Cobalt NetLog
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Chromium has a very useful network diagnostic tool called the NetLog and Cobalt
is hooked up to use it. It's the main tool to track network traffic and debug
network code.
Activate the NetLog
The following command line switch will activate the NetLog and store net log
record to the specified location.
./cobalt --net_log=/PATH/TO/YOUR_NETLOG_NAME.json
The output json file will be stored at the file location you choose.
Read the NetLog records
The produced json file is not human-friendly, use the
NetLog Viewer
Cobalt's net_log can not enable some features in the web viewer, but all the
network traffic is recorded in the event tab.
Add NetLog entries
To Add NetLog entry, get the NetLog instance owned by NetworkModule to where you
want to add entries and start/end your entry according to the NetLog interface.
A NetLog object is created at each NetworkModule initialization and is passed
into Chromium net through URLRequestContext.
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Last updated 2023-12-12 UTC.
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