diff --git a/codex-rs/app-server/src/lib.rs b/codex-rs/app-server/src/lib.rs
index f4cd83d73..264c28e09 100644
--- a/codex-rs/app-server/src/lib.rs
+++ b/codex-rs/app-server/src/lib.rs
@@ -68,13 +68,11 @@ use tokio::sync::mpsc;
 use tokio::sync::oneshot;
 use tokio::task::JoinHandle;
 use tokio_util::sync::CancellationToken;
-use tracing::Level;
 use tracing::error;
 use tracing::info;
 use tracing::warn;
 use tracing_subscriber::EnvFilter;
 use tracing_subscriber::Layer;
-use tracing_subscriber::filter::Targets;
 use tracing_subscriber::layer::SubscriberExt;
 use tracing_subscriber::registry::Registry;
 use tracing_subscriber::util::SubscriberInitExt;
@@ -666,7 +664,7 @@ pub async fn run_main_with_transport_options(
     let log_db = state_db.clone().map(log_db::start);
     let log_db_layer = log_db
         .clone()
-        .map(|layer| layer.with_filter(Targets::new().with_default(Level::TRACE)));
+        .map(|layer| layer.with_filter(log_db::default_filter()));
     let otel_logger_layer = otel.as_ref().and_then(|o| o.logger_layer());
     let otel_tracing_layer = otel.as_ref().and_then(|o| o.tracing_layer());
     let _ = tracing_subscriber::registry()
diff --git a/codex-rs/state/src/log_db.rs b/codex-rs/state/src/log_db.rs
index 71d2afbc0..55de2a307 100644
--- a/codex-rs/state/src/log_db.rs
+++ b/codex-rs/state/src/log_db.rs
@@ -30,11 +30,13 @@ use tokio::sync::oneshot;
 use tracing::Event;
 use tracing::field::Field;
 use tracing::field::Visit;
+use tracing::level_filters::LevelFilter;
 use tracing::span::Attributes;
 use tracing::span::Id;
 use tracing::span::Record;
 use tracing_subscriber::Layer;
 use tracing_subscriber::field::RecordFields;
+use tracing_subscriber::filter::Targets;
 use tracing_subscriber::fmt::FormatFields;
 use tracing_subscriber::fmt::FormattedFields;
 use tracing_subscriber::fmt::format::DefaultFields;
@@ -48,6 +50,14 @@ const LOG_QUEUE_CAPACITY: usize = 512;
 const LOG_BATCH_SIZE: usize = 128;
 const LOG_FLUSH_INTERVAL: Duration = Duration::from_secs(2);
 
+pub fn default_filter() -> Targets {
+    Targets::new()
+        .with_default(LevelFilter::TRACE)
+        .with_target("log", LevelFilter::OFF)
+        .with_target("codex_otel.log_only", LevelFilter::OFF)
+        .with_target("codex_otel.trace_safe", LevelFilter::OFF)
+}
+
 #[derive(Clone, Copy, Debug, Eq, PartialEq)]
 pub struct LogSinkQueueConfig {
     pub queue_capacity: usize,
diff --git a/codex-rs/tui/src/lib.rs b/codex-rs/tui/src/lib.rs
index 9a4a88c86..c5cf1e185 100644
--- a/codex-rs/tui/src/lib.rs
+++ b/codex-rs/tui/src/lib.rs
@@ -74,12 +74,10 @@ use std::path::PathBuf;
 use std::sync::Arc;
 use std::time::Instant;
 pub use token_usage::TokenUsage;
-use tracing::Level;
 use tracing::error;
 use tracing::warn;
 use tracing_appender::non_blocking;
 use tracing_subscriber::EnvFilter;
-use tracing_subscriber::filter::Targets;
 use tracing_subscriber::prelude::*;
 use url::Url;
 use uuid::Uuid;
@@ -1232,7 +1230,7 @@ pub async fn run_main(
     let log_db = state_db.clone().map(log_db::start);
     let log_db_layer = log_db
         .clone()
-        .map(|layer| layer.with_filter(Targets::new().with_default(Level::TRACE)));
+        .map(|layer| layer.with_filter(log_db::default_filter()));
 
     let _ = tracing_subscriber::registry()
         .with(tui_file_layer)