diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index 39278ab814..d25455cf06 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -172,6 +172,25 @@ repos:
       #   pass_filenames: false
       #   require_serial: true
 
+      - id: check-log-usage
+        name: Ensure 'llama_stack.log' usage for logging
+        entry: bash
+        language: system
+        types: [python]
+        pass_filenames: true
+        args:
+          - -c
+          - |
+            matches=$(grep -EnH '^[^#]*\b(import\s+logging|from\s+logging\b)' "$@" | grep -v -e '#\s*allow-direct-logging' || true)
+            if [ -n "$matches" ]; then
+              # GitHub Actions annotation format
+              while IFS=: read -r file line_num rest; do
+                echo "::error file=$file,line=$line_num::Do not use 'import logging' or 'from logging import' in $file. Use the custom log instead: from llama_stack.log import get_logger; logger = get_logger(). If direct logging is truly needed, add: # allow-direct-logging"
+              done <<< "$matches"
+              exit 1
+            fi
+            exit 0
+
 ci:
     autofix_commit_msg: 🎨 [pre-commit.ci] Auto format from pre-commit.com hooks
     autoupdate_commit_msg: ⬆ [pre-commit.ci] pre-commit autoupdate
diff --git a/llama_stack/core/build.py b/llama_stack/core/build.py
index 4b20588fdd..fa1fe632b4 100644
--- a/llama_stack/core/build.py
+++ b/llama_stack/core/build.py
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 # the root directory of this source tree.
 
 import importlib.resources
-import logging
 import sys
 
 from pydantic import BaseModel
@@ -17,9 +16,10 @@
 from llama_stack.core.utils.exec import run_command
 from llama_stack.core.utils.image_types import LlamaStackImageType
 from llama_stack.distributions.template import DistributionTemplate
+from llama_stack.log import get_logger
 from llama_stack.providers.datatypes import Api
 
-log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+log = get_logger(name=__name__, category="core")
 
 # These are the dependencies needed by the distribution server.
 # `llama-stack` is automatically installed by the installation script.
diff --git a/llama_stack/core/configure.py b/llama_stack/core/configure.py
index 9e18b438ce..64473c0530 100644
--- a/llama_stack/core/configure.py
+++ b/llama_stack/core/configure.py
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 #
 # This source code is licensed under the terms described in the LICENSE file in
 # the root directory of this source tree.
-import logging
 import textwrap
 from typing import Any
 
@@ -21,9 +20,10 @@
 from llama_stack.core.utils.config_dirs import EXTERNAL_PROVIDERS_DIR
 from llama_stack.core.utils.dynamic import instantiate_class_type
 from llama_stack.core.utils.prompt_for_config import prompt_for_config
+from llama_stack.log import get_logger
 from llama_stack.providers.datatypes import Api, ProviderSpec
 
-logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+logger = get_logger(name=__name__, category="core")
 
 
 def configure_single_provider(registry: dict[str, ProviderSpec], provider: Provider) -> Provider:
diff --git a/llama_stack/core/library_client.py b/llama_stack/core/library_client.py
index a93fe509ef..dd1fc8a50b 100644
--- a/llama_stack/core/library_client.py
+++ b/llama_stack/core/library_client.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 import asyncio
 import inspect
 import json
-import logging
+import logging  # allow-direct-logging
 import os
 import sys
 from concurrent.futures import ThreadPoolExecutor
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@
 from llama_stack.core.utils.config import redact_sensitive_fields
 from llama_stack.core.utils.context import preserve_contexts_async_generator
 from llama_stack.core.utils.exec import in_notebook
+from llama_stack.log import get_logger
 from llama_stack.providers.utils.telemetry.tracing import (
     CURRENT_TRACE_CONTEXT,
     end_trace,
@@ -55,7 +56,7 @@
     start_trace,
 )
 
-logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+logger = get_logger(name=__name__, category="core")
 
 T = TypeVar("T")
 
diff --git a/llama_stack/core/request_headers.py b/llama_stack/core/request_headers.py
index 35ac727752..f1ce8281f2 100644
--- a/llama_stack/core/request_headers.py
+++ b/llama_stack/core/request_headers.py
@@ -6,15 +6,15 @@
 
 import contextvars
 import json
-import logging
 from contextlib import AbstractContextManager
 from typing import Any
 
 from llama_stack.core.datatypes import User
+from llama_stack.log import get_logger
 
 from .utils.dynamic import instantiate_class_type
 
-log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+log = get_logger(name=__name__, category="core")
 
 # Context variable for request provider data and auth attributes
 PROVIDER_DATA_VAR = contextvars.ContextVar("provider_data", default=None)
diff --git a/llama_stack/core/server/server.py b/llama_stack/core/server/server.py
index cbef8ef88e..3d94b6e813 100644
--- a/llama_stack/core/server/server.py
+++ b/llama_stack/core/server/server.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 import functools
 import inspect
 import json
-import logging
+import logging  # allow-direct-logging
 import os
 import ssl
 import sys
diff --git a/llama_stack/core/utils/exec.py b/llama_stack/core/utils/exec.py
index 1b2b782fe5..12fb82d01c 100644
--- a/llama_stack/core/utils/exec.py
+++ b/llama_stack/core/utils/exec.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 # This source code is licensed under the terms described in the LICENSE file in
 # the root directory of this source tree.
 
-import logging
+import importlib
 import os
 import signal
 import subprocess
@@ -12,9 +12,9 @@
 
 from termcolor import cprint
 
-log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+from llama_stack.log import get_logger
 
-import importlib
+log = get_logger(name=__name__, category="core")
 
 
 def formulate_run_args(image_type: str, image_name: str) -> list:
diff --git a/llama_stack/core/utils/prompt_for_config.py b/llama_stack/core/utils/prompt_for_config.py
index 26f6920e0c..bac0531ed1 100644
--- a/llama_stack/core/utils/prompt_for_config.py
+++ b/llama_stack/core/utils/prompt_for_config.py
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 
 import inspect
 import json
-import logging
 from enum import Enum
 from typing import Annotated, Any, Literal, Union, get_args, get_origin
 
@@ -14,7 +13,9 @@
 from pydantic.fields import FieldInfo
 from pydantic_core import PydanticUndefinedType
 
-log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+from llama_stack.log import get_logger
+
+log = get_logger(name=__name__, category="core")
 
 
 def is_list_of_primitives(field_type):
diff --git a/llama_stack/log.py b/llama_stack/log.py
index d67bd1b611..cc4c9d4cf6 100644
--- a/llama_stack/log.py
+++ b/llama_stack/log.py
@@ -4,10 +4,10 @@
 # This source code is licensed under the terms described in the LICENSE file in
 # the root directory of this source tree.
 
-import logging
+import logging  # allow-direct-logging
 import os
 import re
-from logging.config import dictConfig
+from logging.config import dictConfig  # allow-direct-logging
 
 from rich.console import Console
 from rich.errors import MarkupError
diff --git a/llama_stack/models/llama/llama3/multimodal/encoder_utils.py b/llama_stack/models/llama/llama3/multimodal/encoder_utils.py
index 5b5969d89b..90ced13b22 100644
--- a/llama_stack/models/llama/llama3/multimodal/encoder_utils.py
+++ b/llama_stack/models/llama/llama3/multimodal/encoder_utils.py
@@ -13,14 +13,15 @@
 
 # Copyright (c) Meta Platforms, Inc. and its affiliates.
 import math
-from logging import getLogger
 
 import torch
 import torch.nn.functional as F
 
+from llama_stack.log import get_logger
+
 from .utils import get_negative_inf_value, to_2tuple
 
-logger = getLogger()
+logger = get_logger(name=__name__, category="models::llama")
 
 
 def resize_local_position_embedding(orig_pos_embed, grid_size):
diff --git a/llama_stack/models/llama/llama3/multimodal/image_transform.py b/llama_stack/models/llama/llama3/multimodal/image_transform.py
index f2761ee478..7b20a31fa0 100644
--- a/llama_stack/models/llama/llama3/multimodal/image_transform.py
+++ b/llama_stack/models/llama/llama3/multimodal/image_transform.py
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@
 
 import math
 from collections import defaultdict
-from logging import getLogger
 from typing import Any
 
 import torch
@@ -21,9 +20,11 @@
 from PIL import Image
 from torchvision.transforms import functional as F
 
+from llama_stack.log import get_logger
+
 IMAGE_RES = 224
 
-logger = getLogger()
+logger = get_logger(name=__name__, category="models::llama")
 
 
 class VariableSizeImageTransform:
diff --git a/llama_stack/models/llama/llama3/multimodal/model.py b/llama_stack/models/llama/llama3/multimodal/model.py
index 5f1c3605c7..096156a5f7 100644
--- a/llama_stack/models/llama/llama3/multimodal/model.py
+++ b/llama_stack/models/llama/llama3/multimodal/model.py
@@ -3,8 +3,6 @@
 #
 # This source code is licensed under the terms described in the LICENSE file in
 # the root directory of this source tree.
-
-import logging
 import math
 from collections.abc import Callable
 from functools import partial
@@ -22,6 +20,8 @@
 from torch import Tensor, nn
 from torch.distributed import _functional_collectives as funcol
 
+from llama_stack.log import get_logger
+
 from ..model import ModelArgs, RMSNorm, apply_rotary_emb, precompute_freqs_cis
 from .encoder_utils import (
     build_encoder_attention_mask,
@@ -34,9 +34,10 @@
 from .image_transform import VariableSizeImageTransform
 from .utils import get_negative_inf_value, to_2tuple
 
-logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 MP_SCALE = 8
 
+logger = get_logger(name=__name__, category="models")
+
 
 def reduce_from_tensor_model_parallel_region(input_):
     """All-reduce the input tensor across model parallel group."""
@@ -771,7 +772,7 @@ def load_hook(
         if embed is not None:
             # reshape the weights to the correct shape
             nt_old, nt_old, _, w = embed.shape
-            logging.info(f"Resizing tile embedding from {nt_old}x{nt_old} to {self.num_tiles}x{self.num_tiles}")
+            logger.info(f"Resizing tile embedding from {nt_old}x{nt_old} to {self.num_tiles}x{self.num_tiles}")
             embed_new = TilePositionEmbedding._dynamic_resize(embed, self.num_tiles)
             # assign the weights to the module
             state_dict[prefix + "embedding"] = embed_new
diff --git a/llama_stack/models/llama/llama3/tokenizer.py b/llama_stack/models/llama/llama3/tokenizer.py
index e47b579e39..ad7ced1c57 100644
--- a/llama_stack/models/llama/llama3/tokenizer.py
+++ b/llama_stack/models/llama/llama3/tokenizer.py
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
 # This source code is licensed under the terms described in the LICENSE file in
 # the root directory of this source tree.
 
+
 from collections.abc import Collection, Iterator, Sequence, Set
-from logging import getLogger
 from pathlib import Path
 from typing import (
     Literal,
@@ -14,11 +14,9 @@
 
 import tiktoken
 
+from llama_stack.log import get_logger
 from llama_stack.models.llama.tokenizer_utils import load_bpe_file
 
-logger = getLogger(__name__)
-
-
 # The tiktoken tokenizer can handle <=400k chars without
 # pyo3_runtime.PanicException.
 TIKTOKEN_MAX_ENCODE_CHARS = 400_000
@@ -31,6 +29,8 @@
 
 _INSTANCE = None
 
+logger = get_logger(name=__name__, category="models::llama")
+
 
 class Tokenizer:
     """
diff --git a/llama_stack/models/llama/llama4/quantization/loader.py b/llama_stack/models/llama/llama4/quantization/loader.py
index 223744a5f9..8220a90407 100644
--- a/llama_stack/models/llama/llama4/quantization/loader.py
+++ b/llama_stack/models/llama/llama4/quantization/loader.py
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 # This source code is licensed under the terms described in the LICENSE file in
 # the root directory of this source tree.
 
-import logging
 import os
 from collections.abc import Callable
 
@@ -13,11 +12,13 @@
 from torch import Tensor, nn
 from torch.nn import functional as F
 
+from llama_stack.log import get_logger
+
 from ...datatypes import QuantizationMode
 from ..model import Transformer, TransformerBlock
 from ..moe import MoE
 
-log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+log = get_logger(name=__name__, category="models")
 
 
 def swiglu_wrapper_no_reduce(
diff --git a/llama_stack/models/llama/llama4/tokenizer.py b/llama_stack/models/llama/llama4/tokenizer.py
index e12b2cae02..bfbace8f92 100644
--- a/llama_stack/models/llama/llama4/tokenizer.py
+++ b/llama_stack/models/llama/llama4/tokenizer.py
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 # the root directory of this source tree.
 
 from collections.abc import Collection, Iterator, Sequence, Set
-from logging import getLogger
 from pathlib import Path
 from typing import (
     Literal,
@@ -14,11 +13,9 @@
 
 import tiktoken
 
+from llama_stack.log import get_logger
 from llama_stack.models.llama.tokenizer_utils import load_bpe_file
 
-logger = getLogger(__name__)
-
-
 # The tiktoken tokenizer can handle <=400k chars without
 # pyo3_runtime.PanicException.
 TIKTOKEN_MAX_ENCODE_CHARS = 400_000
@@ -101,6 +98,8 @@ def get_reserved_special_tokens(name, count, start_index=0):
     "<|fim_suffix|>",
 ]
 
+logger = get_logger(name=__name__, category="models::llama")
+
 
 class Tokenizer:
     """
diff --git a/llama_stack/models/llama/quantize_impls.py b/llama_stack/models/llama/quantize_impls.py
index a6400c5c93..7fab2d3a67 100644
--- a/llama_stack/models/llama/quantize_impls.py
+++ b/llama_stack/models/llama/quantize_impls.py
@@ -6,9 +6,10 @@
 
 # type: ignore
 import collections
-import logging
 
-log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+from llama_stack.log import get_logger
+
+log = get_logger(name=__name__, category="llama")
 
 try:
     import fbgemm_gpu.experimental.gen_ai  # noqa: F401
diff --git a/llama_stack/providers/inline/agents/meta_reference/agents.py b/llama_stack/providers/inline/agents/meta_reference/agents.py
index 30196c4294..5794ad2c0b 100644
--- a/llama_stack/providers/inline/agents/meta_reference/agents.py
+++ b/llama_stack/providers/inline/agents/meta_reference/agents.py
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 # This source code is licensed under the terms described in the LICENSE file in
 # the root directory of this source tree.
 
-import logging
 import uuid
 from collections.abc import AsyncGenerator
 from datetime import UTC, datetime
@@ -42,6 +41,7 @@
 from llama_stack.apis.tools import ToolGroups, ToolRuntime
 from llama_stack.apis.vector_io import VectorIO
 from llama_stack.core.datatypes import AccessRule
+from llama_stack.log import get_logger
 from llama_stack.providers.utils.kvstore import InmemoryKVStoreImpl, kvstore_impl
 from llama_stack.providers.utils.pagination import paginate_records
 from llama_stack.providers.utils.responses.responses_store import ResponsesStore
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@
 from .persistence import AgentInfo
 from .responses.openai_responses import OpenAIResponsesImpl
 
-logger = logging.getLogger()
+logger = get_logger(name=__name__, category="agents")
 
 
 class MetaReferenceAgentsImpl(Agents):
diff --git a/llama_stack/providers/inline/agents/meta_reference/persistence.py b/llama_stack/providers/inline/agents/meta_reference/persistence.py
index 0b234d96ca..c19051f861 100644
--- a/llama_stack/providers/inline/agents/meta_reference/persistence.py
+++ b/llama_stack/providers/inline/agents/meta_reference/persistence.py
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 # the root directory of this source tree.
 
 import json
-import logging
 import uuid
 from datetime import UTC, datetime
 
@@ -15,9 +14,10 @@
 from llama_stack.core.access_control.datatypes import AccessRule
 from llama_stack.core.datatypes import User
 from llama_stack.core.request_headers import get_authenticated_user
+from llama_stack.log import get_logger
 from llama_stack.providers.utils.kvstore import KVStore
 
-log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+log = get_logger(name=__name__, category="agents")
 
 
 class AgentSessionInfo(Session):
diff --git a/llama_stack/providers/inline/agents/meta_reference/safety.py b/llama_stack/providers/inline/agents/meta_reference/safety.py
index 605f387b75..b8a5d8a953 100644
--- a/llama_stack/providers/inline/agents/meta_reference/safety.py
+++ b/llama_stack/providers/inline/agents/meta_reference/safety.py
@@ -5,13 +5,13 @@
 # the root directory of this source tree.
 
 import asyncio
-import logging
 
 from llama_stack.apis.inference import Message
 from llama_stack.apis.safety import Safety, SafetyViolation, ViolationLevel
+from llama_stack.log import get_logger
 from llama_stack.providers.utils.telemetry import tracing
 
-log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+log = get_logger(name=__name__, category="agents")
 
 
 class SafetyException(Exception):  # noqa: N818
diff --git a/llama_stack/providers/inline/inference/meta_reference/parallel_utils.py b/llama_stack/providers/inline/inference/meta_reference/parallel_utils.py
index 7ade750324..bb6a1bd030 100644
--- a/llama_stack/providers/inline/inference/meta_reference/parallel_utils.py
+++ b/llama_stack/providers/inline/inference/meta_reference/parallel_utils.py
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@
 
 import copy
 import json
-import logging
 import multiprocessing
 import os
 import tempfile
@@ -32,13 +31,14 @@
 from pydantic import BaseModel, Field
 from torch.distributed.launcher.api import LaunchConfig, elastic_launch
 
+from llama_stack.log import get_logger
 from llama_stack.models.llama.datatypes import GenerationResult
 from llama_stack.providers.utils.inference.prompt_adapter import (
     ChatCompletionRequestWithRawContent,
     CompletionRequestWithRawContent,
 )
 
-log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+log = get_logger(name=__name__, category="inference")
 
 
 class ProcessingMessageName(str, Enum):
diff --git a/llama_stack/providers/inline/inference/sentence_transformers/sentence_transformers.py b/llama_stack/providers/inline/inference/sentence_transformers/sentence_transformers.py
index fea8a81895..600a5bd37b 100644
--- a/llama_stack/providers/inline/inference/sentence_transformers/sentence_transformers.py
+++ b/llama_stack/providers/inline/inference/sentence_transformers/sentence_transformers.py
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 # This source code is licensed under the terms described in the LICENSE file in
 # the root directory of this source tree.
 
-import logging
 from collections.abc import AsyncGenerator
 
 from llama_stack.apis.inference import (
@@ -21,6 +20,7 @@
     ToolPromptFormat,
 )
 from llama_stack.apis.models import ModelType
+from llama_stack.log import get_logger
 from llama_stack.providers.datatypes import Model, ModelsProtocolPrivate
 from llama_stack.providers.utils.inference.embedding_mixin import (
     SentenceTransformerEmbeddingMixin,
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
 
 from .config import SentenceTransformersInferenceConfig
 
-log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+log = get_logger(name=__name__, category="inference")
 
 
 class SentenceTransformersInferenceImpl(
diff --git a/llama_stack/providers/inline/post_training/huggingface/recipes/finetune_single_device.py b/llama_stack/providers/inline/post_training/huggingface/recipes/finetune_single_device.py
index 2574b995b2..d9ee3d2a87 100644
--- a/llama_stack/providers/inline/post_training/huggingface/recipes/finetune_single_device.py
+++ b/llama_stack/providers/inline/post_training/huggingface/recipes/finetune_single_device.py
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 
 import gc
 import json
-import logging
 import multiprocessing
 from pathlib import Path
 from typing import Any
@@ -28,6 +27,7 @@
     LoraFinetuningConfig,
     TrainingConfig,
 )
+from llama_stack.log import get_logger
 from llama_stack.providers.inline.post_training.common.utils import evacuate_model_from_device
 
 from ..config import HuggingFacePostTrainingConfig
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
     split_dataset,
 )
 
-logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+logger = get_logger(name=__name__, category="post_training")
 
 
 class HFFinetuningSingleDevice:
diff --git a/llama_stack/providers/inline/post_training/huggingface/recipes/finetune_single_device_dpo.py b/llama_stack/providers/inline/post_training/huggingface/recipes/finetune_single_device_dpo.py
index a7c19faacd..b39a24c666 100644
--- a/llama_stack/providers/inline/post_training/huggingface/recipes/finetune_single_device_dpo.py
+++ b/llama_stack/providers/inline/post_training/huggingface/recipes/finetune_single_device_dpo.py
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 # the root directory of this source tree.
 
 import gc
-import logging
 import multiprocessing
 from pathlib import Path
 from typing import Any
@@ -24,6 +23,7 @@
     DPOAlignmentConfig,
     TrainingConfig,
 )
+from llama_stack.log import get_logger
 from llama_stack.providers.inline.post_training.common.utils import evacuate_model_from_device
 
 from ..config import HuggingFacePostTrainingConfig
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
     split_dataset,
 )
 
-logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+logger = get_logger(name=__name__, category="post_training")
 
 
 class HFDPOAlignmentSingleDevice:
diff --git a/llama_stack/providers/inline/post_training/huggingface/utils.py b/llama_stack/providers/inline/post_training/huggingface/utils.py
index 3147c19abf..f229c87dd0 100644
--- a/llama_stack/providers/inline/post_training/huggingface/utils.py
+++ b/llama_stack/providers/inline/post_training/huggingface/utils.py
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 # This source code is licensed under the terms described in the LICENSE file in
 # the root directory of this source tree.
 
-import logging
 import os
 import signal
 import sys
@@ -19,10 +18,11 @@
 
 from llama_stack.apis.datasetio import DatasetIO
 from llama_stack.apis.post_training import Checkpoint, TrainingConfig
+from llama_stack.log import get_logger
 
 from .config import HuggingFacePostTrainingConfig
 
-logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+logger = get_logger(name=__name__, category="post_training")
 
 
 def setup_environment():
diff --git a/llama_stack/providers/inline/post_training/torchtune/recipes/lora_finetuning_single_device.py b/llama_stack/providers/inline/post_training/torchtune/recipes/lora_finetuning_single_device.py
index 49e1c95b8a..8b14628620 100644
--- a/llama_stack/providers/inline/post_training/torchtune/recipes/lora_finetuning_single_device.py
+++ b/llama_stack/providers/inline/post_training/torchtune/recipes/lora_finetuning_single_device.py
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 # This source code is licensed under the terms described in the LICENSE file in
 # the root directory of this source tree.
 
-import logging
 import os
 import time
 from datetime import UTC, datetime
@@ -19,6 +18,7 @@
 from torchtune import modules, training
 from torchtune import utils as torchtune_utils
 from torchtune.data import padded_collate_sft
+from torchtune.models.llama3._tokenizer import Llama3Tokenizer
 from torchtune.modules.loss import CEWithChunkedOutputLoss
 from torchtune.modules.peft import (
     get_adapter_params,
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@
 )
 from llama_stack.core.utils.config_dirs import DEFAULT_CHECKPOINT_DIR
 from llama_stack.core.utils.model_utils import model_local_dir
+from llama_stack.log import get_logger
 from llama_stack.models.llama.sku_list import resolve_model
 from llama_stack.providers.inline.post_training.common.utils import evacuate_model_from_device
 from llama_stack.providers.inline.post_training.torchtune.common import utils
@@ -56,9 +57,7 @@
 )
 from llama_stack.providers.inline.post_training.torchtune.datasets.sft import SFTDataset
 
-log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
-
-from torchtune.models.llama3._tokenizer import Llama3Tokenizer
+log = get_logger(name=__name__, category="post_training")
 
 
 class LoraFinetuningSingleDevice:
diff --git a/llama_stack/providers/inline/safety/code_scanner/code_scanner.py b/llama_stack/providers/inline/safety/code_scanner/code_scanner.py
index 6e05d5b83a..5e25c559f5 100644
--- a/llama_stack/providers/inline/safety/code_scanner/code_scanner.py
+++ b/llama_stack/providers/inline/safety/code_scanner/code_scanner.py
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 # This source code is licensed under the terms described in the LICENSE file in
 # the root directory of this source tree.
 
-import logging
 import uuid
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any
 
@@ -20,13 +19,14 @@
 )
 from llama_stack.apis.safety.safety import ModerationObject, ModerationObjectResults
 from llama_stack.apis.shields import Shield
+from llama_stack.log import get_logger
 from llama_stack.providers.utils.inference.prompt_adapter import (
     interleaved_content_as_str,
 )
 
 from .config import CodeScannerConfig
 
-log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+log = get_logger(name=__name__, category="safety")
 
 ALLOWED_CODE_SCANNER_MODEL_IDS = [
     "code-scanner",
diff --git a/llama_stack/providers/inline/safety/llama_guard/llama_guard.py b/llama_stack/providers/inline/safety/llama_guard/llama_guard.py
index 5d52c5d897..5c7f30aa72 100644
--- a/llama_stack/providers/inline/safety/llama_guard/llama_guard.py
+++ b/llama_stack/providers/inline/safety/llama_guard/llama_guard.py
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 # This source code is licensed under the terms described in the LICENSE file in
 # the root directory of this source tree.
 
-import logging
 import re
 import uuid
 from string import Template
@@ -21,6 +20,7 @@
 from llama_stack.apis.safety.safety import ModerationObject, ModerationObjectResults
 from llama_stack.apis.shields import Shield
 from llama_stack.core.datatypes import Api
+from llama_stack.log import get_logger
 from llama_stack.models.llama.datatypes import Role
 from llama_stack.models.llama.sku_types import CoreModelId
 from llama_stack.providers.datatypes import ShieldsProtocolPrivate
@@ -132,6 +132,8 @@
 
 PROMPT_TEMPLATE = Template(f"{PROMPT_TASK}{SAFETY_CATEGORIES}{PROMPT_CONVERSATION}{PROMPT_INSTRUCTIONS}")
 
+logger = get_logger(name=__name__, category="safety")
+
 
 class LlamaGuardSafetyImpl(Safety, ShieldsProtocolPrivate):
     def __init__(self, config: LlamaGuardConfig, deps) -> None:
@@ -407,7 +409,7 @@ def create_moderation_object(self, model: str, unsafe_code: str | None = None) -
             unsafe_code_list = [code.strip() for code in unsafe_code.split(",")]
             invalid_codes = [code for code in unsafe_code_list if code not in SAFETY_CODE_TO_CATEGORIES_MAP]
             if invalid_codes:
-                logging.warning(f"Invalid safety codes returned: {invalid_codes}")
+                logger.warning(f"Invalid safety codes returned: {invalid_codes}")
                 # just returning safe object, as we don't know what the invalid codes can map to
                 return ModerationObject(
                     id=f"modr-{uuid.uuid4()}",
diff --git a/llama_stack/providers/inline/safety/prompt_guard/prompt_guard.py b/llama_stack/providers/inline/safety/prompt_guard/prompt_guard.py
index c760f0fd16..6fb6c44075 100644
--- a/llama_stack/providers/inline/safety/prompt_guard/prompt_guard.py
+++ b/llama_stack/providers/inline/safety/prompt_guard/prompt_guard.py
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 # This source code is licensed under the terms described in the LICENSE file in
 # the root directory of this source tree.
 
-import logging
 from typing import Any
 
 import torch
@@ -21,6 +20,7 @@
 from llama_stack.apis.safety.safety import ModerationObject
 from llama_stack.apis.shields import Shield
 from llama_stack.core.utils.model_utils import model_local_dir
+from llama_stack.log import get_logger
 from llama_stack.providers.datatypes import ShieldsProtocolPrivate
 from llama_stack.providers.utils.inference.prompt_adapter import (
     interleaved_content_as_str,
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 
 from .config import PromptGuardConfig, PromptGuardType
 
-log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+log = get_logger(name=__name__, category="safety")
 
 PROMPT_GUARD_MODEL = "Prompt-Guard-86M"
 
diff --git a/llama_stack/providers/inline/scoring/basic/utils/ifeval_utils.py b/llama_stack/providers/inline/scoring/basic/utils/ifeval_utils.py
index b74c3826ef..c9358101d0 100644
--- a/llama_stack/providers/inline/scoring/basic/utils/ifeval_utils.py
+++ b/llama_stack/providers/inline/scoring/basic/utils/ifeval_utils.py
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
 import collections
 import functools
 import json
-import logging
 import random
 import re
 import string
@@ -20,7 +19,9 @@
 from pythainlp.tokenize import sent_tokenize as sent_tokenize_thai
 from pythainlp.tokenize import word_tokenize as word_tokenize_thai
 
-logger = logging.getLogger()
+from llama_stack.log import get_logger
+
+logger = get_logger(name=__name__, category="scoring")
 
 WORD_LIST = [
     "western",
diff --git a/llama_stack/providers/inline/telemetry/meta_reference/telemetry.py b/llama_stack/providers/inline/telemetry/meta_reference/telemetry.py
index d99255c793..30710ec2ab 100644
--- a/llama_stack/providers/inline/telemetry/meta_reference/telemetry.py
+++ b/llama_stack/providers/inline/telemetry/meta_reference/telemetry.py
@@ -4,13 +4,10 @@
 # This source code is licensed under the terms described in the LICENSE file in
 # the root directory of this source tree.
 
-import logging
 import threading
 from typing import Any
 
 from opentelemetry import metrics, trace
-
-logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 from opentelemetry.exporter.otlp.proto.http.metric_exporter import OTLPMetricExporter
 from opentelemetry.exporter.otlp.proto.http.trace_exporter import OTLPSpanExporter
 from opentelemetry.sdk.metrics import MeterProvider
@@ -40,6 +37,7 @@
     UnstructuredLogEvent,
 )
 from llama_stack.core.datatypes import Api
+from llama_stack.log import get_logger
 from llama_stack.providers.inline.telemetry.meta_reference.console_span_processor import (
     ConsoleSpanProcessor,
 )
@@ -61,6 +59,8 @@
 _global_lock = threading.Lock()
 _TRACER_PROVIDER = None
 
+logger = get_logger(name=__name__, category="telemetry")
+
 
 def is_tracing_enabled(tracer):
     with tracer.start_as_current_span("check_tracing") as span:
diff --git a/llama_stack/providers/inline/tool_runtime/rag/memory.py b/llama_stack/providers/inline/tool_runtime/rag/memory.py
index 6a7c7885c8..a1543457bb 100644
--- a/llama_stack/providers/inline/tool_runtime/rag/memory.py
+++ b/llama_stack/providers/inline/tool_runtime/rag/memory.py
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 # the root directory of this source tree.
 
 import asyncio
-import logging
 import secrets
 import string
 from typing import Any
@@ -32,6 +31,7 @@
     ToolRuntime,
 )
 from llama_stack.apis.vector_io import QueryChunksResponse, VectorIO
+from llama_stack.log import get_logger
 from llama_stack.providers.datatypes import ToolGroupsProtocolPrivate
 from llama_stack.providers.utils.inference.prompt_adapter import interleaved_content_as_str
 from llama_stack.providers.utils.memory.vector_store import (
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
 from .config import RagToolRuntimeConfig
 from .context_retriever import generate_rag_query
 
-log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+log = get_logger(name=__name__, category="tool_runtime")
 
 
 def make_random_string(length: int = 8):
diff --git a/llama_stack/providers/inline/vector_io/faiss/faiss.py b/llama_stack/providers/inline/vector_io/faiss/faiss.py
index af61da59b8..258c6e7aa1 100644
--- a/llama_stack/providers/inline/vector_io/faiss/faiss.py
+++ b/llama_stack/providers/inline/vector_io/faiss/faiss.py
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
 import base64
 import io
 import json
-import logging
 from typing import Any
 
 import faiss
@@ -24,6 +23,7 @@
     QueryChunksResponse,
     VectorIO,
 )
+from llama_stack.log import get_logger
 from llama_stack.providers.datatypes import (
     HealthResponse,
     HealthStatus,
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
 
 from .config import FaissVectorIOConfig
 
-logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+logger = get_logger(name=__name__, category="vector_io")
 
 VERSION = "v3"
 VECTOR_DBS_PREFIX = f"vector_dbs:{VERSION}::"
diff --git a/llama_stack/providers/inline/vector_io/sqlite_vec/sqlite_vec.py b/llama_stack/providers/inline/vector_io/sqlite_vec/sqlite_vec.py
index cc1982f3b7..7cf1639602 100644
--- a/llama_stack/providers/inline/vector_io/sqlite_vec/sqlite_vec.py
+++ b/llama_stack/providers/inline/vector_io/sqlite_vec/sqlite_vec.py
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 # the root directory of this source tree.
 
 import asyncio
-import logging
 import re
 import sqlite3
 import struct
@@ -24,6 +23,7 @@
     QueryChunksResponse,
     VectorIO,
 )
+from llama_stack.log import get_logger
 from llama_stack.providers.datatypes import VectorDBsProtocolPrivate
 from llama_stack.providers.utils.kvstore import kvstore_impl
 from llama_stack.providers.utils.kvstore.api import KVStore
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
     VectorDBWithIndex,
 )
 
-logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+logger = get_logger(name=__name__, category="vector_io")
 
 # Specifying search mode is dependent on the VectorIO provider.
 VECTOR_SEARCH = "vector"
diff --git a/llama_stack/providers/remote/inference/llama_openai_compat/llama.py b/llama_stack/providers/remote/inference/llama_openai_compat/llama.py
index 4857c6723f..cfcfcbf909 100644
--- a/llama_stack/providers/remote/inference/llama_openai_compat/llama.py
+++ b/llama_stack/providers/remote/inference/llama_openai_compat/llama.py
@@ -3,15 +3,14 @@
 #
 # This source code is licensed under the terms described in the LICENSE file in
 # the root directory of this source tree.
-import logging
-
+from llama_stack.log import get_logger
 from llama_stack.providers.remote.inference.llama_openai_compat.config import LlamaCompatConfig
 from llama_stack.providers.utils.inference.litellm_openai_mixin import LiteLLMOpenAIMixin
 from llama_stack.providers.utils.inference.openai_mixin import OpenAIMixin
 
 from .models import MODEL_ENTRIES
 
-logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+logger = get_logger(name=__name__, category="inference")
 
 
 class LlamaCompatInferenceAdapter(OpenAIMixin, LiteLLMOpenAIMixin):
diff --git a/llama_stack/providers/remote/inference/nvidia/nvidia.py b/llama_stack/providers/remote/inference/nvidia/nvidia.py
index 7bc3fd0c93..297fb57622 100644
--- a/llama_stack/providers/remote/inference/nvidia/nvidia.py
+++ b/llama_stack/providers/remote/inference/nvidia/nvidia.py
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 # This source code is licensed under the terms described in the LICENSE file in
 # the root directory of this source tree.
 
-import logging
 import warnings
 from collections.abc import AsyncIterator
 
@@ -33,6 +32,7 @@
     ToolChoice,
     ToolConfig,
 )
+from llama_stack.log import get_logger
 from llama_stack.models.llama.datatypes import ToolDefinition, ToolPromptFormat
 from llama_stack.providers.utils.inference.model_registry import (
     ModelRegistryHelper,
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
 )
 from .utils import _is_nvidia_hosted
 
-logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+logger = get_logger(name=__name__, category="inference")
 
 
 class NVIDIAInferenceAdapter(OpenAIMixin, Inference, ModelRegistryHelper):
diff --git a/llama_stack/providers/remote/inference/nvidia/utils.py b/llama_stack/providers/remote/inference/nvidia/utils.py
index 74019999ef..790bbafd17 100644
--- a/llama_stack/providers/remote/inference/nvidia/utils.py
+++ b/llama_stack/providers/remote/inference/nvidia/utils.py
@@ -4,13 +4,13 @@
 # This source code is licensed under the terms described in the LICENSE file in
 # the root directory of this source tree.
 
-import logging
-
 import httpx
 
+from llama_stack.log import get_logger
+
 from . import NVIDIAConfig
 
-logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+logger = get_logger(name=__name__, category="inference")
 
 
 def _is_nvidia_hosted(config: NVIDIAConfig) -> bool:
diff --git a/llama_stack/providers/remote/inference/openai/openai.py b/llama_stack/providers/remote/inference/openai/openai.py
index 8652585591..1c72fa0bc6 100644
--- a/llama_stack/providers/remote/inference/openai/openai.py
+++ b/llama_stack/providers/remote/inference/openai/openai.py
@@ -4,15 +4,14 @@
 # This source code is licensed under the terms described in the LICENSE file in
 # the root directory of this source tree.
 
-import logging
-
+from llama_stack.log import get_logger
 from llama_stack.providers.utils.inference.litellm_openai_mixin import LiteLLMOpenAIMixin
 from llama_stack.providers.utils.inference.openai_mixin import OpenAIMixin
 
 from .config import OpenAIConfig
 from .models import MODEL_ENTRIES
 
-logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+logger = get_logger(name=__name__, category="inference")
 
 
 #
diff --git a/llama_stack/providers/remote/inference/tgi/tgi.py b/llama_stack/providers/remote/inference/tgi/tgi.py
index 3238318450..9da9614380 100644
--- a/llama_stack/providers/remote/inference/tgi/tgi.py
+++ b/llama_stack/providers/remote/inference/tgi/tgi.py
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 # the root directory of this source tree.
 
 
-import logging
 from collections.abc import AsyncGenerator
 
 from huggingface_hub import AsyncInferenceClient, HfApi
@@ -34,6 +33,7 @@
     ToolPromptFormat,
 )
 from llama_stack.apis.models import Model
+from llama_stack.log import get_logger
 from llama_stack.models.llama.sku_list import all_registered_models
 from llama_stack.providers.datatypes import ModelsProtocolPrivate
 from llama_stack.providers.utils.inference.model_registry import (
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@
 
 from .config import InferenceAPIImplConfig, InferenceEndpointImplConfig, TGIImplConfig
 
-log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+log = get_logger(name=__name__, category="inference")
 
 
 def build_hf_repo_model_entries():
diff --git a/llama_stack/providers/remote/post_training/nvidia/utils.py b/llama_stack/providers/remote/post_training/nvidia/utils.py
index d6e1016b21..9a6c3b53cd 100644
--- a/llama_stack/providers/remote/post_training/nvidia/utils.py
+++ b/llama_stack/providers/remote/post_training/nvidia/utils.py
@@ -4,18 +4,18 @@
 # This source code is licensed under the terms described in the LICENSE file in
 # the root directory of this source tree.
 
-import logging
 import warnings
 from typing import Any
 
 from pydantic import BaseModel
 
 from llama_stack.apis.post_training import TrainingConfig
+from llama_stack.log import get_logger
 from llama_stack.providers.remote.post_training.nvidia.config import SFTLoRADefaultConfig
 
 from .config import NvidiaPostTrainingConfig
 
-logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+logger = get_logger(name=__name__, category="integration")
 
 
 def warn_unsupported_params(config_dict: Any, supported_keys: set[str], config_name: str) -> None:
diff --git a/llama_stack/providers/remote/safety/bedrock/bedrock.py b/llama_stack/providers/remote/safety/bedrock/bedrock.py
index 1895e7507e..1ca87ae3df 100644
--- a/llama_stack/providers/remote/safety/bedrock/bedrock.py
+++ b/llama_stack/providers/remote/safety/bedrock/bedrock.py
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 # the root directory of this source tree.
 
 import json
-import logging
 from typing import Any
 
 from llama_stack.apis.inference import Message
@@ -16,12 +15,13 @@
     ViolationLevel,
 )
 from llama_stack.apis.shields import Shield
+from llama_stack.log import get_logger
 from llama_stack.providers.datatypes import ShieldsProtocolPrivate
 from llama_stack.providers.utils.bedrock.client import create_bedrock_client
 
 from .config import BedrockSafetyConfig
 
-logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+logger = get_logger(name=__name__, category="safety")
 
 
 class BedrockSafetyAdapter(Safety, ShieldsProtocolPrivate):
diff --git a/llama_stack/providers/remote/safety/nvidia/nvidia.py b/llama_stack/providers/remote/safety/nvidia/nvidia.py
index 7f17b1cb68..0d8d8ba7a1 100644
--- a/llama_stack/providers/remote/safety/nvidia/nvidia.py
+++ b/llama_stack/providers/remote/safety/nvidia/nvidia.py
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 # This source code is licensed under the terms described in the LICENSE file in
 # the root directory of this source tree.
 
-import logging
 from typing import Any
 
 import requests
@@ -12,12 +11,13 @@
 from llama_stack.apis.inference import Message
 from llama_stack.apis.safety import RunShieldResponse, Safety, SafetyViolation, ViolationLevel
 from llama_stack.apis.shields import Shield
+from llama_stack.log import get_logger
 from llama_stack.providers.datatypes import ShieldsProtocolPrivate
 from llama_stack.providers.utils.inference.openai_compat import convert_message_to_openai_dict_new
 
 from .config import NVIDIASafetyConfig
 
-logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+logger = get_logger(name=__name__, category="safety")
 
 
 class NVIDIASafetyAdapter(Safety, ShieldsProtocolPrivate):
diff --git a/llama_stack/providers/remote/safety/sambanova/sambanova.py b/llama_stack/providers/remote/safety/sambanova/sambanova.py
index 6c7190afea..676ee7185b 100644
--- a/llama_stack/providers/remote/safety/sambanova/sambanova.py
+++ b/llama_stack/providers/remote/safety/sambanova/sambanova.py
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 # the root directory of this source tree.
 
 import json
-import logging
 from typing import Any
 
 import litellm
@@ -20,12 +19,13 @@
 )
 from llama_stack.apis.shields import Shield
 from llama_stack.core.request_headers import NeedsRequestProviderData
+from llama_stack.log import get_logger
 from llama_stack.providers.datatypes import ShieldsProtocolPrivate
 from llama_stack.providers.utils.inference.openai_compat import convert_message_to_openai_dict_new
 
 from .config import SambaNovaSafetyConfig
 
-logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+logger = get_logger(name=__name__, category="safety")
 
 CANNED_RESPONSE_TEXT = "I can't answer that. Can I help with something else?"
 
diff --git a/llama_stack/providers/remote/vector_io/chroma/chroma.py b/llama_stack/providers/remote/vector_io/chroma/chroma.py
index 8f252711b4..0047e60554 100644
--- a/llama_stack/providers/remote/vector_io/chroma/chroma.py
+++ b/llama_stack/providers/remote/vector_io/chroma/chroma.py
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 # the root directory of this source tree.
 import asyncio
 import json
-import logging
 from typing import Any
 from urllib.parse import urlparse
 
@@ -20,6 +19,7 @@
     QueryChunksResponse,
     VectorIO,
 )
+from llama_stack.log import get_logger
 from llama_stack.providers.datatypes import Api, VectorDBsProtocolPrivate
 from llama_stack.providers.inline.vector_io.chroma import ChromaVectorIOConfig as InlineChromaVectorIOConfig
 from llama_stack.providers.utils.kvstore import kvstore_impl
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
 
 from .config import ChromaVectorIOConfig as RemoteChromaVectorIOConfig
 
-log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+log = get_logger(name=__name__, category="vector_io")
 
 ChromaClientType = chromadb.api.AsyncClientAPI | chromadb.api.ClientAPI
 
diff --git a/llama_stack/providers/remote/vector_io/milvus/milvus.py b/llama_stack/providers/remote/vector_io/milvus/milvus.py
index c659bdf6c9..034ec331c8 100644
--- a/llama_stack/providers/remote/vector_io/milvus/milvus.py
+++ b/llama_stack/providers/remote/vector_io/milvus/milvus.py
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 # the root directory of this source tree.
 
 import asyncio
-import logging
 import os
 from typing import Any
 
@@ -21,6 +20,7 @@
     QueryChunksResponse,
     VectorIO,
 )
+from llama_stack.log import get_logger
 from llama_stack.providers.datatypes import VectorDBsProtocolPrivate
 from llama_stack.providers.inline.vector_io.milvus import MilvusVectorIOConfig as InlineMilvusVectorIOConfig
 from llama_stack.providers.utils.kvstore import kvstore_impl
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
 
 from .config import MilvusVectorIOConfig as RemoteMilvusVectorIOConfig
 
-logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+logger = get_logger(name=__name__, category="vector_io")
 
 VERSION = "v3"
 VECTOR_DBS_PREFIX = f"vector_dbs:milvus:{VERSION}::"
diff --git a/llama_stack/providers/remote/vector_io/pgvector/pgvector.py b/llama_stack/providers/remote/vector_io/pgvector/pgvector.py
index d2a5d910bd..e829c9e728 100644
--- a/llama_stack/providers/remote/vector_io/pgvector/pgvector.py
+++ b/llama_stack/providers/remote/vector_io/pgvector/pgvector.py
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 # This source code is licensed under the terms described in the LICENSE file in
 # the root directory of this source tree.
 
-import logging
 from typing import Any
 
 import psycopg2
@@ -22,6 +21,7 @@
     QueryChunksResponse,
     VectorIO,
 )
+from llama_stack.log import get_logger
 from llama_stack.providers.datatypes import Api, VectorDBsProtocolPrivate
 from llama_stack.providers.utils.kvstore import kvstore_impl
 from llama_stack.providers.utils.kvstore.api import KVStore
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
 
 from .config import PGVectorVectorIOConfig
 
-log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+log = get_logger(name=__name__, category="vector_io")
 
 VERSION = "v3"
 VECTOR_DBS_PREFIX = f"vector_dbs:pgvector:{VERSION}::"
diff --git a/llama_stack/providers/remote/vector_io/qdrant/qdrant.py b/llama_stack/providers/remote/vector_io/qdrant/qdrant.py
index 0180157804..8499ff997b 100644
--- a/llama_stack/providers/remote/vector_io/qdrant/qdrant.py
+++ b/llama_stack/providers/remote/vector_io/qdrant/qdrant.py
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 # the root directory of this source tree.
 
 import asyncio
-import logging
 import uuid
 from typing import Any
 
@@ -24,6 +23,7 @@
     VectorStoreChunkingStrategy,
     VectorStoreFileObject,
 )
+from llama_stack.log import get_logger
 from llama_stack.providers.datatypes import Api, VectorDBsProtocolPrivate
 from llama_stack.providers.inline.vector_io.qdrant import QdrantVectorIOConfig as InlineQdrantVectorIOConfig
 from llama_stack.providers.utils.kvstore import KVStore, kvstore_impl
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
 
 from .config import QdrantVectorIOConfig as RemoteQdrantVectorIOConfig
 
-log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+log = get_logger(name=__name__, category="vector_io")
 CHUNK_ID_KEY = "_chunk_id"
 
 # KV store prefixes for vector databases
diff --git a/llama_stack/providers/remote/vector_io/weaviate/weaviate.py b/llama_stack/providers/remote/vector_io/weaviate/weaviate.py
index 9667248482..ddf95317be 100644
--- a/llama_stack/providers/remote/vector_io/weaviate/weaviate.py
+++ b/llama_stack/providers/remote/vector_io/weaviate/weaviate.py
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 # This source code is licensed under the terms described in the LICENSE file in
 # the root directory of this source tree.
 import json
-import logging
 from typing import Any
 
 import weaviate
@@ -19,6 +18,7 @@
 from llama_stack.apis.vector_dbs import VectorDB
 from llama_stack.apis.vector_io import Chunk, QueryChunksResponse, VectorIO
 from llama_stack.core.request_headers import NeedsRequestProviderData
+from llama_stack.log import get_logger
 from llama_stack.providers.datatypes import Api, VectorDBsProtocolPrivate
 from llama_stack.providers.utils.kvstore import kvstore_impl
 from llama_stack.providers.utils.kvstore.api import KVStore
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
 
 from .config import WeaviateVectorIOConfig
 
-log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+log = get_logger(name=__name__, category="vector_io")
 
 VERSION = "v3"
 VECTOR_DBS_PREFIX = f"vector_dbs:weaviate:{VERSION}::"
diff --git a/llama_stack/providers/utils/inference/embedding_mixin.py b/llama_stack/providers/utils/inference/embedding_mixin.py
index 32e89f9876..05886cdc8f 100644
--- a/llama_stack/providers/utils/inference/embedding_mixin.py
+++ b/llama_stack/providers/utils/inference/embedding_mixin.py
@@ -5,10 +5,11 @@
 # the root directory of this source tree.
 
 import base64
-import logging
 import struct
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING
 
+from llama_stack.log import get_logger
+
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
     from sentence_transformers import SentenceTransformer
 
@@ -27,7 +28,7 @@
 EMBEDDING_MODELS = {}
 
 
-log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+log = get_logger(name=__name__, category="inference")
 
 
 class SentenceTransformerEmbeddingMixin:
diff --git a/llama_stack/providers/utils/inference/openai_compat.py b/llama_stack/providers/utils/inference/openai_compat.py
index 5e6c268844..eb32d2de9b 100644
--- a/llama_stack/providers/utils/inference/openai_compat.py
+++ b/llama_stack/providers/utils/inference/openai_compat.py
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 # the root directory of this source tree.
 import base64
 import json
-import logging
 import struct
 import time
 import uuid
@@ -122,6 +121,7 @@
 from llama_stack.apis.inference import (
     OpenAIChoice as OpenAIChatCompletionChoice,
 )
+from llama_stack.log import get_logger
 from llama_stack.models.llama.datatypes import (
     BuiltinTool,
     StopReason,
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@
     decode_assistant_message,
 )
 
-logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+logger = get_logger(name=__name__, category="inference")
 
 
 class OpenAICompatCompletionChoiceDelta(BaseModel):
diff --git a/llama_stack/providers/utils/kvstore/mongodb/mongodb.py b/llama_stack/providers/utils/kvstore/mongodb/mongodb.py
index 3842773d98..af52f37088 100644
--- a/llama_stack/providers/utils/kvstore/mongodb/mongodb.py
+++ b/llama_stack/providers/utils/kvstore/mongodb/mongodb.py
@@ -4,16 +4,16 @@
 # This source code is licensed under the terms described in the LICENSE file in
 # the root directory of this source tree.
 
-import logging
 from datetime import datetime
 
 from pymongo import AsyncMongoClient
 
+from llama_stack.log import get_logger
 from llama_stack.providers.utils.kvstore import KVStore
 
 from ..config import MongoDBKVStoreConfig
 
-log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+log = get_logger(name=__name__, category="kvstore")
 
 
 class MongoDBKVStoreImpl(KVStore):
diff --git a/llama_stack/providers/utils/kvstore/postgres/postgres.py b/llama_stack/providers/utils/kvstore/postgres/postgres.py
index cabb4c5121..021e907749 100644
--- a/llama_stack/providers/utils/kvstore/postgres/postgres.py
+++ b/llama_stack/providers/utils/kvstore/postgres/postgres.py
@@ -4,16 +4,17 @@
 # This source code is licensed under the terms described in the LICENSE file in
 # the root directory of this source tree.
 
-import logging
 from datetime import datetime
 
 import psycopg2
 from psycopg2.extras import DictCursor
 
+from llama_stack.log import get_logger
+
 from ..api import KVStore
 from ..config import PostgresKVStoreConfig
 
-log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+log = get_logger(name=__name__, category="kvstore")
 
 
 class PostgresKVStoreImpl(KVStore):
diff --git a/llama_stack/providers/utils/memory/openai_vector_store_mixin.py b/llama_stack/providers/utils/memory/openai_vector_store_mixin.py
index 120d0d4fcf..0775b31d1f 100644
--- a/llama_stack/providers/utils/memory/openai_vector_store_mixin.py
+++ b/llama_stack/providers/utils/memory/openai_vector_store_mixin.py
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
     make_overlapped_chunks,
 )
 
-logger = get_logger(__name__, category="vector_io")
+logger = get_logger(name=__name__, category="memory")
 
 # Constants for OpenAI vector stores
 CHUNK_MULTIPLIER = 5
diff --git a/llama_stack/providers/utils/memory/vector_store.py b/llama_stack/providers/utils/memory/vector_store.py
index 6ae5bb5217..b5d82432da 100644
--- a/llama_stack/providers/utils/memory/vector_store.py
+++ b/llama_stack/providers/utils/memory/vector_store.py
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 # the root directory of this source tree.
 import base64
 import io
-import logging
 import re
 import time
 from abc import ABC, abstractmethod
@@ -26,6 +25,7 @@
 from llama_stack.apis.tools import RAGDocument
 from llama_stack.apis.vector_dbs import VectorDB
 from llama_stack.apis.vector_io import Chunk, ChunkMetadata, QueryChunksResponse
+from llama_stack.log import get_logger
 from llama_stack.models.llama.llama3.tokenizer import Tokenizer
 from llama_stack.providers.datatypes import Api
 from llama_stack.providers.utils.inference.prompt_adapter import (
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
 )
 from llama_stack.providers.utils.vector_io.vector_utils import generate_chunk_id
 
-log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+log = get_logger(name=__name__, category="memory")
 
 
 class ChunkForDeletion(BaseModel):
diff --git a/llama_stack/providers/utils/telemetry/tracing.py b/llama_stack/providers/utils/telemetry/tracing.py
index 7080e774a6..7694003b5f 100644
--- a/llama_stack/providers/utils/telemetry/tracing.py
+++ b/llama_stack/providers/utils/telemetry/tracing.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
 import asyncio
 import contextvars
-import logging
+import logging  # allow-direct-logging
 import queue
 import random
 import sys
diff --git a/tests/integration/post_training/test_post_training.py b/tests/integration/post_training/test_post_training.py
index f9c7975935..b5be71c7c7 100644
--- a/tests/integration/post_training/test_post_training.py
+++ b/tests/integration/post_training/test_post_training.py
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 # This source code is licensed under the terms described in the LICENSE file in
 # the root directory of this source tree.
 
-import logging
 import sys
 import time
 import uuid
@@ -19,10 +18,10 @@
     LoraFinetuningConfig,
     TrainingConfig,
 )
+from llama_stack.log import get_logger
 
 # Configure logging
-logging.basicConfig(level=logging.INFO, format="%(asctime)s - %(levelname)s - %(message)s", force=True)
-logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+logger = get_logger(name=__name__, category="post_training")
 
 
 skip_because_resource_intensive = pytest.mark.skip(
diff --git a/tests/integration/vector_io/test_openai_vector_stores.py b/tests/integration/vector_io/test_openai_vector_stores.py
index bead95c26a..82868164fc 100644
--- a/tests/integration/vector_io/test_openai_vector_stores.py
+++ b/tests/integration/vector_io/test_openai_vector_stores.py
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 # This source code is licensed under the terms described in the LICENSE file in
 # the root directory of this source tree.
 
-import logging
 import time
 from io import BytesIO
 
@@ -14,8 +13,9 @@
 
 from llama_stack.apis.vector_io import Chunk
 from llama_stack.core.library_client import LlamaStackAsLibraryClient
+from llama_stack.log import get_logger
 
-logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+logger = get_logger(name=__name__, category="vector_io")
 
 
 def skip_if_provider_doesnt_support_openai_vector_stores(client_with_models):
diff --git a/tests/unit/providers/inference/test_remote_vllm.py b/tests/unit/providers/inference/test_remote_vllm.py
index 5c2ad03ab3..ce0e930b12 100644
--- a/tests/unit/providers/inference/test_remote_vllm.py
+++ b/tests/unit/providers/inference/test_remote_vllm.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
 import asyncio
 import json
-import logging
+import logging  # allow-direct-logging
 import threading
 import time
 from http.server import BaseHTTPRequestHandler, HTTPServer