<#9586 feature: Add plugin name or `meltano` as an...
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#9586 feature: Add plugin name or `meltano` as another column in the console-formatted output Issue created by edgarrmondragon ### Feature scope CLI (options, error messages, logging, etc.) ### Description Right now, when both extractor and loader emit SDK structured logs, the output looks something like this:
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2025-10-18T01:41:34.050193Z [info     ] Environment 'dev' is active
2025-10-18T01:41:34.137423Z [info     ] Running job with name 'dev:tap-fedidb-to-target-csv' and run ID '0199f4fa-b10e-7a29-bbe7-e819be8d2220'
2025-10-18T01:41:34.172081Z [info     ] Using systemdb state backend
2025-10-18T01:41:34.172644Z [warning  ] No state was found, complete import.
2025-10-18T01:41:34.308572Z [info     ] tap-fedidb v0.5.0, Meltano SDK v0.50.2 name=tap-fedidb
2025-10-18T01:41:34.308905Z [info     ] Skipping parse of env var settings... name=tap-fedidb
2025-10-18T01:41:34.309466Z [info     ] Beginning full_table sync of 'popular_accounts' name=tap-fedidb
2025-10-18T01:41:34.785773Z [info     ] METRIC                         metric_name=http_request_duration metric_value=0.468653 name=tap-fedidb
2025-10-18T01:41:34.798617Z [info     ] METRIC                         metric_name=http_request_count metric_value=1 name=tap-fedidb
2025-10-18T01:41:34.798801Z [info     ] METRIC                         metric_name=sync_duration metric_value=0.48907017707824707 name=tap-fedidb
2025-10-18T01:41:34.798890Z [info     ] METRIC                         metric_name=record_count metric_value=136 name=tap-fedidb
2025-10-18T01:41:34.798951Z [info     ] Skipping deselected stream 'servers'. name=tap-fedidb
2025-10-18T01:41:34.799008Z [info     ] Beginning full_table sync of 'software' name=tap-fedidb
2025-10-18T01:41:35.014505Z [info     ] METRIC                         metric_name=http_request_duration metric_value=0.214582 name=tap-fedidb
2025-10-18T01:41:35.023827Z [info     ] METRIC                         metric_name=http_request_count metric_value=1 name=tap-fedidb
2025-10-18T01:41:35.023996Z [info     ] METRIC                         metric_name=sync_duration metric_value=0.22496819496154785 name=tap-fedidb
2025-10-18T01:41:35.024072Z [info     ] METRIC                         metric_name=record_count metric_value=63 name=tap-fedidb
2025-10-18T01:41:35.554208Z [info     ] target-csv v0.2.1, Meltano SDK v0.50.2 name=target-csv
2025-10-18T01:41:35.554431Z [info     ] Skipping parse of env var settings... name=target-csv
2025-10-18T01:41:35.558373Z [info     ] Writing to destination file '/Users/edgarramirez/Code/meltano/triage/_console/popular_accounts.csv'... name=target-csv
2025-10-18T01:41:35.570079Z [info     ] Writing to destination file '/Users/edgarramirez/Code/meltano/triage/_console/software.csv'... name=target-csv
2025-10-18T01:41:35.573459Z [info     ] Reader 'target-csv' completed processing 203 lines of input (2 schemas, 199 records, 0 batch manifests, 2 state messages, 0 activate version messages). name=target-csv
2025-10-18T01:41:35.578880Z [info     ] Appending 136 records to file... name=target-csv
2025-10-18T01:41:35.579005Z [info     ] Appending 63 records to file... name=target-csv
2025-10-18T01:41:35.581862Z [info     ] METRIC                         metric_name=batch_processing_time metric_value=0.0028040409088134766 name=target-csv
2025-10-18T01:41:35.582075Z [info     ] METRIC                         metric_name=batch_processing_time metric_value=0.0033750534057617188 name=target-csv
2025-10-18T01:41:35.591689Z [info     ] METRIC                         metric_name=record_count metric_value=136 name=target-csv
2025-10-18T01:41:35.591811Z [info     ] METRIC                         metric_name=record_count metric_value=63 name=target-csv
2025-10-18T01:41:35.596854Z [info     ] Using systemdb state backend
2025-10-18T01:41:35.598817Z [info     ] Incremental state has been updated at 2025-10-18 01:41:35.598806+00:00.
2025-10-18T01:41:35.629481Z [info     ] Block run completed
2025-10-18T01:41:35.629633Z [info     ] Run completed
notice that the structured plugin log gets a
name=<plugin name>
that's displayed at the rightmost. An arguable better experience would be for the plugin name (when available via structured logging) to be displayed in its own "column", similar to how the timestamp or the log level are displayed:
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2025-10-18T01:41:34.050193Z [info     ] meltano     Environment 'dev' is active
2025-10-18T01:41:34.137423Z [info     ] meltano     Running job with name 'dev:tap-fedidb-to-target-csv' and run ID '0199f4fa-b10e-7a29-bbe7-e819be8d2220'
2025-10-18T01:41:34.172081Z [info     ] meltano     Using systemdb state backend
2025-10-18T01:41:34.172644Z [warning  ] meltano     No state was found, complete import.
2025-10-18T01:41:34.308572Z [info     ] tap-fedidb  v0.5.0, Meltano SDK v0.50.2
2025-10-18T01:41:34.309466Z [info     ] tap-fedidb  Beginning full_table sync of 'popular_accounts'
2025-10-18T01:41:34.798951Z [info     ] tap-fedidb  Skipping deselected stream 'servers'.
2025-10-18T01:41:34.799008Z [info     ] tap-fedidb  Beginning full_table sync of 'software'
2025-10-18T01:41:35.554208Z [info     ] target-csv v0.2.1, Meltano SDK v0.50.2
2025-10-18T01:41:35.578880Z [info     ] target-csv  Appending 136 records to file...
2025-10-18T01:41:35.579005Z [info     ] target-csv  Appending 63 records to file...
2025-10-18T01:41:35.629633Z [info     ] meltano     Run completed
Fortunately,
structlog
supports this via passing custom `Column` instances to `ConsoleRenderer`. ## Related • #9506 • #9521 • #9525 meltano/meltano