Merge pull request #1846 from rosahbruno/1862270-debugging-logs

Bug 1862270 - print messages to the console when debugging APIs are used

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@
 
 [#1835](https://github.com/mozilla/glean.js/pull/1835): Added support for automatic page load instrumentation.
 
+* [#1846](https://github.com/mozilla/glean.js/pull/1846): Add logging messages when using the debugging APIs from the browser console.
+
 # v4.0.0-pre.1 (2023-12-01)
 
 [Full changelog](https://github.com/mozilla/glean.js/compare/v4.0.0-pre.0...v4.0.0-pre.1)

glean/src/core/glean.ts

@@ -509,14 +509,19 @@ if (typeof window !== "undefined" && typeof window.sessionStorage !== "undefined
     setLogPings: (flag: boolean) => {
       setDebugOptionInSessionStorage(DebugOption.LogPings, flag);
       Glean.setLogPings(flag);
+      console.log("Pings will be logged to the console until this tab is closed.");
     },
     setDebugViewTag: (value: string) => {
       setDebugOptionInSessionStorage(DebugOption.DebugTag, value);
       Glean.setDebugViewTag(value);
+      console.log(
+        "Pings will be sent to the Debug Ping Viewer until this tab is closed. Pings can be found here: https://debug-ping-preview.firebaseapp.com/."
+      );
     },
     setSourceTags: (value: string[]) => {
       setDebugOptionInSessionStorage(DebugOption.SourceTags, value);
       Glean.setSourceTags(value);
+      console.log("Pings will be given the specified tags until the tab is closed.");
     }
   };
 }