refactor: rely on context.Context for log/slog and others (#1969)

* refactor: rely on context.Context for log/slog and others * optimize * refactor * Apply suggestion from @Copilot Co-authored-by: Copilot <175728472+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com> * fix watcher-skip * better globals handling * fix --------- Co-authored-by: Copilot <175728472+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
2026-03-24 00:52:11 +01:00 · 2025-11-17 16:32:23 +01:00
parent 40cb42aace
commit 8341cc98c6
23 changed files with 425 additions and 183 deletions
--- a/caddy/app.go
+++ b/caddy/app.go
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package caddy

 import (
+	"context"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"log/slog"
@@ -56,6 +57,7 @@ type FrankenPHPApp struct {
 	MaxWaitTime time.Duration `json:"max_wait_time,omitempty"`

 	metrics frankenphp.Metrics
+	ctx     context.Context
 	logger  *slog.Logger
 }

@@ -71,6 +73,7 @@ func (f FrankenPHPApp) CaddyModule() caddy.ModuleInfo {

 // Provision sets up the module.
 func (f *FrankenPHPApp) Provision(ctx caddy.Context) error {
+	f.ctx = ctx
 	f.logger = ctx.Slogger()

 	if httpApp, err := ctx.AppIfConfigured("http"); err == nil {
@@ -128,9 +131,10 @@ func (f *FrankenPHPApp) Start() error {
 	repl := caddy.NewReplacer()

 	opts := []frankenphp.Option{
+		frankenphp.WithContext(f.ctx),
+		frankenphp.WithLogger(f.logger),
 		frankenphp.WithNumThreads(f.NumThreads),
 		frankenphp.WithMaxThreads(f.MaxThreads),
-		frankenphp.WithLogger(f.logger),
 		frankenphp.WithMetrics(f.metrics),
 		frankenphp.WithPhpIni(f.PhpIni),
 		frankenphp.WithMaxWaitTime(f.MaxWaitTime),
@@ -159,7 +163,11 @@ func (f *FrankenPHPApp) Start() error {
 }

 func (f *FrankenPHPApp) Stop() error {
-	f.logger.Info("FrankenPHP stopped 🐘")
+	ctx := caddy.ActiveContext()
+
+	if f.logger.Enabled(caddy.ActiveContext(), slog.LevelInfo) {
+		f.logger.LogAttrs(ctx, slog.LevelInfo, "FrankenPHP stopped 🐘")
+	}

 	// attempt a graceful shutdown if caddy is exiting
 	// note: Exiting() is currently marked as 'experimental'
--- a/cgi.go
+++ b/cgi.go
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ func addPreparedEnvToServer(fc *frankenPHPContext, trackVarsArray *C.zval) {
 //export go_register_variables
 func go_register_variables(threadIndex C.uintptr_t, trackVarsArray *C.zval) {
 	thread := phpThreads[threadIndex]
-	fc := thread.getRequestContext()
+	fc := thread.frankenPHPContext()

 	if fc.request != nil {
 		addKnownVariablesToServer(thread, fc, trackVarsArray)
@@ -279,7 +279,7 @@ func splitPos(path string, splitPath []string) int {
 //export go_update_request_info
 func go_update_request_info(threadIndex C.uintptr_t, info *C.sapi_request_info) C.bool {
 	thread := phpThreads[threadIndex]
-	fc := thread.getRequestContext()
+	fc := thread.frankenPHPContext()
 	request := fc.request

 	if request == nil {
--- a/context.go
+++ b/context.go
@@ -38,6 +38,11 @@ type frankenPHPContext struct {
 	startedAt time.Time
 }

+type contextHolder struct {
+	ctx               context.Context
+	frankenPHPContext *frankenPHPContext
+}
+
 // fromContext extracts the frankenPHPContext from a context.
 func fromContext(ctx context.Context) (fctx *frankenPHPContext, ok bool) {
 	fctx, ok = ctx.Value(contextKey).(*frankenPHPContext)
@@ -63,7 +68,7 @@ func NewRequestWithContext(r *http.Request, opts ...RequestOption) (*http.Reques
 	}

 	if fc.logger == nil {
-		fc.logger = logger
+		fc.logger = globalLogger
 	}

 	if fc.documentRoot == "" {
--- a/frankenphp.c
+++ b/frankenphp.c
@@ -802,7 +802,7 @@ static void frankenphp_register_variables(zval *track_vars_array) {
 }

 static void frankenphp_log_message(const char *message, int syslog_type_int) {
-  go_log((char *)message, syslog_type_int);
+  go_log(thread_index, (char *)message, syslog_type_int);
 }

 static char *frankenphp_getenv(const char *name, size_t name_len) {
--- a/frankenphp.go
+++ b/frankenphp.go
@@ -60,8 +60,10 @@ var (
 	isRunning        bool
 	onServerShutdown []func()

-	loggerMu sync.RWMutex
-	logger   *slog.Logger
+	// Set default values to make Shutdown() idempotent
+	globalMu     sync.Mutex
+	globalCtx    = context.Background()
+	globalLogger = slog.Default()

 	metrics Metrics = nullMetrics{}

@@ -231,15 +233,19 @@ func Init(options ...Option) error {
 		}
 	}

-	if opt.logger == nil {
-		// set a default logger
-		// to disable logging, set the logger to slog.New(slog.NewTextHandler(io.Discard, nil))
-		opt.logger = slog.New(slog.NewTextHandler(os.Stdout, nil))
+	globalMu.Lock()
+
+	if opt.ctx != nil {
+		globalCtx = opt.ctx
+		opt.ctx = nil
 	}

-	loggerMu.Lock()
-	logger = opt.logger
-	loggerMu.Unlock()
+	if opt.logger != nil {
+		globalLogger = opt.logger
+		opt.logger = nil
+	}
+
+	globalMu.Unlock()

 	if opt.metrics != nil {
 		metrics = opt.metrics
@@ -262,11 +268,16 @@ func Init(options ...Option) error {

 	if config.ZTS {
 		if !config.ZendMaxExecutionTimers && runtime.GOOS == "linux" {
-			logger.Warn(`Zend Max Execution Timers are not enabled, timeouts (e.g. "max_execution_time") are disabled, recompile PHP with the "--enable-zend-max-execution-timers" configuration option to fix this issue`)
+			if globalLogger.Enabled(globalCtx, slog.LevelWarn) {
+				globalLogger.LogAttrs(globalCtx, slog.LevelWarn, `Zend Max Execution Timers are not enabled, timeouts (e.g. "max_execution_time") are disabled, recompile PHP with the "--enable-zend-max-execution-timers" configuration option to fix this issue`)
+			}
 		}
 	} else {
 		opt.numThreads = 1
-		logger.Warn(`ZTS is not enabled, only 1 thread will be available, recompile PHP using the "--enable-zts" configuration option or performance will be degraded`)
+
+		if globalLogger.Enabled(globalCtx, slog.LevelWarn) {
+			globalLogger.LogAttrs(globalCtx, slog.LevelWarn, `ZTS is not enabled, only 1 thread will be available, recompile PHP using the "--enable-zts" configuration option or performance will be degraded`)
+		}
 	}

 	mainThread, err := initPHPThreads(opt.numThreads, opt.maxThreads, opt.phpIni)
@@ -274,7 +285,7 @@ func Init(options ...Option) error {
 		return err
 	}

-	regularRequestChan = make(chan *frankenPHPContext, opt.numThreads-workerThreadCount)
+	regularRequestChan = make(chan contextHolder, opt.numThreads-workerThreadCount)
 	regularThreads = make([]*phpThread, 0, opt.numThreads-workerThreadCount)
 	for i := 0; i < opt.numThreads-workerThreadCount; i++ {
 		convertToRegularThread(getInactivePHPThread())
@@ -286,10 +297,12 @@ func Init(options ...Option) error {

 	initAutoScaling(mainThread)

-	ctx := context.Background()
-	logger.LogAttrs(ctx, slog.LevelInfo, "FrankenPHP started 🐘", slog.String("php_version", Version().Version), slog.Int("num_threads", mainThread.numThreads), slog.Int("max_threads", mainThread.maxThreads))
+	if globalLogger.Enabled(globalCtx, slog.LevelInfo) {
+		globalLogger.LogAttrs(globalCtx, slog.LevelInfo, "FrankenPHP started 🐘", slog.String("php_version", Version().Version), slog.Int("num_threads", mainThread.numThreads), slog.Int("max_threads", mainThread.maxThreads))
+
 		if EmbeddedAppPath != "" {
-		logger.LogAttrs(ctx, slog.LevelInfo, "embedded PHP app 📦", slog.String("path", EmbeddedAppPath))
+			globalLogger.LogAttrs(globalCtx, slog.LevelInfo, "embedded PHP app 📦", slog.String("path", EmbeddedAppPath))
+		}
 	}

 	// register the startup/shutdown hooks (mainly useful for extensions)
@@ -329,7 +342,11 @@ func Shutdown() {
 	}

 	isRunning = false
-	logger.Debug("FrankenPHP shut down")
+	if globalLogger.Enabled(globalCtx, slog.LevelDebug) {
+		globalLogger.LogAttrs(globalCtx, slog.LevelDebug, "FrankenPHP shut down")
+	}
+
+	resetGlobals()
 }

 // ServeHTTP executes a PHP script according to the given context.
@@ -343,7 +360,11 @@ func ServeHTTP(responseWriter http.ResponseWriter, request *http.Request) error
 		return ErrNotRunning
 	}

-	fc, ok := fromContext(request.Context())
+	ctx := request.Context()
+	fc, ok := fromContext(ctx)
+
+	ch := contextHolder{ctx, fc}
+
 	if !ok {
 		return ErrInvalidRequest
 	}
@@ -356,16 +377,17 @@ func ServeHTTP(responseWriter http.ResponseWriter, request *http.Request) error

 	// Detect if a worker is available to handle this request
 	if fc.worker != nil {
-		return fc.worker.handleRequest(fc)
+		return fc.worker.handleRequest(ch)
 	}

 	// If no worker was available, send the request to non-worker threads
-	return handleRequestWithRegularPHPThreads(fc)
+	return handleRequestWithRegularPHPThreads(ch)
 }

 //export go_ub_write
 func go_ub_write(threadIndex C.uintptr_t, cBuf *C.char, length C.int) (C.size_t, C.bool) {
-	fc := phpThreads[threadIndex].getRequestContext()
+	thread := phpThreads[threadIndex]
+	fc := thread.frankenPHPContext()

 	if fc.isDone {
 		return 0, C.bool(true)
@@ -380,14 +402,27 @@ func go_ub_write(threadIndex C.uintptr_t, cBuf *C.char, length C.int) (C.size_t,
 		writer = fc.responseWriter
 	}

+	var ctx context.Context
+
 	i, e := writer.Write(unsafe.Slice((*byte)(unsafe.Pointer(cBuf)), length))
 	if e != nil {
-		fc.logger.LogAttrs(context.Background(), slog.LevelWarn, "write error", slog.Any("error", e))
+		ctx = thread.context()
+
+		if fc.logger.Enabled(ctx, slog.LevelWarn) {
+			fc.logger.LogAttrs(ctx, slog.LevelWarn, "write error", slog.Any("error", e))
+		}
 	}

 	if fc.responseWriter == nil {
 		// probably starting a worker script, log the output
-		fc.logger.Info(writer.(*bytes.Buffer).String())
+
+		if ctx == nil {
+			ctx = thread.context()
+		}
+
+		if fc.logger.Enabled(ctx, slog.LevelInfo) {
+			fc.logger.LogAttrs(ctx, slog.LevelInfo, writer.(*bytes.Buffer).String())
+		}
 	}

 	return C.size_t(i), C.bool(fc.clientHasClosed())
@@ -396,12 +431,15 @@ func go_ub_write(threadIndex C.uintptr_t, cBuf *C.char, length C.int) (C.size_t,
 //export go_apache_request_headers
 func go_apache_request_headers(threadIndex C.uintptr_t) (*C.go_string, C.size_t) {
 	thread := phpThreads[threadIndex]
-	fc := thread.getRequestContext()
+	ctx := thread.context()
+	fc := thread.frankenPHPContext()

 	if fc.responseWriter == nil {
 		// worker mode, not handling a request

-		logger.LogAttrs(context.Background(), slog.LevelDebug, "apache_request_headers() called in non-HTTP context", slog.String("worker", fc.worker.name))
+		if globalLogger.Enabled(ctx, slog.LevelDebug) {
+			globalLogger.LogAttrs(ctx, slog.LevelDebug, "apache_request_headers() called in non-HTTP context", slog.String("worker", fc.worker.name))
+		}

 		return nil, 0
 	}
@@ -429,10 +467,13 @@ func go_apache_request_headers(threadIndex C.uintptr_t) (*C.go_string, C.size_t)
 	return sd, C.size_t(len(fc.request.Header))
 }

-func addHeader(fc *frankenPHPContext, cString *C.char, length C.int) {
+func addHeader(ctx context.Context, fc *frankenPHPContext, cString *C.char, length C.int) {
 	key, val := splitRawHeader(cString, int(length))
 	if key == "" {
-		fc.logger.LogAttrs(context.Background(), slog.LevelDebug, "invalid header", slog.String("header", C.GoStringN(cString, length)))
+		if fc.logger.Enabled(ctx, slog.LevelDebug) {
+			fc.logger.LogAttrs(ctx, slog.LevelDebug, "invalid header", slog.String("header", C.GoStringN(cString, length)))
+		}
+
 		return
 	}
 	fc.responseWriter.Header().Add(key, val)
@@ -471,8 +512,8 @@ func splitRawHeader(rawHeader *C.char, length int) (string, string) {

 //export go_write_headers
 func go_write_headers(threadIndex C.uintptr_t, status C.int, headers *C.zend_llist) C.bool {
-	fc := phpThreads[threadIndex].getRequestContext()
-
+	thread := phpThreads[threadIndex]
+	fc := thread.frankenPHPContext()
 	if fc == nil {
 		return C.bool(false)
 	}
@@ -490,7 +531,7 @@ func go_write_headers(threadIndex C.uintptr_t, status C.int, headers *C.zend_lli
 	for current != nil {
 		h := (*C.sapi_header_struct)(unsafe.Pointer(&(current.data)))

-		addHeader(fc, h.header, C.int(h.header_len))
+		addHeader(thread.context(), fc, h.header, C.int(h.header_len))
 		current = current.next
 	}

@@ -499,13 +540,18 @@ func go_write_headers(threadIndex C.uintptr_t, status C.int, headers *C.zend_lli
 	// go panics on invalid status code
 	// https://github.com/golang/go/blob/9b8742f2e79438b9442afa4c0a0139d3937ea33f/src/net/http/server.go#L1162
 	if goStatus < 100 || goStatus > 999 {
-		logger.Warn(fmt.Sprintf("Invalid response status code %v", goStatus))
+		ctx := thread.context()
+
+		if globalLogger.Enabled(ctx, slog.LevelWarn) {
+			globalLogger.LogAttrs(ctx, slog.LevelWarn, "Invalid response status code", slog.Int("status_code", goStatus))
+		}
+
 		goStatus = 500
 	}

 	fc.responseWriter.WriteHeader(goStatus)

-	if goStatus >= 100 && goStatus < 200 {
+	if goStatus < 200 {
 		// Clear headers, it's not automatically done by ResponseWriter.WriteHeader() for 1xx responses
 		h := fc.responseWriter.Header()
 		for k := range h {
@@ -518,8 +564,13 @@ func go_write_headers(threadIndex C.uintptr_t, status C.int, headers *C.zend_lli

 //export go_sapi_flush
 func go_sapi_flush(threadIndex C.uintptr_t) bool {
-	fc := phpThreads[threadIndex].getRequestContext()
-	if fc == nil || fc.responseWriter == nil {
+	thread := phpThreads[threadIndex]
+	fc := thread.frankenPHPContext()
+	if fc == nil {
+		return false
+	}
+
+	if fc.responseWriter == nil {
 		return false
 	}

@@ -528,7 +579,11 @@ func go_sapi_flush(threadIndex C.uintptr_t) bool {
 	}

 	if err := http.NewResponseController(fc.responseWriter).Flush(); err != nil {
-		logger.LogAttrs(context.Background(), slog.LevelWarn, "the current responseWriter is not a flusher, if you are not using a custom build, please report this issue", slog.Any("error", err))
+		ctx := thread.context()
+
+		if globalLogger.Enabled(ctx, slog.LevelWarn) {
+			globalLogger.LogAttrs(ctx, slog.LevelWarn, "the current responseWriter is not a flusher, if you are not using a custom build, please report this issue", slog.Any("error", err))
+		}
 	}

 	return false
@@ -536,7 +591,7 @@ func go_sapi_flush(threadIndex C.uintptr_t) bool {

 //export go_read_post
 func go_read_post(threadIndex C.uintptr_t, cBuf *C.char, countBytes C.size_t) (readBytes C.size_t) {
-	fc := phpThreads[threadIndex].getRequestContext()
+	fc := phpThreads[threadIndex].frankenPHPContext()

 	if fc.responseWriter == nil {
 		return 0
@@ -555,7 +610,7 @@ func go_read_post(threadIndex C.uintptr_t, cBuf *C.char, countBytes C.size_t) (r

 //export go_read_cookies
 func go_read_cookies(threadIndex C.uintptr_t) *C.char {
-	request := phpThreads[threadIndex].getRequestContext().request
+	request := phpThreads[threadIndex].frankenPHPContext().request
 	if request == nil {
 		return nil
 	}
@@ -573,7 +628,8 @@ func go_read_cookies(threadIndex C.uintptr_t) *C.char {
 }

 //export go_log
-func go_log(message *C.char, level C.int) {
+func go_log(threadIndex C.uintptr_t, message *C.char, level C.int) {
+	ctx := phpThreads[threadIndex].context()
 	m := C.GoString(message)

 	var le syslogLevel
@@ -585,21 +641,29 @@ func go_log(message *C.char, level C.int) {

 	switch le {
 	case syslogLevelEmerg, syslogLevelAlert, syslogLevelCrit, syslogLevelErr:
-		logger.LogAttrs(context.Background(), slog.LevelError, m, slog.String("syslog_level", syslogLevel(level).String()))
+		if globalLogger.Enabled(ctx, slog.LevelError) {
+			globalLogger.LogAttrs(ctx, slog.LevelError, m, slog.String("syslog_level", syslogLevel(level).String()))
+		}

 	case syslogLevelWarn:
-		logger.LogAttrs(context.Background(), slog.LevelWarn, m, slog.String("syslog_level", syslogLevel(level).String()))
+		if globalLogger.Enabled(ctx, slog.LevelWarn) {
+			globalLogger.LogAttrs(ctx, slog.LevelWarn, m, slog.String("syslog_level", syslogLevel(level).String()))
+		}
 	case syslogLevelDebug:
-		logger.LogAttrs(context.Background(), slog.LevelDebug, m, slog.String("syslog_level", syslogLevel(level).String()))
+		if globalLogger.Enabled(ctx, slog.LevelDebug) {
+			globalLogger.LogAttrs(ctx, slog.LevelDebug, m, slog.String("syslog_level", syslogLevel(level).String()))
+		}

 	default:
-		logger.LogAttrs(context.Background(), slog.LevelInfo, m, slog.String("syslog_level", syslogLevel(level).String()))
+		if globalLogger.Enabled(ctx, slog.LevelInfo) {
+			globalLogger.LogAttrs(ctx, slog.LevelInfo, m, slog.String("syslog_level", syslogLevel(level).String()))
+		}
 	}
 }

 //export go_is_context_done
 func go_is_context_done(threadIndex C.uintptr_t) C.bool {
-	return C.bool(phpThreads[threadIndex].getRequestContext().isDone)
+	return C.bool(phpThreads[threadIndex].frankenPHPContext().isDone)
 }

 // ExecuteScriptCLI executes the PHP script passed as parameter.
@@ -648,3 +712,11 @@ func timeoutChan(timeout time.Duration) <-chan time.Time {

 	return time.After(timeout)
 }
+
+func resetGlobals() {
+	globalMu.Lock()
+	globalCtx = context.Background()
+	globalLogger = slog.Default()
+	workers = nil
+	globalMu.Unlock()
+}
--- a/frankenphp_test.go
+++ b/frankenphp_test.go
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import (
 	"bytes"
 	"context"
 	"errors"
+	"flag"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
 	"log"
@@ -136,6 +137,16 @@ func testPost(url string, body string, handler func(http.ResponseWriter, *http.R
 	return testRequest(req, handler, t)
 }

+func TestMain(m *testing.M) {
+	flag.Parse()
+
+	if !testing.Verbose() {
+		slog.SetDefault(slog.New(slog.DiscardHandler))
+	}
+
+	os.Exit(m.Run())
+}
+
 func TestHelloWorld_module(t *testing.T) { testHelloWorld(t, nil) }
 func TestHelloWorld_worker(t *testing.T) {
 	testHelloWorld(t, &testOptions{workerScript: "index.php"})
--- a/internal/testserver/main.go
+++ b/internal/testserver/main.go
@@ -10,8 +10,11 @@ import (
 )

 func main() {
+	ctx := context.Background()
 	logger := slog.New(slog.NewTextHandler(os.Stdout, nil))
-	if err := frankenphp.Init(frankenphp.WithLogger(logger)); err != nil {
+
+
+	if err := frankenphp.Init(frankenphp.WithContext(ctx), frankenphp.WithLogger(logger)); err != nil {
 		panic(err)
 	}
 	defer frankenphp.Shutdown()
@@ -32,6 +35,9 @@ func main() {
 		port = "8080"
 	}

-	logger.LogAttrs(context.Background(), slog.LevelError, "server error", slog.Any("error", http.ListenAndServe(":"+port, nil)))
+	if logger.Enabled(ctx, slog.LevelError) {
+		logger.LogAttrs(ctx, slog.LevelError, "server error", slog.Any("error", http.ListenAndServe(":"+port, nil)))
+	}
+
 	os.Exit(1)
 }
--- a/internal/watcher/watch_pattern.go
+++ b/internal/watcher/watch_pattern.go
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 package watcher

 import (
-	"context"
 	"log/slog"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"strings"
@@ -81,9 +80,10 @@ func isValidEventType(eventType int) bool {

 // 0:dir,1:file,2:hard_link,3:sym_link,4:watcher,5:other,
 func isValidPathType(pathType int, fileName string) bool {
-	if pathType == 4 {
-		logger.LogAttrs(context.Background(), slog.LevelDebug, "special edant/watcher event", slog.String("fileName", fileName))
+	if pathType == 4 && logger.Enabled(ctx, slog.LevelDebug) {
+		logger.LogAttrs(ctx, slog.LevelDebug, "special edant/watcher event", slog.String("fileName", fileName))
 	}
+
 	return pathType <= 2
 }

@@ -163,9 +163,14 @@ func matchPattern(pattern string, fileName string) bool {
 	if pattern == "" {
 		return true
 	}
+
 	patternMatches, err := filepath.Match(pattern, fileName)
+
 	if err != nil {
-		logger.LogAttrs(context.Background(), slog.LevelError, "failed to match filename", slog.String("file", fileName), slog.Any("error", err))
+		if logger.Enabled(ctx, slog.LevelError) {
+			logger.LogAttrs(ctx, slog.LevelError, "failed to match filename", slog.String("file", fileName), slog.Any("error", err))
+		}
+
 		return false
 	}

--- a/internal/watcher/watcher-skip.go
+++ b/internal/watcher/watcher-skip.go
@@ -2,9 +2,12 @@

 package watcher

-import "log/slog"
+import (
+	"context"
+	"log/slog"
+)

-func InitWatcher(filePatterns []string, callback func(), logger *slog.Logger) error {
+func InitWatcher(ct context.Context, filePatterns []string, callback func(), logger *slog.Logger) error {
 	logger.Error("watcher support is not enabled")

 	return nil
--- a/internal/watcher/watcher.go
+++ b/internal/watcher/watcher.go
@@ -43,11 +43,13 @@ var (
 	activeWatcher *watcher
 	// after stopping the watcher we will wait for eventual reloads to finish
 	reloadWaitGroup sync.WaitGroup
+	// we are passing the context from the main package to the watcher
+	ctx context.Context
 	// we are passing the logger from the main package to the watcher
 	logger *slog.Logger
 )

-func InitWatcher(filePatterns []string, callback func(), slogger *slog.Logger) error {
+func InitWatcher(ct context.Context, filePatterns []string, callback func(), slogger *slog.Logger) error {
 	if len(filePatterns) == 0 {
 		return nil
 	}
@@ -55,9 +57,10 @@ func InitWatcher(filePatterns []string, callback func(), slogger *slog.Logger) e
 		return ErrAlreadyStarted
 	}
 	watcherIsActive.Store(true)
+	ctx = ct
 	logger = slogger
 	activeWatcher = &watcher{callback: callback}
-	err := activeWatcher.startWatching(filePatterns)
+	err := activeWatcher.startWatching(ctx, filePatterns)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
@@ -71,7 +74,11 @@ func DrainWatcher() {
 		return
 	}
 	watcherIsActive.Store(false)
-	logger.Debug("stopping watcher")
+
+	if logger.Enabled(ctx, slog.LevelDebug) {
+		logger.LogAttrs(ctx, slog.LevelDebug, "stopping watcher")
+	}
+
 	activeWatcher.stopWatching()
 	reloadWaitGroup.Wait()
 	activeWatcher = nil
@@ -79,15 +86,19 @@ func DrainWatcher() {

 // TODO: how to test this?
 func retryWatching(watchPattern *watchPattern) {
-	ctx := context.Background()
-
 	failureMu.Lock()
 	defer failureMu.Unlock()
 	if watchPattern.failureCount >= maxFailureCount {
+		if logger.Enabled(ctx, slog.LevelWarn) {
 			logger.LogAttrs(ctx, slog.LevelWarn, "giving up watching", slog.String("dir", watchPattern.dir))
+		}
+
 		return
 	}
+
+	if logger.Enabled(ctx, slog.LevelInfo) {
 		logger.LogAttrs(ctx, slog.LevelInfo, "watcher was closed prematurely, retrying...", slog.String("dir", watchPattern.dir))
+	}

 	watchPattern.failureCount++
 	session, err := startSession(watchPattern)
@@ -106,7 +117,7 @@ func retryWatching(watchPattern *watchPattern) {
 	}()
 }

-func (w *watcher) startWatching(filePatterns []string) error {
+func (w *watcher) startWatching(ctx context.Context, filePatterns []string) error {
 	w.trigger = make(chan string)
 	w.stop = make(chan struct{})
 	w.sessions = make([]C.uintptr_t, len(filePatterns))
@@ -134,26 +145,29 @@ func (w *watcher) stopWatching() {
 }

 func startSession(w *watchPattern) (C.uintptr_t, error) {
-	ctx := context.Background()
-
 	handle := cgo.NewHandle(w)
 	cDir := C.CString(w.dir)
 	defer C.free(unsafe.Pointer(cDir))
 	watchSession := C.start_new_watcher(cDir, C.uintptr_t(handle))
 	if watchSession != 0 {
+		if logger.Enabled(ctx, slog.LevelDebug) {
 			logger.LogAttrs(ctx, slog.LevelDebug, "watching", slog.String("dir", w.dir), slog.Any("patterns", w.patterns))
+		}

 		return watchSession, nil
 	}
+
+	if logger.Enabled(ctx, slog.LevelError) {
 		logger.LogAttrs(ctx, slog.LevelError, "couldn't start watching", slog.String("dir", w.dir))
+	}

 	return watchSession, ErrUnableToStartWatching
 }

 func stopSession(session C.uintptr_t) {
 	success := C.stop_watcher(session)
-	if success == 0 {
-		logger.Warn("couldn't close the watcher")
+	if success == 0 && logger.Enabled(ctx, slog.LevelWarn) {
+		logger.LogAttrs(ctx, slog.LevelWarn, "couldn't close the watcher")
 	}
 }

@@ -195,7 +209,11 @@ func listenForFileEvents(triggerWatcher chan string, stopWatcher chan struct{})
 			timer.Reset(debounceDuration)
 		case <-timer.C:
 			timer.Stop()
-			logger.LogAttrs(context.Background(), slog.LevelInfo, "filesystem change detected", slog.String("file", lastChangedFile))
+
+			if logger.Enabled(ctx, slog.LevelInfo) {
+				logger.LogAttrs(ctx, slog.LevelInfo, "filesystem change detected", slog.String("file", lastChangedFile))
+			}
+
 			scheduleReload()
 		}
 	}
--- a/options.go
+++ b/options.go
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package frankenphp

 import (
+	"context"
 	"fmt"
 	"log/slog"
 	"time"
@@ -19,6 +20,7 @@ type WorkerOption func(*workerOpt) error
 //
 // If you change this, also update the Caddy module and the documentation.
 type opt struct {
+	ctx         context.Context
 	numThreads  int
 	maxThreads  int
 	workers     []workerOpt
@@ -42,6 +44,15 @@ type workerOpt struct {
 	onServerShutdown       func()
 }

+// WithContext sets the main context to use.
+func WithContext(ctx context.Context) Option {
+	return func(h *opt) error {
+		h.ctx = ctx
+
+		return nil
+	}
+}
+
 // WithNumThreads configures the number of PHP threads to start.
 func WithNumThreads(numThreads int) Option {
 	return func(o *opt) error {
--- a/phpmainthread.go
+++ b/phpmainthread.go
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ package frankenphp
 // #include "frankenphp.h"
 import "C"
 import (
-	"context"
 	"log/slog"
 	"strings"
 	"sync"
@@ -171,7 +170,9 @@ func (mainThread *phpMainThread) setAutomaticMaxThreads() {
 	maxAllowedThreads := totalSysMemory / uint64(perThreadMemoryLimit)
 	mainThread.maxThreads = int(maxAllowedThreads)

-	logger.LogAttrs(context.Background(), slog.LevelDebug, "Automatic thread limit", slog.Int("perThreadMemoryLimitMB", int(perThreadMemoryLimit/1024/1024)), slog.Int("maxThreads", mainThread.maxThreads))
+	if globalLogger.Enabled(globalCtx, slog.LevelDebug) {
+		globalLogger.LogAttrs(globalCtx, slog.LevelDebug, "Automatic thread limit", slog.Int("perThreadMemoryLimitMB", int(perThreadMemoryLimit/1024/1024)), slog.Int("maxThreads", mainThread.maxThreads))
+	}
 }

 //export go_frankenphp_shutdown_main_thread
--- a/phpmainthread_test.go
+++ b/phpmainthread_test.go
@@ -18,8 +18,15 @@ import (

 var testDataPath, _ = filepath.Abs("./testdata")

+func setupGlobals(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Helper()
+
+	t.Cleanup(Shutdown)
+
+	resetGlobals()
+}
+
 func TestStartAndStopTheMainThreadWithOneInactiveThread(t *testing.T) {
-	logger = slog.New(slog.NewTextHandler(io.Discard, nil))
 	_, err := initPHPThreads(1, 1, nil) // boot 1 thread
 	assert.NoError(t, err)

@@ -28,12 +35,13 @@ func TestStartAndStopTheMainThreadWithOneInactiveThread(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.True(t, phpThreads[0].state.is(stateInactive))

 	drainPHPThreads()
+
 	assert.Nil(t, phpThreads)
 }

 func TestTransitionRegularThreadToWorkerThread(t *testing.T) {
-	workers = nil
-	logger = slog.New(slog.NewTextHandler(io.Discard, nil))
+	setupGlobals(t)
+
 	_, err := initPHPThreads(1, 1, nil)
 	assert.NoError(t, err)

@@ -42,7 +50,7 @@ func TestTransitionRegularThreadToWorkerThread(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.IsType(t, &regularThread{}, phpThreads[0].handler)

 	// transition to worker thread
-	worker := getDummyWorker("transition-worker-1.php")
+	worker := getDummyWorker(t, "transition-worker-1.php")
 	convertToWorkerThread(phpThreads[0], worker)
 	assert.IsType(t, &workerThread{}, phpThreads[0].handler)
 	assert.Len(t, worker.threads, 1)
@@ -57,12 +65,12 @@ func TestTransitionRegularThreadToWorkerThread(t *testing.T) {
 }

 func TestTransitionAThreadBetween2DifferentWorkers(t *testing.T) {
-	workers = nil
-	logger = slog.New(slog.NewTextHandler(io.Discard, nil))
+	setupGlobals(t)
+
 	_, err := initPHPThreads(1, 1, nil)
 	assert.NoError(t, err)
-	firstWorker := getDummyWorker("transition-worker-1.php")
-	secondWorker := getDummyWorker("transition-worker-2.php")
+	firstWorker := getDummyWorker(t, "transition-worker-1.php")
+	secondWorker := getDummyWorker(t, "transition-worker-2.php")

 	// convert to first worker thread
 	convertToWorkerThread(phpThreads[0], firstWorker)
@@ -151,13 +159,13 @@ func TestTransitionThreadsWhileDoingRequests(t *testing.T) {
 }

 func TestFinishBootingAWorkerScript(t *testing.T) {
-	workers = nil
-	logger = slog.New(slog.NewTextHandler(io.Discard, nil))
+	setupGlobals(t)
+
 	_, err := initPHPThreads(1, 1, nil)
 	assert.NoError(t, err)

 	// boot the worker
-	worker := getDummyWorker("transition-worker-1.php")
+	worker := getDummyWorker(t, "transition-worker-1.php")
 	convertToWorkerThread(phpThreads[0], worker)
 	phpThreads[0].state.waitFor(stateReady)

@@ -193,16 +201,20 @@ func TestReturnAnErrorIf2ModuleWorkersHaveTheSameName(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Error(t, err2, "two workers cannot have the same name")
 }

-func getDummyWorker(fileName string) *worker {
+func getDummyWorker(t *testing.T, fileName string) *worker {
+	t.Helper()
+
 	if workers == nil {
 		workers = []*worker{}
 	}
+
 	worker, _ := newWorker(workerOpt{
 		fileName:               testDataPath + "/" + fileName,
 		num:                    1,
 		maxConsecutiveFailures: defaultMaxConsecutiveFailures,
 	})
 	workers = append(workers, worker)
+
 	return worker
 }

--- a/phpthread.go
+++ b/phpthread.go
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ package frankenphp
 import "C"
 import (
 	"context"
-	"log/slog"
 	"runtime"
 	"sync"
 	"unsafe"
@@ -16,7 +15,7 @@ import (
 type phpThread struct {
 	runtime.Pinner
 	threadIndex  int
-	requestChan  chan *frankenPHPContext
+	requestChan  chan contextHolder
 	drainChan    chan struct{}
 	handlerMu    sync.Mutex
 	handler      threadHandler
@@ -29,13 +28,14 @@ type threadHandler interface {
 	name() string
 	beforeScriptExecution() string
 	afterScriptExecution(exitStatus int)
-	getRequestContext() *frankenPHPContext
+	context() context.Context
+	frankenPHPContext() *frankenPHPContext
 }

 func newPHPThread(threadIndex int) *phpThread {
 	return &phpThread{
 		threadIndex: threadIndex,
-		requestChan: make(chan *frankenPHPContext),
+		requestChan: make(chan contextHolder),
 		state:       newThreadState(),
 	}
 }
@@ -44,7 +44,6 @@ func newPHPThread(threadIndex int) *phpThread {
 func (thread *phpThread) boot() {
 	// thread must be in reserved state to boot
 	if !thread.state.compareAndSwap(stateReserved, stateBooting) && !thread.state.compareAndSwap(stateBootRequested, stateBooting) {
-		logger.Error("thread is not in reserved state: " + thread.state.name())
 		panic("thread is not in reserved state: " + thread.state.name())
 	}

@@ -56,7 +55,6 @@ func (thread *phpThread) boot() {

 	// start the actual posix thread - TODO: try this with go threads instead
 	if !C.frankenphp_new_php_thread(C.uintptr_t(thread.threadIndex)) {
-		logger.LogAttrs(context.Background(), slog.LevelError, "unable to create thread", slog.Int("thread", thread.threadIndex))
 		panic("unable to create thread")
 	}

@@ -100,12 +98,17 @@ func (thread *phpThread) setHandler(handler threadHandler) {
 func (thread *phpThread) transitionToNewHandler() string {
 	thread.state.set(stateTransitionInProgress)
 	thread.state.waitFor(stateTransitionComplete)
+
 	// execute beforeScriptExecution of the new handler
 	return thread.handler.beforeScriptExecution()
 }

-func (thread *phpThread) getRequestContext() *frankenPHPContext {
-	return thread.handler.getRequestContext()
+func (thread *phpThread) frankenPHPContext() *frankenPHPContext {
+	return thread.handler.frankenPHPContext()
+}
+
+func (thread *phpThread) context() context.Context {
+	return thread.handler.context()
 }

 func (thread *phpThread) name() string {
--- a/scaling.go
+++ b/scaling.go
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ package frankenphp
 //#include <sys/resource.h>
 import "C"
 import (
-	"context"
 	"errors"
 	"log/slog"
 	"sync"
@@ -54,7 +53,11 @@ func initAutoScaling(mainThread *phpMainThread) {

 func drainAutoScaling() {
 	scalingMu.Lock()
-	logger.LogAttrs(context.Background(), slog.LevelDebug, "shutting down autoscaling", slog.Int("autoScaledThreads", len(autoScaledThreads)))
+
+	if globalLogger.Enabled(globalCtx, slog.LevelDebug) {
+		globalLogger.LogAttrs(globalCtx, slog.LevelDebug, "shutting down autoscaling", slog.Int("autoScaledThreads", len(autoScaledThreads)))
+	}
+
 	scalingMu.Unlock()
 }

@@ -94,13 +97,18 @@ func scaleWorkerThread(worker *worker) {

 	thread, err := addWorkerThread(worker)
 	if err != nil {
-		logger.LogAttrs(context.Background(), slog.LevelWarn, "could not increase max_threads, consider raising this limit", slog.String("worker", worker.name), slog.Any("error", err))
+		if globalLogger.Enabled(globalCtx, slog.LevelWarn) {
+			globalLogger.LogAttrs(globalCtx, slog.LevelWarn, "could not increase max_threads, consider raising this limit", slog.String("worker", worker.name), slog.Any("error", err))
+		}
+
 		return
 	}

 	autoScaledThreads = append(autoScaledThreads, thread)

-	logger.LogAttrs(context.Background(), slog.LevelInfo, "upscaling worker thread", slog.String("worker", worker.name), slog.Int("thread", thread.threadIndex), slog.Int("num_threads", len(autoScaledThreads)))
+	if globalLogger.Enabled(globalCtx, slog.LevelInfo) {
+		globalLogger.LogAttrs(globalCtx, slog.LevelInfo, "upscaling worker thread", slog.String("worker", worker.name), slog.Int("thread", thread.threadIndex), slog.Int("num_threads", len(autoScaledThreads)))
+	}
 }

 // scaleRegularThread adds a regular PHP thread automatically
@@ -119,13 +127,18 @@ func scaleRegularThread() {

 	thread, err := addRegularThread()
 	if err != nil {
-		logger.LogAttrs(context.Background(), slog.LevelWarn, "could not increase max_threads, consider raising this limit", slog.Any("error", err))
+		if globalLogger.Enabled(globalCtx, slog.LevelWarn) {
+			globalLogger.LogAttrs(globalCtx, slog.LevelWarn, "could not increase max_threads, consider raising this limit", slog.Any("error", err))
+		}
+
 		return
 	}

 	autoScaledThreads = append(autoScaledThreads, thread)

-	logger.LogAttrs(context.Background(), slog.LevelInfo, "upscaling regular thread", slog.Int("thread", thread.threadIndex), slog.Int("num_threads", len(autoScaledThreads)))
+	if globalLogger.Enabled(globalCtx, slog.LevelInfo) {
+		globalLogger.LogAttrs(globalCtx, slog.LevelInfo, "upscaling regular thread", slog.Int("thread", thread.threadIndex), slog.Int("num_threads", len(autoScaledThreads)))
+	}
 }

 func startUpscalingThreads(maxScaledThreads int, scale chan *frankenPHPContext, done chan struct{}) {
@@ -204,7 +217,10 @@ func deactivateThreads() {
 			convertToInactiveThread(thread)
 			stoppedThreadCount++
 			autoScaledThreads = append(autoScaledThreads[:i], autoScaledThreads[i+1:]...)
-			logger.LogAttrs(context.Background(), slog.LevelInfo, "downscaling thread", slog.Int("thread", thread.threadIndex), slog.Int64("wait_time", waitTime), slog.Int("num_threads", len(autoScaledThreads)))
+
+			if globalLogger.Enabled(globalCtx, slog.LevelInfo) {
+				globalLogger.LogAttrs(globalCtx, slog.LevelInfo, "downscaling thread", slog.Int("thread", thread.threadIndex), slog.Int64("wait_time", waitTime), slog.Int("num_threads", len(autoScaledThreads)))
+			}

 			continue
 		}
--- a/threadinactive.go
+++ b/threadinactive.go
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 package frankenphp

+import "context"
+
 // representation of a thread with no work assigned to it
 // implements the threadHandler interface
 // each inactive thread weighs around ~350KB
@@ -18,6 +20,7 @@ func (handler *inactiveThread) beforeScriptExecution() string {
 	switch thread.state.get() {
 	case stateTransitionRequested:
 		return thread.transitionToNewHandler()
+
 	case stateBooting, stateTransitionComplete:
 		thread.state.set(stateInactive)

@@ -25,11 +28,14 @@ func (handler *inactiveThread) beforeScriptExecution() string {
 		thread.state.markAsWaiting(true)
 		thread.state.waitFor(stateTransitionRequested, stateShuttingDown)
 		thread.state.markAsWaiting(false)
+
 		return handler.beforeScriptExecution()
+
 	case stateShuttingDown:
 		// signal to stop
 		return ""
 	}
+
 	panic("unexpected state: " + thread.state.name())
 }

@@ -37,7 +43,11 @@ func (handler *inactiveThread) afterScriptExecution(int) {
 	panic("inactive threads should not execute scripts")
 }

-func (handler *inactiveThread) getRequestContext() *frankenPHPContext {
+func (handler *inactiveThread) frankenPHPContext() *frankenPHPContext {
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (handler *inactiveThread) context() context.Context {
 	return nil
 }

--- a/threadregular.go
+++ b/threadregular.go
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package frankenphp

 import (
+	"context"
 	"sync"
 )

@@ -8,15 +9,16 @@ import (
 // executes PHP scripts in a web context
 // implements the threadHandler interface
 type regularThread struct {
+	contextHolder
+
 	state  *threadState
 	thread *phpThread
-	requestContext *frankenPHPContext
 }

 var (
 	regularThreads     []*phpThread
 	regularThreadMu    = &sync.RWMutex{}
-	regularRequestChan chan *frankenPHPContext
+	regularRequestChan chan contextHolder
 )

 func convertToRegularThread(thread *phpThread) {
@@ -33,25 +35,33 @@ func (handler *regularThread) beforeScriptExecution() string {
 	case stateTransitionRequested:
 		detachRegularThread(handler.thread)
 		return handler.thread.transitionToNewHandler()
+
 	case stateTransitionComplete:
 		handler.state.set(stateReady)
 		return handler.waitForRequest()
+
 	case stateReady:
 		return handler.waitForRequest()
+
 	case stateShuttingDown:
 		detachRegularThread(handler.thread)
 		// signal to stop
 		return ""
 	}
+
 	panic("unexpected state: " + handler.state.name())
 }

-func (handler *regularThread) afterScriptExecution(int) {
+func (handler *regularThread) afterScriptExecution(_ int) {
 	handler.afterRequest()
 }

-func (handler *regularThread) getRequestContext() *frankenPHPContext {
-	return handler.requestContext
+func (handler *regularThread) frankenPHPContext() *frankenPHPContext {
+	return handler.contextHolder.frankenPHPContext
+}
+
+func (handler *regularThread) context() context.Context {
+	return handler.ctx
 }

 func (handler *regularThread) name() string {
@@ -64,32 +74,36 @@ func (handler *regularThread) waitForRequest() string {

 	handler.state.markAsWaiting(true)

-	var fc *frankenPHPContext
+	var ch contextHolder
+
 	select {
 	case <-handler.thread.drainChan:
 		// go back to beforeScriptExecution
 		return handler.beforeScriptExecution()
-	case fc = <-regularRequestChan:
+	case ch = <-regularRequestChan:
 	}

-	handler.requestContext = fc
+	handler.ctx = ch.ctx
+	handler.contextHolder.frankenPHPContext = ch.frankenPHPContext
 	handler.state.markAsWaiting(false)

 	// set the scriptFilename that should be executed
-	return fc.scriptFilename
+	return handler.contextHolder.frankenPHPContext.scriptFilename
 }

 func (handler *regularThread) afterRequest() {
-	handler.requestContext.closeContext()
-	handler.requestContext = nil
+	handler.contextHolder.frankenPHPContext.closeContext()
+	handler.contextHolder.frankenPHPContext = nil
+	handler.ctx = nil
 }

-func handleRequestWithRegularPHPThreads(fc *frankenPHPContext) error {
+func handleRequestWithRegularPHPThreads(ch contextHolder) error {
 	metrics.StartRequest()
+
 	select {
-	case regularRequestChan <- fc:
+	case regularRequestChan <- ch:
 		// a thread was available to handle the request immediately
-		<-fc.done
+		<-ch.frankenPHPContext.done
 		metrics.StopRequest()

 		return nil
@@ -101,19 +115,19 @@ func handleRequestWithRegularPHPThreads(fc *frankenPHPContext) error {
 	metrics.QueuedRequest()
 	for {
 		select {
-		case regularRequestChan <- fc:
+		case regularRequestChan <- ch:
 			metrics.DequeuedRequest()
-			<-fc.done
+			<-ch.frankenPHPContext.done
 			metrics.StopRequest()

 			return nil
-		case scaleChan <- fc:
+		case scaleChan <- ch.frankenPHPContext:
 			// the request has triggered scaling, continue to wait for a thread
 		case <-timeoutChan(maxWaitTime):
 			// the request has timed out stalling
 			metrics.DequeuedRequest()

-			fc.reject(ErrMaxWaitTimeExceeded)
+			ch.frankenPHPContext.reject(ErrMaxWaitTimeExceeded)

 			return ErrMaxWaitTimeExceeded
 		}
--- a/threadtasks_test.go
+++ b/threadtasks_test.go
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package frankenphp

 import (
+	"context"
 	"sync"
 )

@@ -60,11 +61,15 @@ func (handler *taskThread) beforeScriptExecution() string {
 	panic("unexpected state: " + thread.state.name())
 }

-func (handler *taskThread) afterScriptExecution(int) {
+func (handler *taskThread) afterScriptExecution(_ int) {
 	panic("task threads should not execute scripts")
 }

-func (handler *taskThread) getRequestContext() *frankenPHPContext {
+func (handler *taskThread) frankenPHPContext() *frankenPHPContext {
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (handler *taskThread) context() context.Context {
 	return nil
 }

--- a/threadworker.go
+++ b/threadworker.go
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ package frankenphp
 import "C"
 import (
 	"context"
-	"fmt"
 	"log/slog"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"time"
@@ -18,8 +17,10 @@ type workerThread struct {
 	state                   *threadState
 	thread                  *phpThread
 	worker                  *worker
-	dummyContext    *frankenPHPContext
-	workerContext   *frankenPHPContext
+	dummyFrankenPHPContext  *frankenPHPContext
+	dummyContext            context.Context
+	workerFrankenPHPContext *frankenPHPContext
+	workerContext           context.Context
 	backoff                 *exponentialBackoff
 	isBootingScript         bool // true if the worker has not reached frankenphp_handle_request yet
 }
@@ -58,16 +59,20 @@ func (handler *workerThread) beforeScriptExecution() string {
 		if handler.worker.onThreadReady != nil {
 			handler.worker.onThreadReady(handler.thread.threadIndex)
 		}
+
 		setupWorkerScript(handler, handler.worker)
+
 		return handler.worker.fileName
 	case stateShuttingDown:
 		if handler.worker.onThreadShutdown != nil {
 			handler.worker.onThreadShutdown(handler.thread.threadIndex)
 		}
 		handler.worker.detachThread(handler.thread)
+
 		// signal to stop
 		return ""
 	}
+
 	panic("unexpected state: " + handler.state.name())
 }

@@ -75,7 +80,14 @@ func (handler *workerThread) afterScriptExecution(exitStatus int) {
 	tearDownWorkerScript(handler, exitStatus)
 }

-func (handler *workerThread) getRequestContext() *frankenPHPContext {
+func (handler *workerThread) frankenPHPContext() *frankenPHPContext {
+	if handler.workerFrankenPHPContext != nil {
+		return handler.workerFrankenPHPContext
+	}
+
+	return handler.dummyFrankenPHPContext
+}
+func (handler *workerThread) context() context.Context {
 	if handler.workerContext != nil {
 		return handler.workerContext
 	}
@@ -105,23 +117,29 @@ func setupWorkerScript(handler *workerThread, worker *worker) {
 		panic(err)
 	}

+	ctx := context.WithValue(globalCtx, contextKey, fc)
+
 	fc.worker = worker
-	handler.dummyContext = fc
+	handler.dummyFrankenPHPContext = fc
+	handler.dummyContext = ctx
 	handler.isBootingScript = true
 	clearSandboxedEnv(handler.thread)
-	logger.LogAttrs(context.Background(), slog.LevelDebug, "starting", slog.String("worker", worker.name), slog.Int("thread", handler.thread.threadIndex))
+
+	if globalLogger.Enabled(ctx, slog.LevelDebug) {
+		globalLogger.LogAttrs(ctx, slog.LevelDebug, "starting", slog.String("worker", worker.name), slog.Int("thread", handler.thread.threadIndex))
+	}
 }

 func tearDownWorkerScript(handler *workerThread, exitStatus int) {
 	worker := handler.worker
+	handler.dummyFrankenPHPContext = nil
 	handler.dummyContext = nil

-	ctx := context.Background()
-
 	// if the worker request is not nil, the script might have crashed
 	// make sure to close the worker request context
-	if handler.workerContext != nil {
-		handler.workerContext.closeContext()
+	if handler.workerFrankenPHPContext != nil {
+		handler.workerFrankenPHPContext.closeContext()
+		handler.workerFrankenPHPContext = nil
 		handler.workerContext = nil
 	}

@@ -129,7 +147,10 @@ func tearDownWorkerScript(handler *workerThread, exitStatus int) {
 	if exitStatus == 0 && !handler.isBootingScript {
 		metrics.StopWorker(worker.name, StopReasonRestart)
 		handler.backoff.recordSuccess()
-		logger.LogAttrs(ctx, slog.LevelDebug, "restarting", slog.String("worker", worker.name), slog.Int("thread", handler.thread.threadIndex), slog.Int("exit_status", exitStatus))
+
+		if globalLogger.Enabled(globalCtx, slog.LevelDebug) {
+			globalLogger.LogAttrs(globalCtx, slog.LevelDebug, "restarting", slog.String("worker", worker.name), slog.Int("thread", handler.thread.threadIndex), slog.Int("exit_status", exitStatus))
+		}

 		return
 	}
@@ -139,20 +160,26 @@ func tearDownWorkerScript(handler *workerThread, exitStatus int) {

 	if !handler.isBootingScript {
 		// fatal error (could be due to exit(1), timeouts, etc.)
-		logger.LogAttrs(ctx, slog.LevelDebug, "restarting", slog.String("worker", worker.name), slog.Int("thread", handler.thread.threadIndex), slog.Int("exit_status", exitStatus))
+		if globalLogger.Enabled(globalCtx, slog.LevelDebug) {
+			globalLogger.LogAttrs(globalCtx, slog.LevelDebug, "restarting", slog.String("worker", worker.name), slog.Int("thread", handler.thread.threadIndex), slog.Int("exit_status", exitStatus))
+		}

 		return
 	}

-	logger.LogAttrs(ctx, slog.LevelError, "worker script has not reached frankenphp_handle_request()", slog.String("worker", worker.name), slog.Int("thread", handler.thread.threadIndex))
+	if globalLogger.Enabled(globalCtx, slog.LevelError) {
+		globalLogger.LogAttrs(globalCtx, slog.LevelError, "worker script has not reached frankenphp_handle_request()", slog.String("worker", worker.name), slog.Int("thread", handler.thread.threadIndex))
+	}

 	// panic after exponential backoff if the worker has never reached frankenphp_handle_request
 	if handler.backoff.recordFailure() {
 		if !watcherIsEnabled && !handler.state.is(stateReady) {
-			logger.LogAttrs(ctx, slog.LevelError, "too many consecutive worker failures", slog.String("worker", worker.name), slog.Int("thread", handler.thread.threadIndex), slog.Int("failures", handler.backoff.failureCount))
 			panic("too many consecutive worker failures")
 		}
-		logger.LogAttrs(ctx, slog.LevelWarn, "many consecutive worker failures", slog.String("worker", worker.name), slog.Int("thread", handler.thread.threadIndex), slog.Int("failures", handler.backoff.failureCount))
+
+		if globalLogger.Enabled(globalCtx, slog.LevelWarn) {
+			globalLogger.LogAttrs(globalCtx, slog.LevelWarn, "many consecutive worker failures", slog.String("worker", worker.name), slog.Int("thread", handler.thread.threadIndex), slog.Int("failures", handler.backoff.failureCount))
+		}
 	}
 }

@@ -161,8 +188,9 @@ func (handler *workerThread) waitForWorkerRequest() (bool, any) {
 	// unpin any memory left over from previous requests
 	handler.thread.Unpin()

-	ctx := context.Background()
-	logger.LogAttrs(ctx, slog.LevelDebug, "waiting for request", slog.String("worker", handler.worker.name), slog.Int("thread", handler.thread.threadIndex))
+	if globalLogger.Enabled(globalCtx, slog.LevelDebug) {
+		globalLogger.LogAttrs(globalCtx, slog.LevelDebug, "waiting for request", slog.String("worker", handler.worker.name), slog.Int("thread", handler.thread.threadIndex))
+	}

 	// Clear the first dummy request created to initialize the worker
 	if handler.isBootingScript {
@@ -182,10 +210,12 @@ func (handler *workerThread) waitForWorkerRequest() (bool, any) {

 	handler.state.markAsWaiting(true)

-	var fc *frankenPHPContext
+	var requestCH contextHolder
 	select {
 	case <-handler.thread.drainChan:
-		logger.LogAttrs(ctx, slog.LevelDebug, "shutting down", slog.String("worker", handler.worker.name), slog.Int("thread", handler.thread.threadIndex))
+		if globalLogger.Enabled(globalCtx, slog.LevelDebug) {
+			globalLogger.LogAttrs(globalCtx, slog.LevelDebug, "shutting down", slog.String("worker", handler.worker.name), slog.Int("thread", handler.thread.threadIndex))
+		}

 		// flush the opcache when restarting due to watcher or admin api
 		// note: this is done right before frankenphp_handle_request() returns 'false'
@@ -194,20 +224,23 @@ func (handler *workerThread) waitForWorkerRequest() (bool, any) {
 		}

 		return false, nil
-	case fc = <-handler.thread.requestChan:
-	case fc = <-handler.worker.requestChan:
+	case requestCH = <-handler.thread.requestChan:
+	case requestCH = <-handler.worker.requestChan:
 	}

-	handler.workerContext = fc
+	handler.workerContext = requestCH.ctx
+	handler.workerFrankenPHPContext = requestCH.frankenPHPContext
 	handler.state.markAsWaiting(false)

-	if fc.request == nil {
-		logger.LogAttrs(ctx, slog.LevelDebug, "request handling started", slog.String("worker", handler.worker.name), slog.Int("thread", handler.thread.threadIndex))
+	if globalLogger.Enabled(requestCH.ctx, slog.LevelDebug) {
+		if handler.workerFrankenPHPContext.request == nil {
+			globalLogger.LogAttrs(requestCH.ctx, slog.LevelDebug, "request handling started", slog.String("worker", handler.worker.name), slog.Int("thread", handler.thread.threadIndex))
 		} else {
-		logger.LogAttrs(ctx, slog.LevelDebug, "request handling started", slog.String("worker", handler.worker.name), slog.Int("thread", handler.thread.threadIndex), slog.String("url", fc.request.RequestURI))
+			globalLogger.LogAttrs(requestCH.ctx, slog.LevelDebug, "request handling started", slog.String("worker", handler.worker.name), slog.Int("thread", handler.thread.threadIndex), slog.String("url", handler.workerFrankenPHPContext.request.RequestURI))
+		}
 	}

-	return true, fc.handlerParameters
+	return true, handler.workerFrankenPHPContext.handlerParameters
 }

 // go_frankenphp_worker_handle_request_start is called at the start of every php request served.
@@ -240,23 +273,28 @@ func go_frankenphp_worker_handle_request_start(threadIndex C.uintptr_t) (C.bool,
 //export go_frankenphp_finish_worker_request
 func go_frankenphp_finish_worker_request(threadIndex C.uintptr_t, retval *C.zval) {
 	thread := phpThreads[threadIndex]
-	fc := thread.getRequestContext()
+	ctx := thread.context()
+	fc := ctx.Value(contextKey).(*frankenPHPContext)
+
 	if retval != nil {
 		r, err := GoValue[any](unsafe.Pointer(retval))
-		if err != nil {
-			logger.Error(fmt.Sprintf("cannot convert return value: %s", err))
+		if err != nil && globalLogger.Enabled(ctx, slog.LevelError) {
+			globalLogger.LogAttrs(ctx, slog.LevelError, "cannot convert return value", slog.Any("error", err), slog.Int("thread", thread.threadIndex))
 		}

 		fc.handlerReturn = r
 	}

 	fc.closeContext()
+	thread.handler.(*workerThread).workerFrankenPHPContext = nil
 	thread.handler.(*workerThread).workerContext = nil

+	if globalLogger.Enabled(ctx, slog.LevelDebug) {
 		if fc.request == nil {
-		fc.logger.LogAttrs(context.Background(), slog.LevelDebug, "request handling finished", slog.String("worker", fc.worker.name), slog.Int("thread", thread.threadIndex))
+			fc.logger.LogAttrs(ctx, slog.LevelDebug, "request handling finished", slog.String("worker", fc.worker.name), slog.Int("thread", thread.threadIndex))
 		} else {
-		fc.logger.LogAttrs(context.Background(), slog.LevelDebug, "request handling finished", slog.String("worker", fc.worker.name), slog.Int("thread", thread.threadIndex), slog.String("url", fc.request.RequestURI))
+			fc.logger.LogAttrs(ctx, slog.LevelDebug, "request handling finished", slog.String("worker", fc.worker.name), slog.Int("thread", thread.threadIndex), slog.String("url", fc.request.RequestURI))
+		}
 	}
 }

@@ -265,9 +303,12 @@ func go_frankenphp_finish_worker_request(threadIndex C.uintptr_t, retval *C.zval
 //export go_frankenphp_finish_php_request
 func go_frankenphp_finish_php_request(threadIndex C.uintptr_t) {
 	thread := phpThreads[threadIndex]
-	fc := thread.getRequestContext()
+	fc := thread.frankenPHPContext()

 	fc.closeContext()

-	fc.logger.LogAttrs(context.Background(), slog.LevelDebug, "request handling finished", slog.Int("thread", thread.threadIndex), slog.String("url", fc.request.RequestURI))
+	ctx := thread.context()
+	if fc.logger.Enabled(ctx, slog.LevelDebug) {
+		fc.logger.LogAttrs(ctx, slog.LevelDebug, "request handling finished", slog.Int("thread", thread.threadIndex), slog.String("url", fc.request.RequestURI))
+	}
 }
--- a/types_test.go
+++ b/types_test.go
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ import (
 // this is necessary if tests make use of PHP's internal allocation
 func testOnDummyPHPThread(t *testing.T, test func()) {
 	t.Helper()
-	logger = slog.New(slog.NewTextHandler(io.Discard, nil))
+	globalLogger = slog.New(slog.NewTextHandler(io.Discard, nil))
 	_, err := initPHPThreads(1, 1, nil) // boot 1 thread
 	assert.NoError(t, err)
 	handler := convertToTaskThread(phpThreads[0])
--- a/worker.go
+++ b/worker.go
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ type worker struct {
 	fileName               string
 	num                    int
 	env                    PreparedEnv
-	requestChan            chan *frankenPHPContext
+	requestChan            chan contextHolder
 	threads                []*phpThread
 	threadMutex            sync.RWMutex
 	allowPathMatching      bool
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ func initWorkers(opt []workerOpt) error {
 	}

 	watcherIsEnabled = true
-	if err := watcher.InitWatcher(directoriesToWatch, RestartWorkers, logger); err != nil {
+	if err := watcher.InitWatcher(globalCtx, directoriesToWatch, RestartWorkers, globalLogger); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}

@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ func newWorker(o workerOpt) (*worker, error) {
 		fileName:               absFileName,
 		num:                    o.num,
 		env:                    o.env,
-		requestChan:            make(chan *frankenPHPContext),
+		requestChan:            make(chan contextHolder),
 		threads:                make([]*phpThread, 0, o.num),
 		allowPathMatching:      allowPathMatching,
 		maxConsecutiveFailures: o.maxConsecutiveFailures,
@@ -228,17 +228,17 @@ func (worker *worker) countThreads() int {
 	return l
 }

-func (worker *worker) handleRequest(fc *frankenPHPContext) error {
+func (worker *worker) handleRequest(ch contextHolder) error {
 	metrics.StartWorkerRequest(worker.name)

 	// dispatch requests to all worker threads in order
 	worker.threadMutex.RLock()
 	for _, thread := range worker.threads {
 		select {
-		case thread.requestChan <- fc:
+		case thread.requestChan <- ch:
 			worker.threadMutex.RUnlock()
-			<-fc.done
-			metrics.StopWorkerRequest(worker.name, time.Since(fc.startedAt))
+			<-ch.frankenPHPContext.done
+			metrics.StopWorkerRequest(worker.name, time.Since(ch.frankenPHPContext.startedAt))

 			return nil
 		default:
@@ -251,19 +251,19 @@ func (worker *worker) handleRequest(fc *frankenPHPContext) error {
 	metrics.QueuedWorkerRequest(worker.name)
 	for {
 		select {
-		case worker.requestChan <- fc:
+		case worker.requestChan <- ch:
 			metrics.DequeuedWorkerRequest(worker.name)
-			<-fc.done
-			metrics.StopWorkerRequest(worker.name, time.Since(fc.startedAt))
+			<-ch.frankenPHPContext.done
+			metrics.StopWorkerRequest(worker.name, time.Since(ch.frankenPHPContext.startedAt))

 			return nil
-		case scaleChan <- fc:
+		case scaleChan <- ch.frankenPHPContext:
 			// the request has triggered scaling, continue to wait for a thread
 		case <-timeoutChan(maxWaitTime):
 			// the request has timed out stalling
 			metrics.DequeuedWorkerRequest(worker.name)

-			fc.reject(ErrMaxWaitTimeExceeded)
+			ch.frankenPHPContext.reject(ErrMaxWaitTimeExceeded)

 			return ErrMaxWaitTimeExceeded
 		}
--- a/workerextension.go
+++ b/workerextension.go
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package frankenphp

 import (
+	"context"
 	"net/http"
 )

@@ -10,7 +11,7 @@ type Workers interface {
 	// The generated HTTP response will be written through the provided writer.
 	SendRequest(rw http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) error
 	// SendMessage calls the closure passed to frankenphp_handle_request(), passes message as a parameter, and returns the value produced by the closure.
-	SendMessage(message any, rw http.ResponseWriter) (any, error)
+	SendMessage(ctx context.Context, message any, rw http.ResponseWriter) (any, error)
 	// NumThreads returns the number of available threads.
 	NumThreads() int
 }
@@ -43,14 +44,14 @@ func (w *extensionWorkers) NumThreads() int {
 }

 // EXPERIMENTAL: SendMessage sends a message to the worker and waits for a response.
-func (w *extensionWorkers) SendMessage(message any, rw http.ResponseWriter) (any, error) {
+func (w *extensionWorkers) SendMessage(ctx context.Context, message any, rw http.ResponseWriter) (any, error) {
 	fc := newFrankenPHPContext()
-	fc.logger = logger
+	fc.logger = globalLogger
 	fc.worker = w.internalWorker
 	fc.responseWriter = rw
 	fc.handlerParameters = message

-	err := w.internalWorker.handleRequest(fc)
+	err := w.internalWorker.handleRequest(contextHolder{context.WithValue(ctx, contextKey, fc), fc})

 	return fc.handlerReturn, err
 }
--- a/workerextension_test.go
+++ b/workerextension_test.go
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ func TestWorkerExtensionSendMessage(t *testing.T) {
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 	t.Cleanup(Shutdown)

-	ret, err := externalWorker.SendMessage("Hello Workers", nil)
+	ret, err := externalWorker.SendMessage(t.Context(), "Hello Workers", nil)
 	require.NoError(t, err)

 	assert.Equal(t, "received message: Hello Workers", ret)