message is always undefined

[luuktap]

Environment

Running Ubuntu in WSL
Tested with consola@3.4.2 on Node 24.12.0 (LTS) and Bun 1.3.5.

Reproduction

import { createConsola } from 'consola';

const logger = createConsola({
  reporters: [
    {
      log: (logObj, ctx) => {
        console.log('message', logObj.message);
        console.log('args', logObj.args);
        console.log('additional', logObj.additional);
      },
    },
  ],
});

logger.info('Test Message');

logger.info('Test Message with args', { arg1: 'value1', arg2: 42 });

Describe the bug

In the custom reporter, logObj.message is always undefined. I'm expecting the first parameter passed into logger.info here.

Additional context

No response

Logs

node log-test.ts
message undefined
args [ 'Test Message' ]
additional undefined
message undefined
args [ 'Test Message with args', { arg1: 'value1', arg2: 42 } ]
additional undefined



bun run log-test
message undefined
args [ "Test Message" ]
additional undefined
message undefined
args [ "Test Message with args", {
    arg1: "value1",
    arg2: 42,
  } ]
additional undefined

[kricsleo]

This is expected, you should retrieve args (passed to logger.info|...) via logObj.args

[luuktap]

I see. What is the message property for? IMO it would be a lot cleaner to have the main log in a message field and be able to use args for a serializable payload for example.

[kricsleo]

The message type is primarily for consola.info({ message: 'xxx' }) usage and is not intended for reporters. It will be normalized into args.
I agree that since it's not available to reporters, this field should be omitted from the LogObject types passed to them.