{
  "slug": "vercel-logs-requires-follow-to-stream-deployment-logs-aa42cfe23408",
  "title": "vercel logs requires --follow to stream deployment logs",
  "tools": [
    "vercel"
  ],
  "tags": [
    "agent"
  ],
  "introduced_at": "2026-05-13T16:29:32.000Z",
  "announced_at": "2026-05-13T16:29:32.000Z",
  "effective_at": null,
  "date_basis": "source-publication",
  "status": "unknown",
  "how": {
    "incantation": "For historical logs from a specific deployment, run `vercel logs <deployment-url-or-id>` or use `--deployment`; both select that deployment without streaming. Add `--follow` only to stream live runtime logs.",
    "examples": [
      "vercel logs <deployment-url-or-id>",
      "vercel logs --deployment <deployment-url-or-id>",
      "vercel logs <deployment-url-or-id> --follow"
    ],
    "gotchas": [
      "Version: 54.0.0",
      "<deployment-url-or-id>: Positional deployment URL or ID; the alternative to `--deployment`.",
      "--deployment <deployment-url-or-id>: Filter logs to a deployment ID or URL; alternative to the positional argument.",
      "--follow: Stream live runtime logs for a deployment."
    ]
  },
  "why_it_matters": "Inspect historical logs for a specific deployment without streaming them.",
  "before": "When passing a deployment argument or `--deployment`, `vercel logs` streamed deployment logs.",
  "sources": [
    "https://github.com/vercel/vercel/releases/tag/vercel%4054.0.0",
    "https://github.com/vercel/vercel/blob/vercel%4054.0.0/packages/cli/src/commands/logs/command.ts"
  ],
  "rank": 0.92046,
  "judge": {
    "publish": true,
    "judge_model": "codex-cli/gpt-6-luna+typesafe/jev-1.13.0",
    "prompt_version": "extract-v7+enrich-v1+judge-v2x3+jev-publish-v1"
  },
  "review_state": "approved",
  "provenance": {
    "run_id": "backfill-20261007",
    "verdict_id": "backfill-20261007:backfill-20261007-6ccba855d63f1533-0:gate",
    "evidence_hash": "2713e7827d84778807f71d5660477b03952c7f34883b13de65751d8c84e730e9"
  },
  "review": {
    "draft_hash": "c72b21acfad99ebbcc165cb9172d3a3388984186f2cfc5e89df41412f953cf71",
    "reviewer": "publication-gate",
    "reviewed_at": "2026-10-07T00:00:00.000Z",
    "decision": "backfill-20261007:gate",
    "reason": "2 of 3 judge runs approved with p_yes >= 0.9 (mean 0.92 >= 0.9; 2 needed) and Jev gave 0.74 (>= 0.6 needed)."
  }
}