bug: App.log filling hard drive

[Van-QA]

Describe the bug
Quoted from Hords

Hi, I was wondering if there's a way to disable the app.log in Windows? I run the API server and after quite a bit of use I end up filling up my hard drive due to the size of the app.log file. I can clear it, but then it ends up happening again, so it'd be nice to prevent it in the first place. Thanks!
Hi, I'm using 0.4.9 currently. testing it now and I'm up to 190GB for my log file after running it for around 4 hours, constantly querying the api server. I looked at the code, and if I read it right, it looks like this fix cleans up after 7 days? Thanks
https://discord.com/channels/1107178041848909847/1220501334508175360

Environment details

• Operating System: Windows 10
• Jan Version: 0.4.9

[Hords]

Hi, it sounds like it currently may only clean up the logs upon Jan opening, but I leave it open running the API server and so it seems to never clean up. Thanks!

[freelerobot]

Hmm, I'm wondering what the best UX here is.

A few not so great suggestions - super open to what community says here.

1. Cap app.logs at n lines or n mb maximum. Beyond which, we auto clear logs. This way, logs never bloat past xGB.
2. Let users disable logs (as OP suggests)
3. We might consider disabling the current hack of clearing every n hours, because of the previously stated reasons and because logs can bloat within just a few minutes on a bad error.

[louis-jan]

@0xSage

1. This could lead to a performance issue where the app attempts to check the size/number of lines. Let's say there are thousands of logs being written per second.
2. Ye I would like to bring this setting to the Monitoring Extension.
3. There is no clearing mechanism within n hours but gradual increase over time. Is it better to clean it periodically: fixed period - every 5 mins with size check (configurable)?

[Van-QA]

looking good on Jan v0.4.10-371 ✅