diff --git a/configs/development.ini b/configs/development.ini
--- a/configs/development.ini
+++ b/configs/development.ini
@@ -440,6 +440,8 @@ rc_cache.cache_perms.expiration_time = 3
 ; more Redis options: https://dogpilecache.sqlalchemy.org/en/latest/api.html#redis-backends
 #rc_cache.cache_perms.arguments.distributed_lock = true
 
+; auto-renew lock to prevent stale locks, slower but safer. Use only if problems happen
+#rc_cache.cache_perms.arguments.lock_auto_renewal = true
 
 ; ***************************************************
 ; `cache_repo` cache for file tree, Readme, RSS FEEDS
@@ -463,6 +465,8 @@ rc_cache.cache_repo.expiration_time = 25
 ; more Redis options: https://dogpilecache.sqlalchemy.org/en/latest/api.html#redis-backends
 #rc_cache.cache_repo.arguments.distributed_lock = true
 
+; auto-renew lock to prevent stale locks, slower but safer. Use only if problems happen
+#rc_cache.cache_repo.arguments.lock_auto_renewal = true
 
 ; ##############
 ; BEAKER SESSION
@@ -760,6 +764,7 @@ appenlight.log_namespace_blacklist =
 #statsd.statsd_prefix =
 #statsd.statsd_ipv6 = false
 
+
 ; Dummy marker to add new entries after.
 ; Add any custom entries below. Please don't remove this marker.
 custom.conf = 1
@@ -823,6 +828,9 @@ class = StreamHandler
 args = (sys.stderr, )
 level = DEBUG
 formatter = color_formatter
+; To enable JSON formatted logs replace generic with json
+; This allows sending properly formatted logs to grafana loki or elasticsearch
+#formatter = json
 
 [handler_console_sql]
 ; "level = DEBUG" logs SQL queries and results.
@@ -851,3 +859,7 @@ datefmt = %Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S
 class = rhodecode.lib.logging_formatter.ColorFormatterSql
 format = %(asctime)s.%(msecs)03d [%(process)d] %(levelname)-5.5s [%(name)s] %(message)s
 datefmt = %Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S
+
+[formatter_json]
+format = %(message)s
+class = rhodecode.lib._vendor.jsonlogger.JsonFormatter
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diff --git a/configs/gunicorn_config.py b/configs/gunicorn_config.py
--- a/configs/gunicorn_config.py
+++ b/configs/gunicorn_config.py
@@ -33,6 +33,10 @@ tmp_upload_dir = None
 access_log_format = (
     '%(t)s %(p)s INFO  [GNCRN] %(h)-15s rqt:%(L)s %(s)s %(b)-6s "%(m)s:%(U)s %(q)s" usr:%(u)s "%(f)s" "%(a)s"')
 
+# loki format for easier parsing in grafana
+#access_log_format = (
+#        'time="%(t)s" pid=%(p)s level="INFO" type="[GNCRN]" ip="%(h)-15s" rqt="%(L)s" response_code="%(s)s" response_bytes="%(b)-6s" uri="%(m)s:%(U)s %(q)s" user=":%(u)s" user_agent="%(a)s"')
+
 # self adjust workers based on CPU count
 # workers = get_workers()
 
diff --git a/configs/production.ini b/configs/production.ini
--- a/configs/production.ini
+++ b/configs/production.ini
@@ -715,6 +715,7 @@ appenlight.log_namespace_blacklist =
 #statsd.statsd_prefix =
 #statsd.statsd_ipv6 = false
 
+
 ; Dummy marker to add new entries after.
 ; Add any custom entries below. Please don't remove this marker.
 custom.conf = 1
@@ -778,6 +779,9 @@ class = StreamHandler
 args = (sys.stderr, )
 level = INFO
 formatter = generic
+; To enable JSON formatted logs replace generic with json
+; This allows sending properly formatted logs to grafana loki or elasticsearch
+#formatter = json
 
 [handler_console_sql]
 ; "level = DEBUG" logs SQL queries and results.
@@ -806,3 +810,7 @@ datefmt = %Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S
 class = rhodecode.lib.logging_formatter.ColorFormatterSql
 format = %(asctime)s.%(msecs)03d [%(process)d] %(levelname)-5.5s [%(name)s] %(message)s
 datefmt = %Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S
+
+[formatter_json]
+format = %(message)s
+class = rhodecode.lib._vendor.jsonlogger.JsonFormatter
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