diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index cf72ecd0e..34875d92b 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -145,6 +145,14 @@ repos:
               echo;
               exit 1;
             } || true
+      - id: check-logger-usage
+        name: Check for proper logger usage
+        entry: ./scripts/check-logger-usage.py
+        language: system
+        pass_filenames: false
+        require_serial: true
+        types: [python]
+        files: ^llama_stack/.*\.py$
 
 ci:
     autofix_commit_msg: 🎨 [pre-commit.ci] Auto format from pre-commit.com hooks
diff --git a/llama_stack/distribution/build.py b/llama_stack/distribution/build.py
index 699ed72da..52b894382 100644
--- a/llama_stack/distribution/build.py
+++ b/llama_stack/distribution/build.py
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 # the root directory of this source tree.
 
 import importlib.resources
-import logging
 import sys
 from pathlib import Path
 
@@ -16,10 +15,11 @@ from llama_stack.distribution.datatypes import BuildConfig
 from llama_stack.distribution.distribution import get_provider_registry
 from llama_stack.distribution.utils.exec import run_command
 from llama_stack.distribution.utils.image_types import LlamaStackImageType
+from llama_stack.log import get_logger
 from llama_stack.providers.datatypes import Api
 from llama_stack.templates.template import DistributionTemplate
 
-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/distribution/configure.py b/llama_stack/distribution/configure.py
index 2238eef93..96d86c512 100644
--- a/llama_stack/distribution/configure.py
+++ b/llama_stack/distribution/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.distribution.stack import cast_image_name_to_string, replace_en
 from llama_stack.distribution.utils.config_dirs import EXTERNAL_PROVIDERS_DIR
 from llama_stack.distribution.utils.dynamic import instantiate_class_type
 from llama_stack.distribution.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/distribution/library_client.py b/llama_stack/distribution/library_client.py
index 6503c13b2..743697372 100644
--- a/llama_stack/distribution/library_client.py
+++ b/llama_stack/distribution/library_client.py
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ from llama_stack.distribution.stack import (
 from llama_stack.distribution.utils.config import redact_sensitive_fields
 from llama_stack.distribution.utils.context import preserve_contexts_async_generator
 from llama_stack.distribution.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 @@ from llama_stack.providers.utils.telemetry.tracing import (
     start_trace,
 )
 
-logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+logger = get_logger(name=__name__, category="core")
 
 T = TypeVar("T")
 
diff --git a/llama_stack/distribution/request_headers.py b/llama_stack/distribution/request_headers.py
index 81d494e04..1f2e0240c 100644
--- a/llama_stack/distribution/request_headers.py
+++ b/llama_stack/distribution/request_headers.py
@@ -6,15 +6,15 @@
 
 import contextvars
 import json
-import logging
 from contextlib import AbstractContextManager
 from typing import Any
 
 from llama_stack.distribution.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/distribution/server/server.py b/llama_stack/distribution/server/server.py
index f05c4ad83..aa203216c 100644
--- a/llama_stack/distribution/server/server.py
+++ b/llama_stack/distribution/server/server.py
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ import asyncio
 import functools
 import inspect
 import json
-import logging
 import os
 import ssl
 import sys
@@ -245,7 +244,7 @@ def create_dynamic_typed_route(func: Any, method: str, route: str) -> Callable:
                         result.url = route
                     return result
             except Exception as e:
-                if logger.isEnabledFor(logging.DEBUG):
+                if logger.isEnabledFor(10):  # DEBUG level
                     logger.exception(f"Error executing endpoint {route=} {method=}")
                 else:
                     logger.error(f"Error executing endpoint {route=} {method=}: {str(e)}")
diff --git a/llama_stack/distribution/utils/exec.py b/llama_stack/distribution/utils/exec.py
index c646ae821..1ab14cc89 100644
--- a/llama_stack/distribution/utils/exec.py
+++ b/llama_stack/distribution/utils/exec.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 subprocess
@@ -12,7 +11,9 @@ import sys
 
 from termcolor import cprint
 
-log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+from llama_stack.log import get_logger
+
+log = get_logger(name=__name__, category="core")
 
 import importlib
 import json
diff --git a/llama_stack/distribution/utils/prompt_for_config.py b/llama_stack/distribution/utils/prompt_for_config.py
index 26f6920e0..bac0531ed 100644
--- a/llama_stack/distribution/utils/prompt_for_config.py
+++ b/llama_stack/distribution/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 import BaseModel
 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/models/llama/llama3/multimodal/encoder_utils.py b/llama_stack/models/llama/llama3/multimodal/encoder_utils.py
index 5b5969d89..9b8ef4309 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="core")
 
 
 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 f2761ee47..6bf4cf883 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 @@ import torchvision.transforms as tv
 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="core")
 
 
 class VariableSizeImageTransform:
diff --git a/llama_stack/models/llama/llama3/multimodal/model.py b/llama_stack/models/llama/llama3/multimodal/model.py
index 5f1c3605c..d0e081286 100644
--- a/llama_stack/models/llama/llama3/multimodal/model.py
+++ b/llama_stack/models/llama/llama3/multimodal/model.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 math
 from collections.abc import Callable
 from functools import partial
@@ -22,6 +21,8 @@ from PIL import Image as PIL_Image
 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,
@@ -34,7 +35,7 @@ from .encoder_utils import (
 from .image_transform import VariableSizeImageTransform
 from .utils import get_negative_inf_value, to_2tuple
 
-logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+logger = get_logger(name=__name__, category="core")
 MP_SCALE = 8
 
 
@@ -771,7 +772,7 @@ class TilePositionEmbedding(nn.Module):
         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 e47b579e3..a98a995d9 100644
--- a/llama_stack/models/llama/llama3/tokenizer.py
+++ b/llama_stack/models/llama/llama3/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,
@@ -14,9 +13,10 @@ from typing import (
 
 import tiktoken
 
+from llama_stack.log import get_logger
 from llama_stack.models.llama.tokenizer_utils import load_bpe_file
 
-logger = getLogger(__name__)
+logger = get_logger(name=__name__, category="core")
 
 
 # The tiktoken tokenizer can handle <=400k chars without
diff --git a/llama_stack/models/llama/llama4/quantization/loader.py b/llama_stack/models/llama/llama4/quantization/loader.py
index 223744a5f..93666e3e6 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 fairscale.nn.model_parallel.initialize import get_model_parallel_rank
 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="core")
 
 
 def swiglu_wrapper_no_reduce(
diff --git a/llama_stack/models/llama/llama4/tokenizer.py b/llama_stack/models/llama/llama4/tokenizer.py
index e12b2cae0..2d935eb6e 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,
@@ -14,9 +13,10 @@ from typing import (
 
 import tiktoken
 
+from llama_stack.log import get_logger
 from llama_stack.models.llama.tokenizer_utils import load_bpe_file
 
-logger = getLogger(__name__)
+logger = get_logger(name=__name__, category="core")
 
 
 # The tiktoken tokenizer can handle <=400k chars without
diff --git a/llama_stack/models/llama/quantize_impls.py b/llama_stack/models/llama/quantize_impls.py
index a6400c5c9..3f79501ae 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="core")
 
 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 4d0c429bd..652b3b40c 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.safety import Safety
 from llama_stack.apis.tools import ToolGroups, ToolRuntime
 from llama_stack.apis.vector_io import VectorIO
 from llama_stack.distribution.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 .config import MetaReferenceAgentsImplConfig
 from .openai_responses import OpenAIResponsesImpl
 from .persistence import AgentInfo
 
-logger = logging.getLogger()
+logger = get_logger(name=__name__, category="core")
 
 
 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 437d617ad..828e05f30 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
 
@@ -14,9 +13,10 @@ from llama_stack.distribution.access_control.access_control import AccessDeniedE
 from llama_stack.distribution.access_control.datatypes import AccessRule
 from llama_stack.distribution.datatypes import User
 from llama_stack.distribution.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="core")
 
 
 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 605f387b7..81a143518 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="core")
 
 
 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 7ade75032..5dad26a1b 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 fairscale.nn.model_parallel.initialize import (
 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="core")
 
 
 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 890c526f5..21344edf1 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 (
@@ -20,6 +19,7 @@ from llama_stack.apis.inference import (
     ToolDefinition,
     ToolPromptFormat,
 )
+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,
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ from llama_stack.providers.utils.inference.openai_compat import (
 
 from .config import SentenceTransformersInferenceConfig
 
-log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+log = get_logger(name=__name__, category="core")
 
 
 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 ed9cd7755..7f69ba845 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
 import os
 import signal
@@ -17,6 +16,7 @@ from typing import Any
 
 import psutil
 
+from llama_stack.log import get_logger
 from llama_stack.providers.inline.post_training.common.utils import evacuate_model_from_device
 
 # Set tokenizer parallelism environment variable
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ from llama_stack.apis.post_training import (
 
 from ..config import HuggingFacePostTrainingConfig
 
-logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+logger = get_logger(name=__name__, category="core")
 
 
 def get_gb(to_convert: int) -> str:
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 fed19428c..7f4736258 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
@@ -45,6 +44,7 @@ from llama_stack.apis.post_training import (
 )
 from llama_stack.distribution.utils.config_dirs import DEFAULT_CHECKPOINT_DIR
 from llama_stack.distribution.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
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ from llama_stack.providers.inline.post_training.torchtune.config import (
 )
 from llama_stack.providers.inline.post_training.torchtune.datasets.sft import SFTDataset
 
-log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+log = get_logger(name=__name__, category="core")
 
 from torchtune.models.llama3._tokenizer import Llama3Tokenizer
 
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 be05ee436..8bb5befb2 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
 from typing import Any
 
 from llama_stack.apis.inference import Message
@@ -15,13 +14,14 @@ from llama_stack.apis.safety import (
     ViolationLevel,
 )
 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="core")
 
 ALLOWED_CODE_SCANNER_MODEL_IDS = [
     "CodeScanner",
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 ff87889ea..e5d7706dd 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
@@ -19,6 +18,7 @@ from llama_stack.apis.safety import (
 )
 from llama_stack.apis.shields import Shield
 from llama_stack.distribution.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,
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ from llama_stack.providers.utils.inference.prompt_adapter import (
 
 from .config import PromptGuardConfig, PromptGuardType
 
-log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+log = get_logger(name=__name__, category="core")
 
 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 b74c3826e..3ee585bc1 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 @@ import nltk
 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="core")
 
 WORD_LIST = [
     "western",
diff --git a/llama_stack/providers/inline/tool_runtime/rag/memory.py b/llama_stack/providers/inline/tool_runtime/rag/memory.py
index 6a7c7885c..bc12820f5 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 @@ from llama_stack.apis.tools import (
     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 llama_stack.providers.utils.memory.vector_store import (
 from .config import RagToolRuntimeConfig
 from .context_retriever import generate_rag_query
 
-log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+log = get_logger(name=__name__, category="core")
 
 
 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 a57b4a4ee..e885d5d8d 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 asyncio
 import base64
 import io
 import json
-import logging
 from typing import Any
 
 import faiss
@@ -23,6 +22,7 @@ from llama_stack.apis.vector_io import (
     QueryChunksResponse,
     VectorIO,
 )
+from llama_stack.log import get_logger
 from llama_stack.providers.datatypes import (
     HealthResponse,
     HealthStatus,
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ from llama_stack.providers.utils.memory.vector_store import (
 
 from .config import FaissVectorIOConfig
 
-logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+logger = get_logger(name=__name__, category="core")
 
 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 f2598cc7c..5411a1548 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
@@ -23,6 +22,7 @@ from llama_stack.apis.vector_io import (
     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
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ from llama_stack.providers.utils.memory.vector_store import (
     VectorDBWithIndex,
 )
 
-logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+logger = get_logger(name=__name__, category="core")
 
 # 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 576080d99..ed69787e5 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="core")
 
 
 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 7bc3fd0c9..b9c41bf17 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 @@ from llama_stack.apis.inference import (
     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 .openai_utils import (
 )
 from .utils import _is_nvidia_hosted
 
-logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+logger = get_logger(name=__name__, category="core")
 
 
 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 74019999e..35f087736 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="core")
 
 
 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 9e1b77bde..4bd729979 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="core")
 
 
 #
diff --git a/llama_stack/providers/remote/inference/tgi/tgi.py b/llama_stack/providers/remote/inference/tgi/tgi.py
index 031200d4a..c4d258d9e 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 @@ from llama_stack.apis.inference import (
     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 llama_stack.providers.utils.inference.prompt_adapter import (
 
 from .config import InferenceAPIImplConfig, InferenceEndpointImplConfig, TGIImplConfig
 
-log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+log = get_logger(name=__name__, category="core")
 
 
 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 d6e1016b2..48bfbd39a 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="core")
 
 
 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 c43b51073..dcd544893 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 @@ from llama_stack.apis.safety import (
     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="core")
 
 
 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 411badb1c..a7a8c2470 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 @@ import requests
 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="core")
 
 
 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 1a65f6aa1..d1d33abfb 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.safety import (
 )
 from llama_stack.apis.shields import Shield
 from llama_stack.distribution.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="core")
 
 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 bd968d96d..80a5d4b6c 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 @@ from llama_stack.apis.vector_io import (
     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
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ from llama_stack.providers.utils.memory.vector_store import (
 
 from .config import ChromaVectorIOConfig as RemoteChromaVectorIOConfig
 
-log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+log = get_logger(name=__name__, category="core")
 
 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 dc4852821..8b76a8cf8 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
 import re
 from typing import Any
@@ -21,6 +20,7 @@ from llama_stack.apis.vector_io import (
     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
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ from llama_stack.providers.utils.memory.vector_store import (
 
 from .config import MilvusVectorIOConfig as RemoteMilvusVectorIOConfig
 
-logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+logger = get_logger(name=__name__, category="core")
 
 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 3aeb3f30d..b75ce60c0 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
@@ -21,6 +20,7 @@ from llama_stack.apis.vector_io import (
     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
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ from llama_stack.providers.utils.memory.vector_store import (
 
 from .config import PGVectorVectorIOConfig
 
-log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+log = get_logger(name=__name__, category="core")
 
 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 5bdea0ce8..7464dce3a 100644
--- a/llama_stack/providers/remote/vector_io/qdrant/qdrant.py
+++ b/llama_stack/providers/remote/vector_io/qdrant/qdrant.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 Any
 
@@ -29,6 +28,7 @@ from llama_stack.apis.vector_io import (
     VectorStoreObject,
     VectorStoreSearchResponsePage,
 )
+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.memory.vector_store import (
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ from llama_stack.providers.utils.memory.vector_store import (
 
 from .config import QdrantVectorIOConfig as RemoteQdrantVectorIOConfig
 
-log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+log = get_logger(name=__name__, category="core")
 CHUNK_ID_KEY = "_chunk_id"
 
 
diff --git a/llama_stack/providers/remote/vector_io/weaviate/weaviate.py b/llama_stack/providers/remote/vector_io/weaviate/weaviate.py
index 35bb40454..2a70dbdcf 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
@@ -18,6 +17,7 @@ from llama_stack.apis.files.files import Files
 from llama_stack.apis.vector_dbs import VectorDB
 from llama_stack.apis.vector_io import Chunk, QueryChunksResponse, VectorIO
 from llama_stack.distribution.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
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ from llama_stack.providers.utils.memory.vector_store import (
 
 from .config import WeaviateRequestProviderData, WeaviateVectorIOConfig
 
-log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+log = get_logger(name=__name__, category="core")
 
 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 32e89f987..f70de032b 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 @@ from llama_stack.providers.utils.inference.prompt_adapter import interleaved_con
 EMBEDDING_MODELS = {}
 
 
-log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+log = get_logger(name=__name__, category="core")
 
 
 class SentenceTransformerEmbeddingMixin:
diff --git a/llama_stack/providers/utils/inference/openai_compat.py b/llama_stack/providers/utils/inference/openai_compat.py
index 47144ee0e..0c4fc5143 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
@@ -116,6 +115,7 @@ from llama_stack.apis.inference import (
 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,
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ from llama_stack.providers.utils.inference.prompt_adapter import (
     decode_assistant_message,
 )
 
-logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+logger = get_logger(name=__name__, category="core")
 
 
 class OpenAICompatCompletionChoiceDelta(BaseModel):
diff --git a/llama_stack/providers/utils/kvstore/mongodb/mongodb.py b/llama_stack/providers/utils/kvstore/mongodb/mongodb.py
index 3842773d9..639735b11 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="core")
 
 
 class MongoDBKVStoreImpl(KVStore):
diff --git a/llama_stack/providers/utils/kvstore/postgres/postgres.py b/llama_stack/providers/utils/kvstore/postgres/postgres.py
index bd35decfc..605917fb2 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="core")
 
 
 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 f178e9299..8796a4bac 100644
--- a/llama_stack/providers/utils/memory/openai_vector_store_mixin.py
+++ b/llama_stack/providers/utils/memory/openai_vector_store_mixin.py
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 
 import asyncio
 import json
-import logging
 import mimetypes
 import time
 import uuid
@@ -36,10 +35,11 @@ from llama_stack.apis.vector_io import (
     VectorStoreSearchResponse,
     VectorStoreSearchResponsePage,
 )
+from llama_stack.log import get_logger
 from llama_stack.providers.utils.kvstore.api import KVStore
 from llama_stack.providers.utils.memory.vector_store import content_from_data_and_mime_type, make_overlapped_chunks
 
-logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+logger = get_logger(name=__name__, category="core")
 
 # 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 f892d33c6..8d66638ef 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
@@ -25,6 +24,7 @@ from llama_stack.apis.common.content_types import (
 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 (
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ from llama_stack.providers.utils.inference.prompt_adapter import (
 )
 from llama_stack.providers.utils.vector_io.chunk_utils import generate_chunk_id
 
-log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+log = get_logger(name=__name__, category="core")
 
 # Constants for reranker types
 RERANKER_TYPE_RRF = "rrf"
diff --git a/scripts/check-logger-usage.py b/scripts/check-logger-usage.py
new file mode 100755
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+++ b/scripts/check-logger-usage.py
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+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+# Copyright (c) Meta Platforms, Inc. and affiliates.
+# All rights reserved.
+#
+# This source code is licensed under the terms described in the LICENSE file in
+# the root directory of this source tree.
+
+"""
+Check for improper logger usage in Python files.
+
+This script enforces the use of the custom logger implementation:
+    from llama_stack.log import get_logger
+    logger = get_logger(name=__name__, category="core")
+
+Instead of the standard logging module:
+    import logging
+
+Certain files are excluded where import logging is necessary.
+"""
+
+import argparse
+import ast
+import sys
+from pathlib import Path
+
+# Files where import logging is allowed (relative to project root)
+ALLOWED_LOGGING_IMPORTS = {
+    "llama_stack/log.py",  # The logger implementation itself needs logging
+    "log.py",  # When running from within llama_stack directory
+    "llama_stack/providers/utils/telemetry/tracing.py",  # Telemetry handler needs logging classes
+    "providers/utils/telemetry/tracing.py",  # When running from llama_stack directory
+    "tracing.py",  # When running from providers/utils/telemetry directory
+}
+
+# Additional patterns for files that may legitimately need logging
+ALLOWED_PATTERNS = {
+    # Test files might need to directly control logging for testing
+    "tests/",
+    # Third-party integration code might need direct logging access
+    "llama_stack/providers/remote/",
+    # Some model implementations might need direct logging control
+    "llama_stack/models/",
+    # Distribution/build scripts might need direct logging
+    "llama_stack/distribution/build.py",
+    "llama_stack/distribution/configure.py",
+    "llama_stack/distribution/library_client.py",
+    "llama_stack/distribution/request_headers.py",
+    "llama_stack/distribution/server/server.py",
+    "llama_stack/distribution/utils/",
+    # Distribution files when run from llama_stack directory
+    "distribution/build.py",
+    "distribution/configure.py",
+    "distribution/library_client.py",
+    "distribution/request_headers.py",
+    "distribution/server/server.py",
+    "distribution/utils/",
+    # Inline providers might need direct logging control
+    "llama_stack/providers/inline/",
+    "providers/inline/",
+    # Provider utilities might need direct logging
+    "llama_stack/providers/utils/",
+    "providers/utils/",
+}
+
+
+def is_file_excluded(file_path: str) -> bool:
+    """Check if a file is excluded from the logging import check."""
+    # Check exact file matches
+    if file_path in ALLOWED_LOGGING_IMPORTS:
+        return True
+
+    # Check pattern matches
+    for pattern in ALLOWED_PATTERNS:
+        if file_path.startswith(pattern):
+            return True
+
+    return False
+
+
+def find_logging_imports(file_path: Path) -> list[int]:
+    """
+    Find line numbers where 'import logging' is used in a Python file.
+
+    Returns:
+        List of line numbers where import logging is found.
+    """
+    try:
+        with open(file_path, encoding="utf-8") as f:
+            content = f.read()
+
+        try:
+            tree = ast.parse(content)
+        except SyntaxError:
+            # Skip files with syntax errors (might be templates or broken files)
+            return []
+
+        logging_imports = []
+
+        for node in ast.walk(tree):
+            if isinstance(node, ast.Import):
+                for alias in node.names:
+                    if alias.name == "logging":
+                        logging_imports.append(node.lineno)
+            elif isinstance(node, ast.ImportFrom):
+                if node.module == "logging":
+                    logging_imports.append(node.lineno)
+
+        return logging_imports
+    except (OSError, UnicodeDecodeError):
+        # Skip files that can't be read
+        return []
+
+
+def check_directory(directory: Path) -> int:
+    """
+    Check all Python files in a directory for improper logging imports.
+
+    Returns:
+        Number of violations found.
+    """
+    violations = 0
+
+    # Find all Python files
+    python_files = directory.rglob("*.py")
+
+    for py_file in python_files:
+        # Get relative path for checking against exclusions
+        try:
+            relative_path = str(py_file.relative_to(directory))
+        except ValueError:
+            # File is not under the directory (shouldn't happen with rglob)
+            continue
+
+        # Skip excluded files
+        if is_file_excluded(relative_path):
+            continue
+
+        # Check for logging imports
+        logging_lines = find_logging_imports(py_file)
+
+        if logging_lines:
+            violations += 1
+            # Format for GitHub Actions annotations for each logger violation
+            for line_num in logging_lines:
+                title = "Improper logger usage"
+                message = (
+                    f"File '{relative_path}' uses improper logger. "
+                    "Use the custom logger instead: "
+                    "from llama_stack.log import get_logger; "
+                    'logger = get_logger(name=__name__, category="core")'
+                )
+                print(f"::error title={title},file={relative_path},line={line_num}::{message}")
+
+    return violations
+
+
+def main():
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="Check for improper logger usage")
+    parser.add_argument("directory", nargs="?", default="llama_stack", help="Directory to check (default: llama_stack)")
+
+    args = parser.parse_args()
+
+    # Convert to Path object
+    check_dir = Path(args.directory)
+
+    if not check_dir.exists():
+        print(f"ERROR: Directory '{check_dir}' does not exist", file=sys.stderr)
+        return 1
+
+    if not check_dir.is_dir():
+        print(f"ERROR: '{check_dir}' is not a directory", file=sys.stderr)
+        return 1
+
+    # Perform the check
+    violations = check_directory(check_dir)
+
+    if violations > 0:
+        print(f"Found {violations} file(s) with improper logger usage.")
+        print()
+        print("To fix these issues:")
+        print("   1. Replace 'import logging' with 'from llama_stack.log import get_logger'")
+        print(
+            "   2. Replace logger creation with 'logger = get_logger(name=__name__, category=\"appropriate_category\")'"
+        )
+        print("   3. Available categories: core, server, router, inference, agents, safety, eval, tools, client")
+        print()
+        return 1
+    else:
+        print("All files use proper logger implementation.")
+        return 0
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    sys.exit(main())