diff --git a/src/routes/myResources.js b/src/routes/myResources.js
index ac7c99fd..f51aaa08 100644
--- a/src/routes/myResources.js
+++ b/src/routes/myResources.js
@@ -24,6 +24,13 @@ var resourceImages = require('../utils/resourceImages');
 var deckSchema = require('../utils/deckSchema');
 var deckBuild = require('../utils/deckBuild');
 var deckReview = require('../utils/deckReview');
+// The diagnostics below are the record of what a generation or a modification
+// actually did. console goes to the container's stdout, which is destroyed every
+// time the container is recreated — so the one question these exist to answer,
+// "did that modification change anything", became unanswerable after any deploy.
+// logger writes to the dated file in the scribe-logs volume, and to Loki when it
+// is configured, so the record outlives the container.
+var logger = require('../utils/logger');
 var webSearch = require('../utils/webSearch');
 var pubmedSearch = require('../utils/pubmedSearch');
 var documentExport = require('../utils/documentExport');
@@ -375,20 +382,21 @@ router.post('/my-resources/generate', async function (req, res) {
       // plain-markdown deck is a materially worse artifact to fall back to
       // after a single unlucky reply.
       var firstFailure = deckFailure(ai && ai.content);
-      console.warn('[my-resources] deck reply was not usable (' + firstFailure + '); asking once more');
+      logger.warn('[my-resources] deck reply was not usable (' + firstFailure + '); asking once more',
+        { topic: topic, attempt: 1, model: ai && ai.model });
       var retryGaps = [];
       ai = await callAI([{ role: 'user', content: prompt }], options);
       deck = deckBuild.parse(ai && ai.content, retryGaps);
       reportVocabularyGaps(retryGaps, topic);
-      if (deck) console.log('[my-resources] the second deck attempt parsed');
+      if (deck) logger.info('[my-resources] the second deck attempt parsed', { topic: topic });
     }
 
     if (deckMode && !deck) {
       // Twice is enough. Falling back to markdown beats saving nothing, and
       // beats saving the model's apology.
       deckFallback = deckFailure(ai && ai.content);
-      console.warn('[my-resources] deck reply was not usable twice (' + deckFallback +
-        '); retrying as markdown');
+      logger.warn('[my-resources] deck reply was not usable twice (' + deckFallback +
+        '); retrying as markdown', { topic: topic, attempt: 2, model: ai && ai.model });
       var plain = buildPrompt({
         topic: topic, kind: kind, refinement: refinement, corpusContext: corpus.context,
         literature: sources.literature, webFindings: sources.webFindings,
@@ -706,7 +714,8 @@ function logRefine(event) {
   }
   parts.push('instruction="' + String(event.instructions || '').slice(0, 70).replace(/\s+/g, ' ') + '"');
   var line = parts.join(' ');
-  if (event.outcome !== 'applied' || event.unchanged) console.warn(line); else console.log(line);
+  if (event.outcome !== 'applied' || event.unchanged) logger.warn(line, event);
+  else logger.info(line, event);
   try {
     require('../utils/metrics').resourceRefines.inc({
       path: event.path,
@@ -727,7 +736,7 @@ function reportVocabularyGaps(gaps, topic) {
     try {
       require('../utils/metrics').deckVocabularyGaps.inc({ wanted: gap.wanted });
     } catch (e) { /* metrics are never worth an error here */ }
-    console.warn('[deck-vocabulary] wanted "' + gap.wanted + '" (' + gap.detail +
+    logger.warn('[deck-vocabulary] wanted "' + gap.wanted + '" (' + gap.detail +
       ') while generating: ' + String(topic || '').slice(0, 80));
   });
 }
@@ -753,7 +762,7 @@ async function collectFigures(ids, user, dir) {
       out.push(file);
     } catch (e) {
       // Still generating, failed, or deleted. The deck is fine without it.
-      console.warn('[my-resources] figure unavailable for export:', e.message);
+      logger.warn('[my-resources] figure unavailable for export', { error: e.message });
     }
   }
   return out;
diff --git a/test/my-resources-refine.test.js b/test/my-resources-refine.test.js
index 57145b3d..fc21a554 100644
--- a/test/my-resources-refine.test.js
+++ b/test/my-resources-refine.test.js
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ function router(t, overrides = {}) {
     '../utils/documentExport': { FORMATS: {}, isSupported: () => false, filename: () => 'x', mimeFor: () => '', render: async () => ({}), renderDeck: async () => ({}) },
     '../utils/generatedImages': { service: () => ({ get: async () => null, asset: async () => null }), workflows: ['my_resources'] },
     '../utils/learningRetrieval': { retrieve: async () => ({ context: '', sources: [], reason: null }) },
+    '../utils/logger': quiet,
     '../utils/metrics': { resourceRefines: { inc() {} }, resourceVocabularyGaps: { inc() {} } },
     '../utils/pubmedSearch': { isAvailable: async () => false, search: async () => ({ results: [] }), formatForPrompt: () => '' },
     '../utils/webSearch': { isAvailable: async () => false, search: async () => ({ results: [] }), formatForPrompt: () => '' },