@aztec/foundation 0.0.1-commit.5daedc8 → 0.0.1-commit.6201a7b05

package/src/jest/setup.mjs

@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import { parseBooleanEnv } from '@aztec/foundation/config';
 import { overwriteLoggingStream, pinoPrettyOpts } from '@aztec/foundation/log';
 
 import pretty from 'pino-pretty';
@@ -6,4 +7,33 @@ import pretty from 'pino-pretty';
 // file so we don't mess up with dependencies in non-testing environments,
 // since pino-pretty messes up with browser bundles.
 // See also https://www.npmjs.com/package/pino-pretty?activeTab=readme#user-content-usage-with-jest
-overwriteLoggingStream(pretty(pinoPrettyOpts));
+if (!parseBooleanEnv(process.env.LOG_JSON)) {
+  overwriteLoggingStream(pretty(pinoPrettyOpts));
+}
+
+// Prevent timers from keeping the process alive after tests complete.
+// Libraries like viem create internal polling loops (via setTimeout) that
+// reschedule themselves indefinitely. In test environments we never want a
+// timer to be the reason the process can't exit. We also unref stdout/stderr
+// which, when they are pipes (as in Jest workers), remain ref'd by default.
+{
+  const origSetTimeout = globalThis.setTimeout;
+  const origSetInterval = globalThis.setInterval;
+  globalThis.setTimeout = function unrefSetTimeout(...args) {
+    const id = origSetTimeout.apply(this, args);
+    id?.unref?.();
+    return id;
+  };
+  // Preserve .unref, .__promisify__ etc. that may exist on the original
+  Object.setPrototypeOf(globalThis.setTimeout, origSetTimeout);
+
+  globalThis.setInterval = function unrefSetInterval(...args) {
+    const id = origSetInterval.apply(this, args);
+    id?.unref?.();
+    return id;
+  };
+  Object.setPrototypeOf(globalThis.setInterval, origSetInterval);
+
+  if (process.stdout?._handle?.unref) process.stdout._handle.unref();
+  if (process.stderr?._handle?.unref) process.stderr._handle.unref();
+}

package/src/json-rpc/client/fetch.ts

@@ -43,17 +43,18 @@ export async function defaultFetch(
   }
 
   let responseJson;
+  const responseText = await resp.text();
   try {
-    responseJson = await resp.json();
+    responseJson = JSON.parse(responseText);
   } catch {
     if (!resp.ok) {
       throw new Error(resp.statusText);
     }
-    throw new Error(`Failed to parse body as JSON: ${await resp.text()}`);
+    throw new Error(`Failed to parse body as JSON: ${responseText}`);
   }
 
   if (!resp.ok) {
-    const errorMessage = `Error ${resp.status} from server ${host}: ${responseJson.error.message}`;
+    const errorMessage = `Error ${resp.status} from server ${host}: ${responseJson?.error?.message ?? JSON.stringify(responseJson)}`;
     if (noRetry || (resp.status >= 400 && resp.status < 500)) {
       throw new NoRetryError(errorMessage);
     } else {

package/src/json-rpc/client/safe_json_rpc_client.ts

@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ export type SafeJsonRpcClientOptions = {
   batchWindowMS?: number;
   maxBatchSize?: number;
   maxRequestBodySize?: number;
+  extraHeaders?: Record<string, string>;
   onResponse?: (res: {
     response: any;
     headers: { get: (header: string) => string | null | undefined };
@@ -129,6 +130,7 @@ export function createSafeJsonRpcClient<T extends object>(
       const { response, headers } = await fetch(
         host,
         rpcCalls.map(({ request }) => request),
+        config.extraHeaders,
       );
 
       if (config.onResponse) {

package/src/json-rpc/client/undici.ts

@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+import { promisify } from 'node:util';
+import { gunzip as gunzipCb, gzip as gzipCb } from 'node:zlib';
 import { Agent, type Dispatcher } from 'undici';
 
 import { createLogger } from '../../log/pino-logger.js';
@@ -5,8 +7,14 @@ import { NoRetryError } from '../../retry/index.js';
 import { jsonStringify } from '../convert.js';
 import type { JsonRpcFetch } from './fetch.js';
 
+const gzip = promisify(gzipCb);
+const gunzip = promisify(gunzipCb);
+
 const log = createLogger('json-rpc:json_rpc_client:undici');
 
+/** Minimum request size in bytes to trigger compression. */
+const COMPRESSION_THRESHOLD = 1024;
+
 export { Agent };
 
 export function makeUndiciFetch(client = new Agent()): JsonRpcFetch {
@@ -14,14 +22,18 @@ export function makeUndiciFetch(client = new Agent()): JsonRpcFetch {
     log.trace(`JsonRpcClient.fetch: ${host}`, { host, body });
     let resp: Dispatcher.ResponseData;
     try {
+      const jsonBody = Buffer.from(jsonStringify(body));
+      const shouldCompress = jsonBody.length >= COMPRESSION_THRESHOLD;
       resp = await client.request({
         method: 'POST',
         origin: new URL(host),
         path: '/',
-        body: jsonStringify(body),
+        body: shouldCompress ? await gzip(jsonBody) : jsonBody,
         headers: {
           ...extraHeaders,
           'content-type': 'application/json',
+          ...(shouldCompress && { 'content-encoding': 'gzip' }),
+          'accept-encoding': 'gzip',
         },
       });
     } catch (err) {
@@ -31,13 +43,21 @@ export function makeUndiciFetch(client = new Agent()): JsonRpcFetch {
 
     let responseJson: any;
     const responseOk = resp.statusCode >= 200 && resp.statusCode <= 299;
+    const contentEncoding = resp.headers['content-encoding'];
+    let responseText: string;
     try {
-      responseJson = await resp.body.json();
+      if (contentEncoding === 'gzip') {
+        const jsonBuffer = await gunzip(await resp.body.arrayBuffer());
+        responseText = jsonBuffer.toString('utf-8');
+      } else {
+        responseText = await resp.body.text();
+      }
+      responseJson = JSON.parse(responseText);
     } catch {
       if (!responseOk) {
         throw new Error('HTTP ' + resp.statusCode);
       }
-      throw new Error(`Failed to parse body as JSON: ${await resp.body.text()}`);
+      throw new Error(`Failed to parse body as JSON. encoding: ${contentEncoding}, body: ${responseText!}`);
     }
 
     if (!responseOk) {

package/src/json-rpc/server/api_key_auth.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+import { timingSafeEqual } from 'crypto';
+import type Koa from 'koa';
+
+import { sha256 } from '../../crypto/sha256/index.js';
+import { createLogger } from '../../log/index.js';
+
+const log = createLogger('json-rpc:api-key-auth');
+
+/**
+ * Computes the SHA-256 hash of a string and returns it as a Buffer.
+ * @param input - The input string to hash.
+ * @returns The SHA-256 hash as a Buffer.
+ */
+export function sha256Hash(input: string): Buffer {
+  return sha256(Buffer.from(input));
+}
+
+/**
+ * Creates a Koa middleware that enforces API key authentication on all requests
+ * except the health check endpoint (GET /status).
+ *
+ * The API key can be provided via the `x-api-key` header or the `Authorization: Bearer <key>` header.
+ * Comparison is done by hashing the provided key with SHA-256 and comparing against the stored hash.
+ *
+ * @param apiKeyHash - The SHA-256 hash of the expected API key as a Buffer.
+ * @returns A Koa middleware that rejects requests without a valid API key.
+ */
+export function getApiKeyAuthMiddleware(
+  apiKeyHash: Buffer,
+): (ctx: Koa.Context, next: () => Promise<void>) => Promise<void> {
+  return async (ctx: Koa.Context, next: () => Promise<void>) => {
+    // Allow health check through without auth
+    if (ctx.path === '/status' && ctx.method === 'GET') {
+      return next();
+    }
+
+    const providedKey = ctx.get('x-api-key') || ctx.get('authorization')?.replace(/^Bearer\s+/i, '');
+    if (!providedKey) {
+      log.warn(`Rejected admin RPC request from ${ctx.ip}: missing API key`);
+      ctx.status = 401;
+      ctx.body = {
+        jsonrpc: '2.0',
+        id: null,
+        error: { code: -32000, message: 'Unauthorized: invalid or missing API key' },
+      };
+      return;
+    }
+
+    const providedHashBuf = sha256Hash(providedKey);
+    if (!timingSafeEqual(apiKeyHash, providedHashBuf)) {
+      log.warn(`Rejected admin RPC request from ${ctx.ip}: invalid API key`);
+      ctx.status = 401;
+      ctx.body = {
+        jsonrpc: '2.0',
+        id: null,
+        error: { code: -32000, message: 'Unauthorized: invalid or missing API key' },
+      };
+      return;
+    }
+
+    await next();
+  };
+}

package/src/json-rpc/server/index.ts

@@ -1 +1,2 @@
+export * from './api_key_auth.js';
 export * from './safe_json_rpc_server.js';

package/src/json-rpc/server/safe_json_rpc_server.ts

@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ export type SafeJsonRpcServerConfig = {
 const defaultServerConfig: SafeJsonRpcServerConfig = {
   http200OnError: false,
   maxBatchSize: 100,
-  maxBodySizeBytes: '50mb',
+  maxBodySizeBytes: '1mb',
 };
 
 export class SafeJsonRpcServer {

package/src/log/bigint-utils.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+/**
+ * Converts bigint values to strings recursively in a log object to avoid serialization issues.
+ */
+export function convertBigintsToStrings(obj: unknown): unknown {
+  if (typeof obj === 'bigint') {
+    return String(obj);
+  }
+
+  if (Array.isArray(obj)) {
+    return obj.map(item => convertBigintsToStrings(item));
+  }
+
+  if (obj !== null && typeof obj === 'object') {
+    if (typeof (obj as any).toJSON === 'function') {
+      return convertBigintsToStrings((obj as any).toJSON());
+    }
+    const result: Record<string, unknown> = {};
+    for (const key in obj) {
+      result[key] = convertBigintsToStrings((obj as Record<string, unknown>)[key]);
+    }
+    return result;
+  }
+
+  return obj;
+}

package/src/log/gcloud-logger-config.ts

@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 import type { pino } from 'pino';
 
+import { convertBigintsToStrings } from './bigint-utils.js';
+
 /* eslint-disable camelcase */
 
 const GOOGLE_CLOUD_TRACE_ID = 'logging.googleapis.com/trace';
@@ -15,6 +17,9 @@ export const GoogleCloudLoggerConfig = {
   messageKey: 'message',
   formatters: {
     log(object: Record<string, unknown>): Record<string, unknown> {
+      // Convert bigints to strings recursively to avoid serialization issues
+      object = convertBigintsToStrings(object) as Record<string, unknown>;
+
       // Add trace context attributes following Cloud Logging structured log format described
       // in https://cloud.google.com/logging/docs/structured-logging#special-payload-fields
       const { trace_id, span_id, trace_flags, ...rest } = object;

package/src/log/libp2p_logger.ts

@@ -2,15 +2,17 @@ import type { ComponentLogger, Logger } from '@libp2p/interface';
 
 import { getLogLevelFromFilters } from './log-filters.js';
 import type { LogLevel } from './log-levels.js';
-import { logFilters, logger } from './pino-logger.js';
+import { type LoggerBindings, logFilters, logger } from './pino-logger.js';
 
 /**
  * Creates a libp2p compatible logger that wraps our pino logger.
  * This adapter implements the ComponentLogger interface required by libp2p.
+ * @param namespace - Base namespace for the logger
+ * @param bindings - Optional bindings to pass to the logger (actor, instanceId)
  */
-export function createLibp2pComponentLogger(namespace: string): ComponentLogger {
+export function createLibp2pComponentLogger(namespace: string, bindings?: LoggerBindings): ComponentLogger {
   return {
-    forComponent: (component: string) => createLibp2pLogger(`${namespace}:${component}`),
+    forComponent: (component: string) => createLibp2pLogger(`${namespace}:${component}`, bindings),
   };
 }
 
@@ -24,9 +26,14 @@ function replaceFormatting(message: string) {
   return message.replace(/(%p|%a)/g, '%s');
 }
 
-function createLibp2pLogger(component: string): Logger {
+function createLibp2pLogger(component: string, bindings?: LoggerBindings): Logger {
   // Create a direct pino logger instance for libp2p that supports string interpolation
-  const log = logger.child({ module: component }, { level: getLogLevelFromFilters(logFilters, component) });
+  const actor = bindings?.actor;
+  const instanceId = bindings?.instanceId;
+  const log = logger.child(
+    { module: component, ...(actor && { actor }), ...(instanceId && { instanceId }) },
+    { level: getLogLevelFromFilters(logFilters, component) },
+  );
 
   const logIfEnabled = (level: LogLevel, message: string, ...args: unknown[]) => {
     if (!log.isLevelEnabled(level)) {

package/src/log/log-filters.ts

@@ -19,22 +19,40 @@ export function getLogLevelFromFilters(filters: LogFilters, module: string): Log
   return undefined;
 }
 
-export function assertLogLevel(level: string): asserts level is LogLevel {
-  if (!LogLevels.includes(level as LogLevel)) {
-    throw new Error(`Invalid log level: ${level}`);
+/**
+ * Parses the LOG_LEVEL env string into a default level and per-module filter overrides.
+ *
+ * Format: `<default_level>;<level>:<module1>,<module2>;<level>:<module3>;...`
+ * - First segment (before the first `;`) is the default log level for all modules.
+ * - Remaining segments are `level:module` pairs: apply the given level to the listed modules (comma-separated).
+ * - Later filters override earlier ones for overlapping module matches.
+ * - The `aztec:` prefix is stripped from module names; spaces are trimmed.
+ *
+ * @example
+ * ```ts
+ * parseLogLevel('debug;warn:module1,module2;error:module3', 'info')
+ * // => ['debug', [['module3', 'error'], ['module2', 'warn'], ['module1', 'warn']]]
+ * ```
+ */
+export function parseLogLevelEnvVar(
+  logLevelEnvVar: string | undefined,
+  defaultLevel: LogLevel,
+): [LogLevel, LogFilters] {
+  if (!logLevelEnvVar) {
+    return [defaultLevel, []];
   }
+  const [level] = logLevelEnvVar.split(';', 1);
+  assertValidLogLevel(level);
+  return [level, parseFilters(logLevelEnvVar.slice(level.length + 1))];
 }
 
-export function parseEnv(env: string | undefined, defaultLevel: LogLevel): [LogLevel, LogFilters] {
-  if (!env) {
-    return [defaultLevel, []];
+function assertValidLogLevel(level: string): asserts level is LogLevel {
+  if (!LogLevels.includes(level as LogLevel)) {
+    throw new Error(`Invalid log level: ${level}`);
   }
-  const [level] = env.split(';', 1);
-  assertLogLevel(level);
-  return [level, parseFilters(env.slice(level.length + 1))];
 }
 
-export function parseFilters(definition: string | undefined): LogFilters {
+function parseFilters(definition: string | undefined): LogFilters {
   if (!definition) {
     return [];
   }
@@ -48,7 +66,7 @@ export function parseFilters(definition: string | undefined): LogFilters {
       throw new Error(`Invalid log filter statement: ${statement}`);
     }
     const sanitizedLevel = level.trim().toLowerCase();
-    assertLogLevel(sanitizedLevel);
+    assertValidLogLevel(sanitizedLevel);
     for (const module of modules.split(',')) {
       filters.push([
         module

package/src/log/pino-logger-server.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+import { AsyncLocalStorage } from 'node:async_hooks';
+
+import { type LoggerBindings, addLogBindingsHandler, removeLogBindingsHandler } from './pino-logger.js';
+
+/** AsyncLocalStorage for logger bindings context propagation (Node.js only). */
+const bindingsStorage = new AsyncLocalStorage<LoggerBindings>();
+
+/** Returns the current bindings from AsyncLocalStorage, if any. */
+export function getBindings(): LoggerBindings | undefined {
+  return bindingsStorage.getStore();
+}
+
+/**
+ * Runs a callback within a bindings context. All loggers created within the callback
+ * will automatically inherit the bindings (actor, instanceId) via the log bindings handler.
+ */
+export async function withLoggerBindings<T>(bindings: LoggerBindings, callback: () => Promise<T>): Promise<T> {
+  const handler = () => bindingsStorage.getStore();
+  addLogBindingsHandler(handler);
+  try {
+    return await bindingsStorage.run(bindings, callback);
+  } finally {
+    removeLogBindingsHandler(handler);
+  }
+}

package/src/log/pino-logger.ts

@@ -1,19 +1,65 @@
-import { createColors, isColorSupported } from 'colorette';
+import { type Color, createColors, isColorSupported } from 'colorette';
 import isNode from 'detect-node';
 import { pino, symbols } from 'pino';
 import type { Writable } from 'stream';
 import { inspect } from 'util';
 
 import { compactArray } from '../collection/array.js';
-import { type EnvVar, parseBooleanEnv } from '../config/index.js';
+import type { EnvVar } from '../config/index.js';
+import { parseBooleanEnv } from '../config/parse-env.js';
+import { convertBigintsToStrings } from './bigint-utils.js';
 import { GoogleCloudLoggerConfig } from './gcloud-logger-config.js';
-import { getLogLevelFromFilters, parseEnv } from './log-filters.js';
+import { getLogLevelFromFilters, parseLogLevelEnvVar } from './log-filters.js';
 import type { LogLevel } from './log-levels.js';
 import type { LogData, LogFn } from './log_fn.js';
 
-export function createLogger(module: string): Logger {
-  module = logNameHandlers.reduce((moduleName, handler) => handler(moduleName), module.replace(/^aztec:/, ''));
-  const pinoLogger = logger.child({ module }, { level: getLogLevelFromFilters(logFilters, module) });
+/** Optional bindings to pass to createLogger for additional context. */
+export type LoggerBindings = {
+  /** Actor label shown in logs (e.g., 'MAIN', 'prover-node'). */
+  actor?: string;
+  /** Instance identifier for distinguishing multiple instances of the same component. */
+  instanceId?: string;
+};
+
+const MAX_MODULE_NAME_LENGTH = 256;
+
+// Allow global hooks for providing default bindings.
+// Used by withLoggerBindings in pino-logger-server to propagate bindings via AsyncLocalStorage.
+type LogBindingsHandler = () => LoggerBindings | undefined;
+const logBindingsHandlers: LogBindingsHandler[] = [];
+
+export function addLogBindingsHandler(handler: LogBindingsHandler): void {
+  logBindingsHandlers.push(handler);
+}
+
+export function removeLogBindingsHandler(handler: LogBindingsHandler) {
+  const index = logBindingsHandlers.indexOf(handler);
+  if (index !== -1) {
+    logBindingsHandlers.splice(index, 1);
+  }
+}
+
+function getBindingsFromHandlers(): LoggerBindings | undefined {
+  for (const handler of logBindingsHandlers) {
+    const bindings = handler();
+    if (bindings) {
+      return bindings;
+    }
+  }
+  return undefined;
+}
+
+export function createLogger(module: string, bindings?: LoggerBindings): Logger {
+  module = module.slice(0, MAX_MODULE_NAME_LENGTH).replace(/^aztec:/, '');
+
+  const resolvedBindings = { ...getBindingsFromHandlers(), ...bindings };
+  const actor = resolvedBindings?.actor;
+  const instanceId = resolvedBindings?.instanceId;
+
+  const pinoLogger = logger.child(
+    { module, ...(actor && { actor }), ...(instanceId && { instanceId }) },
+    { level: getLogLevelFromFilters(logFilters, module) },
+  );
 
   // We check manually for isLevelEnabled to avoid calling processLogData unnecessarily.
   // Note that isLevelEnabled is missing from the browser version of pino.
@@ -43,11 +89,24 @@ export function createLogger(module: string): Logger {
     isLevelEnabled: (level: LogLevel) => isLevelEnabled(pinoLogger, level),
     /** Module name for the logger. */
     module,
-    /** Creates another logger by extending this logger module name. */
-    createChild: (childModule: string) => createLogger(`${module}:${childModule}`),
+    /** Creates another logger by extending this logger module name and preserving bindings. */
+    createChild: (childModule: string) => createLogger(`${module}:${childModule}`, { actor, instanceId }),
+    /** Returns the bindings (actor, instanceId) for this logger. */
+    getBindings: () => ({ actor, instanceId }),
   };
 }
 
+/**
+ * Returns a logger for the given module. If loggerOrBindings is already a Logger, returns it directly.
+ * Otherwise, creates a new logger with the given module name and bindings.
+ */
+export function resolveLogger(module: string, loggerOrBindings?: Logger | LoggerBindings): Logger {
+  if (loggerOrBindings && 'info' in loggerOrBindings) {
+    return loggerOrBindings as Logger;
+  }
+  return createLogger(module, loggerOrBindings);
+}
+
 // Allow global hooks for processing log data.
 // Used for injecting OTEL trace_id in telemetry client.
 type LogDataHandler = (data: LogData) => LogData;
@@ -61,31 +120,6 @@ function processLogData(data: LogData): LogData {
   return logDataHandlers.reduce((accum, handler) => handler(accum), data);
 }
 
-// Allow global hooks for tweaking module names.
-// Used in tests to add a uid to modules, so we can differentiate multiple nodes in the same process.
-type LogNameHandler = (module: string) => string;
-const logNameHandlers: LogNameHandler[] = [];
-
-export function addLogNameHandler(handler: LogNameHandler): void {
-  logNameHandlers.push(handler);
-}
-
-export function removeLogNameHandler(handler: LogNameHandler) {
-  const index = logNameHandlers.indexOf(handler);
-  if (index !== -1) {
-    logNameHandlers.splice(index, 1);
-  }
-}
-
-/** Creates all loggers within the given callback with the suffix appended to the module name. */
-export async function withLogNameSuffix<T>(suffix: string, callback: () => Promise<T>): Promise<T> {
-  const logNameHandler = (module: string) => `${module}:${suffix}`;
-  addLogNameHandler(logNameHandler);
-  const result = await callback();
-  removeLogNameHandler(logNameHandler);
-  return result;
-}
-
 // Patch isLevelEnabled missing from pino/browser.
 function isLevelEnabled(logger: pino.Logger<'verbose', boolean>, level: LogLevel): boolean {
   return typeof logger.isLevelEnabled === 'function'
@@ -95,7 +129,7 @@ function isLevelEnabled(logger: pino.Logger<'verbose', boolean>, level: LogLevel
 
 // Load log levels from environment variables.
 const defaultLogLevel = process.env.NODE_ENV === 'test' ? 'silent' : 'info';
-export const [logLevel, logFilters] = parseEnv(process.env.LOG_LEVEL, defaultLogLevel);
+export const [logLevel, logFilters] = parseLogLevelEnvVar(process.env.LOG_LEVEL, defaultLogLevel);
 
 // Define custom logging levels for pino.
 const customLevels = { verbose: 25 };
@@ -134,6 +168,9 @@ const pinoOpts: pino.LoggerOptions<keyof typeof customLevels> = {
       ...redactedPaths.map(p => `opts.${p}`),
     ],
   },
+  formatters: {
+    log: obj => convertBigintsToStrings(obj) as Record<string, unknown>,
+  },
   ...(useGcloudLogging ? GoogleCloudLoggerConfig : {}),
 };
 
@@ -145,22 +182,90 @@ export const levels = {
 // Transport options for pretty logging to stderr via pino-pretty.
 const colorEnv = process.env['FORCE_COLOR' satisfies EnvVar];
 const useColor = colorEnv === undefined ? isColorSupported : parseBooleanEnv(colorEnv);
-const { bold, reset } = createColors({ useColor });
-export const pinoPrettyOpts = {
+const { bold, reset, cyan, magenta, yellow, blue, green, magentaBright, yellowBright, blueBright, greenBright } =
+  createColors({ useColor });
+
+// Per-actor coloring: each unique actor gets a different color for easier visual distinction.
+// Disabled when LOG_NO_COLOR_PER_ACTOR is set to a truthy value.
+const useColorPerActor = useColor && !parseBooleanEnv(process.env['LOG_NO_COLOR_PER_ACTOR' satisfies EnvVar]);
+const actorColors: Color[] = [yellow, magenta, blue, green, magentaBright, yellowBright, blueBright, greenBright];
+const actorColorMap = new Map<string, Color>();
+let nextColorIndex = 0;
+
+/** Returns the color function assigned to a given actor, assigning a new one if needed. */
+export function getActorColor(actor: string): Color {
+  let color = actorColorMap.get(actor);
+  if (!color) {
+    color = actorColors[nextColorIndex % actorColors.length];
+    actorColorMap.set(actor, color);
+    nextColorIndex++;
+  }
+  return color;
+}
+
+/** Resets the actor-to-color mapping. Useful for testing. */
+export function resetActorColors(): void {
+  actorColorMap.clear();
+  nextColorIndex = 0;
+}
+
+// String template for messageFormat (used in worker threads and when per-actor coloring is disabled).
+const messageFormatString = `${bold('{module}')}{if actor} ${cyan('{actor}')}{end}{if instanceId} ${reset(cyan('{instanceId}'))}{end} ${reset('{msg}')}`;
+
+// Function for messageFormat when per-actor coloring is enabled (can only be used in-process, not worker threads).
+type LogObject = { actor?: string; module?: string; instanceId?: string; msg?: string };
+
+/** Formats a log message with per-actor coloring. Actor, module, and instanceId share the same color. */
+export function formatLogMessage(log: LogObject, messageKey: string): string {
+  const actor = log.actor;
+  const module = log.module ?? '';
+  const instanceId = log.instanceId;
+  const msg = log[messageKey as keyof LogObject] ?? '';
+
+  // Use actor color for actor, module, and instanceId when actor is present
+  const color = actor ? getActorColor(actor) : cyan;
+
+  let result = bold(color(module));
+  if (actor) {
+    result += ' ' + color(actor);
+  }
+  if (instanceId) {
+    result += ' ' + reset(color(instanceId));
+  }
+  result += ' ' + reset(String(msg));
+  return result;
+}
+
+// Base options for pino-pretty (shared between transport and direct use).
+const pinoPrettyBaseOpts = {
   destination: 2,
   sync: true,
   colorize: useColor,
-  ignore: 'module,pid,hostname,trace_id,span_id,trace_flags,severity',
-  messageFormat: `${bold('{module}')} ${reset('{msg}')}`,
+  ignore: 'module,actor,instanceId,pid,hostname,trace_id,span_id,trace_flags,severity',
   customLevels: 'fatal:60,error:50,warn:40,info:30,verbose:25,debug:20,trace:10',
   customColors: 'fatal:bgRed,error:red,warn:yellow,info:green,verbose:magenta,debug:blue,trace:gray',
   minimumLevel: 'trace' as const,
   singleLine: !parseBooleanEnv(process.env['LOG_MULTILINE' satisfies EnvVar]),
 };
 
+/**
+ * Pino-pretty options for direct use (e.g., jest/setup.mjs).
+ * Includes function-based messageFormat for per-actor coloring when enabled.
+ */
+export const pinoPrettyOpts = {
+  ...pinoPrettyBaseOpts,
+  messageFormat: useColorPerActor ? formatLogMessage : messageFormatString,
+};
+
+// Transport options use string template only (functions can't be serialized to worker threads).
+const prettyTransportOpts = {
+  ...pinoPrettyBaseOpts,
+  messageFormat: messageFormatString,
+};
+
 const prettyTransport: pino.TransportTargetOptions = {
   target: 'pino-pretty',
-  options: pinoPrettyOpts,
+  options: prettyTransportOpts,
   level: 'trace',
 };
 
@@ -261,6 +366,8 @@ export type Logger = { [K in LogLevel]: LogFn } & { /** Error log function */ er
   isLevelEnabled: (level: LogLevel) => boolean;
   module: string;
   createChild: (childModule: string) => Logger;
+  /** Returns the bindings (actor, instanceId) for this logger. */
+  getBindings: () => LoggerBindings;
 };
 
 /**
@@ -270,5 +377,20 @@ export type Logger = { [K in LogLevel]: LogFn } & { /** Error log function */ er
  * @returns A string with both the log message and the error message.
  */
 function formatErr(msg: string, err?: unknown): string {
-  return err ? `${msg}: ${inspect(err)}` : msg;
+  if (!err) {
+    return msg;
+  }
+
+  try {
+    return `${msg}: ${inspect(err)}`;
+  } catch {
+    // inspect can crash on error objects with broken property descriptors
+    try {
+      // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-base-to-string
+      return `${msg}: ${err instanceof Error ? `${err.name}: ${err.message}` : String(err)}`;
+    } catch {
+      // if even String(err) fails, return the original message with a note about the error
+      return `${msg}: [unserializable error]`;
+    }
+  }
 }