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Explain Log

Get clear, natural language explanations for individual log entries. Olly analyzes the selected log and provides a plain-language summary of what happened, why it matters, and what may have caused it — so you can quickly understand any log without deep technical knowledge of the service that generated it.

Note

Enabling Explain log does not trigger a scan of the entire log database. It analyzes logs only when you run it on individual log entries.

What Explain log provides

  • Severity level — Color-coded severity (Info, Warning, Error, Critical) for quick identification
  • What happened — A concise summary of what the log entry is reporting
  • How significant is this — The relevance of the event and whether action is needed
  • What is the impact — The immediate and potential future impact on your system
  • Potential reasons (for Warning severity and above) — Root cause analysis of why the issue may have occurred
  • Additional important fields — Infrastructure-related fields (cluster name, pod UID, instance ID, etc.) that provide additional context

If a technical term appears in the explanation, hover over the underlined term to view its definition.

Limitations

Maximum length for an explainable log entry is 4,096 tokens.

Prerequisites

Olly must be enabled for your team. See Enable Olly.

Enable Explain log

  1. Verify that you have permission to manage AI settings.
  2. Go to Settings, then Account Preferences.
  3. Under AI-Powered Capabilities, turn on the Explain log toggle.

Use Explain log

  1. Go to any Coralogix page that displays logs.

  2. Hover over a log entry and select Explain log. Alternatively, open the info panel for a log entry and select Explain log.

    The Explain log side panel opens on the right side of the page. It remains visible as you navigate, so you can continue investigating without losing the explanation.

  3. Review the explanation. Select Copy at the bottom of the panel to copy the content to your clipboard.

Feedback

Rate Olly's explanations with a thumbs up or thumbs down to help improve quality.

  • Select thumbs up if the explanation is accurate
  • Select thumbs down and complete the feedback form to report issues or suggest improvements
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