diff --git a/assets/training/finetune_acft_hf_nlp/environments/slime-pytorch-2.9-cuda12.8/context/Dockerfile b/assets/training/finetune_acft_hf_nlp/environments/slime-pytorch-2.9-cuda12.8/context/Dockerfile
index a226cb27fd..5de5097b17 100644
--- a/assets/training/finetune_acft_hf_nlp/environments/slime-pytorch-2.9-cuda12.8/context/Dockerfile
+++ b/assets/training/finetune_acft_hf_nlp/environments/slime-pytorch-2.9-cuda12.8/context/Dockerfile
@@ -105,6 +105,9 @@ RUN cd /root/slime && \
 RUN cd /root/slime/slime/backends/megatron_utils/kernels/int4_qat && \
     python -m pip install --no-cache-dir . --no-build-isolation
 
+# Patch logging_utils with MLflow support
+COPY logging_utils.py /root/slime/slime/utils/logging_utils.py
+
 COPY smoke_test.py /tmp/smoke_test.py
 RUN python /tmp/smoke_test.py && \
     rm /tmp/smoke_test.py
diff --git a/assets/training/finetune_acft_hf_nlp/environments/slime-pytorch-2.9-cuda12.8/context/logging_utils.py b/assets/training/finetune_acft_hf_nlp/environments/slime-pytorch-2.9-cuda12.8/context/logging_utils.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1e41b98b04
--- /dev/null
+++ b/assets/training/finetune_acft_hf_nlp/environments/slime-pytorch-2.9-cuda12.8/context/logging_utils.py
@@ -0,0 +1,116 @@
+# Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation.
+# Licensed under the MIT License.
+
+"""Logging utilities for slime with MLflow / Azure ML metric tracking support."""
+
+import logging
+import os
+
+import wandb
+
+from . import wandb_utils
+from .tensorboard_utils import _TensorboardAdapter
+
+_LOGGER_CONFIGURED = False
+_MLFLOW_INITIALIZED = False
+_MLFLOW_AVAILABLE = False
+
+
+# ref: SGLang
+def configure_logger(prefix: str = ""):
+    """Configure the root logger with a standard format (idempotent)."""
+    global _LOGGER_CONFIGURED
+    if _LOGGER_CONFIGURED:
+        return
+
+    _LOGGER_CONFIGURED = True
+
+    logging.basicConfig(
+        level=logging.INFO,
+        format=f"[%(asctime)s{prefix}] %(filename)s:%(lineno)d - %(message)s",
+        datefmt="%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S",
+        force=True,
+    )
+
+
+def _init_mlflow():
+    """Initialize MLflow for Azure ML metric logging.
+
+    AML sets MLFLOW_TRACKING_URI automatically; when present, metrics logged
+    via mlflow.log_metrics() appear in the AML run's Metrics tab.
+    """
+    global _MLFLOW_INITIALIZED, _MLFLOW_AVAILABLE
+    if _MLFLOW_INITIALIZED:
+        return _MLFLOW_AVAILABLE
+    _MLFLOW_INITIALIZED = True
+
+    if not os.environ.get("MLFLOW_TRACKING_URI"):
+        return False
+
+    try:
+        import mlflow
+
+        mlflow.autolog(disable=True)
+        _MLFLOW_AVAILABLE = True
+        logging.getLogger(__name__).info(
+            "MLflow tracking enabled (URI: %s)", os.environ["MLFLOW_TRACKING_URI"]
+        )
+    except ImportError:
+        logging.getLogger(__name__).info("mlflow not installed, AML metric logging disabled")
+    except Exception:
+        logging.getLogger(__name__).exception("Failed to initialize mlflow")
+    return _MLFLOW_AVAILABLE
+
+
+def _log_mlflow(metrics: dict, step: int):
+    """Log numeric metrics to MLflow / Azure ML."""
+    try:
+        import mlflow
+
+        numeric = {k: v for k, v in metrics.items() if isinstance(v, (int, float))}
+        if numeric:
+            mlflow.log_metrics(numeric, step=step)
+    except Exception:
+        pass
+
+
+def init_tracking(args, primary: bool = True, **kwargs):
+    """Initialize wandb and MLflow tracking for the current run."""
+    if primary:
+        wandb_utils.init_wandb_primary(args, **kwargs)
+    else:
+        wandb_utils.init_wandb_secondary(args, **kwargs)
+
+    _init_mlflow()
+
+
+def update_tracking_open_metrics(args, router_addr):
+    """Reinitialize wandb primary with open metrics for the given router address."""
+    wandb_utils.reinit_wandb_primary_with_open_metrics(args, router_addr)
+
+
+def finish_tracking(args):
+    """Finish the active wandb run, if any."""
+    if not args.use_wandb:
+        return
+    try:
+        if wandb.run is not None:
+            wandb.finish()
+    except Exception:
+        logging.getLogger(__name__).exception("Failed to finish wandb run")
+
+
+# TODO further refactor, e.g. put TensorBoard init to the "init" part
+def log(args, metrics, step_key: str):
+    """Log metrics to wandb, TensorBoard, and MLflow as enabled."""
+    if args.use_wandb:
+        wandb.log(metrics)
+
+    if args.use_tensorboard:
+        metrics_except_step = {k: v for k, v in metrics.items() if k != step_key}
+        _TensorboardAdapter(args).log(data=metrics_except_step, step=metrics[step_key])
+
+    if _MLFLOW_AVAILABLE:
+        step = int(metrics.get(step_key, 0))
+        metrics_except_step = {k: v for k, v in metrics.items() if k != step_key}
+        _log_mlflow(metrics_except_step, step=step)