From d4ac45b34e7bae50a72e25251e67773311860372 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tibo De Peuter <tibo.depeuter@ugent.be>
Date: Wed, 8 Apr 2026 18:53:31 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] feat(logger): updated run_name format and added runtime log
 level filtering

---
 src/experiment_logger/unified_logger.py | 12 +++++++++---
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/experiment_logger/unified_logger.py b/src/experiment_logger/unified_logger.py
index c391f52..15c8a19 100644
--- a/src/experiment_logger/unified_logger.py
+++ b/src/experiment_logger/unified_logger.py
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ This logger ensures all experimental data is preserved by writing to:
 3. stdout (for real-time monitoring)
 """
 
+import datetime
 import json
 import logging
 import subprocess
@@ -38,8 +39,8 @@ def get_logger() -> "UnifiedLogger":
         except Exception:
             commit_hash = "unknown"
 
-        timestamp = int(time.time())
-        generic_name = f"brittle_star_{commit_hash}_{timestamp}"
+        timestamp_str = datetime.datetime.now().strftime("%Y%m%d_%H%M%S")
+        generic_name = f"{timestamp_str}_{commit_hash}_brittle_star"
 
         # Initialize generic fallback logger without WandB
         _global_logger = UnifiedLogger(
@@ -65,6 +66,7 @@ class UnifiedLogger:
         base_dir: str = "runs",
         use_wandb: bool = True,
         save_code: bool = True,
+        log_level: int = logging.INFO,
         _set_as_global: bool = True,
     ):
         """Initialize the unified logger.
@@ -100,7 +102,7 @@ class UnifiedLogger:
         # Setup standard Python logging mirror
         self.text_log_file = self.run_dir / "run.log"
         self._text_logger = logging.getLogger(f"UnifiedLogger_{self.run_name}")
-        self._text_logger.setLevel(logging.INFO)
+        self._text_logger.setLevel(log_level)
 
         # Avoid duplicate handlers if re-instantiated
         if not self._text_logger.handlers:
@@ -134,6 +136,10 @@ class UnifiedLogger:
         self.info(f"Local storage: {self.run_dir.absolute()}")
         self.info(f"WandB logging: {self.wandb_available}")
 
+    def set_level(self, level: int):
+        """Dynamically update the verbosity of the stdout/text logger."""
+        self._text_logger.setLevel(level)
+
     def info(self, msg: str, *args, **kwargs):
         """Log an info message to stdout and disk."""
         self._text_logger.info(msg, *args, **kwargs)