diff --git a/.changeset/tidy-pants-wink.md b/.changeset/tidy-pants-wink.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9f558d804
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/tidy-pants-wink.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@browserbasehq/stagehand": patch
+---
+
+Update logging
diff --git a/packages/core/lib/v3/handlers/actHandler.ts b/packages/core/lib/v3/handlers/actHandler.ts
index 1106cb7b3..008f537e3 100644
--- a/packages/core/lib/v3/handlers/actHandler.ts
+++ b/packages/core/lib/v3/handlers/actHandler.ts
@@ -71,6 +71,12 @@ export class ActHandler {
 
     const llmClient = this.resolveLlmClient(model);
 
+    v3Logger({
+      category: "action",
+      message: `[act] ${instruction}`,
+      level: 1,
+    });
+
     const doObserveAndAct = async (): Promise<ActResult> => {
       await waitForDomNetworkQuiet(
         page.mainFrame(),
@@ -325,6 +331,7 @@ export class ActHandler {
   ): Promise<ActResult> {
     const settleTimeout = domSettleTimeoutMs ?? this.defaultDomSettleTimeoutMs;
     const effectiveClient = llmClientOverride ?? this.llmClient;
+
     const method = action.method?.trim();
     if (!method || method === "not-supported") {
       v3Logger({
diff --git a/packages/core/lib/v3/handlers/extractHandler.ts b/packages/core/lib/v3/handlers/extractHandler.ts
index c686470a2..3cff60b9a 100644
--- a/packages/core/lib/v3/handlers/extractHandler.ts
+++ b/packages/core/lib/v3/handlers/extractHandler.ts
@@ -123,11 +123,10 @@ export class ExtractHandler {
 
       v3Logger({
         category: "extraction",
-        message: "Starting extraction using a11y snapshot",
+        message: instruction
+          ? `[extract] ${instruction}`
+          : "[extract] Extracting page text",
         level: 1,
-        auxiliary: instruction
-          ? { instruction: { value: instruction, type: "string" } }
-          : undefined,
       });
 
       // Normalize schema: if instruction provided without schema, use defaultExtractSchema
diff --git a/packages/core/lib/v3/handlers/handlerUtils/actHandlerUtils.ts b/packages/core/lib/v3/handlers/handlerUtils/actHandlerUtils.ts
index 98d371119..c7bad7c0c 100644
--- a/packages/core/lib/v3/handlers/handlerUtils/actHandlerUtils.ts
+++ b/packages/core/lib/v3/handlers/handlerUtils/actHandlerUtils.ts
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ export async function performUnderstudyMethod(
       }
     }
 
-    await handlePossibleNavigation("action", selectorRaw, initialUrl, frame);
+    await handlePossibleNavigation(initialUrl, frame);
   } catch (e) {
     const msg = e instanceof Error ? e.message : String(e);
     const stack = e instanceof Error ? e.stack : undefined;
@@ -608,7 +608,7 @@ export async function waitForDomNetworkQuiet(
           v3Logger({
             category: "dom",
             message: "⏳ forcing completion of stalled iframe document",
-            level: 1,
+            level: 2,
             auxiliary: {
               url: { value: (m.url ?? "").slice(0, 120), type: "string" },
             },
@@ -651,16 +651,13 @@ export async function waitForDomNetworkQuiet(
 }
 
 async function handlePossibleNavigation(
-  actionDescription: string,
-  xpath: string,
   initialUrl: string,
   frame: Frame,
 ): Promise<void> {
   v3Logger({
     category: "action",
-    message: `${actionDescription}, checking for page navigation`,
+    message: `checking for page navigation`,
     level: 1,
-    auxiliary: { xpath: { value: xpath, type: "string" } },
   });
 
   // We only have a frame-scoped session, so detect navigation by URL change.
@@ -670,14 +667,14 @@ async function handlePossibleNavigation(
     v3Logger({
       category: "action",
       message: "new page (frame) URL detected",
-      level: 1,
+      level: 2,
       auxiliary: { url: { value: afterUrl, type: "string" } },
     });
   } else {
     v3Logger({
       category: "action",
       message: "no new (frame) URL detected",
-      level: 1,
+      level: 2,
       auxiliary: { url: { value: afterUrl, type: "string" } },
     });
   }
diff --git a/packages/core/lib/v3/handlers/observeHandler.ts b/packages/core/lib/v3/handlers/observeHandler.ts
index 431e73d99..0df751ed7 100644
--- a/packages/core/lib/v3/handlers/observeHandler.ts
+++ b/packages/core/lib/v3/handlers/observeHandler.ts
@@ -66,14 +66,8 @@ export class ObserveHandler {
     const doObserve = async (): Promise<Action[]> => {
       v3Logger({
         category: "observation",
-        message: "starting observation",
+        message: `[observe] ${effectiveInstruction}`,
         level: 1,
-        auxiliary: {
-          instruction: {
-            value: effectiveInstruction,
-            type: "string",
-          },
-        },
       });
 
       // Build the hybrid snapshot (a11y-centric text tree + lookup maps)
diff --git a/packages/core/lib/v3/llm/aisdk.ts b/packages/core/lib/v3/llm/aisdk.ts
index ecf0d716c..b54fbe3a3 100644
--- a/packages/core/lib/v3/llm/aisdk.ts
+++ b/packages/core/lib/v3/llm/aisdk.ts
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ export class AISdkClient extends LLMClient {
       this.logger?.({
         category: "aisdk",
         message: "response",
-        level: 1,
+        level: 2,
         auxiliary: {
           response: {
             value: JSON.stringify({