feat(cli): enable activity logging for non-interactive mode and evals (#17703)

evals/test-helper.ts

@@ -34,6 +34,10 @@ export type EvalPolicy = 'ALWAYS_PASSES' | 'USUALLY_PASSES';
 export function evalTest(policy: EvalPolicy, evalCase: EvalCase) {
   const fn = async () => {
     const rig = new TestRig();
+    const { logDir, sanitizedName } = await prepareLogDir(evalCase.name);
+    const activityLogFile = path.join(logDir, `${sanitizedName}.jsonl`);
+    const logFile = path.join(logDir, `${sanitizedName}.log`);
+    let isSuccess = false;
     try {
       rig.setup(evalCase.name, evalCase.params);
 
@@ -62,6 +66,9 @@ export function evalTest(policy: EvalPolicy, evalCase: EvalCase) {
       const result = await rig.run({
         args: evalCase.prompt,
         approvalMode: evalCase.approvalMode ?? 'yolo',
+        env: {
+          GEMINI_CLI_ACTIVITY_LOG_FILE: activityLogFile,
+        },
       });
 
       const unauthorizedErrorPrefix =
@@ -73,9 +80,16 @@ export function evalTest(policy: EvalPolicy, evalCase: EvalCase) {
       }
 
       await evalCase.assert(rig, result);
+      isSuccess = true;
     } finally {
-      await logToFile(
-        evalCase.name,
+      if (isSuccess) {
+        await fs.promises.unlink(activityLogFile).catch((err) => {
+          if (err.code !== 'ENOENT') throw err;
+        });
+      }
+
+      await fs.promises.writeFile(
+        logFile,
         JSON.stringify(rig.readToolLogs(), null, 2),
       );
       await rig.cleanup();
@@ -89,6 +103,13 @@ export function evalTest(policy: EvalPolicy, evalCase: EvalCase) {
   }
 }
 
+async function prepareLogDir(name: string) {
+  const logDir = 'evals/logs';
+  await fs.promises.mkdir(logDir, { recursive: true });
+  const sanitizedName = name.replace(/[^a-z0-9]/gi, '_').toLowerCase();
+  return { logDir, sanitizedName };
+}
+
 export interface EvalCase {
   name: string;
   params?: Record<string, any>;
@@ -97,11 +118,3 @@ export interface EvalCase {
   approvalMode?: 'default' | 'auto_edit' | 'yolo' | 'plan';
   assert: (rig: TestRig, result: string) => Promise<void>;
 }
-
-async function logToFile(name: string, content: string) {
-  const logDir = 'evals/logs';
-  await fs.promises.mkdir(logDir, { recursive: true });
-  const sanitizedName = name.replace(/[^a-z0-9]/gi, '_').toLowerCase();
-  const logFile = `${logDir}/${sanitizedName}.log`;
-  await fs.promises.writeFile(logFile, content);
-}

packages/cli/src/nonInteractiveCli.test.ts

@@ -38,6 +38,11 @@ import type { LoadedSettings } from './config/settings.js';
 // Mock core modules
 vi.mock('./ui/hooks/atCommandProcessor.js');
 
+const mockRegisterActivityLogger = vi.hoisted(() => vi.fn());
+vi.mock('./utils/activityLogger.js', () => ({
+  registerActivityLogger: mockRegisterActivityLogger,
+}));
+
 const mockCoreEvents = vi.hoisted(() => ({
   on: vi.fn(),
   off: vi.fn(),
@@ -259,6 +264,52 @@ describe('runNonInteractive', () => {
     // so we no longer expect shutdownTelemetry to be called directly here
   });
 
+  it('should register activity logger when GEMINI_CLI_ACTIVITY_LOG_FILE is set', async () => {
+    vi.stubEnv('GEMINI_CLI_ACTIVITY_LOG_FILE', '/tmp/test.jsonl');
+    const events: ServerGeminiStreamEvent[] = [
+      {
+        type: GeminiEventType.Finished,
+        value: { reason: undefined, usageMetadata: { totalTokenCount: 0 } },
+      },
+    ];
+    mockGeminiClient.sendMessageStream.mockReturnValue(
+      createStreamFromEvents(events),
+    );
+
+    await runNonInteractive({
+      config: mockConfig,
+      settings: mockSettings,
+      input: 'test',
+      prompt_id: 'prompt-id-activity-logger',
+    });
+
+    expect(mockRegisterActivityLogger).toHaveBeenCalledWith(mockConfig);
+    vi.unstubAllEnvs();
+  });
+
+  it('should not register activity logger when GEMINI_CLI_ACTIVITY_LOG_FILE is not set', async () => {
+    vi.stubEnv('GEMINI_CLI_ACTIVITY_LOG_FILE', '');
+    const events: ServerGeminiStreamEvent[] = [
+      {
+        type: GeminiEventType.Finished,
+        value: { reason: undefined, usageMetadata: { totalTokenCount: 0 } },
+      },
+    ];
+    mockGeminiClient.sendMessageStream.mockReturnValue(
+      createStreamFromEvents(events),
+    );
+
+    await runNonInteractive({
+      config: mockConfig,
+      settings: mockSettings,
+      input: 'test',
+      prompt_id: 'prompt-id-activity-logger-off',
+    });
+
+    expect(mockRegisterActivityLogger).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    vi.unstubAllEnvs();
+  });
+
   it('should handle a single tool call and respond', async () => {
     const toolCallEvent: ServerGeminiStreamEvent = {
       type: GeminiEventType.ToolCallRequest,

packages/cli/src/nonInteractiveCli.ts

@@ -70,6 +70,14 @@ export async function runNonInteractive({
         coreEvents.emitConsoleLog(msg.type, msg.content);
       },
     });
+
+    if (config.storage && process.env['GEMINI_CLI_ACTIVITY_LOG_FILE']) {
+      const { registerActivityLogger } = await import(
+        './utils/activityLogger.js'
+      );
+      registerActivityLogger(config);
+    }
+
     const { stdout: workingStdout } = createWorkingStdio();
     const textOutput = new TextOutput(workingStdout);
 

packages/cli/src/utils/activityLogger.ts

@@ -323,13 +323,17 @@ export class ActivityLogger extends EventEmitter {
 }
 
 /**
- * Registers the activity logger if debug mode and interactive session are enabled.
+ * Registers the activity logger.
  * Captures network and console logs to a session-specific JSONL file.
  *
+ * The log file location can be overridden via the GEMINI_CLI_ACTIVITY_LOG_FILE
+ * environment variable. If not set, defaults to logs/session-{sessionId}.jsonl
+ * in the project's temp directory.
+ *
  * @param config The CLI configuration
  */
 export function registerActivityLogger(config: Config) {
-  if (config.isInteractive() && config.storage && config.getDebugMode()) {
+  if (config.storage) {
     const capture = ActivityLogger.getInstance();
     capture.enable();
 
@@ -338,10 +342,10 @@ export function registerActivityLogger(config: Config) {
       fs.mkdirSync(logsDir, { recursive: true });
     }
 
-    const logFile = path.join(
-      logsDir,
-      `session-${config.getSessionId()}.jsonl`,
-    );
+    const logFile =
+      process.env['GEMINI_CLI_ACTIVITY_LOG_FILE'] ||
+      path.join(logsDir, `session-${config.getSessionId()}.jsonl`);
+
     const writeToLog = (type: 'console' | 'network', payload: unknown) => {
       try {
         const entry =