diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index e46e0d86a..d7c9a9152 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -469,5 +469,13 @@ Adjust `loggingLevel` in the `Advanced Settings Editor` -> `Language Server` to
 For robot tests set:
 
 ```robot
-Configure JupyterLab Plugin  {"loggingConsole": "floating", "loggingLevel": "debug"}
+Configure JupyterLab Plugin  {"loggingLevel": "debug", "logAllCommunication": true}
+```
+
+The console output will be included in the `geckodriver.log` file for tests which were re-run after failing.
+
+To manually toggle writing of JavaScript browser console to `geckodriver.log` use:
+
+```bash
+python scripts/atest.py --variable LOG_CONSOLE:1
 ```
diff --git a/atest/01_Editor.robot b/atest/01_Editor.robot
index 6803af416..93a86bbf4 100644
--- a/atest/01_Editor.robot
+++ b/atest/01_Editor.robot
@@ -42,8 +42,10 @@ JSX
 
 LaTeX
     [Tags]    language:latex
+    Configure JupyterLab Plugin    {"loggingLevel": "debug", "logAllCommunication": true}
     ${def} =    Set Variable    xpath:(//span[contains(@class, 'cm-atom')][contains(text(), 'foo')])[last()]
     Editor Shows Features for Language    LaTeX    example.tex    Jump to Definition=${def}    Rename=${def}
+    Reset Plugin Settings
 
 Less
     ${def} =    Set Variable    xpath:(//span[contains(@class, 'cm-variable-2')][contains(text(), '@width')])[last()]
diff --git a/atest/05_Features/Jump.robot b/atest/05_Features/Jump.robot
index 0b2746d06..13cfc277f 100644
--- a/atest/05_Features/Jump.robot
+++ b/atest/05_Features/Jump.robot
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ Clean Up Folder With Spaces
     FOR    ${file}    IN    @{files}
         Remove File    ${NOTEBOOK DIR}${/}${FOLDER WITH SPACE}${/}${file}
     END
-    Remove Directory     ${NOTEBOOK DIR}${/}${FOLDER WITH SPACE}    recursive=True
+    Remove Directory    ${NOTEBOOK DIR}${/}${FOLDER WITH SPACE}    recursive=True
 
 Select Token Occurrence
     [Arguments]    ${token}    ${type}=variable    ${which}=last
diff --git a/atest/Keywords.resource b/atest/Keywords.resource
index c57ca2923..f89a51f55 100644
--- a/atest/Keywords.resource
+++ b/atest/Keywords.resource
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ Resource    Variables.resource
 Library     ./logcheck.py
 Library     ./ports.py
 Library     ./config.py
+Library     ./firefox_log_to_stdout.py
 
 
 *** Keywords ***
@@ -122,10 +123,12 @@ Open JupyterLab
     Should Not Be Equal As Strings    ${geckodriver}    None
     ...    geckodriver not found, do you need to install firefox-geckodriver?
     ${service args} =    Create List    --log    debug
+    ${profile_path} =    Create Firefox Profile Logging To Stdout    enable_logging=${LOG_CONSOLE}
     Create WebDriver    Firefox
     ...    executable_path=${geckodriver}
     ...    service_log_path=${GECKODRIVER LOG}
     ...    service_args=${service args}
+    ...    firefox_profile=${profile_path}
     Wait Until Keyword Succeeds    3x    5s    Wait For Splash
 
 Close JupyterLab
diff --git a/atest/Variables.resource b/atest/Variables.resource
index 942cc6357..5024e9627 100644
--- a/atest/Variables.resource
+++ b/atest/Variables.resource
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ ${VIRTUALDOCS DIR}              ${NOTEBOOK DIR}${/}.virtual_documents
 ${SCREENSHOTS DIR}              ${OUTPUT DIR}${/}screenshots
 # override with `python scripts/atest.py --variable HEADLESS:0`
 ${HEADLESS}                     1
+${LOG_CONSOLE}                  0
 ${CMD PALETTE INPUT}            css:#command-palette .lm-CommandPalette-input
 ${CMD PALETTE ITEM ACTIVE}      css:#command-palette .lm-CommandPalette-item.lm-mod-active
 ${JLAB XP TOP}                  //div[@id='jp-top-panel']
diff --git a/atest/firefox_log_to_stdout.py b/atest/firefox_log_to_stdout.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..50b0fd00c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/atest/firefox_log_to_stdout.py
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+from selenium.webdriver.firefox.firefox_profile import FirefoxProfile
+
+
+def create_firefox_profile_logging_to_stdout(enable_logging=True):
+    """Returns path to new profile logging to stdout (hence `geckodriver.log`)"""
+    profile = FirefoxProfile()
+    profile.set_preference("devtools.console.stdout.content", bool(enable_logging))
+    profile.update_preferences()
+    return profile.path
diff --git a/scripts/atest.py b/scripts/atest.py
index 5c25dbd35..f3025a4fb 100644
--- a/scripts/atest.py
+++ b/scripts/atest.py
@@ -85,7 +85,13 @@ def atest(attempt, extra_args):
     if attempt != 1:
         previous = OUT / f"{get_stem(attempt - 1, extra_args)}.robot.xml"
         if previous.exists():
-            extra_args += ["--rerunfailed", str(previous)]
+            # only intercept `console.log` in re-runs to prevent substantial overhead
+            extra_args += [
+                "--rerunfailed",
+                str(previous),
+                "--variable",
+                "LOG_CONSOLE:1",
+            ]
 
     out_dir = OUT / stem