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Why is centralized logging considered essential rather than optional in production?

Without it, diagnosing an issue requires knowing which specific host/replica to check, and any log history is lost the moment a container is removed or restarted — centralized logging lets you query across all replicas and survive container churn, which is essential once a service runs more than a single instance.

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