feat(diary): component loggers through a redacting console and daily stack

- New diary module: For, Bootstrap, Setup, SetVerbosity, Reset, Close, ParseConfig - Proxy component handler safe in package vars; styled console handler in bonfire's palette - Daily writer: one file per day, 0640, lazy open, retention, disables itself on open failure - Every channel leaf wrapped by sunscreen.Wrap; stack via slog.NewMultiHandler - bonfire: ColorMode, Palette, DefaultPalette, DetectProfile (lipgloss v2, colorprofile) - Generated main runs diary.Bootstrap first and diary.Setup after compass.Load - Ignore /storage/ and /examples/hello/storage/
2026-10-21 11:41:48 +02:00
parent e6039b445f
commit e903cc32be
18 changed files with 1676 additions and 23 deletions
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 # Go
 /bin/
 /examples/hello/bin/
+
+# Application log files (diary daily channel)
+/storage/
+/examples/hello/storage/
 /dist/
 /site/
 *.test
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -101,6 +101,7 @@ The `migrate`, `migrate:status`, `migrate:rollback`, `serve` and admin commands
 | [compass](modules/compass/README.md) | Layered YAML configuration with per-environment directories, `SUMMER_` environment overrides, embedded plugin defaults and dot-path access. | Points you the right way; configuration tells the application how to behave in each environment. |
 | [conga](modules/conga/README.md) | Background jobs on River over the shared Postgres pool: transactional dispatch, a `summer_jobs` progress record, in-process or dedicated workers, and a wall-clock scheduler. | A line of dancers moving one after another; jobs queue up and are worked through in order. |
 | [cooler](modules/cooler/README.md) | Cache drivers and shared counters for SummerCMS: memory and Redis caches with a key prefix and TTLs, a Redis-backed rate-limit store, and the site-cache purge after admin saves. | The cool box you bring to the beach; it keeps things fresh and at hand for everyone in the group. |
+| [diary](modules/diary/README.md) | Application logging modelled on Laravel's logging config: named channels (console, stderr, daily files, stacks), per-component levels and redaction on every channel. | A beach diary records each day; the log keeps one file per day. |
 | [festival](modules/festival/README.md) | Typed, synchronous event bus with listener priorities, payload collection and stop-when-handled dispatch. | A summer festival announces events and the crowd reacts; it is the event bus. |
 | [fetchguard](modules/fetchguard/README.md) | Guarded outbound HTTP client and fetcher that blocks private and reserved addresses, enforces host, size and timeout limits, and offers an explicit trusted mode for operator-configured endpoints. | A lifeguard for outbound fetches; it watches every request the application sends out and stops the dangerous ones. |
 | [flare](modules/flare/README.md) | Web Push delivery with VAPID (RFC 8292) and aes128gcm payload encryption (RFC 8291) behind a small Pusher interface. | A signal flare reaches people far away; it sends Web Push notifications to browsers. |
--- a/examples/hello/main.go
+++ b/examples/hello/main.go
@@ -12,10 +12,10 @@ import (
 	"git.golem15.com/golem15/summercms/modules/cabana"
 	"git.golem15.com/golem15/summercms/modules/compass"
 	"git.golem15.com/golem15/summercms/modules/conga"
+	"git.golem15.com/golem15/summercms/modules/diary"
 	"git.golem15.com/golem15/summercms/modules/lagoon"
 	"git.golem15.com/golem15/summercms/modules/pact"
 	"git.golem15.com/golem15/summercms/modules/party"
-	"git.golem15.com/golem15/summercms/modules/sunscreen"
 	"git.golem15.com/golem15/summercms/modules/surf"
 )

@@ -27,11 +27,14 @@ func main() {
 }

 func run(args []string, out io.Writer) error {
-	sunscreen.InstallDefault(os.Stderr)
+	diary.Bootstrap(os.Stderr, diary.Options{})
 	cfg, err := compass.Load("config")
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
+	if err := diary.Setup(cfg, diary.Options{}); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
 	app := backpack.New(cfg)
 	plugins, err := party.Activate(app, PluginIDs)
 	if err != nil {
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -6,8 +6,10 @@ go 1.27.0
 ignore ./admin/node_modules

 require (
+	charm.land/lipgloss/v2 v2.0.6
 	github.com/alecthomas/chroma/v2 v2.27.0
 	github.com/alicebob/miniredis/v2 v2.40.0
+	github.com/charmbracelet/colorprofile v0.4.3
 	github.com/disintegration/imaging v1.6.2
 	github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify v1.10.1
 	github.com/go-gormigrate/gormigrate/v2 v2.1.7
@@ -68,6 +70,13 @@ require (
 	github.com/aymerick/douceur v0.2.0 // indirect
 	github.com/cenkalti/backoff/v4 v4.3.0 // indirect
 	github.com/cespare/xxhash/v2 v2.3.0 // indirect
+	github.com/charmbracelet/ultraviolet v0.0.0-20260811164956-006e29f97886 // indirect
+	github.com/charmbracelet/x/ansi v0.11.8 // indirect
+	github.com/charmbracelet/x/term v0.2.2 // indirect
+	github.com/charmbracelet/x/termios v0.1.1 // indirect
+	github.com/charmbracelet/x/windows v0.2.2 // indirect
+	github.com/clipperhouse/displaywidth v0.11.0 // indirect
+	github.com/clipperhouse/uax29/v2 v2.7.0 // indirect
 	github.com/containerd/errdefs v1.0.0 // indirect
 	github.com/containerd/errdefs/pkg v0.3.0 // indirect
 	github.com/containerd/log v0.1.0 // indirect
@@ -100,8 +109,10 @@ require (
 	github.com/knadh/koanf/maps v0.1.2 // indirect
 	github.com/leodido/go-urn v1.5.0 // indirect
 	github.com/lib/pq v1.12.3 // indirect
+	github.com/lucasb-eyer/go-colorful v1.4.1 // indirect
 	github.com/lufia/plan9stats v0.0.0-20260330125221-c963978e514e // indirect
 	github.com/magiconair/properties v1.8.10 // indirect
+	github.com/mattn/go-runewidth v0.0.24 // indirect
 	github.com/mitchellh/copystructure v1.2.0 // indirect
 	github.com/mitchellh/reflectwalk v1.0.2 // indirect
 	github.com/moby/docker-image-spec v1.3.1 // indirect
@@ -113,12 +124,14 @@ require (
 	github.com/moby/sys/user v0.4.0 // indirect
 	github.com/moby/sys/userns v0.1.0 // indirect
 	github.com/moby/term v0.5.2 // indirect
+	github.com/muesli/cancelreader v0.2.2 // indirect
 	github.com/opencontainers/go-digest v1.0.0 // indirect
 	github.com/opencontainers/image-spec v1.1.1 // indirect
 	github.com/power-devops/perfstat v0.0.0-20240221224432-82ca36839d55 // indirect
 	github.com/riverqueue/river/riverdriver v0.47.0 // indirect
 	github.com/riverqueue/river/riverdriver/riverpgxv5 v0.47.0 // indirect
 	github.com/riverqueue/river/rivershared v0.47.0 // indirect
+	github.com/rivo/uniseg v0.4.7 // indirect
 	github.com/shirou/gopsutil/v4 v4.26.6 // indirect
 	github.com/sirupsen/logrus v1.9.4 // indirect
 	github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.9 // indirect
@@ -129,6 +142,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/tidwall/sjson v1.2.5 // indirect
 	github.com/tklauser/go-sysconf v0.4.0 // indirect
 	github.com/tklauser/numcpus v0.12.0 // indirect
+	github.com/xo/terminfo v0.0.0-20220910002029-abceb7e1c41e // indirect
 	github.com/yuin/gopher-lua v1.1.1 // indirect
 	github.com/yusufpapurcu/wmi v1.2.4 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/auto/sdk v1.2.1 // indirect
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 cel.dev/expr v0.25.1 h1:1KrZg61W6TWSxuNZ37Xy49ps13NUovb66QLprthtwi4=
 cel.dev/expr v0.25.1/go.mod h1:hrXvqGP6G6gyx8UAHSHJ5RGk//1Oj5nXQ2NI02Nrsg4=
+charm.land/lipgloss/v2 v2.0.6 h1:EaGKeuA8FvF+v2BT5VmZd2LoYLaMZJXA5n34th8nCIQ=
+charm.land/lipgloss/v2 v2.0.6/go.mod h1:ipDDJNSGa1hlwDtSfW1s2/xR8Vdhbut4PXh2zEKZd0Q=
 cloud.google.com/go v0.123.0 h1:2NAUJwPR47q+E35uaJeYoNhuNEM9kM8SjgRgdeOJUSE=
 cloud.google.com/go v0.123.0/go.mod h1:xBoMV08QcqUGuPW65Qfm1o9Y4zKZBpGS+7bImXLTAZU=
 cloud.google.com/go/auth v0.18.2 h1:+Nbt5Ev0xEqxlNjd6c+yYUeosQ5TtEUaNcN/3FozlaM=
@@ -86,6 +88,22 @@ github.com/cenkalti/backoff/v4 v4.3.0 h1:MyRJ/UdXutAwSAT+s3wNd7MfTIcy71VQueUuFK3
 github.com/cenkalti/backoff/v4 v4.3.0/go.mod h1:Y3VNntkOUPxTVeUxJ/G5vcM//AlwfmyYozVcomhLiZE=
 github.com/cespare/xxhash/v2 v2.3.0 h1:UL815xU9SqsFlibzuggzjXhog7bL6oX9BbNZnL2UFvs=
 github.com/cespare/xxhash/v2 v2.3.0/go.mod h1:VGX0DQ3Q6kWi7AoAeZDth3/j3BFtOZR5XLFGgcrjCOs=
+github.com/charmbracelet/colorprofile v0.4.3 h1:QPa1IWkYI+AOB+fE+mg/5/4HRMZcaXex9t5KX76i20Q=
+github.com/charmbracelet/colorprofile v0.4.3/go.mod h1:/zT4BhpD5aGFpqQQqw7a+VtHCzu+zrQtt1zhMt9mR4Q=
+github.com/charmbracelet/ultraviolet v0.0.0-20260811164956-006e29f97886 h1:rdnVWKgJpTVXKuKuJyxDJ+NFJdUaUqGvyGy61OcvlbA=
+github.com/charmbracelet/ultraviolet v0.0.0-20260811164956-006e29f97886/go.mod h1:nAw0d9PhFp1qdzi2xhQU5YOu5sVpDIHWlaW2Uz/bCro=
+github.com/charmbracelet/x/ansi v0.11.8 h1:JMFwp0CgDC2+jcOB162HH5k7I3FVbgFSMMYg7dSPBQQ=
+github.com/charmbracelet/x/ansi v0.11.8/go.mod h1:ZNN+3mXny/516oTQPLMPIBeSINvNJJQ8uQXDgbeJxY0=
+github.com/charmbracelet/x/term v0.2.2 h1:xVRT/S2ZcKdhhOuSP4t5cLi5o+JxklsoEObBSgfgZRk=
+github.com/charmbracelet/x/term v0.2.2/go.mod h1:kF8CY5RddLWrsgVwpw4kAa6TESp6EB5y3uxGLeCqzAI=
+github.com/charmbracelet/x/termios v0.1.1 h1:o3Q2bT8eqzGnGPOYheoYS8eEleT5ZVNYNy8JawjaNZY=
+github.com/charmbracelet/x/termios v0.1.1/go.mod h1:rB7fnv1TgOPOyyKRJ9o+AsTU/vK5WHJ2ivHeut/Pcwo=
+github.com/charmbracelet/x/windows v0.2.2 h1:IofanmuvaxnKHuV04sC0eBy/smG6kIKrWG2/jYn2GuM=
+github.com/charmbracelet/x/windows v0.2.2/go.mod h1:/8XtdKZzedat74NQFn0NGlGL4soHB0YQZrETF96h75k=
+github.com/clipperhouse/displaywidth v0.11.0 h1:lBc6kY44VFw+TDx4I8opi/EtL9m20WSEFgwIwO+UVM8=
+github.com/clipperhouse/displaywidth v0.11.0/go.mod h1:bkrFNkf81G8HyVqmKGxsPufD3JhNl3dSqnGhOoSD/o0=
+github.com/clipperhouse/uax29/v2 v2.7.0 h1:+gs4oBZ2gPfVrKPthwbMzWZDaAFPGYK72F0NJv2v7Vk=
+github.com/clipperhouse/uax29/v2 v2.7.0/go.mod h1:EFJ2TJMRUaplDxHKj1qAEhCtQPW2tJSwu5BF98AuoVM=
 github.com/cncf/xds/go v0.0.0-20260202195803-dba9d589def2 h1:aBangftG7EVZoUb69Os8IaYg++6uMOdKK83QtkkvJik=
 github.com/cncf/xds/go v0.0.0-20260202195803-dba9d589def2/go.mod h1:qwXFYgsP6T7XnJtbKlf1HP8AjxZZyzxMmc+Lq5GjlU4=
 github.com/containerd/errdefs v1.0.0 h1:tg5yIfIlQIrxYtu9ajqY42W3lpS19XqdxRQeEwYG8PI=
@@ -211,10 +229,14 @@ github.com/leodido/go-urn v1.5.0 h1:pLqT2kq1zpHW/1D18QMjMpdtX7cekxqtJJjg5ANyWw0=
 github.com/leodido/go-urn v1.5.0/go.mod h1:9BORnCDhdPBJNDEX+w1bJisa8yOKYi116VeO96s4ifE=
 github.com/lib/pq v1.12.3 h1:tTWxr2YLKwIvK90ZXEw8GP7UFHtcbTtty8zsI+YjrfQ=
 github.com/lib/pq v1.12.3/go.mod h1:/p+8NSbOcwzAEI7wiMXFlgydTwcgTr3OSKMsD2BitpA=
+github.com/lucasb-eyer/go-colorful v1.4.1 h1:1EO+WB73+EH8EVbzlrG3KLAfEypQWVHIBqlTf+2hNss=
+github.com/lucasb-eyer/go-colorful v1.4.1/go.mod h1:R4dSotOR9KMtayYi1e77YzuveK+i7ruzyGqttikkLy0=
 github.com/lufia/plan9stats v0.0.0-20260330125221-c963978e514e h1:Q6MvJtQK/iRcRtzAscm/zF23XxJlbECiGPyRicsX+Ak=
 github.com/lufia/plan9stats v0.0.0-20260330125221-c963978e514e/go.mod h1:autxFIvghDt3jPTLoqZ9OZ7s9qTGNAWmYCjVFWPX/zg=
 github.com/magiconair/properties v1.8.10 h1:s31yESBquKXCV9a/ScB3ESkOjUYYv+X0rg8SYxI99mE=
 github.com/magiconair/properties v1.8.10/go.mod h1:Dhd985XPs7jluiymwWYZ0G4Z61jb3vdS329zhj2hYo0=
+github.com/mattn/go-runewidth v0.0.24 h1:cpokDiIn0MGnhdHwuWnJBITySJ20QyNGnY2kR/ay2DU=
+github.com/mattn/go-runewidth v0.0.24/go.mod h1:XBkDxAl56ILZc9knddidhrOlY5R/pDhgLpndooCuJAs=
 github.com/mattn/go-sqlite3 v1.14.22 h1:2gZY6PC6kBnID23Tichd1K+Z0oS6nE/XwU+Vz/5o4kU=
 github.com/mattn/go-sqlite3 v1.14.22/go.mod h1:Uh1q+B4BYcTPb+yiD3kU8Ct7aC0hY9fxUwlHK0RXw+Y=
 github.com/maypok86/otter/v2 v2.3.0 h1:8H8AVVFUSzJwIegKwv1uF5aGitTY+AIrtktg7OcLs8w=
@@ -245,6 +267,8 @@ github.com/moby/sys/userns v0.1.0 h1:tVLXkFOxVu9A64/yh59slHVv9ahO9UIev4JZusOLG/g
 github.com/moby/sys/userns v0.1.0/go.mod h1:IHUYgu/kao6N8YZlp9Cf444ySSvCmDlmzUcYfDHOl28=
 github.com/moby/term v0.5.2 h1:6qk3FJAFDs6i/q3W/pQ97SX192qKfZgGjCQqfCJkgzQ=
 github.com/moby/term v0.5.2/go.mod h1:d3djjFCrjnB+fl8NJux+EJzu0msscUP+f8it8hPkFLc=
+github.com/muesli/cancelreader v0.2.2 h1:3I4Kt4BQjOR54NavqnDogx/MIoWBFa0StPA8ELUXHmA=
+github.com/muesli/cancelreader v0.2.2/go.mod h1:3XuTXfFS2VjM+HTLZY9Ak0l6eUKfijIfMUZ4EgX0QYo=
 github.com/nicksnyder/go-i18n/v2 v2.6.1 h1:JDEJraFsQE17Dut9HFDHzCoAWGEQJom5s0TRd17NIEQ=
 github.com/nicksnyder/go-i18n/v2 v2.6.1/go.mod h1:Vee0/9RD3Quc/NmwEjzzD7VTZ+Ir7QbXocrkhOzmUKA=
 github.com/opencontainers/go-digest v1.0.0 h1:apOUWs51W5PlhuyGyz9FCeeBIOUDA/6nW8Oi/yOhh5U=
@@ -270,6 +294,8 @@ github.com/riverqueue/river/rivershared v0.47.0 h1:jdtFsBexCvLqTXf8wnDnGXvB/eeOt
 github.com/riverqueue/river/rivershared v0.47.0/go.mod h1:w8Pi1T+6ypyko5/hs9Mv7IIIKo4fAL9eXYnkVV/Y418=
 github.com/riverqueue/river/rivertype v0.47.0 h1:SzNavtLGR4nMT1QkrEYQ7n96OMatYsn/z3aJWhewmv0=
 github.com/riverqueue/river/rivertype v0.47.0/go.mod h1:XKkcRQR6zm8RR/JQa1Q2ywpj8uXQu21quPa4Lpw1Xhw=
+github.com/rivo/uniseg v0.4.7 h1:WUdvkW8uEhrYfLC4ZzdpI2ztxP1I582+49Oc5Mq64VQ=
+github.com/rivo/uniseg v0.4.7/go.mod h1:FN3SvrM+Zdj16jyLfmOkMNblXMcoc8DfTHruCPUcx88=
 github.com/robfig/cron/v3 v3.0.1 h1:WdRxkvbJztn8LMz/QEvLN5sBU+xKpSqwwUO1Pjr4qDs=
 github.com/robfig/cron/v3 v3.0.1/go.mod h1:eQICP3HwyT7UooqI/z+Ov+PtYAWygg1TEWWzGIFLtro=
 github.com/russross/blackfriday/v2 v2.1.0/go.mod h1:+Rmxgy9KzJVeS9/2gXHxylqXiyQDYRxCVz55jmeOWTM=
@@ -311,6 +337,8 @@ github.com/tklauser/numcpus v0.12.0 h1:NR85qdvHA9pFse3x3weVZ0r0ST8R6l5RHbZrlRaqo
 github.com/tklauser/numcpus v0.12.0/go.mod h1:ABHeXzJnr/qqwguhClkZKT1/8VABcYrsyUiUGobwWJg=
 github.com/wneessen/go-mail v0.8.1 h1:tVcncj02/QySVFw3zr/kXOzZcuFQqBNT6K+Rbgm/pcM=
 github.com/wneessen/go-mail v0.8.1/go.mod h1:dWZ61zadzCIyvB4y1/YzC5O7MrbbzBfPkARmbosdf8w=
+github.com/xo/terminfo v0.0.0-20220910002029-abceb7e1c41e h1:JVG44RsyaB9T2KIHavMF/ppJZNG9ZpyihvCd0w101no=
+github.com/xo/terminfo v0.0.0-20220910002029-abceb7e1c41e/go.mod h1:RbqR21r5mrJuqunuUZ/Dhy/avygyECGrLceyNeo4LiM=
 github.com/yuin/goldmark v1.8.6 h1:d0VcaP1sx9GkFVkoW+KtggpGi2KZ965i14b0+bDQST4=
 github.com/yuin/goldmark v1.8.6/go.mod h1:ip/1k0VRfGynBgxOz0yCqHrbZXhcjxyuS66Brc7iBKg=
 github.com/yuin/gopher-lua v1.1.1 h1:kYKnWBjvbNP4XLT3+bPEwAXJx262OhaHDWDVOPjL46M=
@@ -350,6 +378,8 @@ gocloud.dev v0.46.0 h1:niIuZwSjMtBx8K+ITB2s5kZullB13PGOS2ZoQPZxQ4Q=
 gocloud.dev v0.46.0/go.mod h1:ACQe+2qO+hEO+pdcvvsM+RB63r8TyGD1W3ESCLFyzvM=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.57.0 h1:3ZVCjf8Ggz7zneR/EHRVx68Ctf+2pmIMP2UFhh9cC6M=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.57.0/go.mod h1:Fdz0i5U6CoizGwLda9DttjSk6qlZo25zYNtR+ycvuZA=
+golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20231006140011-7918f672742d h1:jtJma62tbqLibJ5sFQz8bKtEM8rJBtfilJ2qTU199MI=
+golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20231006140011-7918f672742d/go.mod h1:ldy0pHrwJyGW56pPQzzkH36rKxoZW1tw7ZJpeKx+hdo=
 golang.org/x/image v0.0.0-20191009234506-e7c1f5e7dbb8/go.mod h1:FeLwcggjj3mMvU+oOTbSwawSJRM1uh48EjtB4UJZlP0=
 golang.org/x/image v0.46.0 h1:b1+oYj0Jbp6K5MDT4i4/eZpYlk3V8SJhhDKh6LBHAyQ=
 golang.org/x/image v0.46.0/go.mod h1:3B3W05VGVQyuXucLINLjXKrqISASfi4Xj+iCVkLMwew=
--- a/internal/build/build.go
+++ b/internal/build/build.go
@@ -104,10 +104,10 @@ func generateMain(m Manifest) ([]byte, error) {
 	b.WriteString("\t\"git.golem15.com/golem15/summercms/modules/cabana\"\n")
 	b.WriteString("\t\"git.golem15.com/golem15/summercms/modules/compass\"\n")
 	b.WriteString("\t\"git.golem15.com/golem15/summercms/modules/conga\"\n")
+	b.WriteString("\t\"git.golem15.com/golem15/summercms/modules/diary\"\n")
 	b.WriteString("\t\"git.golem15.com/golem15/summercms/modules/lagoon\"\n")
 	b.WriteString("\t\"git.golem15.com/golem15/summercms/modules/pact\"\n")
 	b.WriteString("\t\"git.golem15.com/golem15/summercms/modules/party\"\n")
-	b.WriteString("\t\"git.golem15.com/golem15/summercms/modules/sunscreen\"\n")
 	b.WriteString("\t\"git.golem15.com/golem15/summercms/modules/surf\"\n")
 	b.WriteString(")\n\n")
 	b.WriteString("func main() {\n")
@@ -117,11 +117,14 @@ func generateMain(m Manifest) ([]byte, error) {
 	b.WriteString("\t}\n")
 	b.WriteString("}\n\n")
 	b.WriteString("func run(args []string, out io.Writer) error {\n")
-	b.WriteString("\tsunscreen.InstallDefault(os.Stderr)\n")
+	b.WriteString("\tdiary.Bootstrap(os.Stderr, diary.Options{})\n")
 	b.WriteString("\tcfg, err := compass.Load(\"config\")\n")
 	b.WriteString("\tif err != nil {\n")
 	b.WriteString("\t\treturn err\n")
 	b.WriteString("\t}\n")
+	b.WriteString("\tif err := diary.Setup(cfg, diary.Options{}); err != nil {\n")
+	b.WriteString("\t\treturn err\n")
+	b.WriteString("\t}\n")
 	b.WriteString("\tapp := backpack.New(cfg)\n")
 	b.WriteString("\tplugins, err := party.Activate(app, PluginIDs)\n")
 	b.WriteString("\tif err != nil {\n")
--- a/internal/build/build_test.go
+++ b/internal/build/build_test.go
@@ -142,29 +142,40 @@ func TestGenerateMainRegistersCongaRuntimeCommands(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }

-// TestGenerateMainInstallsRedactingLogger: the first statement of run makes
-// the credential-redacting handler the default logger, before config loads
-// or any plugin can log.
-func TestGenerateMainInstallsRedactingLogger(t *testing.T) {
+// TestGenerateMainInstallsDiary: the first statement of run installs the
+// diary console logger, before config loads or any plugin can log, and
+// diary.Setup applies config/log.yaml right after compass loads it and before
+// the application container exists.
+func TestGenerateMainInstallsDiary(t *testing.T) {
 	mainSrc, err := generateMain(Manifest{Module: "example.com/app", Binary: "hello"})
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
-	line := []byte("sunscreen.InstallDefault(os.Stderr)")
-	if n := bytes.Count(mainSrc, line); n != 1 {
-		t.Fatalf("InstallDefault count = %d, want 1\n%s", n, mainSrc)
+	bootstrap := []byte("diary.Bootstrap(os.Stderr, diary.Options{})")
+	setup := []byte("diary.Setup(cfg, diary.Options{})")
+	if n := bytes.Count(mainSrc, bootstrap); n != 1 {
+		t.Fatalf("Bootstrap count = %d, want 1\n%s", n, mainSrc)
 	}
-	if !bytes.Contains(mainSrc, []byte(`"git.golem15.com/golem15/summercms/modules/sunscreen"`)) {
-		t.Fatalf("generated main does not import sunscreen:\n%s", mainSrc)
+	if n := bytes.Count(mainSrc, setup); n != 1 {
+		t.Fatalf("Setup count = %d, want 1\n%s", n, mainSrc)
 	}
-	install := bytes.Index(mainSrc, line)
-	runStart := bytes.Index(mainSrc, []byte("func run(args []string, out io.Writer) error {"))
+	if !bytes.Contains(mainSrc, []byte(`"git.golem15.com/golem15/summercms/modules/diary"`)) {
+		t.Fatalf("generated main does not import diary:\n%s", mainSrc)
+	}
+	if bytes.Contains(mainSrc, []byte(`"git.golem15.com/golem15/summercms/modules/sunscreen"`)) {
+		t.Fatalf("generated main still imports sunscreen:\n%s", mainSrc)
+	}
+	runSig := []byte("func run(args []string, out io.Writer) error {")
+	runStart := bytes.Index(mainSrc, runSig)
+	boot := bytes.Index(mainSrc, bootstrap)
 	load := bytes.Index(mainSrc, []byte("compass.Load("))
-	if runStart < 0 || load < 0 || !(runStart < install && install < load) {
-		t.Fatalf("InstallDefault must be the first statement of run, before compass.Load:\n%s", mainSrc)
+	set := bytes.Index(mainSrc, setup)
+	newApp := bytes.Index(mainSrc, []byte("backpack.New("))
+	if runStart < 0 || load < 0 || newApp < 0 || !(runStart < boot && boot < load && load < set && set < newApp) {
+		t.Fatalf("want run { Bootstrap; compass.Load; Setup; backpack.New }:\n%s", mainSrc)
 	}
-	if between := bytes.TrimSpace(mainSrc[runStart+len("func run(args []string, out io.Writer) error {") : install]); len(between) != 0 {
-		t.Fatalf("statements before InstallDefault: %q", between)
+	if between := bytes.TrimSpace(mainSrc[runStart+len(runSig) : boot]); len(between) != 0 {
+		t.Fatalf("statements before Bootstrap: %q", between)
 	}
 }

--- a/internal/build/testdata/new/main.go.golden
+++ b/internal/build/testdata/new/main.go.golden
@@ -12,10 +12,10 @@ import (
 	"git.golem15.com/golem15/summercms/modules/cabana"
 	"git.golem15.com/golem15/summercms/modules/compass"
 	"git.golem15.com/golem15/summercms/modules/conga"
+	"git.golem15.com/golem15/summercms/modules/diary"
 	"git.golem15.com/golem15/summercms/modules/lagoon"
 	"git.golem15.com/golem15/summercms/modules/pact"
 	"git.golem15.com/golem15/summercms/modules/party"
-	"git.golem15.com/golem15/summercms/modules/sunscreen"
 	"git.golem15.com/golem15/summercms/modules/surf"
 )

@@ -27,11 +27,14 @@ func main() {
 }

 func run(args []string, out io.Writer) error {
-	sunscreen.InstallDefault(os.Stderr)
+	diary.Bootstrap(os.Stderr, diary.Options{})
 	cfg, err := compass.Load("config")
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
+	if err := diary.Setup(cfg, diary.Options{}); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
 	app := backpack.New(cfg)
 	plugins, err := party.Activate(app, PluginIDs)
 	if err != nil {
--- a/modules/bonfire/README.md
+++ b/modules/bonfire/README.md
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ bonfire is the console layer of SummerCMS. Plugins and framework modules describ

 ## Role in the framework

-A dependency-free base layer for console commands. `pact` uses it so plugins can contribute commands, and `lagoon`, `conga`, `cabana`, `lighthouse`, `flare` and `surf` build their own commands (migrate, workers, serve, admin tools) on it. Keeping it separate means every module describes commands the same way without depending on the CLI binary.
+A base layer for console commands with no framework dependencies. `pact` uses it so plugins can contribute commands, and `lagoon`, `conga`, `cabana`, `lighthouse`, `flare` and `surf` build their own commands (migrate, workers, serve, admin tools) on it. Keeping it separate means every module describes commands the same way without depending on the CLI binary.

 Use cases:

@@ -107,6 +107,10 @@ if catalog.Has("blog:import") {
 | `bonfire.ErrUnknownCommand` | Returned by `bonfire.Call` when no command has the name. |
 | `bonfire.Catalog` | An immutable copy of a binary's command list; the generated app main publishes one on the app. |
 | `bonfire.NewCatalog` | Builds a `bonfire.Catalog` from a command slice. |
+| `bonfire.ColorMode` | How console output decides on color: `bonfire.ColorAuto` (terminal and environment), `bonfire.ColorAlways` or `bonfire.ColorNever`. |
+| `bonfire.Palette` | The console styles (`Success`, `Current`, `Warning`, `Error`, `ErrorBold`, `Muted`, `Header`), shared with the `diary` console log lines. |
+| `bonfire.DefaultPalette` | Returns the palette ported from SSU's status styles: green success, cyan current, yellow warning, red and bold red errors, gray muted text, bold headers. |
+| `bonfire.DetectProfile` | Returns the color profile for a writer under a `bonfire.ColorMode`, honouring `NO_COLOR`, `TERM=dumb` and `FORCE_COLOR`; render palette styles through a `colorprofile.Writer` with it. |

 ## Configuration

@@ -123,7 +127,7 @@ Without these variables, color is enabled only when stdout is a terminal.
 ## Dependencies

 - SummerCMS modules: none.
- Third-party: `github.com/spf13/cobra`, `golang.org/x/term`.
+- Third-party: `github.com/spf13/cobra`, `golang.org/x/term`, `charm.land/lipgloss/v2` and `github.com/charmbracelet/colorprofile` (decided in `.planning/notes/2026-10-21-console-charm-stack.md`).
 - Standard library: `bufio`, `context`, `errors`, `fmt`, `io`, `os`, `strconv`, `strings`, `sync`, `time`, `unicode/utf8`.

 ## Testing
--- a/modules/bonfire/styles.go
+++ b/modules/bonfire/styles.go
@@ -0,0 +1,100 @@
+package bonfire
+
+import (
+	"io"
+	"os"
+	"strings"
+
+	"charm.land/lipgloss/v2"
+	"github.com/charmbracelet/colorprofile"
+)
+
+// ColorMode selects how console output decides on color: from the terminal
+// and the environment, always, or never.
+type ColorMode int
+
+const (
+	// ColorAuto colors output when the writer is a terminal and the
+	// environment allows it (NO_COLOR and TERM=dumb disable color,
+	// FORCE_COLOR enables it on any writer).
+	ColorAuto ColorMode = iota
+	// ColorAlways colors output whatever the writer is (--ansi).
+	ColorAlways
+	// ColorNever writes no escape codes at all (--no-ansi).
+	ColorNever
+)
+
+// Palette is the shared console look: the status styles of list, help,
+// widgets and log lines. Render through a writer that applies the color
+// profile (DetectProfile), because lipgloss always emits ANSI codes.
+type Palette struct {
+	// Success marks completed work (green).
+	Success lipgloss.Style
+	// Current marks the item in progress and informational lines (cyan).
+	Current lipgloss.Style
+	// Warning marks warnings (yellow).
+	Warning lipgloss.Style
+	// Error marks failures (red).
+	Error lipgloss.Style
+	// ErrorBold marks fatal failures and error levels (bold red).
+	ErrorBold lipgloss.Style
+	// Muted marks secondary detail such as times and keys (gray).
+	Muted lipgloss.Style
+	// Header marks headings and names (bold).
+	Header lipgloss.Style
+}
+
+// DefaultPalette returns the console palette, ported from SSU's status
+// styles: green success, cyan current, yellow warning, red and bold red
+// errors, gray (240) muted text and bold headers.
+func DefaultPalette() Palette {
+	return Palette{
+		Success:   lipgloss.NewStyle().Foreground(lipgloss.Color("2")),
+		Current:   lipgloss.NewStyle().Foreground(lipgloss.Color("6")),
+		Warning:   lipgloss.NewStyle().Foreground(lipgloss.Color("3")),
+		Error:     lipgloss.NewStyle().Foreground(lipgloss.Color("1")),
+		ErrorBold: lipgloss.NewStyle().Foreground(lipgloss.Color("1")).Bold(true),
+		Muted:     lipgloss.NewStyle().Foreground(lipgloss.Color("240")),
+		Header:    lipgloss.NewStyle().Bold(true),
+	}
+}
+
+// DetectProfile returns the color profile for console output written to w.
+// ColorNever gives colorprofile.NoTTY (no escape codes at all). ColorAlways
+// gives the detected profile raised to at least 256 colors. ColorAuto treats
+// a non-empty FORCE_COLOR as ColorAlways unless NO_COLOR is set or TERM is
+// dumb, and otherwise detects the profile from w and environ, which honours
+// NO_COLOR and TERM=dumb. A nil environ means os.Environ().
+func DetectProfile(w io.Writer, mode ColorMode, environ []string) colorprofile.Profile {
+	if mode == ColorNever {
+		return colorprofile.NoTTY
+	}
+	if environ == nil {
+		environ = os.Environ()
+	}
+	if mode == ColorAuto && forceColor(environ) {
+		mode = ColorAlways
+	}
+	p := colorprofile.Detect(w, environ)
+	if mode == ColorAlways && p < colorprofile.ANSI256 {
+		p = colorprofile.ANSI256
+	}
+	return p
+}
+
+func forceColor(environ []string) bool {
+	if envValue(environ, "NO_COLOR") != "" || envValue(environ, "TERM") == "dumb" {
+		return false
+	}
+	return envValue(environ, "FORCE_COLOR") != ""
+}
+
+func envValue(environ []string, key string) string {
+	for i := len(environ) - 1; i >= 0; i-- {
+		k, v, ok := strings.Cut(environ[i], "=")
+		if ok && k == key {
+			return v
+		}
+	}
+	return ""
+}
--- a/modules/diary/README.md
+++ b/modules/diary/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,144 @@
+# diary
+
+Application logging modelled on Laravel's logging config: named channels (console, stderr, daily files, stacks), per-component levels and redaction on every channel.
+
+`import "git.golem15.com/golem15/summercms/modules/diary"`
+
+**Name:** A beach diary records each day; the log keeps one file per day.
+
+## Overview
+
+`diary` owns the process logger of a SummerCMS application. `config/log.yaml` names a default channel, a global level and a map of channels, the way Laravel's `config/logging.php` does: a console channel that prints styled lines on a terminal, daily files with retention, and a stack that fans a record out to several channels. Code logs through named component loggers (`diary.For`), so every record carries the plugin or module it came from. Every channel is wrapped by `sunscreen.Wrap`, so credentials are redacted whichever channel a record reaches.
+
+The application `main` that `summer build` generates calls `diary.Bootstrap` as its first statement, which installs a console channel before configuration is read, and `diary.Setup` right after `compass` loads `config/`.
+
+## Role in the framework
+
+The single owner of the process logger. It builds on `compass` (configuration), `sunscreen` (redaction) and `bonfire` (the console palette and color detection). Framework modules and plugins only ask it for a component logger; they never configure handlers themselves.
+
+Use cases:
+
+- Keep a daily JSON log file per instance without extra setup, next to readable console output.
+- Turn one noisy component down (or one under investigation up) without touching code.
+- Send logs to stderr as logfmt or JSON when the process runs under systemd or Docker.
+
+## Features
+
+- Component loggers: `diary.For` returns a `*slog.Logger` whose records carry the attribute `component=<name>`. It is safe to create in a package `var` block: before setup its records go to the process default logger's handler, after `diary.Setup` they reach the configured channels, and a later `diary.Setup` or `diary.SetVerbosity` applies to loggers created earlier.
+- Channels: `console` (styled lines on a terminal, logfmt otherwise, or JSON with `format: json`), `daily` (one file per day) and `stack` (several channels at once), each with its own level.
+- Console lines in bonfire's palette: time, level, the component as a fixed-width prefix, the message and `key=value` attributes. Control characters other than tab are removed from messages and values, so logged data cannot inject terminal escape sequences.
+- Daily files: the path `storage/logs/summer.log` gives files `storage/logs/summer-2026-10-21.log`, created mode 0640 in directories created 0750, opened on the first record, rotated at local midnight, and deleted after the retention in days. A relative path resolves against the application root.
+- Redaction: every channel leaf is wrapped by `sunscreen.Wrap`.
+- Runtime verbosity: `diary.SetVerbosity` lets info (1) or debug (2) through for every component and adds source locations on styled lines (3); quiet raises only the console channels to warn.
+- The process default logger (`slog.Default`) and the standard `log` package log through the configured channels without a component.
+
+## Usage
+
+A plugin or module creates its logger once:
+
+```go
+var logger = diary.For("blog")
+
+func publish(ctx context.Context, id int) {
+	logger.InfoContext(ctx, "post published", "id", id)
+}
+```
+
+With the default configuration this prints on a terminal:
+
+```text
+12:04:31 INFO  blog       post published id=7
+```
+
+and writes warnings and errors as JSON to `storage/logs/summer-YYYY-MM-DD.log`.
+
+The generated `main` installs it:
+
+```go
+func run(args []string, out io.Writer) error {
+	diary.Bootstrap(os.Stderr, diary.Options{})
+	cfg, err := compass.Load("config")
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	if err := diary.Setup(cfg, diary.Options{}); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	// ...
+}
+```
+
+Tests that set diary up restore the previous process logger with `t.Cleanup(diary.Reset)`.
+
+## API reference
+
+| Identifier | Description |
+|------------|-------------|
+| `diary.For` | Returns the `*slog.Logger` of a component; safe in package `var` blocks. |
+| `diary.Bootstrap` | Installs a console channel on a writer before configuration is read and makes diary the process default logger. |
+| `diary.Setup` | Parses `log.*` from a `compass` configuration, builds the channels and installs them; returns configuration errors. |
+| `diary.SetVerbosity` | Changes verbosity and quiet at runtime. |
+| `diary.Verbosity` | Returns the current verbosity. |
+| `diary.Reset` | Drops the setup, closes its files and restores the process default logger captured at the first setup. |
+| `diary.Close` | Closes the open daily files; later records open them again. |
+| `diary.Options` | Setup options: `Verbosity`, `Quiet`, `Color`, `Root`, `Stderr`, `Environ` and `Now`. |
+| `diary.ParseConfig` | Reads `log.*` over `diary.DefaultConfig`. |
+| `diary.DefaultConfig` | The framework defaults. |
+| `diary.Config` | Parsed configuration: `Default`, `Level`, `Channels` and `Components`. |
+| `diary.ChannelConfig` | One channel: `Driver`, `Format`, `Path`, `Level`, `HasLevel`, `Days` and `Channels`. |
+| `diary.NewConsoleHandler` | The styled console `slog.Handler`, for programs that build their own logger. |
+| `diary.ConsoleOptions` | Console handler options: `Level`, `Profile` and `AddSource`. |
+| `diary.ComponentKey` | The attribute key of the component, `component`. |
+| `diary.DriverConsole`, `diary.DriverStderr`, `diary.DriverDaily`, `diary.DriverStack`, `diary.DriverNull` | Channel driver names. |
+| `diary.FormatAuto`, `diary.FormatJSON`, `diary.FormatLogfmt` | Channel formats. |
+| `diary.DefaultKey`, `diary.LevelKey`, `diary.ChannelsKey`, `diary.ComponentsKey` | The configuration keys `log.default`, `log.level`, `log.channels` and `log.components`. |
+
+## Configuration
+
+Without a `config/log.yaml` an application uses these defaults:
+
+```yaml
+# config/log.yaml
+default: stack
+level: info
+channels:
+  stack:
+    driver: stack
+    channels: [console, daily]
+  console:
+    driver: console
+    format: auto
+  daily:
+    driver: daily
+    path: storage/logs/summer.log
+    days: 14
+    format: json
+    level: warn
+components:
+  river: warn
+```
+
+| Key | Default | Meaning |
+|-----|---------|---------|
+| `log.default` | `stack` | The channel every record goes to. |
+| `log.level` | `info` | The minimum level of every component without its own level. |
+| `log.channels.<name>.driver` | | `console`, `daily` or `stack`. |
+| `log.channels.<name>.level` | none | The channel's own minimum level. |
+| `log.channels.<name>.format` | per driver | `auto` (console only), `json` or `logfmt`; console defaults to `auto`, daily to `json`. |
+| `log.channels.<name>.path` | | The daily file path, relative to the application root. |
+| `log.channels.<name>.days` | `0` | Daily retention in days; `0` keeps every file. |
+| `log.channels.<name>.channels` | | A stack's children. |
+
+## Dependencies
+
+- SummerCMS modules: `bonfire` (palette and color detection), `compass` (configuration), `sunscreen` (redaction).
+- Third-party: `charm.land/lipgloss/v2`, `github.com/charmbracelet/colorprofile` (decided in `.planning/notes/2026-10-21-console-charm-stack.md`).
+- Standard library: `context`, `errors`, `fmt`, `io`, `io/fs`, `log`, `log/slog`, `maps`, `os`, `path/filepath`, `runtime`, `slices`, `strconv`, `strings`, `sync`, `sync/atomic`, `time`, `unicode`.
+
+## Testing
+
+```sh
+go test ./modules/diary/...
+```
+
+`TestDiaryTracerSmoke` loads a `config/log.yaml` through `compass`, logs one record from a component logger and checks that it reaches the console and the daily file redacted. The tests write to temporary directories and need no external services.
--- a/modules/diary/channels.go
+++ b/modules/diary/channels.go
@@ -0,0 +1,157 @@
+package diary
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"fmt"
+	"io"
+	"log/slog"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"sync/atomic"
+
+	"git.golem15.com/golem15/summercms/modules/bonfire"
+	"git.golem15.com/golem15/summercms/modules/sunscreen"
+	"github.com/charmbracelet/colorprofile"
+)
+
+// noFloor is the level of a channel without its own level: every record the
+// component floors let through reaches it.
+const noFloor = slog.Level(-1 << 30)
+
+// consoleLevel is a console channel's runtime level: base is the configured
+// level, which quiet raises to warn.
+type consoleLevel struct {
+	lv   *slog.LevelVar
+	base slog.Level
+}
+
+func (c consoleLevel) apply(quiet bool) {
+	l := c.base
+	if quiet && l < slog.LevelWarn {
+		l = slog.LevelWarn
+	}
+	c.lv.Set(l)
+}
+
+// channels is the built handler tree of one configuration.
+type channels struct {
+	root     slog.Handler
+	consoles []consoleLevel
+	closers  []io.Closer
+	source   *atomic.Bool
+}
+
+type channelBuilder struct {
+	cfg      Config
+	opts     Options
+	out      *channels
+	visiting map[string]bool
+	warnTo   slog.Handler
+}
+
+// buildChannels builds the channel named by cfg.Default. Every leaf is
+// wrapped by sunscreen.Wrap and gated by its own level; a stack fans out
+// through slog.NewMultiHandler.
+func buildChannels(cfg Config, opts Options) (*channels, error) {
+	b := &channelBuilder{
+		cfg:      cfg,
+		opts:     opts,
+		out:      &channels{source: new(atomic.Bool)},
+		visiting: map[string]bool{},
+	}
+	b.out.source.Store(opts.Verbosity >= 3)
+	root, err := b.build(cfg.Default)
+	if err != nil {
+		for _, c := range b.out.closers {
+			_ = c.Close()
+		}
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	b.out.root = root
+	for _, c := range b.out.consoles {
+		c.apply(opts.Quiet)
+	}
+	return b.out, nil
+}
+
+func (b *channelBuilder) build(name string) (slog.Handler, error) {
+	ch, ok := b.cfg.Channels[name]
+	if !ok {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("diary: channel %q is not defined in %s", name, ChannelsKey)
+	}
+	if b.visiting[name] {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("diary: %s.%s.channels includes itself", ChannelsKey, name)
+	}
+	b.visiting[name] = true
+	defer delete(b.visiting, name)
+
+	lv := new(slog.LevelVar)
+	base := noFloor
+	if ch.HasLevel {
+		base = ch.Level
+	}
+	lv.Set(base)
+	hopts := &slog.HandlerOptions{Level: lv}
+
+	switch ch.Driver {
+	case DriverConsole:
+		w := b.opts.Stderr
+		var leaf slog.Handler
+		switch ch.Format {
+		case FormatJSON:
+			leaf = slog.NewJSONHandler(w, hopts)
+		case FormatLogfmt:
+			leaf = slog.NewTextHandler(w, hopts)
+		default:
+			profile := bonfire.DetectProfile(w, b.opts.Color, b.opts.Environ)
+			if profile > colorprofile.NoTTY {
+				leaf = newConsoleHandler(w, ConsoleOptions{Level: lv, Profile: profile}, b.out.source)
+			} else {
+				leaf = slog.NewTextHandler(w, hopts)
+			}
+		}
+		b.out.consoles = append(b.out.consoles, consoleLevel{lv: lv, base: base})
+		wrapped := sunscreen.Wrap(leaf)
+		if b.warnTo == nil {
+			b.warnTo = wrapped
+		}
+		return wrapped, nil
+	case DriverDaily:
+		path := ch.Path
+		if !filepath.IsAbs(path) {
+			path = filepath.Join(b.opts.Root, filepath.Clean(path))
+		}
+		dw := newDailyWriter(path, ch.Days, b.opts.Now, b.warn)
+		b.out.closers = append(b.out.closers, dw)
+		var leaf slog.Handler
+		if ch.Format == FormatLogfmt {
+			leaf = slog.NewTextHandler(dw, hopts)
+		} else {
+			leaf = slog.NewJSONHandler(dw, hopts)
+		}
+		return sunscreen.Wrap(leaf), nil
+	case DriverStack:
+		children := make([]slog.Handler, 0, len(ch.Channels))
+		for _, child := range ch.Channels {
+			h, err := b.build(child)
+			if err != nil {
+				return nil, err
+			}
+			children = append(children, h)
+		}
+		return slog.NewMultiHandler(children...), nil
+	}
+	return nil, fmt.Errorf("diary: %s.%s.driver %q is not supported", ChannelsKey, name, ch.Driver)
+}
+
+// warn reports a daily file that cannot be opened: one WARN record from
+// component diary on the first console channel, or on a plain stderr
+// handler when the configuration has no console channel.
+func (b *channelBuilder) warn(path string, err error) {
+	h := b.warnTo
+	if h == nil {
+		h = sunscreen.Wrap(slog.NewTextHandler(b.opts.Stderr, nil))
+	}
+	r := slog.NewRecord(b.opts.Now(), slog.LevelWarn, "daily log file disabled", 0)
+	r.AddAttrs(slog.String("path", path), slog.String("error", err.Error()))
+	_ = h.WithAttrs([]slog.Attr{slog.String(ComponentKey, "diary")}).Handle(context.Background(), r)
+}
--- a/modules/diary/component.go
+++ b/modules/diary/component.go
@@ -0,0 +1,138 @@
+package diary
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"log/slog"
+	"os"
+	"slices"
+	"sync/atomic"
+
+	"git.golem15.com/golem15/summercms/modules/sunscreen"
+)
+
+// componentHandler is the handler behind every diary logger. It holds only a
+// component name and the attributes and groups bound with With and
+// WithGroup; the channels it writes to are looked up when a record is
+// logged. A logger created in a package var block, before Setup, therefore
+// routes through the channels Setup installs later, and through a new set
+// after the next Setup or SetVerbosity.
+type componentHandler struct {
+	name  string
+	ops   []handlerOp
+	cache *atomic.Pointer[boundHandler]
+}
+
+// handlerOp is one WithAttrs or WithGroup call, replayed in order onto the
+// live root handler.
+type handlerOp struct {
+	group string
+	attrs []slog.Attr
+}
+
+type boundHandler struct {
+	gen uint64
+	h   slog.Handler
+}
+
+func newComponentHandler(name string) *componentHandler {
+	return &componentHandler{name: name, cache: new(atomic.Pointer[boundHandler])}
+}
+
+// fallbackHandler writes to stderr through sunscreen when there is no diary
+// state and the process default is itself a diary logger.
+var fallbackHandler = sunscreen.Wrap(slog.NewTextHandler(os.Stderr, nil))
+
+// processDefault is the handler records go to before diary is set up: the
+// process default logger's handler, unless that is a diary handler, which
+// would recurse.
+func processDefault() slog.Handler {
+	h := slog.Default().Handler()
+	if _, ok := h.(*componentHandler); ok {
+		return fallbackHandler
+	}
+	return h
+}
+
+func (h *componentHandler) Enabled(ctx context.Context, l slog.Level) bool {
+	st := current.Load()
+	if st == nil {
+		return processDefault().Enabled(ctx, l)
+	}
+	return l >= st.floor(h.name) && st.root.Enabled(ctx, l)
+}
+
+func (h *componentHandler) Handle(ctx context.Context, r slog.Record) error {
+	st := current.Load()
+	if st == nil {
+		return h.bind(processDefault()).Handle(ctx, r)
+	}
+	b := h.cache.Load()
+	if b == nil || b.gen != st.gen {
+		b = &boundHandler{gen: st.gen, h: h.bind(st.root)}
+		h.cache.Store(b)
+	}
+	return b.h.Handle(ctx, r)
+}
+
+// bind applies the component attribute, then the recorded operations, to
+// base. The component goes first so it stays a top-level attribute even
+// when groups are open.
+func (h *componentHandler) bind(base slog.Handler) slog.Handler {
+	out := base
+	if h.name != "" {
+		out = out.WithAttrs([]slog.Attr{slog.String(ComponentKey, h.name)})
+	}
+	for _, op := range h.ops {
+		if op.group != "" {
+			out = out.WithGroup(op.group)
+		} else {
+			out = out.WithAttrs(op.attrs)
+		}
+	}
+	return out
+}
+
+func (h *componentHandler) hasGroups() bool {
+	for _, op := range h.ops {
+		if op.group != "" {
+			return true
+		}
+	}
+	return false
+}
+
+// WithAttrs records attrs. A top-level string attribute keyed "component"
+// rebinds the component name instead, so slog.Default().With("component",
+// "x") behaves like For("x").
+func (h *componentHandler) WithAttrs(attrs []slog.Attr) slog.Handler {
+	if len(attrs) == 0 {
+		return h
+	}
+	c := &componentHandler{name: h.name, ops: slices.Clip(h.ops), cache: new(atomic.Pointer[boundHandler])}
+	rest := attrs
+	if !h.hasGroups() {
+		rest = make([]slog.Attr, 0, len(attrs))
+		for _, a := range attrs {
+			if a.Key == ComponentKey && a.Value.Kind() == slog.KindString {
+				c.name = a.Value.String()
+				continue
+			}
+			rest = append(rest, a)
+		}
+	}
+	if len(rest) > 0 {
+		c.ops = append(c.ops, handlerOp{attrs: slices.Clone(rest)})
+	}
+	return c
+}
+
+func (h *componentHandler) WithGroup(name string) slog.Handler {
+	if name == "" {
+		return h
+	}
+	return &componentHandler{
+		name:  h.name,
+		ops:   append(slices.Clip(h.ops), handlerOp{group: name}),
+		cache: new(atomic.Pointer[boundHandler]),
+	}
+}
--- a/modules/diary/config.go
+++ b/modules/diary/config.go
@@ -0,0 +1,296 @@
+package diary
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"log/slog"
+	"maps"
+	"slices"
+	"strconv"
+	"strings"
+
+	"git.golem15.com/golem15/summercms/modules/compass"
+)
+
+// Config keys read by ParseConfig.
+const (
+	// DefaultKey names the channel that receives every record (log.default).
+	DefaultKey = "log.default"
+	// LevelKey is the global minimum level (log.level).
+	LevelKey = "log.level"
+	// ChannelsKey holds the named channels (log.channels.<name>).
+	ChannelsKey = "log.channels"
+	// ComponentsKey holds per-component levels (log.components.<name>).
+	ComponentsKey = "log.components"
+)
+
+// Channel drivers.
+const (
+	// DriverConsole writes to the console (stderr): styled lines on a
+	// terminal, logfmt or JSON otherwise.
+	DriverConsole = "console"
+	// DriverStderr writes logfmt or JSON to stderr, never styled.
+	DriverStderr = "stderr"
+	// DriverDaily writes one file per day with retention.
+	DriverDaily = "daily"
+	// DriverStack fans a record out to the channels it lists.
+	DriverStack = "stack"
+	// DriverNull discards records.
+	DriverNull = "null"
+)
+
+// Channel formats.
+const (
+	// FormatAuto styles console lines on a terminal and writes logfmt
+	// otherwise. Only the console driver accepts it.
+	FormatAuto = "auto"
+	// FormatJSON writes one JSON object per record.
+	FormatJSON = "json"
+	// FormatLogfmt writes key=value lines.
+	FormatLogfmt = "logfmt"
+)
+
+// Config is the parsed log.* configuration.
+type Config struct {
+	// Default is the channel every record goes to (log.default).
+	Default string
+	// Level is the global minimum level (log.level).
+	Level slog.Level
+	// Channels holds the named channels (log.channels).
+	Channels map[string]ChannelConfig
+	// Components holds per-component minimum levels (log.components).
+	Components map[string]slog.Level
+}
+
+// ChannelConfig is one entry of log.channels.
+type ChannelConfig struct {
+	// Driver is one of DriverConsole, DriverStderr, DriverDaily,
+	// DriverStack or DriverNull.
+	Driver string
+	// Format is FormatAuto, FormatJSON or FormatLogfmt; empty means the
+	// driver's default (auto for console, logfmt for stderr, json for daily).
+	Format string
+	// Path is the daily file path; relative paths resolve against the
+	// application root.
+	Path string
+	// Level is the channel's own minimum level, applied when HasLevel is set.
+	Level slog.Level
+	// HasLevel reports whether the channel sets a level.
+	HasLevel bool
+	// Days is the daily retention in days; 0 keeps every file.
+	Days int
+	// Channels lists a stack's children.
+	Channels []string
+}
+
+// DefaultConfig returns the framework defaults: a stack of a console channel
+// and a daily file at storage/logs/summer.log (JSON, level warn, kept 14
+// days), global level info, and River at warn.
+func DefaultConfig() Config {
+	return Config{
+		Default: "stack",
+		Level:   slog.LevelInfo,
+		Channels: map[string]ChannelConfig{
+			"stack":   {Driver: DriverStack, Channels: []string{"console", "daily"}},
+			"console": {Driver: DriverConsole, Format: FormatAuto},
+			"daily": {
+				Driver:   DriverDaily,
+				Path:     "storage/logs/summer.log",
+				Days:     14,
+				Format:   FormatJSON,
+				Level:    slog.LevelWarn,
+				HasLevel: true,
+			},
+		},
+		Components: map[string]slog.Level{"river": slog.LevelWarn},
+	}
+}
+
+func (c Config) clone() Config {
+	out := c
+	out.Channels = make(map[string]ChannelConfig, len(c.Channels))
+	for name, ch := range c.Channels {
+		ch.Channels = slices.Clone(ch.Channels)
+		out.Channels[name] = ch
+	}
+	out.Components = maps.Clone(c.Components)
+	if out.Components == nil {
+		out.Components = map[string]slog.Level{}
+	}
+	return out
+}
+
+// ParseConfig reads log.* from cfg over DefaultConfig, key by key, so a
+// single override keeps every other default. Values may arrive as strings
+// from SUMMER_LOG__ environment variables. A nil cfg gives the defaults.
+func ParseConfig(cfg *compass.Config) (Config, error) {
+	out := DefaultConfig().clone()
+	if cfg == nil {
+		return out, nil
+	}
+	if raw, ok := cfg.Lookup(DefaultKey); ok {
+		out.Default = strings.TrimSpace(fmt.Sprint(raw))
+	}
+	if raw, ok := cfg.Lookup(LevelKey); ok {
+		lvl, err := parseLevel(raw)
+		if err != nil {
+			return Config{}, keyError(LevelKey, err)
+		}
+		out.Level = lvl
+	}
+	if raw, ok := cfg.Lookup(ChannelsKey); ok {
+		channels, ok := raw.(map[string]any)
+		if !ok {
+			return Config{}, fmt.Errorf("diary: %s must be a map of channels", ChannelsKey)
+		}
+		for _, name := range slices.Sorted(maps.Keys(channels)) {
+			ch, err := overlayChannel(name, out.Channels[name], channels[name])
+			if err != nil {
+				return Config{}, err
+			}
+			out.Channels[name] = ch
+		}
+	}
+	if err := out.validate(); err != nil {
+		return Config{}, err
+	}
+	return out, nil
+}
+
+func overlayChannel(name string, ch ChannelConfig, raw any) (ChannelConfig, error) {
+	key := ChannelsKey + "." + name
+	fields, ok := raw.(map[string]any)
+	if !ok {
+		return ch, fmt.Errorf("diary: %s must be a map", key)
+	}
+	for _, field := range slices.Sorted(maps.Keys(fields)) {
+		v := fields[field]
+		fkey := key + "." + field
+		switch field {
+		case "driver":
+			ch.Driver = strings.ToLower(strings.TrimSpace(fmt.Sprint(v)))
+		case "format":
+			ch.Format = strings.ToLower(strings.TrimSpace(fmt.Sprint(v)))
+		case "path":
+			ch.Path = strings.TrimSpace(fmt.Sprint(v))
+		case "level":
+			lvl, err := parseLevel(v)
+			if err != nil {
+				return ch, keyError(fkey, err)
+			}
+			ch.Level, ch.HasLevel = lvl, true
+		case "days":
+			n, err := parseDays(v)
+			if err != nil {
+				return ch, fmt.Errorf("diary: %s must be a whole number of at least 0", fkey)
+			}
+			ch.Days = n
+		case "channels":
+			ch.Channels = parseList(v)
+		default:
+			return ch, fmt.Errorf("diary: %s is not a channel setting (driver, level, format, path, days, channels)", fkey)
+		}
+	}
+	return ch, nil
+}
+
+func (c Config) validate() error {
+	if c.Default == "" {
+		return fmt.Errorf("diary: %s must name a channel", DefaultKey)
+	}
+	if _, ok := c.Channels[c.Default]; !ok {
+		return fmt.Errorf("diary: %s names channel %q, which is not defined in %s", DefaultKey, c.Default, ChannelsKey)
+	}
+	for _, name := range slices.Sorted(maps.Keys(c.Channels)) {
+		ch := c.Channels[name]
+		key := ChannelsKey + "." + name
+		switch ch.Driver {
+		case DriverConsole, DriverDaily, DriverStack:
+		case "":
+			return fmt.Errorf("diary: %s.driver is required", key)
+		default:
+			return fmt.Errorf("diary: %s.driver %q is not one of console, daily, stack", key, ch.Driver)
+		}
+		switch ch.Format {
+		case "", FormatJSON, FormatLogfmt:
+		case FormatAuto:
+			if ch.Driver != DriverConsole {
+				return fmt.Errorf("diary: %s.format auto is only valid for the console driver", key)
+			}
+		default:
+			return fmt.Errorf("diary: %s.format %q is not one of auto, json, logfmt", key, ch.Format)
+		}
+		if ch.Driver == DriverDaily && ch.Path == "" {
+			return fmt.Errorf("diary: %s.path is required for the daily driver", key)
+		}
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+func keyError(key string, err error) error {
+	return fmt.Errorf("diary: %s: %w", key, err)
+}
+
+func parseLevel(raw any) (slog.Level, error) {
+	s := strings.ToLower(strings.TrimSpace(fmt.Sprint(raw)))
+	switch s {
+	case "debug":
+		return slog.LevelDebug, nil
+	case "info":
+		return slog.LevelInfo, nil
+	case "warn", "warning":
+		return slog.LevelWarn, nil
+	case "error":
+		return slog.LevelError, nil
+	}
+	return 0, fmt.Errorf("level %q is not one of debug, info, warn, error", s)
+}
+
+func parseDays(raw any) (int, error) {
+	var n int
+	switch v := raw.(type) {
+	case int:
+		n = v
+	case int64:
+		n = int(v)
+	case uint64:
+		n = int(v)
+	case float64:
+		if v != float64(int(v)) {
+			return 0, fmt.Errorf("not a whole number")
+		}
+		n = int(v)
+	case string:
+		parsed, err := strconv.Atoi(strings.TrimSpace(v))
+		if err != nil {
+			return 0, err
+		}
+		n = parsed
+	default:
+		return 0, fmt.Errorf("unsupported value %T", raw)
+	}
+	if n < 0 {
+		return 0, fmt.Errorf("negative")
+	}
+	return n, nil
+}
+
+func parseList(raw any) []string {
+	var parts []string
+	switch v := raw.(type) {
+	case []any:
+		for _, e := range v {
+			parts = append(parts, fmt.Sprint(e))
+		}
+	case []string:
+		parts = v
+	default:
+		parts = strings.Split(fmt.Sprint(v), ",")
+	}
+	out := make([]string, 0, len(parts))
+	for _, p := range parts {
+		if p = strings.TrimSpace(p); p != "" {
+			out = append(out, p)
+		}
+	}
+	return out
+}
--- a/modules/diary/console.go
+++ b/modules/diary/console.go
@@ -0,0 +1,257 @@
+package diary
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"fmt"
+	"io"
+	"log/slog"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"runtime"
+	"strconv"
+	"strings"
+	"sync"
+	"sync/atomic"
+	"time"
+	"unicode"
+
+	"git.golem15.com/golem15/summercms/modules/bonfire"
+	"charm.land/lipgloss/v2"
+	"github.com/charmbracelet/colorprofile"
+)
+
+// componentWidth is the column width of the component prefix.
+const componentWidth = 10
+
+// ConsoleOptions configures NewConsoleHandler.
+type ConsoleOptions struct {
+	// Level is the minimum level; nil means info.
+	Level slog.Leveler
+	// Profile is the color profile applied to the output; NoTTY writes no
+	// escape codes at all.
+	Profile colorprofile.Profile
+	// AddSource appends the caller's file:line to each line.
+	AddSource bool
+}
+
+// NewConsoleHandler returns a slog.Handler that writes one styled line per
+// record to w in bonfire's palette: time, level, the component attribute as
+// a fixed-width prefix, the message, then key=value attributes with groups
+// as dotted key prefixes. Control characters other than tab are removed from
+// the message and attribute values, so logged data cannot inject terminal
+// escape sequences. Each line is written with one Write call, serialized
+// across the handler and its WithAttrs and WithGroup clones.
+func NewConsoleHandler(w io.Writer, opts ConsoleOptions) slog.Handler {
+	source := new(atomic.Bool)
+	source.Store(opts.AddSource)
+	return newConsoleHandler(w, opts, source)
+}
+
+func newConsoleHandler(w io.Writer, opts ConsoleOptions, source *atomic.Bool) *consoleHandler {
+	level := opts.Level
+	if level == nil {
+		level = slog.LevelInfo
+	}
+	return &consoleHandler{
+		out:     &colorprofile.Writer{Forward: w, Profile: opts.Profile},
+		mu:      new(sync.Mutex),
+		level:   level,
+		source:  source,
+		palette: bonfire.DefaultPalette(),
+	}
+}
+
+type consoleAttr struct {
+	key   string
+	value string
+}
+
+type consoleHandler struct {
+	out       io.Writer
+	mu        *sync.Mutex
+	level     slog.Leveler
+	source    *atomic.Bool
+	palette   bonfire.Palette
+	component string
+	attrs     []consoleAttr
+	groups    []string
+}
+
+func (h *consoleHandler) Enabled(_ context.Context, l slog.Level) bool {
+	return l >= h.level.Level()
+}
+
+func (h *consoleHandler) clone() *consoleHandler {
+	c := *h
+	c.attrs = h.attrs[:len(h.attrs):len(h.attrs)]
+	c.groups = h.groups[:len(h.groups):len(h.groups)]
+	return &c
+}
+
+func (h *consoleHandler) WithAttrs(attrs []slog.Attr) slog.Handler {
+	if len(attrs) == 0 {
+		return h
+	}
+	c := h.clone()
+	prefix := groupPrefix(c.groups)
+	for _, a := range attrs {
+		if len(c.groups) == 0 && a.Key == ComponentKey && a.Value.Kind() == slog.KindString {
+			c.component = a.Value.String()
+			continue
+		}
+		c.attrs = appendAttr(c.attrs, prefix, a)
+	}
+	return c
+}
+
+func (h *consoleHandler) WithGroup(name string) slog.Handler {
+	if name == "" {
+		return h
+	}
+	c := h.clone()
+	c.groups = append(c.groups, name)
+	return c
+}
+
+func (h *consoleHandler) Handle(_ context.Context, r slog.Record) error {
+	component := h.component
+	prefix := groupPrefix(h.groups)
+	var recAttrs []consoleAttr
+	r.Attrs(func(a slog.Attr) bool {
+		if len(h.groups) == 0 && a.Key == ComponentKey && a.Value.Kind() == slog.KindString {
+			component = a.Value.String()
+			return true
+		}
+		recAttrs = appendAttr(recAttrs, prefix, a)
+		return true
+	})
+
+	p := h.palette
+	var b strings.Builder
+	if !r.Time.IsZero() {
+		b.WriteString(p.Muted.Render(r.Time.Format(time.TimeOnly)))
+		b.WriteByte(' ')
+	}
+	label, style := levelLabel(r.Level, p)
+	b.WriteString(style.Render(label))
+	b.WriteString(strings.Repeat(" ", max(0, 5-len(label))+1))
+	name := sanitize(component)
+	if name != "" {
+		b.WriteString(p.Header.Render(name))
+	}
+	b.WriteString(strings.Repeat(" ", max(0, componentWidth-len(name))+1))
+	b.WriteString(sanitize(r.Message))
+	for _, list := range [][]consoleAttr{h.attrs, recAttrs} {
+		for _, a := range list {
+			b.WriteByte(' ')
+			b.WriteString(p.Muted.Render(a.key + "="))
+			b.WriteString(a.value)
+		}
+	}
+	if h.source != nil && h.source.Load() && r.PC != 0 {
+		frame, _ := runtime.CallersFrames([]uintptr{r.PC}).Next()
+		if frame.File != "" {
+			b.WriteByte(' ')
+			b.WriteString(p.Muted.Render(filepath.Base(frame.File) + ":" + strconv.Itoa(frame.Line)))
+		}
+	}
+	b.WriteByte('\n')
+
+	h.mu.Lock()
+	defer h.mu.Unlock()
+	_, err := io.WriteString(h.out, b.String())
+	return err
+}
+
+func levelLabel(l slog.Level, p bonfire.Palette) (string, lipgloss.Style) {
+	switch {
+	case l < slog.LevelInfo:
+		return l.String(), p.Muted
+	case l < slog.LevelWarn:
+		return l.String(), p.Current
+	case l < slog.LevelError:
+		return l.String(), p.Warning
+	default:
+		return l.String(), p.ErrorBold
+	}
+}
+
+func groupPrefix(groups []string) string {
+	if len(groups) == 0 {
+		return ""
+	}
+	return strings.Join(groups, ".") + "."
+}
+
+// appendAttr flattens a into key=value pairs: empty attributes are skipped,
+// groups add their key as a dotted prefix, and groups with an empty key are
+// inlined (testing/slogtest semantics).
+func appendAttr(out []consoleAttr, prefix string, a slog.Attr) []consoleAttr {
+	a.Value = a.Value.Resolve()
+	if a.Equal(slog.Attr{}) {
+		return out
+	}
+	if a.Value.Kind() == slog.KindGroup {
+		group := a.Value.Group()
+		if len(group) == 0 {
+			return out
+		}
+		inner := prefix
+		if a.Key != "" {
+			inner = prefix + a.Key + "."
+		}
+		for _, g := range group {
+			out = appendAttr(out, inner, g)
+		}
+		return out
+	}
+	return append(out, consoleAttr{key: sanitize(prefix + a.Key), value: formatValue(a.Value)})
+}
+
+func formatValue(v slog.Value) string {
+	var s string
+	switch v.Kind() {
+	case slog.KindString:
+		s = v.String()
+	case slog.KindTime:
+		s = v.Time().Format(time.RFC3339)
+	case slog.KindAny:
+		if err, ok := v.Any().(error); ok {
+			s = err.Error()
+		} else {
+			s = fmt.Sprintf("%+v", v.Any())
+		}
+	default:
+		s = v.String()
+	}
+	s = sanitize(s)
+	if s == "" || strings.ContainsAny(s, " \t\"=") {
+		return strconv.Quote(s)
+	}
+	return s
+}
+
+// sanitize removes control characters other than tab; line breaks become
+// spaces so a multi-line value stays on one line.
+func sanitize(s string) string {
+	clean := true
+	for _, r := range s {
+		if r != '\t' && unicode.IsControl(r) {
+			clean = false
+			break
+		}
+	}
+	if clean {
+		return s
+	}
+	var b strings.Builder
+	for _, r := range s {
+		switch {
+		case r == '\n' || r == '\r':
+			b.WriteByte(' ')
+		case r != '\t' && unicode.IsControl(r):
+		default:
+			b.WriteRune(r)
+		}
+	}
+	return b.String()
+}
--- a/modules/diary/daily.go
+++ b/modules/diary/daily.go
@@ -0,0 +1,152 @@
+package diary
+
+import (
+	"errors"
+	"io/fs"
+	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"strings"
+	"sync"
+	"time"
+)
+
+const dateLayout = "2006-01-02"
+
+// dailyWriter writes to one file per local date: path storage/logs/summer.log
+// gives storage/logs/summer-2026-10-21.log. Files open lazily on the first
+// write (no empty files), are created 0o640 in directories created 0o750,
+// and on every open the files of the same base older than the retention are
+// deleted. If a file cannot be opened the writer reports once through warn
+// and is disabled: later writes succeed without writing anything.
+type dailyWriter struct {
+	mu       sync.Mutex
+	dir      string
+	base     string
+	ext      string
+	days     int
+	now      func() time.Time
+	warn     func(path string, err error)
+	file     *os.File
+	date     string
+	disabled bool
+}
+
+func newDailyWriter(path string, days int, now func() time.Time, warn func(string, error)) *dailyWriter {
+	dir, name := filepath.Split(path)
+	ext := filepath.Ext(name)
+	if dir == "" {
+		dir = "."
+	}
+	return &dailyWriter{
+		dir:  filepath.Clean(dir),
+		base: strings.TrimSuffix(name, ext),
+		ext:  ext,
+		days: days,
+		now:  now,
+		warn: warn,
+	}
+}
+
+func (d *dailyWriter) fileName(date string) string {
+	return filepath.Join(d.dir, d.base+"-"+date+d.ext)
+}
+
+// Write appends p to the current day's file in one write call.
+func (d *dailyWriter) Write(p []byte) (int, error) {
+	d.mu.Lock()
+	if d.disabled {
+		d.mu.Unlock()
+		return len(p), nil
+	}
+	date := d.now().Local().Format(dateLayout)
+	if d.file == nil || date != d.date {
+		if err := d.open(date); err != nil {
+			d.disabled = true
+			warn := d.warn
+			name := d.fileName(date)
+			d.mu.Unlock()
+			if warn != nil {
+				warn(name, err)
+			}
+			return len(p), nil
+		}
+	}
+	n, err := d.file.Write(p)
+	d.mu.Unlock()
+	return n, err
+}
+
+func (d *dailyWriter) open(date string) error {
+	if d.file != nil {
+		_ = d.file.Close()
+		d.file = nil
+	}
+	if err := os.MkdirAll(d.dir, 0o750); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	name := d.fileName(date)
+	_, statErr := os.Stat(name)
+	f, err := os.OpenFile(name, os.O_APPEND|os.O_CREATE|os.O_WRONLY, 0o640)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	if errors.Is(statErr, fs.ErrNotExist) {
+		// The process umask may strip bits; new log files are 0o640 exactly.
+		_ = f.Chmod(0o640)
+	}
+	d.file, d.date = f, date
+	d.prune(date)
+	return nil
+}
+
+// prune deletes files named base-YYYY-MM-DD+ext whose date falls outside the
+// retention window: with days N the files of today and the N-1 days before
+// it are kept. Other files in the directory are never touched.
+func (d *dailyWriter) prune(today string) {
+	if d.days <= 0 {
+		return
+	}
+	now, err := time.ParseInLocation(dateLayout, today, time.Local)
+	if err != nil {
+		return
+	}
+	cutoff := now.AddDate(0, 0, -d.days)
+	entries, err := os.ReadDir(d.dir)
+	if err != nil {
+		return
+	}
+	prefix := d.base + "-"
+	for _, e := range entries {
+		if e.IsDir() {
+			continue
+		}
+		name := e.Name()
+		rest, ok := strings.CutPrefix(name, prefix)
+		if !ok {
+			continue
+		}
+		stamp, ok := strings.CutSuffix(rest, d.ext)
+		if !ok || len(stamp) != len(dateLayout) {
+			continue
+		}
+		day, err := time.ParseInLocation(dateLayout, stamp, time.Local)
+		if err != nil {
+			continue
+		}
+		if !day.After(cutoff) {
+			_ = os.Remove(filepath.Join(d.dir, name))
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+// Close closes the open file. A later write opens it again.
+func (d *dailyWriter) Close() error {
+	d.mu.Lock()
+	defer d.mu.Unlock()
+	if d.file == nil {
+		return nil
+	}
+	err := d.file.Close()
+	d.file, d.date = nil, ""
+	return err
+}
--- a/modules/diary/diary.go
+++ b/modules/diary/diary.go
@@ -0,0 +1,233 @@
+// Package diary is the application logging pipeline, modelled on Laravel's
+// logging config (D-08): config/log.yaml names a default channel, a global
+// level and named channels (console, stderr, daily files, stacks, null), and
+// every channel redacts through sunscreen. Code logs through named component
+// loggers (D-09): For("journal") returns a logger whose records carry the
+// component and pass its level from log.components, and which is safe to
+// create in a package var before Setup runs.
+package diary
+
+import (
+	"errors"
+	"io"
+	"log"
+	"log/slog"
+	"os"
+	"sync"
+	"sync/atomic"
+	"time"
+
+	"git.golem15.com/golem15/summercms/modules/bonfire"
+	"git.golem15.com/golem15/summercms/modules/compass"
+)
+
+// ComponentKey is the attribute that carries a record's component.
+const ComponentKey = "component"
+
+// Options configures Bootstrap and Setup.
+type Options struct {
+	// Verbosity lowers every component floor: 1 to at most info, 2 or more
+	// to debug; 3 or more also adds source locations on the console.
+	Verbosity int
+	// Quiet raises the console channels to warn; files keep their levels.
+	Quiet bool
+	// Color decides on styled console output (bonfire.ColorAuto by default).
+	Color bonfire.ColorMode
+	// Root is the application root that relative daily paths resolve
+	// against; empty means the working directory.
+	Root string
+	// Stderr is where console channels write; nil means os.Stderr.
+	Stderr io.Writer
+	// Environ is used to detect color support; nil means os.Environ().
+	Environ []string
+	// Now is the clock of the daily writers; nil means time.Now.
+	Now func() time.Time
+}
+
+func (o Options) normalize() Options {
+	if o.Stderr == nil {
+		o.Stderr = os.Stderr
+	}
+	if o.Root == "" {
+		o.Root = "."
+	}
+	if o.Now == nil {
+		o.Now = time.Now
+	}
+	if o.Environ == nil {
+		o.Environ = os.Environ()
+	}
+	return o
+}
+
+// state is one installed configuration. It is replaced as a whole; only the
+// console level vars and the source switch change in place.
+type state struct {
+	gen       uint64
+	root      slog.Handler
+	level     slog.Level
+	verbosity int
+	quiet     bool
+	channels  *channels
+}
+
+// floor is the minimum level for records of component name.
+func (s *state) floor(name string) slog.Level {
+	f := s.level
+	switch {
+	case s.verbosity >= 2:
+		f = min(f, slog.LevelDebug)
+	case s.verbosity >= 1:
+		f = min(f, slog.LevelInfo)
+	}
+	return f
+}
+
+type savedDefault struct {
+	logger *slog.Logger
+	writer io.Writer
+	flags  int
+}
+
+var (
+	mu        sync.Mutex
+	current   atomic.Pointer[state]
+	gens      atomic.Uint64
+	verbosity atomic.Int64
+	saved     *savedDefault
+)
+
+// For returns the logger of a component, normally a plugin or module code
+// without dots (koanf splits config keys on dots). Its records carry the
+// attribute component=<name> and pass the component's level. Before Bootstrap
+// or Setup they go to the process default logger's handler.
+func For(component string) *slog.Logger {
+	return slog.New(newComponentHandler(component))
+}
+
+// Bootstrap installs a console channel on w, before configuration is read,
+// and makes diary the process default logger. The generated main calls it
+// first; Setup replaces it once config/log.yaml is loaded.
+func Bootstrap(w io.Writer, opts Options) {
+	if w == nil {
+		w = os.Stderr
+	}
+	opts.Stderr = w
+	opts = opts.normalize()
+	cfg := DefaultConfig()
+	cfg.Default = "console"
+	cfg.Channels = map[string]ChannelConfig{"console": {Driver: DriverConsole, Format: FormatAuto}}
+	ch, err := buildChannels(cfg, opts)
+	if err != nil {
+		// A console-only configuration has nothing that can fail; keep the
+		// previous state if it ever does.
+		return
+	}
+	install(cfg, ch, opts)
+}
+
+// Setup parses log.* from cfg (ParseConfig), builds the channels and makes
+// them the target of every diary logger and of the process default logger.
+// A configuration error is returned and leaves the previous setup in place;
+// a daily file that cannot be opened never fails Setup.
+func Setup(cfg *compass.Config, opts Options) error {
+	conf, err := ParseConfig(cfg)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	opts = opts.normalize()
+	ch, err := buildChannels(conf, opts)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	install(conf, ch, opts)
+	return nil
+}
+
+func install(conf Config, ch *channels, opts Options) {
+	mu.Lock()
+	defer mu.Unlock()
+	if saved == nil {
+		saved = &savedDefault{logger: slog.Default(), writer: log.Writer(), flags: log.Flags()}
+	}
+	verbosity.Store(int64(opts.Verbosity))
+	st := &state{
+		gen:       gens.Add(1),
+		root:      ch.root,
+		level:     conf.Level,
+		verbosity: opts.Verbosity,
+		quiet:     opts.Quiet,
+		channels:  ch,
+	}
+	old := current.Swap(st)
+	slog.SetDefault(slog.New(newComponentHandler("")))
+	if old != nil {
+		closeChannels(old.channels)
+	}
+}
+
+// SetVerbosity changes the verbosity and quiet switches at runtime: 1 lets
+// info through for every component, 2 or more debug, 3 or more adds source
+// locations on styled console lines. Quiet raises only the console channels
+// to warn. Before Bootstrap or Setup it only changes what Verbosity returns;
+// Options.Verbosity and Options.Quiet set the values of a new setup.
+func SetVerbosity(v int, quiet bool) {
+	mu.Lock()
+	defer mu.Unlock()
+	verbosity.Store(int64(v))
+	st := current.Load()
+	if st == nil {
+		return
+	}
+	next := *st
+	next.verbosity, next.quiet = v, quiet
+	for _, c := range st.channels.consoles {
+		c.apply(quiet)
+	}
+	st.channels.source.Store(v >= 3)
+	current.Store(&next)
+}
+
+// Verbosity returns the current verbosity (0 by default).
+func Verbosity() int {
+	return int(verbosity.Load())
+}
+
+// Close closes the open daily files. Later records open them again.
+func Close() error {
+	st := current.Load()
+	if st == nil {
+		return nil
+	}
+	return closeChannels(st.channels)
+}
+
+func closeChannels(ch *channels) error {
+	if ch == nil {
+		return nil
+	}
+	var errs []error
+	for _, c := range ch.closers {
+		errs = append(errs, c.Close())
+	}
+	return errors.Join(errs...)
+}
+
+// Reset drops the installed setup, closes its files and restores the process
+// default logger (and the standard log package's output) captured at the
+// first Bootstrap or Setup. Tests call it in t.Cleanup.
+func Reset() {
+	mu.Lock()
+	defer mu.Unlock()
+	old := current.Swap(nil)
+	verbosity.Store(0)
+	if saved != nil {
+		slog.SetDefault(saved.logger)
+		log.SetOutput(saved.writer)
+		log.SetFlags(saved.flags)
+		saved = nil
+	}
+	if old != nil {
+		closeChannels(old.channels)
+	}
+}
--- a/modules/diary/tracer_smoke_test.go
+++ b/modules/diary/tracer_smoke_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,103 @@
+package diary_test
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"encoding/json"
+	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+	"time"
+
+	"git.golem15.com/golem15/summercms/modules/bonfire"
+	"git.golem15.com/golem15/summercms/modules/compass"
+	"git.golem15.com/golem15/summercms/modules/diary"
+)
+
+// earlyLogger is created before any Setup, the way modules create their
+// component loggers in package var blocks.
+var earlyLogger = diary.For("x")
+
+// TestDiaryTracerSmoke: one record from a component logger flows from
+// config/log.yaml through compass into a redacting stack of a console and a
+// daily file.
+func TestDiaryTracerSmoke(t *testing.T) {
+	tmp := t.TempDir()
+	configDir := filepath.Join(tmp, "config")
+	if err := os.MkdirAll(configDir, 0o755); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	logYAML := `default: stack
+level: info
+channels:
+  stack:
+    driver: stack
+    channels: [console, daily]
+  console:
+    driver: console
+    format: auto
+  daily:
+    driver: daily
+    path: storage/logs/summer.log
+    days: 14
+    format: json
+    level: info
+`
+	if err := os.WriteFile(filepath.Join(configDir, "log.yaml"), []byte(logYAML), 0o644); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	cfg, err := compass.Open(compass.Options{Dir: configDir, Environ: []string{}})
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	var buf bytes.Buffer
+	now := func() time.Time { return time.Date(2026, 10, 21, 12, 0, 0, 0, time.Local) }
+	t.Cleanup(diary.Reset)
+	if err := diary.Setup(cfg, diary.Options{Root: tmp, Stderr: &buf, Color: bonfire.ColorNever, Now: now}); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Setup: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	diary.For("journal").Info("post saved", "password", "hunter2", "id", 7)
+	earlyLogger.Info("early logger reached")
+
+	console := buf.String()
+	for _, want := range []string{"component=journal", "post saved", "[REDACTED]", "component=x", "early logger reached"} {
+		if !strings.Contains(console, want) {
+			t.Errorf("console output lacks %q:\n%s", want, console)
+		}
+	}
+	if strings.Contains(console, "hunter2") {
+		t.Errorf("console output leaks the password:\n%s", console)
+	}
+
+	if err := diary.Close(); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Close: %v", err)
+	}
+	file := filepath.Join(tmp, "storage", "logs", "summer-2026-10-21.log")
+	info, err := os.Stat(file)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("daily file: %v", err)
+	}
+	if mode := info.Mode().Perm(); mode != 0o640 {
+		t.Errorf("daily file mode = %o, want 640", mode)
+	}
+	raw, err := os.ReadFile(file)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if bytes.Contains(raw, []byte("hunter2")) {
+		t.Errorf("daily file leaks the password:\n%s", raw)
+	}
+	lines := strings.Split(strings.TrimSpace(string(raw)), "\n")
+	if len(lines) != 2 {
+		t.Fatalf("daily file has %d lines, want 2:\n%s", len(lines), raw)
+	}
+	var rec map[string]any
+	if err := json.Unmarshal([]byte(lines[0]), &rec); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("daily line is not JSON: %v\n%s", err, lines[0])
+	}
+	if rec["component"] != "journal" || rec["password"] != "[REDACTED]" || rec["msg"] != "post saved" {
+		t.Errorf("daily record = %v, want component journal, password [REDACTED], msg post saved", rec)
+	}
+}