Current logging in the genenetwork ecosystem is noisy and difficult to parse programatically which makes it hard to:

• Integrate logs into some observability pipeline (E.g. sheepdog).
• Troubleshoot issues as they occur. We always learn of bugs from users.

• Standardize logging format and config across GN2 flask apps and gn-guile.
• Adopt structured logging.
• Extend sheep-dog to be able to parse gn logs and send alerts on e-mail or matrix.

• Get rid of "utility.logger" module and replace it with Flask's or Python's in-built logging.
• Configure the logging system to automatically add the module name, line number, time-stamps etc.
• Use a better format for displaying the logs.
• Delete "with Bench..." calls.

• Logging in Python
• Python Logging Best Practices - Obvious and Not-So-Obvious
• What is OpenTelemetry