ServiceStack - how to disable default exception logging

Question

In line with the ServiceStack documentation, we have a global service exception handler. The docs say that this handler should log the exception then call DtoUtils.HandleE

Answer 1

Do not call DtoUtils.HandleException as it logs the error. Don't call ServiceRunner.HandleException either, it calls DtoUtils.HandleException.

Call DtoUtils.CreateErrorResponse to make the response (it is used by DtoUtils.HandleException). The ToResponseStatus helper is also in DtoUtils

My AppServiceRunner is now like this:

public class AppServiceRunner : ServiceRunner
{
    public AppServiceRunner(AppHost appHost, ActionContext actionContext)
        : base(appHost, actionContext)
    {
    }

    public override object HandleException(IRequestContext requestContext,
        T request, Exception ex)
    {   
        LogException(requestContext, request, ex);

        var responseStatus = ex.ToResponseStatus();
        return DtoUtils.CreateErrorResponse(request, ex, responseStatus);
    }

    private void LogException(IRequestContext requestContext, T request, Exception ex)
    {
        // since AppHost.CreateServiceRunner can be called before AppHost.Configure
        // don't get the logger in the constructor, only make it when it is needed
        var logger = MakeLogger();
        var requestType = typeof(T);
        var message = string.Format("Exception at URI:'{0}' on service {1} : {2}",
            requestContext.AbsoluteUri, requestType.Name, request.ToJson());

        logger.Error(message, ex);
    }

    private static ILog MakeLogger()
    {
        return LogManager.GetLogger(typeof(AppServiceRunner));
    }
}

Now the only service errors that I get are those generated by this code.