> ## Documentation Index
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> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# How do I download the console log file from a run?

W\&B stores your script's stdout and stderr as `output.log` (or multipart chunks under `logs/`). Where to retrieve it depends on whether the run finished, is still active, or crashed. For capture settings and `console_multipart`, see [Console logs](/models/app/console-logs).

## From the UI

1. Open the run page.
2. Click the **Files** tab.
3. Find `output.log` (or files under `logs/`) and click the download icon.

By default, `output.log` uploads *when the run finishes*. It may not appear on **Files** while the run is still active unless you enabled multipart logging at init time.

## Programmatically via the API

```python theme={null}
import wandb

api = wandb.Api()
run = api.run("entity/project/run_id")
run.file("output.log").download(replace=True)
```

For multipart runs, list and download individual files under `logs/` the same way.

## While the run is still running

Enable [multipart console logging](/models/app/console-logs) at `wandb.init` time. Use `wandb` **v0.22.3** or later so the SDK can write and upload timestamped chunks under `logs/` while the run is still active. Upload cadence cannot be changed after the run starts.

## If the run crashed

Without multipart logging, a crashed run may have no `output.log` on the server. Chunks uploaded before the crash remain downloadable when multipart was enabled. Check the local copy at `wandb/run-<timestamp>-<run-id>/logs/output.log` if server-side files are missing.

## Resuming a run

Without multipart logging, `wandb.init(resume="allow", id=...)` can overwrite a single `output.log`. With `console_multipart=True` (requires `wandb` **v0.22.3** or later to enable multipart logging) and **`wandb` v0.20.1** or later for correct chunk uploads when you resume, each session keeps its own chunks. See [Console logs](/models/app/console-logs).

## More lines than the Logs tab shows

The **Logs** tab shows at most 10,000 lines at a time for performance. Download from **Files** or the API for the full log. For capture issues, see [Why is console output not captured for my run?](/support/models/articles/why-is-console-output-not-captured-for-my-run).

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