--- title: I Was Tired of Salesforce’s 24-Hour Trace Flag Limit, So... description: Salesforce's native debug logging has a frustrating 24-hour Trace Flag expiration limit that forces developers to repeatedly reconfigure debug sessions.... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/i-was-tired-of-salesforce-s-24-hour-trace-flag-limit-so-i-built-apexium-log-hragylpwm twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: I Was Tired of Salesforce’s 24-Hour Trace Flag Limit, So I Built Apexium.log | daily.dev og:description: Salesforce's native debug logging has a frustrating 24-hour Trace Flag expiration limit that forces developers to repeatedly reconfigure debug sessions.... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/i-was-tired-of-salesforce-s-24-hour-trace-flag-limit-so-i-built-apexium-log-hragylpwm og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/hraGYLPwM.png og:image:alt: I Was Tired of Salesforce’s 24-Hour Trace Flag Limit, So I Built Apexium.log og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # I Was Tired of Salesforce’s 24-Hour Trace Flag Limit, So I Built Apexium.log **[Medium](https://daily.dev/sources/medium_js)** · 6 min read · 1 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Salesforce's native debug logging has a frustrating 24-hour Trace Flag expiration limit that forces developers to repeatedly reconfigure debug sessions. Apexium.log is an open-source tool built to address this and other pain points: it automates recurring Trace Flag renewal, centralizes debug log management, extends log retention to 30 days, tracks Apex metadata changes, and provides code coverage dashboards — all in one interface. The goal is to reduce time spent managing debugging infrastructure so Salesforce developers can focus on writing reliable Apex code. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### How long does a Salesforce Trace Flag stay active before it expires? A Trace Flag is generally capped at a maximum active time window of 24 hours. Once it expires, debug logging stops and developers must manually recreate the Trace Flag to continue capturing logs for a specific user, Apex Class, or Apex Trigger. This 24-hour cap is a native Salesforce platform limitation, not something configurable per org. _Developers hunting workarounds for Salesforce's trace flag limits can find practical tooling discussions on daily.dev._ ### What are the log levels available in a Salesforce Trace Flag for Apex Code? Apex Code log levels range from NONE, ERROR, WARN, INFO, DEBUG, FINE, FINER, up to FINEST, with other categories covering Database (SOQL/DML), Workflow, Validation, Callout, and System limits. Choosing a higher level like FINEST captures more detail but fills the log's size limit much faster, risking early truncation or loss. _Salesforce developers tuning debug verbosity without hitting log size limits can track tips like this on daily.dev._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [How Dynatrace supercharged log observability in 2025\!](https://daily.dev/posts/how-dynatrace-supercharged-log-observability-in-2025--qapdrhk7r) · Dynatrace · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [How AI-Driven Refactoring Cut Legacy Code Migration to Just 4 Months](https://daily.dev/posts/how-ai-driven-refactoring-cut-legacy-code-migration-to-just-4-months-hbplrz7df) · Salesforce Engineering · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [AuraInspector: Auditing Salesforce Aura for Data Exposure](https://daily.dev/posts/aurainspector-auditing-salesforce-aura-for-data-exposure-ewk2rh2hz) · Google Cloud · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [You can’t debug what you can’t see — Observability for AI Agents](https://daily.dev/posts/you-can-t-debug-what-you-can-t-see-observability-for-ai-agents-8yaiqpabv) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [We taught ClickStack to read your logs like a detective novel](https://daily.dev/posts/we-taught-clickstack-to-read-your-logs-like-a-detective-novel-vbfjdqzlq) · ClickHouse · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#productivity](https://daily.dev/tags/productivity), [#logging](https://daily.dev/tags/logging), [#salesforce](https://daily.dev/tags/salesforce) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/i-was-tired-of-salesforce-s-24-hour-trace-flag-limit-so-i-built-apexium-log-hragylpwm) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"I Was Tired of Salesforce’s 24-Hour Trace Flag Limit, So I Built Apexium.log","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/i-was-tired-of-salesforce-s-24-hour-trace-flag-limit-so-i-built-apexium-log-hragylpwm","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/i-was-tired-of-salesforce-s-24-hour-trace-flag-limit-so-i-built-apexium-log-hragylpwm"},"datePublished":"2026-07-12T11:49:43.851Z","dateModified":"2026-09-14T07:25:03.577Z","description":"Salesforce's native debug logging has a frustrating 24-hour Trace Flag expiration limit that forces developers to repeatedly reconfigure debug sessions....","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--0_ODbtD2--/f_auto/v1722860399/public/Placeholder%2008","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--0_ODbtD2--/f_auto/v1722860399/public/Placeholder%2008","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"Medium","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Medium","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1/logos/medium","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/medium_js"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/i-was-tired-of-salesforce-s-24-hour-trace-flag-limit-so-i-built-apexium-log-hragylpwm","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":1},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"productivity,logging,salesforce","timeRequired":"PT6M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Medium","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/medium_js"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"I Was Tired of Salesforce’s 24-Hour Trace Flag Limit, So I Built Apexium.log"}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"FAQPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/i-was-tired-of-salesforce-s-24-hour-trace-flag-limit-so-i-built-apexium-log-hragylpwm#faq","mainEntity":[{"@type":"Question","name":"How long does a Salesforce Trace Flag stay active before it expires?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"A Trace Flag is generally capped at a maximum active time window of 24 hours. 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