diff --git a/lerna.json b/lerna.json
index d033c24518..13040cb50c 100644
--- a/lerna.json
+++ b/lerna.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "$schema": "node_modules/lerna/schemas/lerna-schema.json",
-  "version": "3.2.46",
+  "version": "3.3.1",
   "npmClient": "yarn",
   "concurrency": 20,
   "command": {
diff --git a/packages/bbui/src/bbui.css b/packages/bbui/src/bbui.css
index dd0588818e..810c5ff2c0 100644
--- a/packages/bbui/src/bbui.css
+++ b/packages/bbui/src/bbui.css
@@ -45,6 +45,11 @@
   --purple: #806fde;
   --purple-dark: #130080;
 
+  --error-bg: rgba(226, 109, 105, 0.3);
+  --warning-bg: rgba(255, 210, 106, 0.3);
+  --error-content: rgba(226, 109, 105, 0.6);
+  --warning-content: rgba(255, 210, 106, 0.6);
+
   --rounded-small: 4px;
   --rounded-medium: 8px;
   --rounded-large: 16px;
diff --git a/packages/builder/src/components/common/bindings/BindingPanel.svelte b/packages/builder/src/components/common/bindings/BindingPanel.svelte
index 98df69bc06..ffb477012c 100644
--- a/packages/builder/src/components/common/bindings/BindingPanel.svelte
+++ b/packages/builder/src/components/common/bindings/BindingPanel.svelte
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
     decodeJSBinding,
     encodeJSBinding,
     processObjectSync,
-    processStringSync,
+    processStringWithLogsSync,
   } from "@budibase/string-templates"
   import { readableToRuntimeBinding } from "@/dataBinding"
   import CodeEditor from "../CodeEditor/CodeEditor.svelte"
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@
     InsertAtPositionFn,
     JSONValue,
   } from "@budibase/types"
+  import type { Log } from "@budibase/string-templates"
   import type { CompletionContext } from "@codemirror/autocomplete"
 
   const dispatch = createEventDispatcher()
@@ -66,6 +67,7 @@
   let insertAtPos: InsertAtPositionFn | undefined
   let targetMode: BindingMode | null = null
   let expressionResult: string | undefined
+  let expressionLogs: Log[] | undefined
   let expressionError: string | undefined
   let evaluating = false
 
@@ -157,7 +159,7 @@
     (expression: string | null, context: any, snippets: Snippet[]) => {
       try {
         expressionError = undefined
-        expressionResult = processStringSync(
+        const output = processStringWithLogsSync(
           expression || "",
           {
             ...context,
@@ -167,6 +169,8 @@
             noThrow: false,
           }
         )
+        expressionResult = output.result
+        expressionLogs = output.logs
       } catch (err: any) {
         expressionResult = undefined
         expressionError = err
@@ -421,6 +425,7 @@
         <EvaluationSidePanel
           {expressionResult}
           {expressionError}
+          {expressionLogs}
           {evaluating}
           expression={editorValue ? editorValue : ""}
         />
diff --git a/packages/builder/src/components/common/bindings/EvaluationSidePanel.svelte b/packages/builder/src/components/common/bindings/EvaluationSidePanel.svelte
index c8bf5529ad..c47840ea83 100644
--- a/packages/builder/src/components/common/bindings/EvaluationSidePanel.svelte
+++ b/packages/builder/src/components/common/bindings/EvaluationSidePanel.svelte
@@ -4,11 +4,13 @@
   import { Helpers } from "@budibase/bbui"
   import { fade } from "svelte/transition"
   import { UserScriptError } from "@budibase/string-templates"
+  import type { Log } from "@budibase/string-templates"
   import type { JSONValue } from "@budibase/types"
 
   // this can be essentially any primitive response from the JS function
   export let expressionResult: JSONValue | undefined = undefined
   export let expressionError: string | undefined = undefined
+  export let expressionLogs: Log[] = []
   export let evaluating = false
   export let expression: string | null = null
 
@@ -16,6 +18,11 @@
   $: empty = expression == null || expression?.trim() === ""
   $: success = !error && !empty
   $: highlightedResult = highlight(expressionResult)
+  $: highlightedLogs = expressionLogs.map(l => ({
+    log: highlight(l.log.join(", ")),
+    line: l.line,
+    type: l.type,
+  }))
 
   const formatError = (err: any) => {
     if (err.code === UserScriptError.code) {
@@ -25,14 +32,14 @@
   }
 
   // json can be any primitive type
-  const highlight = (json?: any | null) => {
+  const highlight = (json?: JSONValue | null) => {
     if (json == null) {
       return ""
     }
 
     // Attempt to parse and then stringify, in case this is valid result
     try {
-      json = JSON.stringify(JSON.parse(json), null, 2)
+      json = JSON.stringify(JSON.parse(json as any), null, 2)
     } catch (err) {
       // couldn't parse/stringify, just treat it as the raw input
     }
@@ -61,7 +68,7 @@
   <div class="header" class:success class:error>
     <div class="header-content">
       {#if error}
-        <Icon name="Alert" color="var(--spectrum-global-color-red-600)" />
+        <Icon name="Alert" color="var(--error-content)" />
         <div>Error</div>
         {#if evaluating}
           <div transition:fade|local={{ duration: 130 }}>
@@ -90,8 +97,36 @@
     {:else if error}
       {formatError(expressionError)}
     {:else}
-      <!-- eslint-disable-next-line svelte/no-at-html-tags-->
-      {@html highlightedResult}
+      <div class="output-lines">
+        {#each highlightedLogs as logLine}
+          <div
+            class="line"
+            class:error-log={logLine.type === "error"}
+            class:warn-log={logLine.type === "warn"}
+          >
+            <div class="icon-log">
+              {#if logLine.type === "error"}
+                <Icon
+                  size="XS"
+                  name="CloseCircle"
+                  color="var(--error-content)"
+                />
+              {:else if logLine.type === "warn"}
+                <Icon size="XS" name="Alert" color="var(--warning-content)" />
+              {/if}
+              <!-- eslint-disable-next-line svelte/no-at-html-tags-->
+              <span>{@html logLine.log}</span>
+            </div>
+            {#if logLine.line}
+              <span style="color: var(--blue)">:{logLine.line}</span>
+            {/if}
+          </div>
+        {/each}
+        <div class="line">
+          <!-- eslint-disable-next-line svelte/no-at-html-tags-->
+          {@html highlightedResult}
+        </div>
+      </div>
     {/if}
   </div>
 </div>
@@ -130,20 +165,37 @@
     height: 100%;
     z-index: 1;
     position: absolute;
-    opacity: 10%;
   }
   .header.error::before {
-    background: var(--spectrum-global-color-red-400);
+    background: var(--error-bg);
   }
   .body {
     flex: 1 1 auto;
     padding: var(--spacing-m) var(--spacing-l);
     font-family: var(--font-mono);
     font-size: 12px;
-    overflow-y: scroll;
+    overflow-y: auto;
     overflow-x: hidden;
-    white-space: pre-wrap;
+    white-space: pre-line;
     word-wrap: break-word;
     height: 0;
   }
+  .output-lines {
+    display: flex;
+    flex-direction: column;
+    gap: var(--spacing-xs);
+  }
+  .line {
+    border-bottom: var(--border-light);
+    display: flex;
+    flex-direction: row;
+    justify-content: space-between;
+    align-items: end;
+    padding: var(--spacing-s);
+  }
+  .icon-log {
+    display: flex;
+    gap: var(--spacing-s);
+    align-items: start;
+  }
 </style>
diff --git a/packages/builder/src/components/design/settings/controls/DataSourceSelect/DataSourceCategory.svelte b/packages/builder/src/components/design/settings/controls/DataSourceSelect/DataSourceCategory.svelte
index f6d7cfc2c3..72e2fbf638 100644
--- a/packages/builder/src/components/design/settings/controls/DataSourceSelect/DataSourceCategory.svelte
+++ b/packages/builder/src/components/design/settings/controls/DataSourceSelect/DataSourceCategory.svelte
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 <script>
+  import { datasources } from "@/stores/builder"
   import { Divider, Heading } from "@budibase/bbui"
 
   export let dividerState
@@ -6,6 +7,8 @@
   export let dataSet
   export let value
   export let onSelect
+
+  $: displayDatasourceName = $datasources.list.length > 1
 </script>
 
 {#if dividerState}
@@ -21,7 +24,7 @@
   {#each dataSet as data}
     <li
       class="spectrum-Menu-item"
-      class:is-selected={value?.label === data.label &&
+      class:is-selected={value?.resourceId === data.resourceId &&
         value?.type === data.type}
       role="option"
       aria-selected="true"
@@ -29,7 +32,9 @@
       on:click={() => onSelect(data)}
     >
       <span class="spectrum-Menu-itemLabel">
-        {data.datasourceName ? `${data.datasourceName} - ` : ""}{data.label}
+        {data.datasourceName && displayDatasourceName
+          ? `${data.datasourceName} - `
+          : ""}{data.label}
       </span>
       <svg
         class="spectrum-Icon spectrum-UIIcon-Checkmark100 spectrum-Menu-checkmark spectrum-Menu-itemIcon"
diff --git a/packages/builder/src/components/design/settings/controls/DataSourceSelect/DataSourceSelect.svelte b/packages/builder/src/components/design/settings/controls/DataSourceSelect/DataSourceSelect.svelte
index b23ef5348d..e47cf1df3e 100644
--- a/packages/builder/src/components/design/settings/controls/DataSourceSelect/DataSourceSelect.svelte
+++ b/packages/builder/src/components/design/settings/controls/DataSourceSelect/DataSourceSelect.svelte
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
   import ClientBindingPanel from "@/components/common/bindings/ClientBindingPanel.svelte"
   import DataSourceCategory from "@/components/design/settings/controls/DataSourceSelect/DataSourceCategory.svelte"
   import { API } from "@/api"
-  import { datasourceSelect as format } from "@/helpers/data/format"
+  import { sortAndFormat } from "@/helpers/data/format"
 
   export let value = {}
   export let otherSources
@@ -51,25 +51,13 @@
   let modal
 
   $: text = value?.label ?? "Choose an option"
-  $: tables = $tablesStore.list
-    .map(table => format.table(table, $datasources.list))
-    .sort((a, b) => {
-      // sort tables alphabetically, grouped by datasource
-      const dsA = a.datasourceName ?? ""
-      const dsB = b.datasourceName ?? ""
-
-      const dsComparison = dsA.localeCompare(dsB)
-      if (dsComparison !== 0) {
-        return dsComparison
-      }
-      return a.label.localeCompare(b.label)
-    })
+  $: tables = sortAndFormat.tables($tablesStore.list, $datasources.list)
   $: viewsV1 = $viewsStore.list.map(view => ({
     ...view,
     label: view.name,
     type: "view",
   }))
-  $: viewsV2 = $viewsV2Store.list.map(format.viewV2)
+  $: viewsV2 = sortAndFormat.viewsV2($viewsV2Store.list, $datasources.list)
   $: views = [...(viewsV1 || []), ...(viewsV2 || [])]
   $: queries = $queriesStore.list
     .filter(q => showAllQueries || q.queryVerb === "read" || q.readable)
diff --git a/packages/builder/src/components/design/settings/controls/TableSelect.svelte b/packages/builder/src/components/design/settings/controls/TableSelect.svelte
index 706c4ca74e..85209a92a0 100644
--- a/packages/builder/src/components/design/settings/controls/TableSelect.svelte
+++ b/packages/builder/src/components/design/settings/controls/TableSelect.svelte
@@ -1,22 +1,32 @@
 <script>
-  import { Select } from "@budibase/bbui"
+  import { Popover, Select } from "@budibase/bbui"
   import { createEventDispatcher, onMount } from "svelte"
-  import { tables as tablesStore, viewsV2 } from "@/stores/builder"
-  import { tableSelect as format } from "@/helpers/data/format"
+  import {
+    tables as tableStore,
+    datasources as datasourceStore,
+    viewsV2 as viewsV2Store,
+  } from "@/stores/builder"
+  import DataSourceCategory from "./DataSourceSelect/DataSourceCategory.svelte"
+  import { sortAndFormat } from "@/helpers/data/format"
 
   export let value
 
+  let anchorRight, dropdownRight
+
   const dispatch = createEventDispatcher()
 
-  $: tables = $tablesStore.list.map(format.table)
-  $: views = $viewsV2.list.map(format.viewV2)
+  $: tables = sortAndFormat.tables($tableStore.list, $datasourceStore.list)
+  $: views = sortAndFormat.viewsV2($viewsV2Store.list, $datasourceStore.list)
   $: options = [...(tables || []), ...(views || [])]
 
+  $: text = value?.label ?? "Choose an option"
+
   const onChange = e => {
     dispatch(
       "change",
-      options.find(x => x.resourceId === e.detail)
+      options.find(x => x.resourceId === e.resourceId)
     )
+    dropdownRight.hide()
   }
 
   onMount(() => {
@@ -29,10 +39,47 @@
   })
 </script>
 
-<Select
-  on:change={onChange}
-  value={value?.resourceId}
-  {options}
-  getOptionValue={x => x.resourceId}
-  getOptionLabel={x => x.label}
-/>
+<div class="container" bind:this={anchorRight}>
+  <Select
+    readonly
+    value={text}
+    options={[text]}
+    on:click={dropdownRight.show}
+  />
+</div>
+<Popover bind:this={dropdownRight} anchor={anchorRight}>
+  <div class="dropdown">
+    <DataSourceCategory
+      heading="Tables"
+      dataSet={tables}
+      {value}
+      onSelect={onChange}
+    />
+    {#if views?.length}
+      <DataSourceCategory
+        dividerState={true}
+        heading="Views"
+        dataSet={views}
+        {value}
+        onSelect={onChange}
+      />
+    {/if}
+  </div>
+</Popover>
+
+<style>
+  .container {
+    display: flex;
+    flex-direction: row;
+    justify-content: flex-start;
+    align-items: center;
+  }
+  .container :global(:first-child) {
+    flex: 1 1 auto;
+  }
+
+  .dropdown {
+    padding: var(--spacing-m) 0;
+    z-index: 99999999;
+  }
+</style>
diff --git a/packages/builder/src/helpers/data/format.js b/packages/builder/src/helpers/data/format.js
index 5b9714008b..ba274d5464 100644
--- a/packages/builder/src/helpers/data/format.js
+++ b/packages/builder/src/helpers/data/format.js
@@ -9,11 +9,18 @@ export const datasourceSelect = {
       datasourceName: datasource?.name,
     }
   },
-  viewV2: view => ({
-    ...view,
-    label: view.name,
-    type: "viewV2",
-  }),
+  viewV2: (view, datasources) => {
+    const datasource = datasources
+      ?.filter(f => f.entities)
+      .flatMap(d => d.entities)
+      .find(ds => ds._id === view.tableId)
+    return {
+      ...view,
+      label: view.name,
+      type: "viewV2",
+      datasourceName: datasource?.name,
+    }
+  },
 }
 
 export const tableSelect = {
@@ -31,3 +38,36 @@ export const tableSelect = {
     resourceId: view.id,
   }),
 }
+
+export const sortAndFormat = {
+  tables: (tables, datasources) => {
+    return tables
+      .map(table => {
+        const formatted = datasourceSelect.table(table, datasources)
+        return {
+          ...formatted,
+          resourceId: table._id,
+        }
+      })
+      .sort((a, b) => {
+        // sort tables alphabetically, grouped by datasource
+        const dsA = a.datasourceName ?? ""
+        const dsB = b.datasourceName ?? ""
+
+        const dsComparison = dsA.localeCompare(dsB)
+        if (dsComparison !== 0) {
+          return dsComparison
+        }
+        return a.label.localeCompare(b.label)
+      })
+  },
+  viewsV2: (views, datasources) => {
+    return views.map(view => {
+      const formatted = datasourceSelect.viewV2(view, datasources)
+      return {
+        ...formatted,
+        resourceId: view.id,
+      }
+    })
+  },
+}
diff --git a/packages/builder/src/pages/builder/apps/index.svelte b/packages/builder/src/pages/builder/apps/index.svelte
index e106d0dd68..eaf0f108d8 100644
--- a/packages/builder/src/pages/builder/apps/index.svelte
+++ b/packages/builder/src/pages/builder/apps/index.svelte
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
   import {
     appsStore,
     organisation,
+    admin,
     auth,
     groups,
     licensing,
@@ -42,6 +43,7 @@
     app => app.status === AppStatus.DEPLOYED
   )
   $: userApps = getUserApps(publishedApps, userGroups, $auth.user)
+  $: isOwner = $auth.accountPortalAccess && $admin.cloud
 
   function getUserApps(publishedApps, userGroups, user) {
     if (sdk.users.isAdmin(user)) {
@@ -111,7 +113,13 @@
               </MenuItem>
               <MenuItem
                 icon="LockClosed"
-                on:click={() => changePasswordModal.show()}
+                on:click={() => {
+                  if (isOwner) {
+                    window.location.href = `${$admin.accountPortalUrl}/portal/account`
+                  } else {
+                    changePasswordModal.show()
+                  }
+                }}
               >
                 Update password
               </MenuItem>
diff --git a/packages/builder/src/pages/builder/portal/_components/UserDropdown.svelte b/packages/builder/src/pages/builder/portal/_components/UserDropdown.svelte
index d2a7be8237..6e4f69688f 100644
--- a/packages/builder/src/pages/builder/portal/_components/UserDropdown.svelte
+++ b/packages/builder/src/pages/builder/portal/_components/UserDropdown.svelte
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <script>
-  import { auth } from "@/stores/portal"
+  import { admin, auth } from "@/stores/portal"
   import { ActionMenu, MenuItem, Icon, Modal } from "@budibase/bbui"
   import { goto } from "@roxi/routify"
   import ProfileModal from "@/components/settings/ProfileModal.svelte"
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@
   let updatePasswordModal
   let apiKeyModal
 
+  $: isOwner = $auth.accountPortalAccess && $admin.cloud
+
   const logout = async () => {
     try {
       await auth.logout()
@@ -32,7 +34,16 @@
   </MenuItem>
   <MenuItem icon="Moon" on:click={() => themeModal.show()}>Theme</MenuItem>
   {#if !$auth.isSSO}
-    <MenuItem icon="LockClosed" on:click={() => updatePasswordModal.show()}>
+    <MenuItem
+      icon="LockClosed"
+      on:click={() => {
+        if (isOwner) {
+          window.location.href = `${$admin.accountPortalUrl}/portal/account`
+        } else {
+          updatePasswordModal.show()
+        }
+      }}
+    >
       Update password
     </MenuItem>
   {/if}
diff --git a/packages/server/src/api/controllers/automation.ts b/packages/server/src/api/controllers/automation.ts
index abc0e492c0..13d057ebb7 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/api/controllers/automation.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/api/controllers/automation.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import * as triggers from "../../automations/triggers"
 import { sdk as coreSdk } from "@budibase/shared-core"
 import { DocumentType } from "../../db/utils"
 import { updateTestHistory, removeDeprecated } from "../../automations/utils"
-import { setTestFlag, clearTestFlag } from "../../utilities/redis"
+import { withTestFlag } from "../../utilities/redis"
 import { context, cache, events, db as dbCore } from "@budibase/backend-core"
 import { automations, features } from "@budibase/pro"
 import {
@@ -231,24 +231,25 @@ export async function test(
   ctx: UserCtx<TestAutomationRequest, TestAutomationResponse>
 ) {
   const db = context.getAppDB()
-  let automation = await db.get<Automation>(ctx.params.id)
-  await setTestFlag(automation._id!)
-  const testInput = prepareTestInput(ctx.request.body)
-  const response = await triggers.externalTrigger(
-    automation,
-    {
-      ...testInput,
-      appId: ctx.appId,
-      user: sdk.users.getUserContextBindings(ctx.user),
-    },
-    { getResponses: true }
-  )
-  // save a test history run
-  await updateTestHistory(ctx.appId, automation, {
-    ...ctx.request.body,
-    occurredAt: new Date().getTime(),
+  const automation = await db.tryGet<Automation>(ctx.params.id)
+  if (!automation) {
+    ctx.throw(404, `Automation ${ctx.params.id} not found`)
+  }
+
+  const { request, appId } = ctx
+  const { body } = request
+
+  ctx.body = await withTestFlag(automation._id!, async () => {
+    const occurredAt = new Date().getTime()
+    await updateTestHistory(appId, automation, { ...body, occurredAt })
+
+    const user = sdk.users.getUserContextBindings(ctx.user)
+    return await triggers.externalTrigger(
+      automation,
+      { ...prepareTestInput(body), appId, user },
+      { getResponses: true }
+    )
   })
-  await clearTestFlag(automation._id!)
-  ctx.body = response
+
   await events.automation.tested(automation)
 }
diff --git a/packages/server/src/automations/steps/createRow.ts b/packages/server/src/automations/steps/createRow.ts
index 24dada422d..cf915dd300 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/automations/steps/createRow.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/automations/steps/createRow.ts
@@ -5,8 +5,11 @@ import {
   sendAutomationAttachmentsToStorage,
 } from "../automationUtils"
 import { buildCtx } from "./utils"
-import { CreateRowStepInputs, CreateRowStepOutputs } from "@budibase/types"
-import { EventEmitter } from "events"
+import {
+  ContextEmitter,
+  CreateRowStepInputs,
+  CreateRowStepOutputs,
+} from "@budibase/types"
 
 export async function run({
   inputs,
@@ -15,7 +18,7 @@ export async function run({
 }: {
   inputs: CreateRowStepInputs
   appId: string
-  emitter: EventEmitter
+  emitter: ContextEmitter
 }): Promise<CreateRowStepOutputs> {
   if (inputs.row == null || inputs.row.tableId == null) {
     return {
diff --git a/packages/server/src/automations/steps/deleteRow.ts b/packages/server/src/automations/steps/deleteRow.ts
index 7c50fe4dcb..2498a4e4de 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/automations/steps/deleteRow.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/automations/steps/deleteRow.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,11 @@
-import { EventEmitter } from "events"
 import { destroy } from "../../api/controllers/row"
 import { buildCtx } from "./utils"
 import { getError } from "../automationUtils"
-import { DeleteRowStepInputs, DeleteRowStepOutputs } from "@budibase/types"
+import {
+  ContextEmitter,
+  DeleteRowStepInputs,
+  DeleteRowStepOutputs,
+} from "@budibase/types"
 
 export async function run({
   inputs,
@@ -11,7 +14,7 @@ export async function run({
 }: {
   inputs: DeleteRowStepInputs
   appId: string
-  emitter: EventEmitter
+  emitter: ContextEmitter
 }): Promise<DeleteRowStepOutputs> {
   if (inputs.id == null) {
     return {
diff --git a/packages/server/src/automations/steps/executeQuery.ts b/packages/server/src/automations/steps/executeQuery.ts
index 9816e31b1e..ad99240eb8 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/automations/steps/executeQuery.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/automations/steps/executeQuery.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
-import { EventEmitter } from "events"
 import * as queryController from "../../api/controllers/query"
 import { buildCtx } from "./utils"
 import * as automationUtils from "../automationUtils"
 import {
+  ContextEmitter,
   ExecuteQueryStepInputs,
   ExecuteQueryStepOutputs,
 } from "@budibase/types"
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ export async function run({
 }: {
   inputs: ExecuteQueryStepInputs
   appId: string
-  emitter: EventEmitter
+  emitter: ContextEmitter
 }): Promise<ExecuteQueryStepOutputs> {
   if (inputs.query == null) {
     return {
diff --git a/packages/server/src/automations/steps/executeScript.ts b/packages/server/src/automations/steps/executeScript.ts
index 105543d34c..db05d0937a 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/automations/steps/executeScript.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/automations/steps/executeScript.ts
@@ -2,10 +2,10 @@ import * as scriptController from "../../api/controllers/script"
 import { buildCtx } from "./utils"
 import * as automationUtils from "../automationUtils"
 import {
+  ContextEmitter,
   ExecuteScriptStepInputs,
   ExecuteScriptStepOutputs,
 } from "@budibase/types"
-import { EventEmitter } from "events"
 
 export async function run({
   inputs,
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ export async function run({
   inputs: ExecuteScriptStepInputs
   appId: string
   context: object
-  emitter: EventEmitter
+  emitter: ContextEmitter
 }): Promise<ExecuteScriptStepOutputs> {
   if (inputs.code == null) {
     return {
diff --git a/packages/server/src/automations/steps/updateRow.ts b/packages/server/src/automations/steps/updateRow.ts
index 46ae2a5c74..7a62e40706 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/automations/steps/updateRow.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/automations/steps/updateRow.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,11 @@
-import { EventEmitter } from "events"
 import * as rowController from "../../api/controllers/row"
 import * as automationUtils from "../automationUtils"
 import { buildCtx } from "./utils"
-import { UpdateRowStepInputs, UpdateRowStepOutputs } from "@budibase/types"
+import {
+  ContextEmitter,
+  UpdateRowStepInputs,
+  UpdateRowStepOutputs,
+} from "@budibase/types"
 
 export async function run({
   inputs,
@@ -11,7 +14,7 @@ export async function run({
 }: {
   inputs: UpdateRowStepInputs
   appId: string
-  emitter: EventEmitter
+  emitter: ContextEmitter
 }): Promise<UpdateRowStepOutputs> {
   if (inputs.rowId == null || inputs.row == null) {
     return {
diff --git a/packages/server/src/automations/steps/utils.ts b/packages/server/src/automations/steps/utils.ts
index 8b99044303..20f1e67589 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/automations/steps/utils.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/automations/steps/utils.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { EventEmitter } from "events"
+import { ContextEmitter } from "@budibase/types"
 
 export async function getFetchResponse(fetched: any) {
   let status = fetched.status,
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ export async function getFetchResponse(fetched: any) {
 // opts can contain, body, params and version
 export function buildCtx(
   appId: string,
-  emitter?: EventEmitter | null,
+  emitter?: ContextEmitter | null,
   opts: any = {}
 ) {
   const ctx: any = {
diff --git a/packages/server/src/automations/tests/utilities/AutomationTestBuilder.ts b/packages/server/src/automations/tests/utilities/AutomationTestBuilder.ts
index 830d2ee5ca..50527d97af 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/automations/tests/utilities/AutomationTestBuilder.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/automations/tests/utilities/AutomationTestBuilder.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 import { v4 as uuidv4 } from "uuid"
-import { testAutomation } from "../../../api/routes/tests/utilities/TestFunctions"
 import { BUILTIN_ACTION_DEFINITIONS } from "../../actions"
 import { TRIGGER_DEFINITIONS } from "../../triggers"
 import {
@@ -7,7 +6,6 @@ import {
   AppActionTriggerOutputs,
   Automation,
   AutomationActionStepId,
-  AutomationResults,
   AutomationStep,
   AutomationStepInputs,
   AutomationTrigger,
@@ -24,6 +22,7 @@ import {
   ExecuteQueryStepInputs,
   ExecuteScriptStepInputs,
   FilterStepInputs,
+  isDidNotTriggerResponse,
   LoopStepInputs,
   OpenAIStepInputs,
   QueryRowsStepInputs,
@@ -36,6 +35,7 @@ import {
   SearchFilters,
   ServerLogStepInputs,
   SmtpEmailStepInputs,
+  TestAutomationRequest,
   UpdateRowStepInputs,
   WebhookTriggerInputs,
   WebhookTriggerOutputs,
@@ -279,7 +279,7 @@ class StepBuilder extends BaseStepBuilder {
 class AutomationBuilder extends BaseStepBuilder {
   private automationConfig: Automation
   private config: TestConfiguration
-  private triggerOutputs: any
+  private triggerOutputs: TriggerOutputs
   private triggerSet = false
 
   constructor(
@@ -398,21 +398,19 @@ class AutomationBuilder extends BaseStepBuilder {
 
   async run() {
     const automation = await this.save()
-    const results = await testAutomation(
-      this.config,
-      automation,
-      this.triggerOutputs
+    const response = await this.config.api.automation.test(
+      automation._id!,
+      this.triggerOutputs as TestAutomationRequest
     )
-    return this.processResults(results)
-  }
 
-  private processResults(results: {
-    body: AutomationResults
-  }): AutomationResults {
-    results.body.steps.shift()
+    if (isDidNotTriggerResponse(response)) {
+      throw new Error(response.message)
+    }
+
+    response.steps.shift()
     return {
-      trigger: results.body.trigger,
-      steps: results.body.steps,
+      trigger: response.trigger,
+      steps: response.steps,
     }
   }
 }
diff --git a/packages/server/src/automations/triggers.ts b/packages/server/src/automations/triggers.ts
index 67d2dcb911..a9317772d9 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/automations/triggers.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/automations/triggers.ts
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import {
   AutomationRowEvent,
   UserBindings,
   AutomationResults,
+  DidNotTriggerResponse,
 } from "@budibase/types"
 import { executeInThread } from "../threads/automation"
 import { dataFilters, sdk } from "@budibase/shared-core"
@@ -33,14 +34,6 @@ const JOB_OPTS = {
 import * as automationUtils from "../automations/automationUtils"
 import { doesTableExist } from "../sdk/app/tables/getters"
 
-type DidNotTriggerResponse = {
-  outputs: {
-    success: false
-    status: AutomationStatus.STOPPED
-  }
-  message: AutomationStoppedReason.TRIGGER_FILTER_NOT_MET
-}
-
 async function getAllAutomations() {
   const db = context.getAppDB()
   let automations = await db.allDocs<Automation>(
@@ -156,14 +149,26 @@ export function isAutomationResults(
   )
 }
 
+interface AutomationTriggerParams {
+  fields: Record<string, any>
+  timeout?: number
+  appId?: string
+  user?: UserBindings
+}
+
 export async function externalTrigger(
   automation: Automation,
-  params: {
-    fields: Record<string, any>
-    timeout?: number
-    appId?: string
-    user?: UserBindings
-  },
+  params: AutomationTriggerParams,
+  options: { getResponses: true }
+): Promise<AutomationResults | DidNotTriggerResponse>
+export async function externalTrigger(
+  automation: Automation,
+  params: AutomationTriggerParams,
+  options?: { getResponses: false }
+): Promise<AutomationJob | DidNotTriggerResponse>
+export async function externalTrigger(
+  automation: Automation,
+  params: AutomationTriggerParams,
   { getResponses }: { getResponses?: boolean } = {}
 ): Promise<AutomationResults | DidNotTriggerResponse | AutomationJob> {
   if (automation.disabled) {
diff --git a/packages/server/src/jsRunner/index.ts b/packages/server/src/jsRunner/index.ts
index e17529a687..a29e952b6d 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/jsRunner/index.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/jsRunner/index.ts
@@ -4,12 +4,17 @@ import {
   JsTimeoutError,
   setJSRunner,
   setOnErrorLog,
+  setTestingBackendJS,
 } from "@budibase/string-templates"
 import { context, logging } from "@budibase/backend-core"
 import tracer from "dd-trace"
 import { IsolatedVM } from "./vm"
 
 export function init() {
+  // enforce that if we're using isolated-VM runner then we are running backend JS
+  if (env.isTest()) {
+    setTestingBackendJS()
+  }
   setJSRunner((js: string, ctx: Record<string, any>) => {
     return tracer.trace("runJS", {}, () => {
       try {
diff --git a/packages/server/src/tests/utilities/api/automation.ts b/packages/server/src/tests/utilities/api/automation.ts
index 9d9a27e891..3f51385251 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/tests/utilities/api/automation.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/tests/utilities/api/automation.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,9 @@
-import { Automation, FetchAutomationResponse } from "@budibase/types"
+import {
+  Automation,
+  FetchAutomationResponse,
+  TestAutomationRequest,
+  TestAutomationResponse,
+} from "@budibase/types"
 import { Expectations, TestAPI } from "./base"
 
 export class AutomationAPI extends TestAPI {
@@ -33,4 +38,18 @@ export class AutomationAPI extends TestAPI {
     })
     return result
   }
+
+  test = async (
+    id: string,
+    body: TestAutomationRequest,
+    expectations?: Expectations
+  ): Promise<TestAutomationResponse> => {
+    return await this._post<TestAutomationResponse>(
+      `/api/automations/${id}/test`,
+      {
+        body,
+        expectations,
+      }
+    )
+  }
 }
diff --git a/packages/server/src/threads/automation.ts b/packages/server/src/threads/automation.ts
index 2d10f5d1fb..2790d8fda6 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/threads/automation.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/threads/automation.ts
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ import {
   LoopStep,
   UserBindings,
   isBasicSearchOperator,
+  ContextEmitter,
 } from "@budibase/types"
 import {
   AutomationContext,
@@ -71,6 +72,24 @@ function getLoopIterations(loopStep: LoopStep) {
   return 0
 }
 
+export async function enrichBaseContext(context: Record<string, any>) {
+  context.env = await sdkUtils.getEnvironmentVariables()
+
+  try {
+    const { config } = await configs.getSettingsConfigDoc()
+    context.settings = {
+      url: config.platformUrl,
+      logo: config.logoUrl,
+      company: config.company,
+    }
+  } catch (e) {
+    // if settings doc doesn't exist, make the settings blank
+    context.settings = {}
+  }
+
+  return context
+}
+
 /**
  * The automation orchestrator is a class responsible for executing automations.
  * It handles the context of the automation and makes sure each step gets the correct
@@ -80,7 +99,7 @@ class Orchestrator {
   private chainCount: number
   private appId: string
   private automation: Automation
-  private emitter: any
+  private emitter: ContextEmitter
   private context: AutomationContext
   private job: Job
   private loopStepOutputs: LoopStep[]
@@ -270,20 +289,9 @@ class Orchestrator {
           appId: this.appId,
           automationId: this.automation._id,
         })
-        this.context.env = await sdkUtils.getEnvironmentVariables()
-        this.context.user = this.currentUser
 
-        try {
-          const { config } = await configs.getSettingsConfigDoc()
-          this.context.settings = {
-            url: config.platformUrl,
-            logo: config.logoUrl,
-            company: config.company,
-          }
-        } catch (e) {
-          // if settings doc doesn't exist, make the settings blank
-          this.context.settings = {}
-        }
+        await enrichBaseContext(this.context)
+        this.context.user = this.currentUser
 
         let metadata
 
diff --git a/packages/server/src/utilities/index.ts b/packages/server/src/utilities/index.ts
index db57b4ec12..f1b32c81f3 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/utilities/index.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/utilities/index.ts
@@ -58,30 +58,14 @@ export function checkSlashesInUrl(url: string) {
 export async function updateEntityMetadata(
   type: string,
   entityId: string,
-  updateFn: any
+  updateFn: (metadata: Document) => Document
 ) {
   const db = context.getAppDB()
   const id = generateMetadataID(type, entityId)
-  // read it to see if it exists, we'll overwrite it no matter what
-  let rev, metadata: Document
-  try {
-    const oldMetadata = await db.get<any>(id)
-    rev = oldMetadata._rev
-    metadata = updateFn(oldMetadata)
-  } catch (err) {
-    rev = null
-    metadata = updateFn({})
-  }
+  const metadata = updateFn((await db.tryGet(id)) || {})
   metadata._id = id
-  if (rev) {
-    metadata._rev = rev
-  }
   const response = await db.put(metadata)
-  return {
-    ...metadata,
-    _id: id,
-    _rev: response.rev,
-  }
+  return { ...metadata, _id: id, _rev: response.rev }
 }
 
 export async function saveEntityMetadata(
@@ -89,26 +73,17 @@ export async function saveEntityMetadata(
   entityId: string,
   metadata: Document
 ): Promise<Document> {
-  return updateEntityMetadata(type, entityId, () => {
-    return metadata
-  })
+  return updateEntityMetadata(type, entityId, () => metadata)
 }
 
 export async function deleteEntityMetadata(type: string, entityId: string) {
   const db = context.getAppDB()
   const id = generateMetadataID(type, entityId)
-  let rev
-  try {
-    const metadata = await db.get<any>(id)
-    if (metadata) {
-      rev = metadata._rev
-    }
-  } catch (err) {
-    // don't need to error if it doesn't exist
-  }
-  if (id && rev) {
-    await db.remove(id, rev)
+  const metadata = await db.tryGet(id)
+  if (!metadata) {
+    return
   }
+  await db.remove(metadata)
 }
 
 export function escapeDangerousCharacters(string: string) {
diff --git a/packages/server/src/utilities/redis.ts b/packages/server/src/utilities/redis.ts
index a4154b7b95..a3ce655316 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/utilities/redis.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/utilities/redis.ts
@@ -89,17 +89,22 @@ export async function setDebounce(id: string, seconds: number) {
   await debounceClient.store(id, "debouncing", seconds)
 }
 
-export async function setTestFlag(id: string) {
-  await flagClient.store(id, { testing: true }, AUTOMATION_TEST_FLAG_SECONDS)
-}
-
 export async function checkTestFlag(id: string) {
   const flag = await flagClient?.get(id)
   return !!(flag && flag.testing)
 }
 
-export async function clearTestFlag(id: string) {
-  await devAppClient.delete(id)
+export async function withTestFlag<R>(id: string, fn: () => Promise<R>) {
+  // TODO(samwho): this has a bit of a problem where if 2 automations are tested
+  // at the same time, the second one will overwrite the first one's flag. We
+  // should instead use an atomic counter and only clear the flag when the
+  // counter reaches 0.
+  await flagClient.store(id, { testing: true }, AUTOMATION_TEST_FLAG_SECONDS)
+  try {
+    return await fn()
+  } finally {
+    await devAppClient.delete(id)
+  }
 }
 
 export function getSocketPubSubClients() {
diff --git a/packages/string-templates/src/environment.ts b/packages/string-templates/src/environment.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6bee6fd3a9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/string-templates/src/environment.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+function isJest() {
+  return (
+    process.env.NODE_ENV === "jest" ||
+    (process.env.JEST_WORKER_ID != null &&
+      process.env.JEST_WORKER_ID !== "null")
+  )
+}
+
+export function isTest() {
+  return isJest()
+}
+
+export const isJSAllowed = () => {
+  return process && !process.env.NO_JS
+}
+
+export const isTestingBackendJS = () => {
+  return process && process.env.BACKEND_JS
+}
+
+export const setTestingBackendJS = () => {
+  process.env.BACKEND_JS = "1"
+}
diff --git a/packages/string-templates/src/helpers/javascript.ts b/packages/string-templates/src/helpers/javascript.ts
index 4fb1329196..6132adf892 100644
--- a/packages/string-templates/src/helpers/javascript.ts
+++ b/packages/string-templates/src/helpers/javascript.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,16 @@
-import { atob, isBackendService, isJSAllowed } from "../utilities"
+import {
+  atob,
+  frontendWrapJS,
+  isBackendService,
+  isJSAllowed,
+} from "../utilities"
 import { LITERAL_MARKER } from "../helpers/constants"
 import { getJsHelperList } from "./list"
 import { iifeWrapper } from "../iife"
 import { JsTimeoutError, UserScriptError } from "../errors"
 import { cloneDeep } from "lodash/fp"
+import { Log, LogType } from "../types"
+import { isTest } from "../environment"
 
 // The method of executing JS scripts depends on the bundle being built.
 // This setter is used in the entrypoint (either index.js or index.mjs).
@@ -81,7 +88,7 @@ export function processJS(handlebars: string, context: any) {
 
     let clonedContext: Record<string, any>
     if (isBackendService()) {
-      // On the backned, values are copied across the isolated-vm boundary and
+      // On the backend, values are copied across the isolated-vm boundary and
       // so we don't need to do any cloning here. This does create a fundamental
       // difference in how JS executes on the frontend vs the backend, e.g.
       // consider this snippet:
@@ -96,10 +103,9 @@ export function processJS(handlebars: string, context: any) {
       clonedContext = cloneDeep(context)
     }
 
-    const sandboxContext = {
+    const sandboxContext: Record<string, any> = {
       $: (path: string) => getContextValue(path, clonedContext),
       helpers: getJsHelperList(),
-
       // Proxy to evaluate snippets when running in the browser
       snippets: new Proxy(
         {},
@@ -114,8 +120,49 @@ export function processJS(handlebars: string, context: any) {
       ),
     }
 
+    const logs: Log[] = []
+    // logging only supported on frontend
+    if (!isBackendService()) {
+      // this counts the lines in the wrapped JS *before* the user's code, so that we can minus it
+      const jsLineCount = frontendWrapJS(js).split(js)[0].split("\n").length
+      const buildLogResponse = (type: LogType) => {
+        return (...props: any[]) => {
+          if (!isTest()) {
+            console[type](...props)
+          }
+          props.forEach((prop, index) => {
+            if (typeof prop === "object") {
+              props[index] = JSON.stringify(prop)
+            }
+          })
+          // quick way to find out what line this is being called from
+          // its an anonymous function and we look for the overall length to find the
+          // line number we care about (from the users function)
+          // JS stack traces are in the format function:line:column
+          const lineNumber = new Error().stack?.match(
+            /<anonymous>:(\d+):\d+/
+          )?.[1]
+          logs.push({
+            log: props,
+            line: lineNumber ? parseInt(lineNumber) - jsLineCount : undefined,
+            type,
+          })
+        }
+      }
+      sandboxContext.console = {
+        log: buildLogResponse("log"),
+        info: buildLogResponse("info"),
+        debug: buildLogResponse("debug"),
+        warn: buildLogResponse("warn"),
+        error: buildLogResponse("error"),
+        // table should be treated differently, but works the same
+        // as the rest of the logs for now
+        table: buildLogResponse("table"),
+      }
+    }
+
     // Create a sandbox with our context and run the JS
-    const res = { data: runJS(js, sandboxContext) }
+    const res = { data: runJS(js, sandboxContext), logs }
     return `{{${LITERAL_MARKER} js_result-${JSON.stringify(res)}}}`
   } catch (error: any) {
     onErrorLog && onErrorLog(error)
diff --git a/packages/string-templates/src/index.ts b/packages/string-templates/src/index.ts
index 7246bc4942..8dda8b71ab 100644
--- a/packages/string-templates/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/string-templates/src/index.ts
@@ -1,13 +1,14 @@
 import { createContext, runInNewContext } from "vm"
 import { create, TemplateDelegate } from "handlebars"
 import { registerAll, registerMinimum } from "./helpers/index"
-import { postprocess, preprocess } from "./processors"
+import { postprocess, postprocessWithLogs, preprocess } from "./processors"
 import {
   atob,
   btoa,
   FIND_ANY_HBS_REGEX,
   FIND_HBS_REGEX,
   findDoubleHbsInstances,
+  frontendWrapJS,
   isBackendService,
   prefixStrings,
 } from "./utilities"
@@ -15,9 +16,11 @@ import { convertHBSBlock } from "./conversion"
 import { removeJSRunner, setJSRunner } from "./helpers/javascript"
 
 import manifest from "./manifest.json"
-import { ProcessOptions } from "./types"
+import { Log, ProcessOptions } from "./types"
 import { UserScriptError } from "./errors"
 
+export type { Log, LogType } from "./types"
+export { setTestingBackendJS } from "./environment"
 export { helpersToRemoveForJs, getJsHelperList } from "./helpers/list"
 export { FIND_ANY_HBS_REGEX } from "./utilities"
 export { setJSRunner, setOnErrorLog } from "./helpers/javascript"
@@ -187,23 +190,27 @@ export function processObjectSync(
   return object
 }
 
-/**
- * This will process a single handlebars containing string. If the string passed in has no valid handlebars statements
- * then nothing will occur. This is a pure sync call and therefore does not have the full functionality of the async call.
- * @param {string} string The template string which is the filled from the context object.
- * @param {object} context An object of information which will be used to enrich the string.
- * @param {object|undefined} [opts] optional - specify some options for processing.
- * @returns {string} The enriched string, all templates should have been replaced if they can be.
- */
-export function processStringSync(
+// keep the logging function internal, don't want to add this to the process options directly
+// as it can't be used for object processing etc.
+function processStringSyncInternal(
+  str: string,
+  context?: object,
+  opts?: ProcessOptions & { logging: false }
+): string
+function processStringSyncInternal(
+  str: string,
+  context?: object,
+  opts?: ProcessOptions & { logging: true }
+): { result: string; logs: Log[] }
+function processStringSyncInternal(
   string: string,
   context?: object,
-  opts?: ProcessOptions
-): string {
+  opts?: ProcessOptions & { logging: boolean }
+): string | { result: string; logs: Log[] } {
   // Take a copy of input in case of error
   const input = string
   if (typeof string !== "string") {
-    throw "Cannot process non-string types."
+    throw new Error("Cannot process non-string types.")
   }
   function process(stringPart: string) {
     // context is needed to check for overlap between helpers and context
@@ -217,16 +224,24 @@ export function processStringSync(
       },
       ...context,
     })
-    return postprocess(processedString)
+    return opts?.logging
+      ? postprocessWithLogs(processedString)
+      : postprocess(processedString)
   }
   try {
     if (opts && opts.onlyFound) {
+      let logs: Log[] = []
       const blocks = findHBSBlocks(string)
       for (let block of blocks) {
         const outcome = process(block)
-        string = string.replace(block, outcome)
+        if (typeof outcome === "object" && "result" in outcome) {
+          logs = logs.concat(outcome.logs || [])
+          string = string.replace(block, outcome.result)
+        } else {
+          string = string.replace(block, outcome)
+        }
       }
-      return string
+      return !opts?.logging ? string : { result: string, logs }
     } else {
       return process(string)
     }
@@ -239,6 +254,42 @@ export function processStringSync(
   }
 }
 
+/**
+ * This will process a single handlebars containing string. If the string passed in has no valid handlebars statements
+ * then nothing will occur. This is a pure sync call and therefore does not have the full functionality of the async call.
+ * @param {string} string The template string which is the filled from the context object.
+ * @param {object} context An object of information which will be used to enrich the string.
+ * @param {object|undefined} [opts] optional - specify some options for processing.
+ * @returns {string} The enriched string, all templates should have been replaced if they can be.
+ */
+export function processStringSync(
+  string: string,
+  context?: object,
+  opts?: ProcessOptions
+): string {
+  return processStringSyncInternal(string, context, {
+    ...opts,
+    logging: false,
+  })
+}
+
+/**
+ * Same as function above, but allows logging to be returned - this is only for JS bindings.
+ */
+export function processStringWithLogsSync(
+  string: string,
+  context?: object,
+  opts?: ProcessOptions
+): { result: string; logs: Log[] } {
+  if (isBackendService()) {
+    throw new Error("Logging disabled for backend bindings")
+  }
+  return processStringSyncInternal(string, context, {
+    ...opts,
+    logging: true,
+  })
+}
+
 /**
  * By default with expressions like {{ name }} handlebars will escape various
  * characters, which can be problematic. To fix this we use the syntax {{{ name }}},
@@ -462,20 +513,7 @@ export function browserJSSetup() {
   setJSRunner((js: string, context: Record<string, any>) => {
     createContext(context)
 
-    const wrappedJs = `
-        result = {
-          result: null,
-          error: null,
-        };
-
-        try {
-          result.result = ${js};
-        } catch (e) {
-          result.error = e;
-        }
-
-        result;
-      `
+    const wrappedJs = frontendWrapJS(js)
 
     const result = runInNewContext(wrappedJs, context, { timeout: 1000 })
     if (result.error) {
diff --git a/packages/string-templates/src/processors/index.ts b/packages/string-templates/src/processors/index.ts
index 79085b0dfe..0916c791cd 100644
--- a/packages/string-templates/src/processors/index.ts
+++ b/packages/string-templates/src/processors/index.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,16 @@
 import { FIND_HBS_REGEX } from "../utilities"
 import * as preprocessor from "./preprocessor"
+import type { Preprocessor } from "./preprocessor"
 import * as postprocessor from "./postprocessor"
-import { ProcessOptions } from "../types"
+import type { Postprocessor } from "./postprocessor"
+import { Log, ProcessOptions } from "../types"
 
-function process(output: string, processors: any[], opts?: ProcessOptions) {
+function process(
+  output: string,
+  processors: (Preprocessor | Postprocessor)[],
+  opts?: ProcessOptions
+) {
+  let logs: Log[] = []
   for (let processor of processors) {
     // if a literal statement has occurred stop
     if (typeof output !== "string") {
@@ -16,10 +23,18 @@ function process(output: string, processors: any[], opts?: ProcessOptions) {
       continue
     }
     for (let match of matches) {
-      output = processor.process(output, match, opts)
+      const res = processor.process(output, match, opts || {})
+      if (typeof res === "object") {
+        if ("logs" in res && res.logs) {
+          logs = logs.concat(res.logs)
+        }
+        output = res.result
+      } else {
+        output = res as string
+      }
     }
   }
-  return output
+  return { result: output, logs }
 }
 
 export function preprocess(string: string, opts: ProcessOptions) {
@@ -30,8 +45,13 @@ export function preprocess(string: string, opts: ProcessOptions) {
     )
   }
 
-  return process(string, processors, opts)
+  return process(string, processors, opts).result
 }
+
 export function postprocess(string: string) {
+  return process(string, postprocessor.processors).result
+}
+
+export function postprocessWithLogs(string: string) {
   return process(string, postprocessor.processors)
 }
diff --git a/packages/string-templates/src/processors/postprocessor.ts b/packages/string-templates/src/processors/postprocessor.ts
index 6ddc0e67cd..49d5f7d1cf 100644
--- a/packages/string-templates/src/processors/postprocessor.ts
+++ b/packages/string-templates/src/processors/postprocessor.ts
@@ -1,12 +1,16 @@
 import { LITERAL_MARKER } from "../helpers/constants"
+import { Log } from "../types"
 
 export enum PostProcessorNames {
   CONVERT_LITERALS = "convert-literals",
 }
 
-type PostprocessorFn = (statement: string) => string
+export type PostprocessorFn = (statement: string) => {
+  result: any
+  logs?: Log[]
+}
 
-class Postprocessor {
+export class Postprocessor {
   name: PostProcessorNames
   private readonly fn: PostprocessorFn
 
@@ -23,12 +27,12 @@ class Postprocessor {
 export const processors = [
   new Postprocessor(
     PostProcessorNames.CONVERT_LITERALS,
-    (statement: string) => {
+    (statement: string): { result: any; logs?: Log[] } => {
       if (
         typeof statement !== "string" ||
         !statement.includes(LITERAL_MARKER)
       ) {
-        return statement
+        return { result: statement }
       }
       const splitMarkerIndex = statement.indexOf("-")
       const type = statement.substring(12, splitMarkerIndex)
@@ -38,20 +42,22 @@ export const processors = [
       )
       switch (type) {
         case "string":
-          return value
+          return { result: value }
         case "number":
-          return parseFloat(value)
+          return { result: parseFloat(value) }
         case "boolean":
-          return value === "true"
+          return { result: value === "true" }
         case "object":
-          return JSON.parse(value)
-        case "js_result":
+          return { result: JSON.parse(value) }
+        case "js_result": {
           // We use the literal helper to process the result of JS expressions
           // as we want to be able to return any types.
           // We wrap the value in an abject to be able to use undefined properly.
-          return JSON.parse(value).data
+          const parsed = JSON.parse(value)
+          return { result: parsed.data, logs: parsed.logs }
+        }
       }
-      return value
+      return { result: value }
     }
   ),
 ]
diff --git a/packages/string-templates/src/processors/preprocessor.ts b/packages/string-templates/src/processors/preprocessor.ts
index 97e5c56fcc..37981f31a8 100644
--- a/packages/string-templates/src/processors/preprocessor.ts
+++ b/packages/string-templates/src/processors/preprocessor.ts
@@ -11,9 +11,12 @@ export enum PreprocessorNames {
   NORMALIZE_SPACES = "normalize-spaces",
 }
 
-type PreprocessorFn = (statement: string, opts?: ProcessOptions) => string
+export type PreprocessorFn = (
+  statement: string,
+  opts?: ProcessOptions
+) => string
 
-class Preprocessor {
+export class Preprocessor {
   name: string
   private readonly fn: PreprocessorFn
 
diff --git a/packages/string-templates/src/types.ts b/packages/string-templates/src/types.ts
index 2a7a430bee..f6ec7098f9 100644
--- a/packages/string-templates/src/types.ts
+++ b/packages/string-templates/src/types.ts
@@ -8,3 +8,11 @@ export interface ProcessOptions {
   onlyFound?: boolean
   disabledHelpers?: string[]
 }
+
+export type LogType = "log" | "info" | "debug" | "warn" | "error" | "table"
+
+export interface Log {
+  log: any[]
+  line?: number
+  type?: LogType
+}
diff --git a/packages/string-templates/src/utilities.ts b/packages/string-templates/src/utilities.ts
index 779bef3735..b05945f075 100644
--- a/packages/string-templates/src/utilities.ts
+++ b/packages/string-templates/src/utilities.ts
@@ -1,15 +1,20 @@
+import { isTest, isTestingBackendJS } from "./environment"
+
 const ALPHA_NUMERIC_REGEX = /^[A-Za-z0-9]+$/g
 
 export const FIND_HBS_REGEX = /{{([^{].*?)}}/g
 export const FIND_ANY_HBS_REGEX = /{?{{([^{].*?)}}}?/g
 export const FIND_TRIPLE_HBS_REGEX = /{{{([^{].*?)}}}/g
 
-const isJest = () => typeof jest !== "undefined"
-
 export const isBackendService = () => {
+  // allow configuring backend JS mode when testing - we default to assuming
+  // frontend, but need a method to control this
+  if (isTest() && isTestingBackendJS()) {
+    return true
+  }
   // We consider the tests for string-templates to be frontend, so that they
   // test the frontend JS functionality.
-  if (isJest()) {
+  if (isTest()) {
     return false
   }
   return typeof window === "undefined"
@@ -86,3 +91,20 @@ export const prefixStrings = (
   const regexPattern = new RegExp(`\\b(${escapedStrings.join("|")})\\b`, "g")
   return baseString.replace(regexPattern, `${prefix}$1`)
 }
+
+export function frontendWrapJS(js: string) {
+  return `
+        result = {
+          result: null,
+          error: null,
+        };
+
+        try {
+          result.result = ${js};
+        } catch (e) {
+          result.error = e;
+        }
+
+        result;
+      `
+}
diff --git a/packages/string-templates/test/jsLogging.spec.ts b/packages/string-templates/test/jsLogging.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..44b3b392ba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/string-templates/test/jsLogging.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+import {
+  processStringWithLogsSync,
+  encodeJSBinding,
+  defaultJSSetup,
+} from "../src/index"
+
+const processJS = (js: string, context?: object) => {
+  return processStringWithLogsSync(encodeJSBinding(js), context)
+}
+
+describe("Javascript", () => {
+  beforeAll(() => {
+    defaultJSSetup()
+  })
+
+  describe("Test logging in JS bindings", () => {
+    it("should execute a simple expression", () => {
+      const output = processJS(
+        `console.log("hello"); 
+         console.log("world"); 
+         console.log("foo"); 
+         return "hello"`
+      )
+      expect(output.result).toEqual("hello")
+      expect(output.logs[0].log).toEqual(["hello"])
+      expect(output.logs[0].line).toEqual(1)
+      expect(output.logs[1].log).toEqual(["world"])
+      expect(output.logs[1].line).toEqual(2)
+      expect(output.logs[2].log).toEqual(["foo"])
+      expect(output.logs[2].line).toEqual(3)
+    })
+  })
+
+  it("should log comma separated values", () => {
+    const output = processJS(`console.log(1, { a: 1 }); return 1`)
+    expect(output.logs[0].log).toEqual([1, JSON.stringify({ a: 1 })])
+    expect(output.logs[0].line).toEqual(1)
+  })
+
+  it("should return the type working with warn", () => {
+    const output = processJS(`console.warn("warning"); return 1`)
+    expect(output.logs[0].log).toEqual(["warning"])
+    expect(output.logs[0].line).toEqual(1)
+    expect(output.logs[0].type).toEqual("warn")
+  })
+
+  it("should return the type working with error", () => {
+    const output = processJS(`console.error("error"); return 1`)
+    expect(output.logs[0].log).toEqual(["error"])
+    expect(output.logs[0].line).toEqual(1)
+    expect(output.logs[0].type).toEqual("error")
+  })
+})
diff --git a/packages/types/src/api/web/app/automation.ts b/packages/types/src/api/web/app/automation.ts
index 40f69fc467..b97dee0baf 100644
--- a/packages/types/src/api/web/app/automation.ts
+++ b/packages/types/src/api/web/app/automation.ts
@@ -2,10 +2,12 @@ import {
   Automation,
   AutomationActionStepId,
   AutomationLogPage,
+  AutomationResults,
   AutomationStatus,
   AutomationStepDefinition,
   AutomationTriggerDefinition,
   AutomationTriggerStepId,
+  DidNotTriggerResponse,
   Row,
 } from "../../../documents"
 import { DocumentDestroyResponse } from "@budibase/nano"
@@ -74,4 +76,10 @@ export interface TestAutomationRequest {
   fields: Record<string, any>
   row?: Row
 }
-export interface TestAutomationResponse {}
+export type TestAutomationResponse = AutomationResults | DidNotTriggerResponse
+
+export function isDidNotTriggerResponse(
+  response: TestAutomationResponse
+): response is DidNotTriggerResponse {
+  return !!("message" in response && response.message)
+}
diff --git a/packages/types/src/documents/app/automation/automation.ts b/packages/types/src/documents/app/automation/automation.ts
index d56f0de879..0314701d72 100644
--- a/packages/types/src/documents/app/automation/automation.ts
+++ b/packages/types/src/documents/app/automation/automation.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 import { Document } from "../../document"
-import { EventEmitter } from "events"
 import { User } from "../../global"
 import { ReadStream } from "fs"
 import { Row } from "../row"
 import { Table } from "../table"
 import { AutomationStep, AutomationTrigger } from "./schema"
+import { ContextEmitter } from "../../../sdk"
 
 export enum AutomationIOType {
   OBJECT = "object",
@@ -205,6 +205,14 @@ export interface AutomationResults {
   }[]
 }
 
+export interface DidNotTriggerResponse {
+  outputs: {
+    success: false
+    status: AutomationStatus.STOPPED
+  }
+  message: AutomationStoppedReason.TRIGGER_FILTER_NOT_MET
+}
+
 export interface AutomationLog extends AutomationResults, Document {
   automationName: string
   _rev?: string
@@ -218,7 +226,7 @@ export interface AutomationLogPage {
 
 export interface AutomationStepInputBase {
   context: Record<string, any>
-  emitter: EventEmitter
+  emitter: ContextEmitter
   appId: string
   apiKey?: string
 }