diff --git a/.changeset/late-rockets-talk.md b/.changeset/late-rockets-talk.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..7cb142ebe12
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/late-rockets-talk.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"roo-cline": patch
+---
+
+Log api-initiated tasks to a tmp directory
diff --git a/src/extension/api.ts b/src/extension/api.ts
index 4000e43133f..7027cb963a5 100644
--- a/src/extension/api.ts
+++ b/src/extension/api.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import { EventEmitter } from "events"
 import * as vscode from "vscode"
 import fs from "fs/promises"
 import * as path from "path"
+import * as os from "os"
 
 import {
 	RooCodeAPI,
@@ -50,7 +51,7 @@ export class API extends EventEmitter<RooCodeEvents> implements RooCodeAPI {
 				console.log(args)
 			}
 
-			this.logfile = path.join(getWorkspacePath(), "roo-code-messages.log")
+			this.logfile = path.join(os.tmpdir(), "roo-code-messages.log")
 		} else {
 			this.log = () => {}
 		}