UE_VLOG', 'gameplay debugger', 'ShowDebug', 'console command', 'CVar', or 'why is my frame time bad'. For module and target wiring, see ue-module-build-system; for editor tooling, see ue-editor-tools.

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UE Testing, Logging & Profiling

Target engine: UE 5.8. APIs below are verified against the 5.8 headers; older forms are listed under "Deprecated — do not use".

This skill owns logging, assertions, automation/functional testing, console commands and performance profiling for the repo. Logging, assertions, stats, trace and CVars live in Core (Logging/, Misc/AssertionMacros.h, Stats/Stats.h, ProfilingDebugging/, HAL/IConsoleManager.h). Debug drawing, the Visual Logger and AHUD::ShowDebug live in Engine. Test frameworks are the developer modules AutomationController, CQTest, FunctionalTesting and AutomationDriver; the Gameplay Debugger is the runtime module GameplayDebugger.

Context

Read .agents/ue-project-context.md if it exists (module names, conventions, enabled plugins, GAS/networking setup). Do not stop if it is missing. Identify the area from the request and the codebase; ask only when two plausible readings would produce different code.

Request is about…	Go to
`UE_LOG`, categories, verbosity, structured logging	Logging
`check`, `ensure`, `verify`, crash on bad state	Assertions
Unit tests, `IMPLEMENT_SIMPLE_AUTOMATION_TEST`, specs, latent commands	Automation Tests
`TEST_CLASS`, `ASSERT_THAT`, fixture-style tests	CQTest
Tests placed in a map, `AFunctionalTest`	Functional Tests
Insights, `stat`, cycle counters, CSV, memory, hitches	Profiling
`DrawDebug*`, `UE_VLOG`, Gameplay Debugger, `ShowDebug`	Debug Visualization
`Exec` functions, `FAutoConsoleCommand`, CVars	Console Commands and CVars

Logging

Declaring categories

#include "Logging/LogMacros.h"
// MyGameLogging.h — DECLARE_LOG_CATEGORY_EXTERN(Name, DefaultVerbosity, CompileTimeVerbosity)
DECLARE_LOG_CATEGORY_EXTERN(LogMyGame, Log, All);

DEFINE_LOG_CATEGORY(LogMyGame);   // MyGameLogging.cpp

Macro	Where	Scope
`DECLARE_LOG_CATEGORY_EXTERN(Name, Default, CompileTime)`	header	the module and everything that includes it
`DEFINE_LOG_CATEGORY(Name)`	one `.cpp`	pairs with the `EXTERN` form
`DEFINE_LOG_CATEGORY_STATIC(Name, Default, CompileTime)`	one `.cpp`	that translation unit only
`DECLARE_LOG_CATEGORY_CLASS(Name, Default, CompileTime)`	class body	class static; pair with `DEFINE_LOG_CATEGORY_CLASS(Class, Name)`

DefaultVerbosity must be <= CompileTimeVerbosity or the static_assert inside the category macro fires. Anything above CompileTimeVerbosity is deleted by the compiler, so DECLARE_LOG_CATEGORY_EXTERN(LogMyGame, Log, Log) removes every Verbose/VeryVerbose call site. Monolithic builds can cap all categories at once by defining COMPILED_IN_MINIMUM_VERBOSITY.

Verbosity levels

Level	Console	File	Notes
`Fatal`	yes	yes	crashes the process, even when logging is disabled
`Error`	yes	yes	collected by commandlets and the editor; fails a commandlet
`Warning`	yes	yes	can be promoted to an error
`Display`	yes	yes	use this when the user must see the line
`Log`	no	yes	file only — the default for development messages
`Verbose`	no	yes	only once the category is raised to `Verbose`
`VeryVerbose`	no	yes	only once the category is raised to `VeryVerbose`

ELogVerbosity::All is an alias for VeryVerbose and is the usual CompileTimeVerbosity argument.

Emitting

UE_LOG(LogMyGame, Display, TEXT("Player %s spawned"), *PlayerName);
UE_LOG(LogMyGame, Warning, TEXT("Inventory full, dropped %s"), *ItemName);
UE_LOG(LogMyGame, Error,   TEXT("Failed to load asset %s"), *AssetPath);
UE_LOG(LogMyGame, Fatal,   TEXT("Save data unrecoverable"));   // crashes

// Condition and arguments are evaluated only when the category is active.
UE_CLOG(Health <= 0.f, LogMyGame, Warning, TEXT("%s has zero health"), *GetName());

Wrap an expensive report in if (UE_LOG_ACTIVE(LogMyGame, Verbose)) { … } so the work itself is skipped, not just the formatting.

Structured logging

UE_LOGFMT emits named fields that survive into Insights and log analysis; use {Name} placeholders, not %s.

#include "Logging/StructuredLog.h"

// Named fields: order is irrelevant, extra fields are allowed.
UE_LOGFMT(LogMyGame, Warning, "Loading '{Name}' failed with error {Error}",
    ("Name", AssetName), ("Error", ErrorCode), ("Flags", LoadFlags));

// Positional fields: the values must match the placeholders exactly.
UE_LOGFMT(LogMyGame, Display, "Spawned {Count} actors in {Seconds}s", SpawnCount, Elapsed);
UE_CLOGFMT(bFailed, LogMyGame, Error, "Retry {Attempt} failed", ("Attempt", Attempt));

Field names must match [A-Za-z0-9_]+ and be unique per event; values serialize through SerializeForLog or operator<<(FCbWriter&, T). UE_LOGFMT takes at most 16 fields — use UE_LOGFMT_EX with UE_LOGFMT_FIELD / UE_LOGFMT_VALUE beyond that.

Shipping and Test builds

NO_LOGGING is !USE_LOGGING_IN_SHIPPING in both Test and Shipping, and 0 in Debug and Development. Under NO_LOGGING, UE_LOG/UE_CLOG/UE_LOGFMT collapse to a Fatal-only path: every non-fatal call disappears, arguments included. Set bUseLoggingInShipping = true; in MyGame.Target.cs to define USE_LOGGING_IN_SHIPPING=1 and get logging back.

Controlling verbosity at runtime

-LogCmds="LogMyGame Verbose, LogNet Warning"   # command line, applied at boot
Log list [Filter]       # every category with its current verbosity
Log LogMyGame Verbose   # raise one category
Log global none         # silence everything
Log reset               # restore defaults

From code use UE_SET_LOG_VERBOSITY(LogMyGame, Verbose); from config use [Core.Log] in DefaultEngine.ini.

Assertions

All in Misc/AssertionMacros.h. Choose by who is wrong: check for programmer error, ensure for a recoverable surprise worth reporting, a plain if for user or data input.

check(Component != nullptr);
checkf(Index >= 0 && Index < Items.Num(), TEXT("Index %d out of [0,%d)"), Index, Items.Num());
checkNoEntry();                             // unreachable branch
checkNoReentry();                           // must not be entered twice
checkSlow(ValidateExpensiveInvariant());    // Debug only
verify(Manager->Initialize());              // expression ALWAYS evaluated

if (ensure(Component != nullptr))
{
    Component->Activate();                  // ensure() returns the condition
}
ensureMsgf(Health > 0.f, TEXT("%s has health %.1f"), *GetName(), Health);
ensureAlways(bInitialized);                 // reports every failure, not just the first

ensure/ensureMsgf report once per call site per session; ensureAlways/ensureAlwaysMsgf report every time. All four return the condition, so they compose with if.

Build	`DO_CHECK`	`DO_ENSURE`	`DO_GUARD_SLOW`	`NO_LOGGING`
Debug	1	1	1	0
Development	1	1	0	0
Test and Shipping	`USE_CHECKS_IN_SHIPPING`	`USE_ENSURES_IN_SHIPPING`	0	`!USE_LOGGING_IN_SHIPPING`

USE_CHECKS_IN_SHIPPING defaults to 0 and is set by bUseChecksInShipping in the target rules, so Test builds also strip check and ensure by default. When DO_CHECK is 0, check(expr) degrades to CA_ASSUME(expr) and the expression is never evaluated; verify(expr) still evaluates it and only drops the halt.

Automation Tests

Test sources live in a Private/Tests folder of the module under test, or in a dedicated test module. Wrap each test file in #if WITH_DEV_AUTOMATION_TESTS (or WITH_AUTOMATION_TESTS = WITH_DEV_AUTOMATION_TESTS || WITH_PERF_AUTOMATION_TESTS) — the IMPLEMENT_* macros alone still compile the class, they only skip registration when WITH_AUTOMATION_WORKER is 0 (Misc/AutomationTest.h:4366); UBT turns both on for every configuration except Test and Shipping, overridable with bForceCompileDevelopmentAutomationTests, bForceCompilePerformanceAutomationTests and bForceDisableAutomationTests (UEBuildTarget.cs:6309-6325). Module and target wiring, the full pattern library and the command lines for running tests are in references/automation-test-patterns.md.

// Source/MyGame/Private/Tests/MyInventoryTest.cpp — whole file inside #if WITH_DEV_AUTOMATION_TESTS
#include "Misc/AutomationTest.h"
#include "MyInventoryComponent.h"

IMPLEMENT_SIMPLE_AUTOMATION_TEST(FMyInventoryAddTest, "MyGame.Inventory.AddItem",
    EAutomationTestFlags::EditorContext | EAutomationTestFlags::ProductFilter)

bool FMyInventoryAddTest::RunTest(const FString& Parameters)
{
    UMyInventoryComponent* Inv = NewObject<UMyInventoryComponent>(GetTransientPackage());
    UE_RETURN_ON_ERROR(Inv != nullptr, TEXT("Inventory created"));

    Inv->AddItem(FName("Sword"), 1);
    TestEqual(TEXT("Count after add"), Inv->GetItemCount(FName("Sword")), 1);
    TestTrue(TEXT("Has sword"), Inv->HasItem(FName("Sword")));
    TestFalse(TEXT("No axe"), Inv->HasItem(FName("Axe")));
    return true;
}

IMPLEMENT_COMPLEX_AUTOMATION_TEST adds virtual void GetTests(TArray<FString>& OutBeautifiedNames, TArray<FString>& OutTestCommands) const and runs RunTest once per entry. IMPLEMENT_CUSTOM_SIMPLE_AUTOMATION_TEST(TClass, TBaseClass, PrettyName, TFlags) declares a simple test whose base is a shared fixture you derive from FAutomationTestBase.

Flags

EAutomationTestFlags is an enum class with ENUM_CLASS_FLAGS, so combine with |. Two static_asserts enforce at least one context flag and exactly one filter flag.

Group	Values
Context (≥1 required)	`EditorContext`, `ClientContext`, `ServerContext`, `CommandletContext`, `ProgramContext`
Filter (exactly 1)	`SmokeFilter`, `EngineFilter`, `ProductFilter`, `PerfFilter`, `StressFilter`, `NegativeFilter`
Priority	`CriticalPriority`, `HighPriority`, `MediumPriority`, `LowPriority`
Other	`NonNullRHI`, `RequiresUser`, `Disabled`, `SupportsAutoRTFM`

EAutomationTestFlags_ApplicationContextMask covers every context flag in one token.

Assertions inside a test

TestEqual(TEXT("Label"), Actual, Expected);              // int32/int64/SIZE_T/FName/FText/FString/FStringView…
TestEqual(TEXT("Approx"), ActualF, ExpectedF, 0.001f);   // float/double/FVector/FRotator/FTransform take a tolerance
TestTrue(TEXT("Label"), bCondition);                     // also TestFalse, TestNotEqual
TestNotNull(TEXT("Label"), Ptr);                         // also TestNull, TestSamePtr, TestNotSamePtr
TestValid(TEXT("Label"), SharedOrWeakPtr);               // also TestInvalid

AddError(FString::Printf(TEXT("Unexpected damage %d"), Damage));   // also AddWarning, AddInfo
AddErrorIfFalse(bOk, TEXT("Setup failed"));
UE_RETURN_ON_ERROR(Ptr != nullptr, TEXT("Ptr must not be null")); // adds error, returns false

// Expect (and swallow) a log line the code under test is supposed to emit.
AddExpectedMessage(TEXT("Inventory is full"), ELogVerbosi

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name: ue-testing-debugging
description: "Use when writing or running Unreal Engine tests, adding logging, or profiling a build. Also use when the user mentions 'UE_LOG', 'log category', 'DEFINE_LOG_CATEGORY', 'UE_LOGFMT', 'verbosity', 'check', 'ensure', 'ensureMsgf', 'verify', 'IMPLEMENT_SIMPLE_AUTOMATION_TEST', 'automation test', 'TEST_CLASS', 'CQTest', 'AFunctionalTest', 'latent command', 'Unreal Insights', 'TRACE_CPUPROFILER_EVENT_SCOPE', 'TRACE_BOOKMARK', 'stat unit', 'SCOPE_CYCLE_COUNTER', 'memreport', 'DrawDebugLine', 'UE_VLOG', 'gameplay debugger', 'ShowDebug', 'console command', 'CVar', or 'why is my frame time bad'. For module and target wiring, see ue-module-build-system; for editor tooling, see ue-editor-tools."
metadata:
  version: "2.0.0"
  engine: "5.8"

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name: ue-testing-debugging
description: "Use when writing or running Unreal Engine tests, adding logging, or profiling a build. Also use when the user mentions 'UE_LOG', 'log category', 'DEFINE_LOG_CATEGORY', 'UE_LOGFMT', 'verbosity', 'check', 'ensure', 'ensureMsgf', 'verify', 'IMPLEMENT_SIMPLE_AUTOMATION_TEST', 'automation test', 'TEST_CLASS', 'CQTest', 'AFunctionalTest', 'latent command', 'Unreal Insights', 'TRACE_CPUPROFILER_EVENT_SCOPE', 'TRACE_BOOKMARK', 'stat unit', 'SCOPE_CYCLE_COUNTER', 'memreport', 'DrawDebugLine', 'UE_VLOG', 'gameplay debugger', 'ShowDebug', 'console command', 'CVar', or 'why is my frame time bad'. For module and target wiring, see ue-module-build-system; for editor tooling, see ue-editor-tools."
metadata:
  version: "2.0.0"
  engine: "5.8"
---

# UE Testing, Logging & Profiling

Target engine: **UE 5.8**. APIs below are verified against the 5.8 headers; older forms are listed under "Deprecated — do not use".

This skill owns logging, assertions, automation/functional testing, console commands and performance profiling for the repo. Logging, assertions, stats, trace and CVars live in `Core` (`Logging/`, `Misc/AssertionMacros.h`, `Stats/Stats.h`, `ProfilingDebugging/`, `HAL/IConsoleManager.h`). Debug drawing, the Visual Logger and `AHUD::ShowDebug` live in `Engine`. Test frameworks are the developer modules `AutomationController`, `CQTest`, `FunctionalTesting` and `AutomationDriver`; the Gameplay Debugger is the runtime module `GameplayDebugger`.

## Context

Read `.agents/ue-project-context.md` if it exists (module names, conventions, enabled plugins, GAS/networking setup). Do not stop if it is missing. Identify the area from the request and the codebase; ask only when two plausible readings would produce different code.

| Request is about… | Go to |
|---|---|
| `UE_LOG`, categories, verbosity, structured logging | [Logging](#logging) |
| `check`, `ensure`, `verify`, crash on bad state | [Assertions](#assertions) |
| Unit tests, `IMPLEMENT_SIMPLE_AUTOMATION_TEST`, specs, latent commands | [Automation Tests](#automation-tests) |
| `TEST_CLASS`, `ASSERT_THAT`, fixture-style tests | [CQTest](#cqtest) |
| Tests placed in a map, `AFunctionalTest` | [Functional Tests](#functional-tests) |
| Insights, `stat`, cycle counters, CSV, memory, hitches | [Profiling](#profiling) |
| `DrawDebug*`, `UE_VLOG`, Gameplay Debugger, `ShowDebug` | [Debug Visualization](#debug-visualization) |
| `Exec` functions, `FAutoConsoleCommand`, CVars | [Console Commands and CVars](#console-commands-and-cvars) |

## Logging

### Declaring categories
```cpp
#include "Logging/LogMacros.h"
// MyGameLogging.h — DECLARE_LOG_CATEGORY_EXTERN(Name, DefaultVerbosity, CompileTimeVerbosity)
DECLARE_LOG_CATEGORY_EXTERN(LogMyGame, Log, All);

DEFINE_LOG_CATEGORY(LogMyGame);   // MyGameLogging.cpp
```

| Macro | Where | Scope |
|---|---|---|
| `DECLARE_LOG_CATEGORY_EXTERN(Name, Default, CompileTime)` | header | the module and everything that includes it |
| `DEFINE_LOG_CATEGORY(Name)` | one `.cpp` | pairs with the `EXTERN` form |
| `DEFINE_LOG_CATEGORY_STATIC(Name, Default, CompileTime)` | one `.cpp` | that translation unit only |
| `DECLARE_LOG_CATEGORY_CLASS(Name, Default, CompileTime)` | class body | class static; pair with `DEFINE_LOG_CATEGORY_CLASS(Class, Name)` |

`DefaultVerbosity` must be `<=` `CompileTimeVerbosity` or the `static_assert` inside the category macro fires. Anything above `CompileTimeVerbosity` is deleted by the compiler, so `DECLARE_LOG_CATEGORY_EXTERN(LogMyGame, Log, Log)` removes every `Verbose`/`VeryVerbose` call site. Monolithic builds can cap all categories at once by defining `COMPILED_IN_MINIMUM_VERBOSITY`.

### Verbosity levels

| Level | Console | File | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| `Fatal` | yes | yes | crashes the process, even when logging is disabled |
| `Error` | yes | yes | collected by commandlets and the editor; fails a commandlet |
| `Warning` | yes | yes | can be promoted to an error |
| `Display` | yes | yes | use this when the user must see the line |
| `Log` | **no** | yes | file only — the default for development messages |
| `Verbose` | no | yes | only once the category is raised to `Verbose` |
| `VeryVerbose` | no | yes | only once the category is raised to `VeryVerbose` |

`ELogVerbosity::All` is an alias for `VeryVerbose` and is the usual `CompileTimeVerbosity` argument.

### Emitting
```cpp
UE_LOG(LogMyGame, Display, TEXT("Player %s spawned"), *PlayerName);
UE_LOG(LogMyGame, Warning, TEXT("Inventory full, dropped %s"), *ItemName);
UE_LOG(LogMyGame, Error,   TEXT("Failed to load asset %s"), *AssetPath);
UE_LOG(LogMyGame, Fatal,   TEXT("Save data unrecoverable"));   // crashes

// Condition and arguments are evaluated only when the category is active.
UE_CLOG(Health <= 0.f, LogMyGame, Warning, TEXT("%s has zero health"), *GetName());
```

Wrap an expensive report in `if (UE_LOG_ACTIVE(LogMyGame, Verbose)) { … }` so the work itself is skipped, not just the formatting.

### Structured logging

`UE_LOGFMT` emits named fields that survive into Insights and log analysis; use `{Name}` placeholders, not `%s`.
```cpp
#include "Logging/StructuredLog.h"

// Named fields: order is irrelevant, extra fields are allowed.
UE_LOGFMT(LogMyGame, Warning, "Loading '{Name}' failed with error {Error}",
    ("Name", AssetName), ("Error", ErrorCode), ("Flags", LoadFlags));

// Positional fields: the values must match the placeholders exactly.
UE_LOGFMT(LogMyGame, Display, "Spawned {Count} actors in {Seconds}s", SpawnCount, Elapsed);
UE_CLOGFMT(bFailed, LogMyGame, Error, "Retry {Attempt} failed", ("Attempt", Attempt));
```

Field names must match `[A-Za-z0-9_]+` and be unique per event; values serialize through `SerializeForLog` or `operator<<(FCbWriter&, T)`. `UE_LOGFMT` takes at most 16 fields — use `UE_LOGFMT_EX` with `UE_LOGFMT_FIELD` / `UE_LOGFMT_VALUE` beyond that.

### Shipping and Test builds

`NO_LOGGING` is `!USE_LOGGING_IN_SHIPPING` in **both** `Test` and `Shipping`, and `0` in `Debug` and `Development`. Under `NO_LOGGING`, `UE_LOG`/`UE_CLOG`/`UE_LOGFMT` collapse to a `Fatal`-only path: every non-fatal call disappears, arguments included. Set `bUseLoggingInShipping = true;` in `MyGame.Target.cs` to define `USE_LOGGING_IN_SHIPPING=1` and get logging back.

### Controlling verbosity at runtime

```
-LogCmds="LogMyGame Verbose, LogNet Warning"   # command line, applied at boot
Log list [Filter]       # every category with its current verbosity
Log LogMyGame Verbose   # raise one category
Log global none         # silence everything
Log reset               # restore defaults
```

From code use `UE_SET_LOG_VERBOSITY(LogMyGame, Verbose)`; from config use `[Core.Log]` in `DefaultEngine.ini`.

## Assertions

All in `Misc/AssertionMacros.h`. Choose by *who* is wrong: `check` for programmer error, `ensure` for a recoverable surprise worth reporting, a plain `if` for user or data input.
```cpp
check(Component != nullptr);
checkf(Index >= 0 && Index < Items.Num(), TEXT("Index %d out of [0,%d)"), Index, Items.Num());
checkNoEntry();                             // unreachable branch
checkNoReentry();                           // must not be entered twice
checkSlow(ValidateExpensiveInvariant());    // Debug only
verify(Manager->Initialize());              // expression ALWAYS evaluated

if (ensure(Component != nullptr))
{
    Component->Activate();                  // ensure() returns the condition
}
ensureMsgf(Health > 0.f, TEXT("%s has health %.1f"), *GetName(), Health);
ensureAlways(bInitialized);                 // reports every failure, not just the first
```

`ensure`/`ensureMsgf` report **once per call site per session**; `ensureAlways`/`ensureAlwaysMsgf` report every time. All four return the condition, so they compose with `if`.

| Build | `DO_CHECK` | `DO_ENSURE` | `DO_GUARD_SLOW` | `NO_LOGGING` |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debug | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Development | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Test **and** Shipping | `USE_CHECKS_IN_SHIPPING` | `USE_ENSURES_IN_SHIPPING` | 0 | `!USE_LOGGING_IN_SHIPPING` |

`USE_CHECKS_IN_SHIPPING` defaults to `0` and is set by `bUseChecksInShipping` in the target rules, so **Test builds also strip `check` and `ensure` by default**. When `DO_CHECK` is 0, `check(expr)` degrades to `CA_ASSUME(expr)` and the expression is never evaluated; `verify(expr)` still evaluates it and only drops the halt.

## Automation Tests

Test sources live in a `Private/Tests` folder of the module under test, or in a dedicated test module. Wrap each test file in `#if WITH_DEV_AUTOMATION_TESTS` (or `WITH_AUTOMATION_TESTS` = `WITH_DEV_AUTOMATION_TESTS || WITH_PERF_AUTOMATION_TESTS`) — the `IMPLEMENT_*` macros alone still compile the class, they only skip registration when `WITH_AUTOMATION_WORKER` is 0 (`Misc/AutomationTest.h:4366`); UBT turns both on for every configuration except Test and Shipping, overridable with `bForceCompileDevelopmentAutomationTests`, `bForceCompilePerformanceAutomationTests` and `bForceDisableAutomationTests` (`UEBuildTarget.cs:6309-6325`). Module and target wiring, the full pattern library and the command lines for running tests are in [references/automation-test-patterns.md](references/automation-test-patterns.md).
```cpp
// Source/MyGame/Private/Tests/MyInventoryTest.cpp — whole file inside #if WITH_DEV_AUTOMATION_TESTS
#include "Misc/AutomationTest.h"
#include "MyInventoryComponent.h"

IMPLEMENT_SIMPLE_AUTOMATION_TEST(FMyInventoryAddTest, "MyGame.Inventory.AddItem",
    EAutomationTestFlags::EditorContext | EAutomationTestFlags::ProductFilter)

bool FMyInventoryAddTest::RunTest(const FString& Parameters)
{
    UMyInventoryComponent* Inv = NewObject<UMyInventoryComponent>(GetTransientPackage());
    UE_RETURN_ON_ERROR(Inv != nullptr, TEXT("Inventory created"));

    Inv->AddItem(FName("Sword"), 1);
    TestEqual(TEXT("Count after add"), Inv->GetItemCount(FName("Sword")), 1);
    TestTrue(TEXT("Has sword"), Inv->HasItem(FName("Sword")));
    TestFalse(TEXT("No axe"), Inv->HasItem(FName("Axe")));
    return true;
}
```

`IMPLEMENT_COMPLEX_AUTOMATION_TEST` adds `virtual void GetTests(TArray<FString>& OutBeautifiedNames, TArray<FString>& OutTestCommands) const` and runs `RunTest` once per entry. `IMPLEMENT_CUSTOM_SIMPLE_AUTOMATION_TEST(TClass, TBaseClass, PrettyName, TFlags)` declares a simple test whose base is a shared fixture you derive from `FAutomationTestBase`.

### Flags

`EAutomationTestFlags` is an `enum class` with `ENUM_CLASS_FLAGS`, so combine with `|`. Two `static_assert`s enforce **at least one context flag** and **exactly one filter flag**.
| Group | Values |
|---|---|
| Context (≥1 required) | `EditorContext`, `ClientContext`, `ServerContext`, `CommandletContext`, `ProgramContext` |
| Filter (exactly 1) | `SmokeFilter`, `EngineFilter`, `ProductFilter`, `PerfFilter`, `StressFilter`, `NegativeFilter` |
| Priority | `CriticalPriority`, `HighPriority`, `MediumPriority`, `LowPriority` |
| Other | `NonNullRHI`, `RequiresUser`, `Disabled`, `SupportsAutoRTFM` |

`EAutomationTestFlags_ApplicationContextMask` covers every context flag in one token.

### Assertions inside a test

```cpp
TestEqual(TEXT("Label"), Actual, Expected);              // int32/int64/SIZE_T/FName/FText/FString/FStringView…
TestEqual(TEXT("Approx"), ActualF, ExpectedF, 0.001f);   // float/double/FVector/FRotator/FTransform take a tolerance
TestTrue(TEXT("Label"), bCondition);                     // also TestFalse, TestNotEqual
TestNotNull(TEXT("Label"), Ptr);                         // also TestNull, TestSamePtr, TestNotSamePtr
TestValid(TEXT("Label"), SharedOrWeakPtr);               // also TestInvalid

AddError(FString::Printf(TEXT("Unexpected damage %d"), Damage));   // also AddWarning, AddInfo
AddErrorIfFalse(bOk, TEXT("Setup failed"));
UE_RETURN_ON_ERROR(Ptr != nullptr, TEXT("Ptr must not be null")); // adds error, returns false

// Expect (and swallow) a log line the code under test is supposed to emit.
AddExpectedMessage(TEXT("Inventory is full"), ELogVerbosi

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Source repository: quodsoler/unreal-engine-skills
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UE Testing, Logging & Profiling

Target engine: UE 5.8. APIs below are verified against the 5.8 headers; older forms are listed under "Deprecated — do not use".

Context

Request is about…	Go to
`UE_LOG`, categories, verbosity, structured logging	Logging
`check`, `ensure`, `verify`, crash on bad state	Assertions
Unit tests, `IMPLEMENT_SIMPLE_AUTOMATION_TEST`, specs, latent commands	Automation Tests
`TEST_CLASS`, `ASSERT_THAT`, fixture-style tests	CQTest
Tests placed in a map, `AFunctionalTest`	Functional Tests
Insights, `stat`, cycle counters, CSV, memory, hitches	Profiling
`DrawDebug*`, `UE_VLOG`, Gameplay Debugger, `ShowDebug`	Debug Visualization
`Exec` functions, `FAutoConsoleCommand`, CVars	Console Commands and CVars

Logging

Declaring categories

#include "Logging/LogMacros.h"
// MyGameLogging.h — DECLARE_LOG_CATEGORY_EXTERN(Name, DefaultVerbosity, CompileTimeVerbosity)
DECLARE_LOG_CATEGORY_EXTERN(LogMyGame, Log, All);

DEFINE_LOG_CATEGORY(LogMyGame);   // MyGameLogging.cpp

Macro	Where	Scope
`DECLARE_LOG_CATEGORY_EXTERN(Name, Default, CompileTime)`	header	the module and everything that includes it
`DEFINE_LOG_CATEGORY(Name)`	one `.cpp`	pairs with the `EXTERN` form
`DEFINE_LOG_CATEGORY_STATIC(Name, Default, CompileTime)`	one `.cpp`	that translation unit only
`DECLARE_LOG_CATEGORY_CLASS(Name, Default, CompileTime)`	class body	class static; pair with `DEFINE_LOG_CATEGORY_CLASS(Class, Name)`

Verbosity levels

Level	Console	File	Notes
`Fatal`	yes	yes	crashes the process, even when logging is disabled
`Error`	yes	yes	collected by commandlets and the editor; fails a commandlet
`Warning`	yes	yes	can be promoted to an error
`Display`	yes	yes	use this when the user must see the line
`Log`	no	yes	file only — the default for development messages
`Verbose`	no	yes	only once the category is raised to `Verbose`
`VeryVerbose`	no	yes	only once the category is raised to `VeryVerbose`

ELogVerbosity::All is an alias for VeryVerbose and is the usual CompileTimeVerbosity argument.

Emitting

UE_LOG(LogMyGame, Display, TEXT("Player %s spawned"), *PlayerName);
UE_LOG(LogMyGame, Warning, TEXT("Inventory full, dropped %s"), *ItemName);
UE_LOG(LogMyGame, Error,   TEXT("Failed to load asset %s"), *AssetPath);
UE_LOG(LogMyGame, Fatal,   TEXT("Save data unrecoverable"));   // crashes

// Condition and arguments are evaluated only when the category is active.
UE_CLOG(Health <= 0.f, LogMyGame, Warning, TEXT("%s has zero health"), *GetName());

Wrap an expensive report in if (UE_LOG_ACTIVE(LogMyGame, Verbose)) { … } so the work itself is skipped, not just the formatting.

Structured logging

UE_LOGFMT emits named fields that survive into Insights and log analysis; use {Name} placeholders, not %s.

#include "Logging/StructuredLog.h"

// Named fields: order is irrelevant, extra fields are allowed.
UE_LOGFMT(LogMyGame, Warning, "Loading '{Name}' failed with error {Error}",
    ("Name", AssetName), ("Error", ErrorCode), ("Flags", LoadFlags));

// Positional fields: the values must match the placeholders exactly.
UE_LOGFMT(LogMyGame, Display, "Spawned {Count} actors in {Seconds}s", SpawnCount, Elapsed);
UE_CLOGFMT(bFailed, LogMyGame, Error, "Retry {Attempt} failed", ("Attempt", Attempt));

Shipping and Test builds

Controlling verbosity at runtime

-LogCmds="LogMyGame Verbose, LogNet Warning"   # command line, applied at boot
Log list [Filter]       # every category with its current verbosity
Log LogMyGame Verbose   # raise one category
Log global none         # silence everything
Log reset               # restore defaults

From code use UE_SET_LOG_VERBOSITY(LogMyGame, Verbose); from config use [Core.Log] in DefaultEngine.ini.

Assertions

All in Misc/AssertionMacros.h. Choose by who is wrong: check for programmer error, ensure for a recoverable surprise worth reporting, a plain if for user or data input.

check(Component != nullptr);
checkf(Index >= 0 && Index < Items.Num(), TEXT("Index %d out of [0,%d)"), Index, Items.Num());
checkNoEntry();                             // unreachable branch
checkNoReentry();                           // must not be entered twice
checkSlow(ValidateExpensiveInvariant());    // Debug only
verify(Manager->Initialize());              // expression ALWAYS evaluated

if (ensure(Component != nullptr))
{
    Component->Activate();                  // ensure() returns the condition
}
ensureMsgf(Health > 0.f, TEXT("%s has health %.1f"), *GetName(), Health);
ensureAlways(bInitialized);                 // reports every failure, not just the first

ensure/ensureMsgf report once per call site per session; ensureAlways/ensureAlwaysMsgf report every time. All four return the condition, so they compose with if.

Build	`DO_CHECK`	`DO_ENSURE`	`DO_GUARD_SLOW`	`NO_LOGGING`
Debug	1	1	1	0
Development	1	1	0	0
Test and Shipping	`USE_CHECKS_IN_SHIPPING`	`USE_ENSURES_IN_SHIPPING`	0	`!USE_LOGGING_IN_SHIPPING`

Automation Tests

// Source/MyGame/Private/Tests/MyInventoryTest.cpp — whole file inside #if WITH_DEV_AUTOMATION_TESTS
#include "Misc/AutomationTest.h"
#include "MyInventoryComponent.h"

IMPLEMENT_SIMPLE_AUTOMATION_TEST(FMyInventoryAddTest, "MyGame.Inventory.AddItem",
    EAutomationTestFlags::EditorContext | EAutomationTestFlags::ProductFilter)

bool FMyInventoryAddTest::RunTest(const FString& Parameters)
{
    UMyInventoryComponent* Inv = NewObject<UMyInventoryComponent>(GetTransientPackage());
    UE_RETURN_ON_ERROR(Inv != nullptr, TEXT("Inventory created"));

    Inv->AddItem(FName("Sword"), 1);
    TestEqual(TEXT("Count after add"), Inv->GetItemCount(FName("Sword")), 1);
    TestTrue(TEXT("Has sword"), Inv->HasItem(FName("Sword")));
    TestFalse(TEXT("No axe"), Inv->HasItem(FName("Axe")));
    return true;
}

Flags

EAutomationTestFlags is an enum class with ENUM_CLASS_FLAGS, so combine with |. Two static_asserts enforce at least one context flag and exactly one filter flag.

Group	Values
Context (≥1 required)	`EditorContext`, `ClientContext`, `ServerContext`, `CommandletContext`, `ProgramContext`
Filter (exactly 1)	`SmokeFilter`, `EngineFilter`, `ProductFilter`, `PerfFilter`, `StressFilter`, `NegativeFilter`
Priority	`CriticalPriority`, `HighPriority`, `MediumPriority`, `LowPriority`
Other	`NonNullRHI`, `RequiresUser`, `Disabled`, `SupportsAutoRTFM`

EAutomationTestFlags_ApplicationContextMask covers every context flag in one token.

Assertions inside a test

TestEqual(TEXT("Label"), Actual, Expected);              // int32/int64/SIZE_T/FName/FText/FString/FStringView…
TestEqual(TEXT("Approx"), ActualF, ExpectedF, 0.001f);   // float/double/FVector/FRotator/FTransform take a tolerance
TestTrue(TEXT("Label"), bCondition);                     // also TestFalse, TestNotEqual
TestNotNull(TEXT("Label"), Ptr);                         // also TestNull, TestSamePtr, TestNotSamePtr
TestValid(TEXT("Label"), SharedOrWeakPtr);               // also TestInvalid

AddError(FString::Printf(TEXT("Unexpected damage %d"), Damage));   // also AddWarning, AddInfo
AddErrorIfFalse(bOk, TEXT("Setup failed"));
UE_RETURN_ON_ERROR(Ptr != nullptr, TEXT("Ptr must not be null")); // adds error, returns false

// Expect (and swallow) a log line the code under test is supposed to emit.
AddExpectedMessage(TEXT("Inventory is full"), ELogVerbosi

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# UE Testing, Logging & Profiling

Target engine: **UE 5.8**. APIs below are verified against the 5.8 headers; older forms are listed under "Deprecated — do not use".

This skill owns logging, assertions, automation/functional testing, console commands and performance profiling for the repo. Logging, assertions, stats, trace and CVars live in `Core` (`Logging/`, `Misc/AssertionMacros.h`, `Stats/Stats.h`, `ProfilingDebugging/`, `HAL/IConsoleManager.h`). Debug drawing, the Visual Logger and `AHUD::ShowDebug` live in `Engine`. Test frameworks are the developer modules `AutomationController`, `CQTest`, `FunctionalTesting` and `AutomationDriver`; the Gameplay Debugger is the runtime module `GameplayDebugger`.

## Context

Read `.agents/ue-project-context.md` if it exists (module names, conventions, enabled plugins, GAS/networking setup). Do not stop if it is missing. Identify the area from the request and the codebase; ask only when two plausible readings would produce different code.

| Request is about… | Go to |
|---|---|
| `UE_LOG`, categories, verbosity, structured logging | [Logging](#logging) |
| `check`, `ensure`, `verify`, crash on bad state | [Assertions](#assertions) |
| Unit tests, `IMPLEMENT_SIMPLE_AUTOMATION_TEST`, specs, latent commands | [Automation Tests](#automation-tests) |
| `TEST_CLASS`, `ASSERT_THAT`, fixture-style tests | [CQTest](#cqtest) |
| Tests placed in a map, `AFunctionalTest` | [Functional Tests](#functional-tests) |
| Insights, `stat`, cycle counters, CSV, memory, hitches | [Profiling](#profiling) |
| `DrawDebug*`, `UE_VLOG`, Gameplay Debugger, `ShowDebug` | [Debug Visualization](#debug-visualization) |
| `Exec` functions, `FAutoConsoleCommand`, CVars | [Console Commands and CVars](#console-commands-and-cvars) |

## Logging

### Declaring categories
```cpp
#include "Logging/LogMacros.h"
// MyGameLogging.h — DECLARE_LOG_CATEGORY_EXTERN(Name, DefaultVerbosity, CompileTimeVerbosity)
DECLARE_LOG_CATEGORY_EXTERN(LogMyGame, Log, All);

DEFINE_LOG_CATEGORY(LogMyGame);   // MyGameLogging.cpp
```

| Macro | Where | Scope |
|---|---|---|
| `DECLARE_LOG_CATEGORY_EXTERN(Name, Default, CompileTime)` | header | the module and everything that includes it |
| `DEFINE_LOG_CATEGORY(Name)` | one `.cpp` | pairs with the `EXTERN` form |
| `DEFINE_LOG_CATEGORY_STATIC(Name, Default, CompileTime)` | one `.cpp` | that translation unit only |
| `DECLARE_LOG_CATEGORY_CLASS(Name, Default, CompileTime)` | class body | class static; pair with `DEFINE_LOG_CATEGORY_CLASS(Class, Name)` |

`DefaultVerbosity` must be `<=` `CompileTimeVerbosity` or the `static_assert` inside the category macro fires. Anything above `CompileTimeVerbosity` is deleted by the compiler, so `DECLARE_LOG_CATEGORY_EXTERN(LogMyGame, Log, Log)` removes every `Verbose`/`VeryVerbose` call site. Monolithic builds can cap all categories at once by defining `COMPILED_IN_MINIMUM_VERBOSITY`.

### Verbosity levels

| Level | Console | File | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| `Fatal` | yes | yes | crashes the process, even when logging is disabled |
| `Error` | yes | yes | collected by commandlets and the editor; fails a commandlet |
| `Warning` | yes | yes | can be promoted to an error |
| `Display` | yes | yes | use this when the user must see the line |
| `Log` | **no** | yes | file only — the default for development messages |
| `Verbose` | no | yes | only once the category is raised to `Verbose` |
| `VeryVerbose` | no | yes | only once the category is raised to `VeryVerbose` |

`ELogVerbosity::All` is an alias for `VeryVerbose` and is the usual `CompileTimeVerbosity` argument.

### Emitting
```cpp
UE_LOG(LogMyGame, Display, TEXT("Player %s spawned"), *PlayerName);
UE_LOG(LogMyGame, Warning, TEXT("Inventory full, dropped %s"), *ItemName);
UE_LOG(LogMyGame, Error,   TEXT("Failed to load asset %s"), *AssetPath);
UE_LOG(LogMyGame, Fatal,   TEXT("Save data unrecoverable"));   // crashes

// Condition and arguments are evaluated only when the category is active.
UE_CLOG(Health <= 0.f, LogMyGame, Warning, TEXT("%s has zero health"), *GetName());
```

Wrap an expensive report in `if (UE_LOG_ACTIVE(LogMyGame, Verbose)) { … }` so the work itself is skipped, not just the formatting.

### Structured logging

`UE_LOGFMT` emits named fields that survive into Insights and log analysis; use `{Name}` placeholders, not `%s`.
```cpp
#include "Logging/StructuredLog.h"

// Named fields: order is irrelevant, extra fields are allowed.
UE_LOGFMT(LogMyGame, Warning, "Loading '{Name}' failed with error {Error}",
    ("Name", AssetName), ("Error", ErrorCode), ("Flags", LoadFlags));

// Positional fields: the values must match the placeholders exactly.
UE_LOGFMT(LogMyGame, Display, "Spawned {Count} actors in {Seconds}s", SpawnCount, Elapsed);
UE_CLOGFMT(bFailed, LogMyGame, Error, "Retry {Attempt} failed", ("Attempt", Attempt));
```

Field names must match `[A-Za-z0-9_]+` and be unique per event; values serialize through `SerializeForLog` or `operator<<(FCbWriter&, T)`. `UE_LOGFMT` takes at most 16 fields — use `UE_LOGFMT_EX` with `UE_LOGFMT_FIELD` / `UE_LOGFMT_VALUE` beyond that.

### Shipping and Test builds

`NO_LOGGING` is `!USE_LOGGING_IN_SHIPPING` in **both** `Test` and `Shipping`, and `0` in `Debug` and `Development`. Under `NO_LOGGING`, `UE_LOG`/`UE_CLOG`/`UE_LOGFMT` collapse to a `Fatal`-only path: every non-fatal call disappears, arguments included. Set `bUseLoggingInShipping = true;` in `MyGame.Target.cs` to define `USE_LOGGING_IN_SHIPPING=1` and get logging back.

### Controlling verbosity at runtime

```
-LogCmds="LogMyGame Verbose, LogNet Warning"   # command line, applied at boot
Log list [Filter]       # every category with its current verbosity
Log LogMyGame Verbose   # raise one category
Log global none         # silence everything
Log reset               # restore defaults
```

From code use `UE_SET_LOG_VERBOSITY(LogMyGame, Verbose)`; from config use `[Core.Log]` in `DefaultEngine.ini`.

## Assertions

All in `Misc/AssertionMacros.h`. Choose by *who* is wrong: `check` for programmer error, `ensure` for a recoverable surprise worth reporting, a plain `if` for user or data input.
```cpp
check(Component != nullptr);
checkf(Index >= 0 && Index < Items.Num(), TEXT("Index %d out of [0,%d)"), Index, Items.Num());
checkNoEntry();                             // unreachable branch
checkNoReentry();                           // must not be entered twice
checkSlow(ValidateExpensiveInvariant());    // Debug only
verify(Manager->Initialize());              // expression ALWAYS evaluated

if (ensure(Component != nullptr))
{
    Component->Activate();                  // ensure() returns the condition
}
ensureMsgf(Health > 0.f, TEXT("%s has health %.1f"), *GetName(), Health);
ensureAlways(bInitialized);                 // reports every failure, not just the first
```

`ensure`/`ensureMsgf` report **once per call site per session**; `ensureAlways`/`ensureAlwaysMsgf` report every time. All four return the condition, so they compose with `if`.

| Build | `DO_CHECK` | `DO_ENSURE` | `DO_GUARD_SLOW` | `NO_LOGGING` |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debug | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Development | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Test **and** Shipping | `USE_CHECKS_IN_SHIPPING` | `USE_ENSURES_IN_SHIPPING` | 0 | `!USE_LOGGING_IN_SHIPPING` |

`USE_CHECKS_IN_SHIPPING` defaults to `0` and is set by `bUseChecksInShipping` in the target rules, so **Test builds also strip `check` and `ensure` by default**. When `DO_CHECK` is 0, `check(expr)` degrades to `CA_ASSUME(expr)` and the expression is never evaluated; `verify(expr)` still evaluates it and only drops the halt.

## Automation Tests

Test sources live in a `Private/Tests` folder of the module under test, or in a dedicated test module. Wrap each test file in `#if WITH_DEV_AUTOMATION_TESTS` (or `WITH_AUTOMATION_TESTS` = `WITH_DEV_AUTOMATION_TESTS || WITH_PERF_AUTOMATION_TESTS`) — the `IMPLEMENT_*` macros alone still compile the class, they only skip registration when `WITH_AUTOMATION_WORKER` is 0 (`Misc/AutomationTest.h:4366`); UBT turns both on for every configuration except Test and Shipping, overridable with `bForceCompileDevelopmentAutomationTests`, `bForceCompilePerformanceAutomationTests` and `bForceDisableAutomationTests` (`UEBuildTarget.cs:6309-6325`). Module and target wiring, the full pattern library and the command lines for running tests are in [references/automation-test-patterns.md](references/automation-test-patterns.md).
```cpp
// Source/MyGame/Private/Tests/MyInventoryTest.cpp — whole file inside #if WITH_DEV_AUTOMATION_TESTS
#include "Misc/AutomationTest.h"
#include "MyInventoryComponent.h"

IMPLEMENT_SIMPLE_AUTOMATION_TEST(FMyInventoryAddTest, "MyGame.Inventory.AddItem",
    EAutomationTestFlags::EditorContext | EAutomationTestFlags::ProductFilter)

bool FMyInventoryAddTest::RunTest(const FString& Parameters)
{
    UMyInventoryComponent* Inv = NewObject<UMyInventoryComponent>(GetTransientPackage());
    UE_RETURN_ON_ERROR(Inv != nullptr, TEXT("Inventory created"));

    Inv->AddItem(FName("Sword"), 1);
    TestEqual(TEXT("Count after add"), Inv->GetItemCount(FName("Sword")), 1);
    TestTrue(TEXT("Has sword"), Inv->HasItem(FName("Sword")));
    TestFalse(TEXT("No axe"), Inv->HasItem(FName("Axe")));
    return true;
}
```

`IMPLEMENT_COMPLEX_AUTOMATION_TEST` adds `virtual void GetTests(TArray<FString>& OutBeautifiedNames, TArray<FString>& OutTestCommands) const` and runs `RunTest` once per entry. `IMPLEMENT_CUSTOM_SIMPLE_AUTOMATION_TEST(TClass, TBaseClass, PrettyName, TFlags)` declares a simple test whose base is a shared fixture you derive from `FAutomationTestBase`.

### Flags

`EAutomationTestFlags` is an `enum class` with `ENUM_CLASS_FLAGS`, so combine with `|`. Two `static_assert`s enforce **at least one context flag** and **exactly one filter flag**.
| Group | Values |
|---|---|
| Context (≥1 required) | `EditorContext`, `ClientContext`, `ServerContext`, `CommandletContext`, `ProgramContext` |
| Filter (exactly 1) | `SmokeFilter`, `EngineFilter`, `ProductFilter`, `PerfFilter`, `StressFilter`, `NegativeFilter` |
| Priority | `CriticalPriority`, `HighPriority`, `MediumPriority`, `LowPriority` |
| Other | `NonNullRHI`, `RequiresUser`, `Disabled`, `SupportsAutoRTFM` |

`EAutomationTestFlags_ApplicationContextMask` covers every context flag in one token.

### Assertions inside a test

```cpp
TestEqual(TEXT("Label"), Actual, Expected);              // int32/int64/SIZE_T/FName/FText/FString/FStringView…
TestEqual(TEXT("Approx"), ActualF, ExpectedF, 0.001f);   // float/double/FVector/FRotator/FTransform take a tolerance
TestTrue(TEXT("Label"), bCondition);                     // also TestFalse, TestNotEqual
TestNotNull(TEXT("Label"), Ptr);                         // also TestNull, TestSamePtr, TestNotSamePtr
TestValid(TEXT("Label"), SharedOrWeakPtr);               // also TestInvalid

AddError(FString::Printf(TEXT("Unexpected damage %d"), Damage));   // also AddWarning, AddInfo
AddErrorIfFalse(bOk, TEXT("Setup failed"));
UE_RETURN_ON_ERROR(Ptr != nullptr, TEXT("Ptr must not be null")); // adds error, returns false

// Expect (and swallow) a log line the code under test is supposed to emit.
AddExpectedMessage(TEXT("Inventory is full"), ELogVerbosi

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UE Testing, Logging & Profiling

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