diff --git a/.cursor/rules/frontend-core.mdc b/.cursor/rules/frontend-core.mdc
index 3bb3de5f7..f1c9a9dd5 100644
--- a/.cursor/rules/frontend-core.mdc
+++ b/.cursor/rules/frontend-core.mdc
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ import type { ProjectFragment } from '~/lib/common/generated/gql/graphql'
 
 - **Structured logging** with Pino for production
 - **useLogger()** composable for standard logging
-- **useStrictLogger()** when you need guaranteed real Pino logger
+- **useSafeLogger()** when you need a logger potentially outside of useNuxtApp() scope
 - **devLog()** or **useDevLogger()** for development-only logging
 - **Never use console.log** - use logging composables instead
 - **Development logging** is automatically skipped in production
diff --git a/packages/frontend-2/composables/logging.ts b/packages/frontend-2/composables/logging.ts
index 795c37104..a3f407b87 100644
--- a/packages/frontend-2/composables/logging.ts
+++ b/packages/frontend-2/composables/logging.ts
@@ -9,71 +9,95 @@ export const useLogger = () => {
 }
 
 /**
- * Use when you need to be sure that the real structured pino logger is available
- * (it isn't in some early startup contexts like apollo link setup)
+ * There are scopes where useNuxtApp() is available and we have to fall back to a different logger. This composable
+ * can be invoked everywhere in all scopes (not in `server` code tho!) to get the best kind of logger available
  */
-export const useStrictLogger = async (
-  options?: Partial<{ dontNotifyFallback: boolean }>
+export const useSafeLogger = (
+  options?: Partial<{
+    /**
+     * Prevent reporting back that we used a logger fallback.
+     *
+     * Default: false
+     */
+    preventFallbackReporting: boolean
+  }>
 ) => {
-  const { dontNotifyFallback } = options || {}
-
+  let fallbackReported = false
   let nuxtApp: Optional<NuxtApp> = undefined
-  try {
-    nuxtApp = useNuxtApp()
-  } catch {
-    // suppress 'nuxt is not available'
+  const fallbackSyncLogger = buildFakePinoLogger()
+  let fallbackFullLogger: Optional<ReturnType<typeof buildFakePinoLogger>> = undefined
+
+  const availableLogger = () =>
+    nuxtApp?.$logger || fallbackFullLogger || fallbackSyncLogger
+
+  const tryResolvingRealLogger = () => {
+    // Try nuxt app
+    try {
+      nuxtApp = useNuxtApp()
+    } catch {
+      // suppress 'nuxt is not available'
+    }
   }
 
-  if (nuxtApp?.$logger) return nuxtApp?.$logger
+  const tryResolvingLogger = async () => {
+    try {
+      tryResolvingRealLogger()
+      if (nuxtApp?.$logger) return
 
-  // Nuxt app not found in this scope
-  const err = new Error(
-    'Nuxt app for logger not found! Initializing fallback structured logger...'
-  )
-
-  let logger: ReturnType<typeof buildFakePinoLogger>
-  if (import.meta.server) {
-    const { buildLogger } = await import('~/server/lib/core/helpers/observability')
-    logger = buildLogger('info', import.meta.dev ? true : false) // no runtime config, so falling back to default settings
-  } else {
-    logger = buildFakePinoLogger()
+      if (import.meta.server && !fallbackFullLogger) {
+        const { buildLogger } = await import('~/server/lib/core/helpers/observability')
+        fallbackFullLogger = buildLogger('info', import.meta.dev ? true : false) // no runtime config, so falling back to default settings
+      }
+    } catch (err) {
+      availableLogger().error(err)
+    }
   }
 
-  if (!dontNotifyFallback) logger.error(err)
+  const logger = (
+    loggerOptions?: Partial<{
+      /**
+       * Prevent reporting back that we used a logger fallback.
+       *
+       * Default: false
+       */
+      preventFallbackReporting: boolean
+    }>
+  ) => {
+    const preventFallbackReporting =
+      loggerOptions?.preventFallbackReporting || options?.preventFallbackReporting
 
-  return logger
-}
+    void tryResolvingLogger()
+    if (nuxtApp?.$logger) return nuxtApp.$logger
 
-/**
- * Use when you need to be sure that the real structured pino logger is available
- * (it isn't in some early startup contexts like apollo link setup)
- *
- * The async version is better in that it will build a real pino logger, but in sync contexts
- * you can use this one that will at least fallback to console.log/warn/error
- */
-export const useStrictLoggerSync = (
-  options?: Partial<{ dontNotifyFallback: boolean }>
-) => {
-  const { dontNotifyFallback } = options || {}
+    const err = new Error('Nuxt app for logger not found! Returning fallback logger...')
+    let logger: ReturnType<typeof buildFakePinoLogger>
+    if (fallbackFullLogger) {
+      logger = fallbackFullLogger
+    } else {
+      logger = fallbackSyncLogger
+    }
 
-  let nuxtApp: Optional<NuxtApp> = undefined
-  try {
-    nuxtApp = useNuxtApp()
-  } catch {
-    // suppress 'nuxt is not available'
+    // we only wanna report this once
+    if (!preventFallbackReporting && !fallbackReported) {
+      logger.error(err)
+      fallbackReported = true
+    }
+
+    return logger
   }
 
-  if (nuxtApp?.$logger) return nuxtApp?.$logger
+  void tryResolvingLogger()
 
-  // Nuxt app not found in this scope
-  const err = new Error(
-    'Nuxt app for logger not found! Initializing fallback structured logger...'
-  )
-  const logger = buildFakePinoLogger()
-
-  if (!dontNotifyFallback) logger.error(err)
-
-  return logger
+  return {
+    /**
+     * Get the best available logger instance
+     */
+    logger,
+    /**
+     * If you're in a scope where you can invoke async code, invoke this to try to load the most appropriate logger
+     */
+    loadBestLogger: tryResolvingLogger
+  }
 }
 
 /**
@@ -83,7 +107,11 @@ export const useStrictLoggerSync = (
 export const useDevLogger = () => {
   if (!import.meta.dev) return noop
 
-  const logger = useLogger()
-  const debug = logger.debug.bind(logger)
-  return debug as (...args: unknown[]) => void
+  const { logger } = useSafeLogger()
+  // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
+  return (...args: any[]) => {
+    const actualLogger = logger()
+    const debug = actualLogger.debug.bind(actualLogger)
+    return debug(args[0], ...args.slice(1)) //ts appeasement
+  }
 }
diff --git a/packages/frontend-2/lib/auth/composables/auth.ts b/packages/frontend-2/lib/auth/composables/auth.ts
index 4633a96a4..bc695b4ad 100644
--- a/packages/frontend-2/lib/auth/composables/auth.ts
+++ b/packages/frontend-2/lib/auth/composables/auth.ts
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ const useResetAuthState = (
   const resolveDistinctId = useResolveUserDistinctId()
   const { cbs } = useOnAuthStateChangeState()
   const authToken = useAuthCookie()
-  const logger = useStrictLoggerSync()
+  const { logger } = useSafeLogger()
 
   return async (
     resetOptions?: Partial<{
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ const useResetAuthState = (
       // also depend on active user (e.g. Workspace.seatType))
       resetPromise = (async () => {
         if (import.meta.server) {
-          logger?.error('attempting to resetStore from SSR')
+          logger().error('attempting to resetStore from SSR')
         } else {
           await client.resetStore()
         }
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ export const useAuthManager = (
   const getMixpanel = useDeferredMixpanel()
   const postAuthRedirect = usePostAuthRedirect()
   const { markLoggedOut } = useJustLoggedOutTracking()
-  const logger = useStrictLoggerSync()
+  const { logger } = useSafeLogger()
 
   /**
    * Invite token, if any
@@ -379,7 +379,7 @@ export const useAuthManager = (
               title: 'Authentication failed',
               description: err.message
             })
-            logger.error({ err }, 'Failed to finalize login with access code')
+            logger().error({ err }, 'Failed to finalize login with access code')
           }
         }
       },
diff --git a/packages/frontend-2/lib/common/composables/async.ts b/packages/frontend-2/lib/common/composables/async.ts
index f37f12e39..e5d09f3b9 100644
--- a/packages/frontend-2/lib/common/composables/async.ts
+++ b/packages/frontend-2/lib/common/composables/async.ts
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ export type { AsyncWritableComputedOptions, AsyncWritableComputedRef }
  * @param params
  */
 export const writableAsyncComputed: typeof originalWritableAsyncComputed = (params) => {
-  const logger = useStrictLoggerSync()
+  const { logger } = useSafeLogger()
   return originalWritableAsyncComputed({
     ...params,
     debugging: params.debugging?.log
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ export const writableAsyncComputed: typeof originalWritableAsyncComputed = (para
           ...params.debugging,
           log: {
             ...params.debugging.log,
-            logger: logger.debug
+            logger: logger().debug
           }
         }
       : undefined
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ export const writableAsyncComputed: typeof originalWritableAsyncComputed = (para
  */
 export const watchAsync = ((...args: Parameters<typeof watch>) => {
   const [source, cb, options] = args
-  const logger = useStrictLoggerSync()
+  const { logger } = useSafeLogger()
 
   const watches = shallowRef<Array<Promise<unknown>>>([])
 
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ export const watchAsync = ((...args: Parameters<typeof watch>) => {
       const handlerPromise = Promise.allSettled(watches.value).finally(() =>
         Promise.resolve(cb(newVal, oldVal, onCleanup))
           .catch((e) => {
-            logger.error(e, 'Error occurred in watchAsync callback')
+            logger().error(e, 'Error occurred in watchAsync callback')
             throw e
           })
           .finally(() => {
diff --git a/packages/frontend-2/lib/common/helpers/debugging.ts b/packages/frontend-2/lib/common/helpers/debugging.ts
index 3ae739421..b7bb35f01 100644
--- a/packages/frontend-2/lib/common/helpers/debugging.ts
+++ b/packages/frontend-2/lib/common/helpers/debugging.ts
@@ -11,19 +11,19 @@ export function wrapRefWithTracking<R extends Ref<unknown>>(
 ): R {
   const { writesOnly, readsOnly } = options || {}
   const getTrace = () => (new Error('Trace:').stack || '').substring(7)
-  const logger = useStrictLoggerSync()
+  const { logger } = useSafeLogger()
 
   return computed({
     get: () => {
       if (!writesOnly) {
-        logger.debug(`debugging: '${name}' read`, ref.value, getTrace())
+        logger().debug(`debugging: '${name}' read`, ref.value, getTrace())
       }
 
       return ref.value
     },
     set: (newVal) => {
       if (!readsOnly) {
-        logger.debug(`debugging: '${name}' written to`, newVal, getTrace())
+        logger().debug(`debugging: '${name}' written to`, newVal, getTrace())
       }
 
       ref.value = newVal
diff --git a/packages/frontend-2/lib/common/helpers/graphql.ts b/packages/frontend-2/lib/common/helpers/graphql.ts
index 4c99410fa..856538398 100644
--- a/packages/frontend-2/lib/common/helpers/graphql.ts
+++ b/packages/frontend-2/lib/common/helpers/graphql.ts
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ export function updateCacheByFilter<TData, TVariables = unknown>(
 ): boolean {
   const { fragment, query } = filter
   const { ignoreCacheErrors = true, overwrite = true } = options
-  const logger = useStrictLoggerSync()
+  const { logger } = useSafeLogger()
 
   if (!fragment && !query) {
     throw new Error(
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ export function updateCacheByFilter<TData, TVariables = unknown>(
     }
 
     if (ignoreCacheErrors) {
-      logger.warn('Failed Apollo cache update:', e)
+      logger().warn('Failed Apollo cache update:', e)
       return false
     }
     throw e
@@ -382,13 +382,13 @@ export function modifyObjectFields<
 ) {
   const { fieldNameWhitelist, debug = false } = options || {}
 
-  const logger = useStrictLoggerSync()
+  const { logger } = useSafeLogger()
   const invocationId = nanoid()
-  const log = (...args: Parameters<typeof logger.debug>) => {
+  const log = (...args: unknown[]) => {
     if (!debug) return
     const [message, ...rest] = args
 
-    logger.debug(`[${invocationId}] ${message}`, ...rest)
+    logger().debug(`[${invocationId}] ${message}`, ...rest)
   }
 
   log(
diff --git a/packages/frontend-2/lib/common/helpers/route.ts b/packages/frontend-2/lib/common/helpers/route.ts
index d345e7148..c62402b55 100644
--- a/packages/frontend-2/lib/common/helpers/route.ts
+++ b/packages/frontend-2/lib/common/helpers/route.ts
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ export const doesRouteFitTarget = (fullPathA: string, fullPathB: string) => {
     urlA = new URL(fullPathA, fakeOrigin)
     urlB = new URL(fullPathB, fakeOrigin)
   } catch (e) {
-    useStrictLoggerSync().warn('Failed to parse URLs', e)
+    useSafeLogger().logger().warn('Failed to parse URLs', e)
     return false
   }
 
diff --git a/packages/frontend-2/lib/viewer/composables/setup/embed.ts b/packages/frontend-2/lib/viewer/composables/setup/embed.ts
index 386d8c1fc..0e6a4ee0e 100644
--- a/packages/frontend-2/lib/viewer/composables/setup/embed.ts
+++ b/packages/frontend-2/lib/viewer/composables/setup/embed.ts
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ export function isEmbedOptions(obj: unknown): obj is EmbedOptions {
 }
 
 export function deserializeEmbedOptions(embedString: string | null): EmbedOptions {
-  const logger = useStrictLoggerSync()
+  const { logger } = useSafeLogger()
   if (!embedString) {
     return { isEnabled: false }
   }
@@ -47,9 +47,9 @@ export function deserializeEmbedOptions(embedString: string | null): EmbedOption
     if (isEmbedOptions(parsed)) {
       return { ...parsed, isEnabled: true }
     }
-    logger.error('Parsed object is not of type EmbedOptions')
+    logger().error('Parsed object is not of type EmbedOptions')
   } catch (error) {
-    logger.error(error)
+    logger().error(error)
   }
 
   return { isEnabled: false }