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Add colour to http.server logs #146292

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opened on Mar 22, 2026
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Feature or enhancement

Proposal:

Taking inspiration from the make dev logs for the new blog (https://github.com/python/python-insider-blog):

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Let's add colour to the http.server log output:

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As usual, this will respect the environment variables to control colour and the output stream's capabilities.

Has this already been discussed elsewhere?

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  • gh-146292: Add colour to http.server logs #146293
Reacted by Stan Ulbrych and Brian Schubert
Reacted by Bartosz Sławecki

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  1. hugovk
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    stdlibStandard Library Python modules in the Lib/ directoryStandard Library Python modules in the Lib/ directory
    on Mar 22, 2026
  2. ambv
    added a commit that references this issue on Apr 8, 2026

    gh-146292: Add colour to `http.server` logs (GH-146293)

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  3. hugovk
    closed this as completedon Apr 10, 2026
  4. ljfp
    added a commit that references this issue on Apr 25, 2026

    pythongh-146292: Add colour to `http.server` logs (pythonGH-146293)

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