Two new ways to keep an eye on your SurrealDB database

In July 2025, SurrealDB introduced two significant updates enhancing its observability features, aiming to improve database monitoring and management. The first update, available from version 3.0.0-alpha.7, allows users to save logging outputs in customizable formats, such as JSON, and store them in files rather than solely in the terminal, with options for daily, hourly, or no file rotation. The second feature integrates SurrealDB with the tokio console, enabling users to visually monitor asynchronous tasks within the database, utilizing the Rust-based tokio async runtime. This integration, currently available in nightly builds, requires Rust installation but not its expertise, and it offers insights into task details like average elapsed time through the tokio-console command. These enhancements collectively facilitate better oversight and management of SurrealDB instances, aligning with modern observability practices.