diff --git a/server/tests/unit/logging/init-logger-env.test.ts b/server/tests/unit/logging/init-logger-env.test.ts
index 6fa3e54f8..46b5df8ce 100644
--- a/server/tests/unit/logging/init-logger-env.test.ts
+++ b/server/tests/unit/logging/init-logger-env.test.ts
@@ -4,10 +4,51 @@ import { join, relative } from "node:path";
 import { initLogger } from "@/utils/logging/initLogger.js";
 
 const makeEnv = (overrides: Partial<Env>): Env => overrides as Env;
-const forbiddenEnvFallbackPatterns = [
-	/\b\w+\s*:\s*Env\s*=/,
-	/\benv\s*\?\s*:\s*Env\b/,
-	/\benv\s*\?\?\s*\(?\s*\{\}\s+as\s+Env\b/,
+
+const sourceRoot = join(process.cwd(), "src");
+
+const forbiddenSourcePatterns = [
+	{
+		name: "Env parameter default",
+		pattern: /\benv\s*:\s*Env\s*=/,
+	},
+	{
+		name: "optional Env parameter",
+		pattern: /\benv\?\s*:\s*Env\b/,
+	},
+	{
+		name: "empty Env parameter fallback",
+		pattern: /\benv\s*=\s*\{\}\s+as\s+Env\b/,
+	},
+	{
+		name: "empty Env nullish fallback",
+		pattern: /\benv\s*\?\?\s*\(?\s*\{\}\s+as\s+Env\b/,
+	},
+	{
+		name: "initLogger empty Env",
+		pattern: /\binitLogger\(\s*\{\s*\}\s*,\s*\{\s*\}\s*\)/,
+	},
+	{
+		name: "createLoggerStructure empty Env",
+		pattern: /\bcreateLoggerStructure\([^;]*,\s*\{\s*\}\s*\)/,
+	},
+	{
+		name: "global logtail logger export",
+		pattern: /\bexport\s+const\s+logger\b/,
+	},
+	{
+		name: "global logtail logger import",
+		pattern:
+			/import\s+\{[^}]*\blogger\b[^}]*\}\s+from\s+["'](?:@\/external\/logtail\/logtailUtils(?:\.js)?|[^"']*external\/logtail\/logtailUtils(?:\.js)?)["']/,
+	},
+	{
+		name: "logger Env typed as Partial",
+		pattern: /\benv\s*:\s*Partial<Env>\b/,
+		files: new Set([
+			"src/utils/logging/initLogger.ts",
+			"src/external/logtail/logtailUtils.ts",
+		]),
+	},
 ];
 
 const collectTypeScriptFiles = (dir: string): string[] =>
@@ -18,6 +59,17 @@ const collectTypeScriptFiles = (dir: string): string[] =>
 		return /\.(ts|tsx)$/.test(entry.name) ? [path] : [];
 	});
 
+const findForbiddenSourcePatterns = () =>
+	collectTypeScriptFiles(sourceRoot).flatMap((file) => {
+		const relativePath = relative(process.cwd(), file);
+		const contents = readFileSync(file, "utf8");
+
+		return forbiddenSourcePatterns
+			.filter((rule) => !rule.files || rule.files.has(relativePath))
+			.filter((rule) => rule.pattern.test(contents))
+			.map((rule) => `${relativePath}: ${rule.name}`);
+	});
+
 describe("initLogger env configuration", () => {
 	const originalNodeEnv = process.env.NODE_ENV;
 
@@ -43,17 +95,7 @@ describe("initLogger env configuration", () => {
 		expect(logger.level).toBe("debug");
 	});
 
-	test("does not allow Env parameters to be optional or define fallback defaults", () => {
-		const sourceRoot = join(process.cwd(), "src");
-		const offenders = collectTypeScriptFiles(sourceRoot)
-			.filter((file) => {
-				const contents = readFileSync(file, "utf8");
-				return forbiddenEnvFallbackPatterns.some((pattern) =>
-					pattern.test(contents),
-				);
-			})
-			.map((file) => relative(process.cwd(), file));
-
-		expect(offenders).toEqual([]);
+	test("does not allow default Env or global logtail logger usage", () => {
+		expect(findForbiddenSourcePatterns()).toEqual([]);
 	});
 });