AWS CloudWatch Log Formatter

Raw CloudWatch Logs output comes in awkward shapes: S3 exports wrap each line in a JSON envelope with timestamp and message; Logs Insights results dump structured rows; console copies are plain text. AWS CloudWatch Log Formatter detects whichever shape you paste and normalizes it into aligned time | level | message rows.

With epoch timestamps converted to readable UTC, levels extracted where present, and stats covering streams, levels, span and activity per minute, the formatter turns CloudWatch paste-holds into something scannable in seconds.

• Shape autodetection — export envelope, logEvents, arrays, plain text.
• Epoch to UTC — readable times for every message.
• Level extraction — ERROR/WARN/INFO/DEBUG/FATAL column.
• Stream grouping — compare volume across log groups.
• Text report — copy the formatted output.
• Local only — nothing uploaded.

1. Paste CloudWatch output — export file, Insights result, or plain lines.
2. Format. Rows align and timestamps resolve.
3. Scan the level histogram and per-minute activity.
4. Copy the report for the ticket.

Example 1 — Export review. Pasting an S3 log export turns {"timestamp":...,"message":...} envelopes into a readable table.

Example 2 — Burst hunting. The per-minute count highlights where ERROR volume spikes.

Example 3 — Stream comparison. Multi-stream logs reveal which lambda or worker printed the most.

• Zero reshaping — paste any CloudWatch shape.
• Time intelligence — epoch resolved, span computed.
• Level lens — severity histogram instantly visible.
• Stream perspective — volume per log stream.
• Private — all processing client-side.