From 393407e3edf2a1dba7ef671d87a571eb6c4d546f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Paul Wells <paulwe@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 17 Mar 2026 17:24:26 -0700
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] export discard logger

---
 logger/logger.go          | 11 ++++++++---
 observability/reporter.go |  6 +-----
 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/logger/logger.go b/logger/logger.go
index f6fcef2a7..52654c715 100644
--- a/logger/logger.go
+++ b/logger/logger.go
@@ -33,9 +33,10 @@ import (
 )
 
 var (
-	discardLogger        = logr.Discard()
-	defaultLogger Logger = LogRLogger(discardLogger)
-	pkgLogger     Logger = LogRLogger(discardLogger)
+	discardLogger      = logr.Discard()
+	discardLoggerIface = LogRLogger(discardLogger)
+	defaultLogger      = Logger(discardLoggerIface)
+	pkgLogger          = Logger(discardLoggerIface)
 )
 
 // InitFromConfig initializes a Zap-based logger
@@ -52,6 +53,10 @@ func GetLogger() Logger {
 	return defaultLogger
 }
 
+func GetDiscardLogger() Logger {
+	return discardLoggerIface
+}
+
 // SetLogger lets you use a custom logger. Pass in a logr.Logger with default depth
 func SetLogger(l Logger, name string) {
 	defaultLogger = l.WithName(name)
diff --git a/observability/reporter.go b/observability/reporter.go
index a70b66b75..10c054745 100644
--- a/observability/reporter.go
+++ b/observability/reporter.go
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 package observability
 
 import (
-	"github.com/go-logr/logr"
-
 	"github.com/livekit/protocol/logger"
 	"github.com/livekit/protocol/observability/agentsobs"
 	"github.com/livekit/protocol/observability/core_callobs"
@@ -17,8 +15,6 @@ import (
 
 const Project = "livekit"
 
-var discardLogger = logger.LogRLogger(logr.Discard())
-
 type Reporter interface {
 	Logger(name, projectID string) (logger.Logger, error)
 	Room() roomobs.Reporter
@@ -40,7 +36,7 @@ func NewReporter() Reporter {
 type reporter struct{}
 
 func (reporter) Logger(name, projectID string) (logger.Logger, error) {
-	return discardLogger, nil
+	return logger.GetDiscardLogger(), nil
 }
 
 func (reporter) Room() roomobs.Reporter {

From 856ce5be7c2ff51e201c7f87aa422cb88c7ca396 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Paul Wells <paulwe@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 17 Mar 2026 17:25:35 -0700
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Create shiny-coins-relate.md

---
 .changeset/shiny-coins-relate.md | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 .changeset/shiny-coins-relate.md

diff --git a/.changeset/shiny-coins-relate.md b/.changeset/shiny-coins-relate.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8ada704c8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/shiny-coins-relate.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@livekit/protocol": patch
+---
+
+export discard logger