Non-production environments frequently generate INFO-level logs that capture expected system behavior or routine API calls. While useful for troubleshooting in development, they rarely need to be retained. Allowing all INFO logs to be ingested and stored in Logging buckets across dev or staging environments can lead to disproportionate ingestion and storage costs. This inefficiency often persists because log routing and severity filters are not differentiated between production and non-production projects.
Cloud Logging charges for data ingestion and retained storage beyond the free tier. INFO-level logs can represent the majority of log volume, and in non-production environments — where they rarely drive operational decisions — these costs provide little return on value.
