diff --git a/core/includes/bootstrap.inc b/core/includes/bootstrap.inc
index 04763a2210..b1e40a2d23 100644
--- a/core/includes/bootstrap.inc
+++ b/core/includes/bootstrap.inc
@@ -417,7 +417,7 @@ function drupal_validate_utf8($text) {
 function watchdog_exception($type, Exception $exception, $message = NULL, $variables = [], $severity = RfcLogLevel::ERROR, $link = NULL) {
   @trigger_error('watchdog_exception() is deprecated in Drupal 8.7.0 and will be removed before Drupal 9.0.0. Use \Drupal::logException() instead. See https://www.drupal.org/node/2932520', E_USER_DEPRECATED);
   $variables['link'] = $link;
-  (new ExceptionLogger(\Drupal::logger($type)))->log($severity, $exception, $message, $variables);
+  \Drupal::exceptionLogger($type)->log($severity, $exception, $message, $variables);
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/core/includes/update.inc b/core/includes/update.inc
index d7fe942ebd..6810ad2ba2 100644
--- a/core/includes/update.inc
+++ b/core/includes/update.inc
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ function update_do_one($module, $number, $dependency_map, &$context) {
     // return the message for printing.
     // @see https://www.drupal.org/node/2564311
     catch (Exception $e) {
-      watchdog_exception('update', $e);
+      \Drupal::exceptionLogger('update')->error($e);
 
       $variables = Error::decodeException($e);
       unset($variables['backtrace']);
@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@ function update_invoke_post_update($function, &$context) {
     // for printing.
     // @see https://www.drupal.org/node/2564311
     catch (Exception $e) {
-      watchdog_exception('update', $e);
+      \Drupal::exceptionLogger('update')->error($e);
 
       $variables = Error::decodeException($e);
       unset($variables['backtrace']);
diff --git a/core/lib/Drupal.php b/core/lib/Drupal.php
index 639d99c037..65e7ef9eb1 100644
--- a/core/lib/Drupal.php
+++ b/core/lib/Drupal.php
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
  */
 
 use Drupal\Core\DependencyInjection\ContainerNotInitializedException;
+use Drupal\Core\Logger\ExceptionLogger;
 use Drupal\Core\Messenger\LegacyMessenger;
 use Drupal\Core\Url;
 use Symfony\Component\DependencyInjection\ContainerInterface;
@@ -708,6 +709,20 @@ public static function logger($channel) {
     return static::getContainer()->get('logger.factory')->get($channel);
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Gets an exception logger.
+   *
+   * @param string $channel
+   *   The name of the channel. Can be any string, but the general practice is
+   *   to use the name of the subsystem calling this.
+   *
+   * @return \Drupal\Core\Logger\ExceptionLogger
+   *   The exception logger.
+   */
+  public static function exceptionLogger($channel) {
+    return new ExceptionLogger(static::logger($channel));
+  }
+
   /**
    * Returns the menu tree.
    *
diff --git a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Cron.php b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Cron.php
index fb097ced9d..ad9edc4013 100644
--- a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Cron.php
+++ b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Cron.php
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ protected function processQueues() {
             // release the item and skip to the next queue.
             $queue->releaseItem($item);
 
-            watchdog_exception('cron', $e);
+            \Drupal::exceptionLogger('cron')->error($e);
 
             // Skip to the next queue.
             continue 2;
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ protected function processQueues() {
           catch (\Exception $e) {
             // In case of any other kind of exception, log it and leave the item
             // in the queue to be processed again later.
-            watchdog_exception('cron', $e);
+            \Drupal::exceptionLogger('cron')->error($e);
           }
         }
       }
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ protected function invokeCronHandlers() {
         $this->moduleHandler->invoke($module, 'cron');
       }
       catch (\Exception $e) {
-        watchdog_exception('cron', $e);
+        \Drupal::exceptionLogger('cron')->error($e);
       }
 
       Timer::stop('cron_' . $module);
diff --git a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Database/Transaction.php b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Database/Transaction.php
index 837afda6de..f123407479 100644
--- a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Database/Transaction.php
+++ b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Database/Transaction.php
@@ -82,12 +82,10 @@ public function name() {
    *
    * This is just a wrapper method to rollback whatever transaction stack we are
    * currently in, which is managed by the connection object itself. Note that
-   * logging (preferable with watchdog_exception()) needs to happen after a
-   * transaction has been rolled back or the log messages will be rolled back
-   * too.
+   * database logging needs to happen after a transaction has been rolled back
+   * or the log messages will be rolled back too.
    *
    * @see \Drupal\Core\Database\Connection::rollBack()
-   * @see watchdog_exception()
    */
   public function rollBack() {
     $this->rolledBack = TRUE;
diff --git a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Database/database.api.php b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Database/database.api.php
index 4cf34f8dd3..0604353598 100644
--- a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Database/database.api.php
+++ b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Database/database.api.php
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@
  *     // Something went wrong somewhere, so roll back now.
  *     $transaction->rollBack();
  *     // Log the exception to watchdog.
- *     watchdog_exception('type', $e);
+ *     \Drupal::exceptionLogger('type')->error($e);
  *   }
  *
  *   // $transaction goes out of scope here.  Unless the transaction was rolled
diff --git a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Entity/Sql/SqlContentEntityStorage.php b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Entity/Sql/SqlContentEntityStorage.php
index ed01f22f29..10db495e12 100644
--- a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Entity/Sql/SqlContentEntityStorage.php
+++ b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Entity/Sql/SqlContentEntityStorage.php
@@ -730,7 +730,7 @@ public function delete(array $entities) {
     }
     catch (\Exception $e) {
       $transaction->rollBack();
-      watchdog_exception($this->entityTypeId, $e);
+      \Drupal::exceptionLogger($this->entityTypeId)->error($e);
       throw new EntityStorageException($e->getMessage(), $e->getCode(), $e);
     }
   }
@@ -782,7 +782,7 @@ public function save(EntityInterface $entity) {
     }
     catch (\Exception $e) {
       $transaction->rollBack();
-      watchdog_exception($this->entityTypeId, $e);
+      \Drupal::exceptionLogger($this->entityTypeId)->error($e);
       throw new EntityStorageException($e->getMessage(), $e->getCode(), $e);
     }
   }
diff --git a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/EventSubscriber/MenuRouterRebuildSubscriber.php b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/EventSubscriber/MenuRouterRebuildSubscriber.php
index bc606b4e9c..3b73bc717c 100644
--- a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/EventSubscriber/MenuRouterRebuildSubscriber.php
+++ b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/EventSubscriber/MenuRouterRebuildSubscriber.php
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ protected function menuLinksRebuild() {
       }
       catch (\Exception $e) {
         $transaction->rollBack();
-        watchdog_exception('menu', $e);
+        \Drupal::exceptionLogger('menu')->error($e);
       }
 
       $this->lock->release(__FUNCTION__);
diff --git a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Routing/MatcherDumper.php b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Routing/MatcherDumper.php
index f19b0eed8d..ac8ffd7d1f 100644
--- a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Routing/MatcherDumper.php
+++ b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Routing/MatcherDumper.php
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ public function dump(array $options = []) {
     }
     catch (\Exception $e) {
       $transaction->rollBack();
-      watchdog_exception('Routing', $e);
+      \Drupal::exceptionLogger('Routing')->error($e);
       throw $e;
     }
     // Sort the masks so they are in order of descending fit.
diff --git a/core/modules/aggregator/src/ItemsImporter.php b/core/modules/aggregator/src/ItemsImporter.php
index aa18d65c9a..456dff5880 100644
--- a/core/modules/aggregator/src/ItemsImporter.php
+++ b/core/modules/aggregator/src/ItemsImporter.php
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ public function refresh(FeedInterface $feed) {
     }
     catch (PluginException $e) {
       $success = FALSE;
-      watchdog_exception('aggregator', $e);
+      \Drupal::exceptionLogger('aggregator')->error($e);
     }
 
     // Store instances in an array so we dont have to instantiate new objects.
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ public function refresh(FeedInterface $feed) {
         $processor_instances[$processor] = $this->processorManager->createInstance($processor);
       }
       catch (PluginException $e) {
-        watchdog_exception('aggregator', $e);
+        \Drupal::exceptionLogger('aggregator')->error($e);
       }
     }
 
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ public function refresh(FeedInterface $feed) {
         }
       }
       catch (PluginException $e) {
-        watchdog_exception('aggregator', $e);
+        \Drupal::exceptionLogger('aggregator')->error($e);
       }
     }
 
diff --git a/core/modules/aggregator/src/Plugin/aggregator/parser/DefaultParser.php b/core/modules/aggregator/src/Plugin/aggregator/parser/DefaultParser.php
index 2694042104..2b21b1806f 100644
--- a/core/modules/aggregator/src/Plugin/aggregator/parser/DefaultParser.php
+++ b/core/modules/aggregator/src/Plugin/aggregator/parser/DefaultParser.php
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ public function parse(FeedInterface $feed) {
       $channel = Reader::importString($feed->source_string);
     }
     catch (ExceptionInterface $e) {
-      watchdog_exception('aggregator', $e);
+      \Drupal::exceptionLogger('aggregator')->error($e);
       $this->messenger()->addError(t('The feed from %site seems to be broken because of error "%error".', ['%site' => $feed->label(), '%error' => $e->getMessage()]));
 
       return FALSE;
diff --git a/core/modules/update/src/UpdateFetcher.php b/core/modules/update/src/UpdateFetcher.php
index 2b03c9c101..1376adbb8f 100644
--- a/core/modules/update/src/UpdateFetcher.php
+++ b/core/modules/update/src/UpdateFetcher.php
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ public function fetchProjectData(array $project, $site_key = '') {
         ->getBody();
     }
     catch (RequestException $exception) {
-      watchdog_exception('update', $exception);
+      \Drupal::exceptionLogger('update')->error($exception);
     }
     return $data;
   }
diff --git a/core/modules/workspaces/src/WorkspacePublisher.php b/core/modules/workspaces/src/WorkspacePublisher.php
index 302b1a8e45..502b0c05b4 100644
--- a/core/modules/workspaces/src/WorkspacePublisher.php
+++ b/core/modules/workspaces/src/WorkspacePublisher.php
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ public function publish() {
     }
     catch (\Exception $e) {
       $transaction->rollBack();
-      watchdog_exception('workspaces', $e);
+      \Drupal::exceptionLogger('workspaces')->error($e);
       throw $e;
     }