diff --git a/.dictionary b/.dictionary
index 1f070bd431..197f334705 100644
--- a/.dictionary
+++ b/.dictionary
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-personal_ws-1.1 en 282 utf-8
+personal_ws-1.1 en 283 utf-8
 AAR
 AARs
 ABI
@@ -175,6 +175,7 @@ html
 iMacs
 illumos
 init
+initializer
 inlined
 instrumentations
 integrations
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 006834ef6a..2b4e19de7b 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,7 +2,10 @@
 
 [Full changelog](https://github.com/mozilla/glean/compare/v60.3.0...main)
 
+* General
+  * Bump the string length limit to 255 characters ([#2857](https://github.com/mozilla/glean/pull/2857))
 * Android
+  * Delay log init until Glean is getting initialized ([#2858](https://github.com/mozilla/glean/pull/2858))
   * Update to Gradle v8.8 ([#2860](https://github.com/mozilla/glean/pull/2860))
   * Updated Kotlin to version 1.9.24 ([#2861](https://github.com/mozilla/glean/pull/2861))
 
diff --git a/docs/dev/SUMMARY.md b/docs/dev/SUMMARY.md
index 873b6bfbb4..23b729d0ea 100644
--- a/docs/dev/SUMMARY.md
+++ b/docs/dev/SUMMARY.md
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 - [Android bindings](android/index.md)
     - [Setup Build Environment](android/setup-android-build-environment.md)
     - [Android SDK/NDK versions](android/sdk-ndk-versions.md)
+    - [Logging](android/logging.md)
     - [Development with android-components](android/development-with-android-components.md)
     - [Locally-published components in Fenix](android/locally-published-components-in-fenix.md)
     - [Substituting glean_parser](android/glean-parser-substitution.md)
diff --git a/docs/dev/android/logging.md b/docs/dev/android/logging.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..075b1822f8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/dev/android/logging.md
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+# Logging
+
+Logs from `glean-core` are only passed through to the Android logging framework when `Glean.initialize` is called for the first time.
+This means any logging that might happen before that, e.g. from early metric collection will not be collected.
+
+If these logs are needed for debugging add the following initializer to `Glean.kt`:
+
+```kotlin
+init {
+    gleanEnableLogging()
+}
+```
diff --git a/docs/user/reference/metrics/string.md b/docs/user/reference/metrics/string.md
index d9b034be6c..15a24282bc 100644
--- a/docs/user/reference/metrics/string.md
+++ b/docs/user/reference/metrics/string.md
@@ -121,7 +121,8 @@ Glean.searchDefault.name.set("wikipedia");
 
 #### Limits
 
-* Fixed maximum string length: 100. Longer strings are truncated. This is measured in the number of bytes when the string is encoded in UTF-8.
+* Fixed maximum string length: 255. Longer strings are truncated. This is measured in the number of bytes when the string is encoded in UTF-8.
+  * Prior to Glean v60.4.0 the limit was 100 bytes.
 
 ## Testing API
 
diff --git a/glean-core/android/src/main/java/mozilla/telemetry/glean/Glean.kt b/glean-core/android/src/main/java/mozilla/telemetry/glean/Glean.kt
index 3b77cee4e7..68f03dbf1c 100644
--- a/glean-core/android/src/main/java/mozilla/telemetry/glean/Glean.kt
+++ b/glean-core/android/src/main/java/mozilla/telemetry/glean/Glean.kt
@@ -149,10 +149,6 @@ open class GleanInternalAPI internal constructor() {
 
     internal var isCustomDataPath: Boolean = false
 
-    init {
-        gleanEnableLogging()
-    }
-
     /**
      * Initialize the Glean SDK.
      *
@@ -185,6 +181,8 @@ open class GleanInternalAPI internal constructor() {
         configuration: Configuration = Configuration(),
         buildInfo: BuildInfo,
     ) {
+        gleanEnableLogging()
+
         configuration.dataPath?.let { safeDataPath ->
             // When the `dataPath` is provided, we need to make sure:
             //   1. The database path provided is not `glean_data`.
diff --git a/glean-core/android/src/test/java/mozilla/telemetry/glean/private/StringMetricTypeTest.kt b/glean-core/android/src/test/java/mozilla/telemetry/glean/private/StringMetricTypeTest.kt
index 05113e0d4f..0af5f76630 100644
--- a/glean-core/android/src/test/java/mozilla/telemetry/glean/private/StringMetricTypeTest.kt
+++ b/glean-core/android/src/test/java/mozilla/telemetry/glean/private/StringMetricTypeTest.kt
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ class StringMetricTypeTest {
             ),
         )
 
-        stringMetric.set("0123456789".repeat(11))
+        stringMetric.set("0123456789".repeat(26))
 
         assertEquals(1, stringMetric.testGetNumRecordedErrors(ErrorType.INVALID_OVERFLOW))
     }
diff --git a/glean-core/ios/GleanTests/Metrics/StringMetricTests.swift b/glean-core/ios/GleanTests/Metrics/StringMetricTests.swift
index 4042932843..25385478ae 100644
--- a/glean-core/ios/GleanTests/Metrics/StringMetricTests.swift
+++ b/glean-core/ios/GleanTests/Metrics/StringMetricTests.swift
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ class StringMetricTests: XCTestCase {
             disabled: false
         ))
 
-        stringMetric.set(String(repeating: "0123456789", count: 11))
+        stringMetric.set(String(repeating: "0123456789", count: 26))
 
         XCTAssertEqual(1, stringMetric.testGetNumRecordedErrors(.invalidOverflow))
     }
diff --git a/glean-core/python/tests/metrics/test_string.py b/glean-core/python/tests/metrics/test_string.py
index cf53258dba..c5bc118454 100644
--- a/glean-core/python/tests/metrics/test_string.py
+++ b/glean-core/python/tests/metrics/test_string.py
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ def test_setting_a_long_string_records_an_error():
         )
     )
 
-    string_metric.set("0123456789" * 11)
+    string_metric.set("0123456789" * 26)
 
     assert 1 == string_metric.test_get_num_recorded_errors(testing.ErrorType.INVALID_OVERFLOW)
 
diff --git a/glean-core/src/metrics/string.rs b/glean-core/src/metrics/string.rs
index a56ffab648..c36f33d51c 100644
--- a/glean-core/src/metrics/string.rs
+++ b/glean-core/src/metrics/string.rs
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ use crate::util::truncate_string_at_boundary_with_error;
 use crate::CommonMetricData;
 use crate::Glean;
 
-const MAX_LENGTH_VALUE: usize = 100;
+const MAX_LENGTH_VALUE: usize = 255;
 
 /// A string metric.
 ///
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ mod test {
             dynamic_label: None,
         });
 
-        let sample_string = "0123456789".repeat(11);
+        let sample_string = "0123456789".repeat(26);
         metric.set_sync(&glean, sample_string.clone());
 
         let truncated = truncate_string_at_boundary(sample_string, MAX_LENGTH_VALUE);
diff --git a/glean-core/tests/labeled.rs b/glean-core/tests/labeled.rs
index 63a7f2ccc2..c8a2511c81 100644
--- a/glean-core/tests/labeled.rs
+++ b/glean-core/tests/labeled.rs
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ fn can_record_error_for_submetric() {
     );
 
     let metric = labeled.get("label1");
-    metric.set_sync(&glean, "01234567890".repeat(20));
+    metric.set_sync(&glean, "01234567890".repeat(26));
 
     // Make sure that the errors have been recorded
     assert_eq!(
diff --git a/glean-core/tests/string.rs b/glean-core/tests/string.rs
index 3ccfa8f494..0daa6e6e8c 100644
--- a/glean-core/tests/string.rs
+++ b/glean-core/tests/string.rs
@@ -104,12 +104,12 @@ fn long_string_values_are_truncated() {
         ..Default::default()
     });
 
-    let test_sting = "01234567890".repeat(20);
-    metric.set_sync(&glean, test_sting.clone());
+    let test_string = "01234567890".repeat(26);
+    metric.set_sync(&glean, test_string.clone());
 
     // Check that data was truncated
     assert_eq!(
-        test_sting[..100],
+        test_string[..255],
         metric.get_value(&glean, "store1").unwrap()
     );