diff --git a/apps/dashboard/src/lib/remote-development-environment/manager.ts b/apps/dashboard/src/lib/remote-development-environment/manager.ts
index cb43dda24..9be7e0da8 100644
--- a/apps/dashboard/src/lib/remote-development-environment/manager.ts
+++ b/apps/dashboard/src/lib/remote-development-environment/manager.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import { AccessToken } from "@hexclave/shared/dist/sessions";
 import { errorToNiceString } from "@hexclave/shared/dist/utils/errors";
 import { runAsynchronously } from "@hexclave/shared/dist/utils/promises";
 import { randomUUID } from "crypto";
-import { watch, type FSWatcher } from "fs";
+import { appendFileSync, watch, type FSWatcher } from "fs";
 import { basename, dirname } from "path";
 import { peekRemoteDevelopmentEnvironmentBrowserSecretConfirmationCodeForCli } from "./browser-secret";
 import { formatConfigSyncErrorForCli } from "./config-sync-error-format";
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ const STARTUP_EMPTY_SESSION_GRACE_MS = 20_000;
 const SYNC_DEBOUNCE_MS = 500;
 const CONFIG_SYNC_FORMAT_VERSION = 2;
 const LOG_PREFIX = "[Stack RDE]";
+const RDE_DASHBOARD_LOG_PATH_ENV_VAR = "HEXCLAVE_RDE_DASHBOARD_LOG_PATH";
 const CONFIG_SYNC_DUPLICATE_EVENT_SUPPRESSION_MS = 2_000;
 
 export class RemoteDevelopmentEnvironmentApiUnavailableError extends Error {
@@ -167,22 +168,41 @@ function getGlobals(): RemoteDevelopmentEnvironmentGlobals {
   return globals.__stackRemoteDevelopmentEnvironment;
 }
 
-function logRemoteDevelopmentEnvironment(message: string, details?: Record<string, unknown>): void {
+function writeRemoteDevelopmentEnvironmentLogLine(line: string): boolean {
+  const logPath = process.env[RDE_DASHBOARD_LOG_PATH_ENV_VAR];
+  if (logPath == null || logPath.length === 0) {
+    return false;
+  }
+  try {
+    appendFileSync(logPath, `${line}\n`);
+    return true;
+  } catch {
+    return false;
+  }
+}
+
+function formatRemoteDevelopmentEnvironmentLogLine(message: string, details?: Record<string, unknown>): string {
   const prefix = `[${new Date().toISOString()}] ${LOG_PREFIX}`;
   if (details == null) {
-    console.log(`${prefix} ${message}`);
+    return `${prefix} ${message}`;
+  }
+  return `${prefix} ${message} ${JSON.stringify(details)}`;
+}
+
+function logRemoteDevelopmentEnvironment(message: string, details?: Record<string, unknown>): void {
+  const line = formatRemoteDevelopmentEnvironmentLogLine(message, details);
+  if (writeRemoteDevelopmentEnvironmentLogLine(line)) {
     return;
   }
-  console.log(`${prefix} ${message}`, details);
+  console.log(line);
 }
 
 function warnRemoteDevelopmentEnvironment(message: string, details?: Record<string, unknown>): void {
-  const prefix = `[${new Date().toISOString()}] ${LOG_PREFIX}`;
-  if (details == null) {
-    console.warn(`${prefix} ${message}`);
+  const line = formatRemoteDevelopmentEnvironmentLogLine(message, details);
+  if (writeRemoteDevelopmentEnvironmentLogLine(line)) {
     return;
   }
-  console.warn(`${prefix} ${message}`, details);
+  console.warn(line);
 }
 
 function configSyncEventsMatchForCliDeduplication(a: ConfigSyncEvent, b: { status: "success" } | { status: "error", errorMessage: string }): boolean {
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/commands/dev.ts b/packages/cli/src/commands/dev.ts
index 047414051..cff20efb9 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/commands/dev.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/commands/dev.ts
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ const DASHBOARD_FORCE_STOP_TIMEOUT_MS = 2_000;
 const DASHBOARD_HEALTH_PATH = "/api/development-environment/health";
 const DEV_DASHBOARD_COMMAND_ENV_VAR = "HEXCLAVE_CLI_DEV_DASHBOARD_COMMAND";
 const DEV_DASHBOARD_DIST_DIR_ENV_VAR = "HEXCLAVE_DASHBOARD_NEXT_DIST_DIR";
+const RDE_DASHBOARD_LOG_PATH_ENV_VAR = "HEXCLAVE_RDE_DASHBOARD_LOG_PATH";
 const BUNDLED_DASHBOARD_DIR_NAME = "dashboard";
 const BUNDLED_DASHBOARD_SERVER_PATH = join("apps", "dashboard", "server.js");
 const DASHBOARD_RUNTIME_DIR_NAME = "rde-dashboard-runtime";
@@ -502,6 +503,7 @@ async function startDashboardIfNeeded(options: { apiBaseUrl: string, secret: str
     NEXT_PUBLIC_STACK_IS_REMOTE_DEVELOPMENT_ENVIRONMENT: "true",
     NEXT_PUBLIC_STACK_IS_PREVIEW: "false",
     [DASHBOARD_PORT_ENV_VAR]: String(options.port),
+    [RDE_DASHBOARD_LOG_PATH_ENV_VAR]: dashboardLogPath(options.port),
   };
   try {
     const logPath = dashboardLogPath(options.port);