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Found while looking for CPU and SD-card savings on a running rig.

Measured

13,408 log lines an hour — 13,366 INFO, 35 WARNING, 5 ERROR. About 223 lines a minute of string formatting on a Pi that is also driving the panel, written through journald to the SD card, with the 35 lines that actually mean something buried among them.

Top repeated messages in that hour:

717  Scroll progress: elapsed=... total_scrolled=.../... px
399  [plugin] --> INCLUDED in Vegas scroll
323  [plugin] content_type=static, display_mode=fixed
195  [plugin] Has get_vegas_content: True
195  [plugin] Native: calling get_vegas_content()
168  [plugin] Native: get_vegas_content() returned None
168  [plugin] Native content returned None        <- the same fact, logged twice

plugin_adapter narrates every step of acquiring content from every plugin, once per plugin per cycle, at INFO.

The change

54 logger.info calls in plugin_adapter.pylogger.debug, plus the per-frame scroll-progress line in scroll_helper.py.

Logging level only — no control flow, no behaviour.

lines/hour
before 13,408 (223/min)
− plugin_adapter trace −2,457
− scroll progress −717
after this PR 10,234 (170/min), a 23% cut

The remaining big block is ~3,600 lines/hour from base_odds_manager, which ledmatrix-plugins#300 addresses at the source by removing the fetches themselves.

Nothing is lost

The 19 warning/error/exception calls in the module are untouched, so real failures still surface at their own level. That was the obvious way to get this wrong, so there's a test for it.

One INFO call is deliberate and stays. The padding-strip message picks its level at runtime:

log = logger.warning if (left and right) else logger.info

and test_vegas_plugin_adapter.py::test_single_edge_match_logs_info_not_warning pins that choice. I found that test before making the change rather than after — a blanket demotion would have trampled a decision someone made on purpose. It survives because it isn't a direct logger.info call site, and that test still passes.

Verification

test/test_vegas_log_volume.py — three guards: the content path traces at DEBUG, the error reporting still exists, and the runtime-chosen level survives.

Mutation-checked both directions:

mutation result
reintroduce a single INFO trace trace guard fails
demote warning/error along with the trace error-reporting guard fails

537 vegas and scroll tests pass.

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Summary by CodeRabbit

  • Bug Fixes

    • Reduced routine Vegas mode and scroll progress logging to debug level, making standard logs less verbose.
    • Preserved warning and error messages for important issues and failures.
  • Tests

    • Added automated checks to ensure routine adapter activity remains at debug level while warnings and errors continue to be reported.

plugin_adapter narrates every step of acquiring content from every plugin --
"Has get_vegas_content", "Native: calling get_vegas_content()", "Native
content returned None", "Has scroll_helper", per-item sizes -- once per plugin
per cycle, all at INFO.

Measured on a live rig: 13,408 log lines an hour, of which 13,366 were INFO
and 35 were WARNING. Roughly 223 lines a minute of string formatting on a Pi
that is also driving the panel, written through journald to the SD card, with
the 35 lines that actually indicate a problem buried among them.

Top repeated messages in that hour:

    717  Scroll progress: elapsed=... total_scrolled=.../... px
    399  [plugin] --> INCLUDED in Vegas scroll
    323  [plugin] content_type=static, display_mode=fixed
    195  [plugin] Has get_vegas_content: True
    195  [plugin] Native: calling get_vegas_content()
    168  [plugin] Native: get_vegas_content() returned None
    168  [plugin] Native content returned None        <- the same fact, twice

54 logger.info calls in plugin_adapter become logger.debug, along with the
per-frame scroll-progress line in scroll_helper. Together those are 3,174 of
the 13,408 lines an hour, a 23% cut, and the ~3,600 odds-manager lines are
addressed separately by ledmatrix-plugins#300.

Nothing is lost: the 19 warning/error/exception calls in the module are
untouched, so real failures still surface at their own level. This is a
logging-level change only -- no control flow, no behaviour.

One INFO call is deliberate and stays. The padding-strip message picks its
level at runtime (`logger.warning if (left and right) else logger.info`) and
test_vegas_plugin_adapter.py pins that choice; it survives because it is not a
direct logger.info call site. That test still passes.

Mutation-checked both ways: reintroducing a single INFO trace fails the guard,
and demoting the warning/error calls along with the trace fails a second guard
written for exactly that mistake. 537 vegas and scroll tests pass.
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The pull request changes routine scroll and Vegas adapter tracing from INFO to DEBUG. It adds static tests that verify the logging contract, preserve warning and error calls, and retain the conditional padding-strip log.

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Logging verbosity reduction

Layer / File(s) Summary
Demote informational tracing
src/common/scroll_helper.py, src/vegas_mode/plugin_adapter.py
Scroll progress and PluginAdapter content, processing, generation, and capture messages now use DEBUG. Warning and error logging remains unchanged.
Verify logging levels
test/test_vegas_log_volume.py
AST-based tests verify that direct INFO calls are absent, failure-level calls remain, and the conditional padding-strip expression is preserved.

Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes

Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to e496d

This PR reduces verbose Vegas logging from INFO to DEBUG while preserving failure-level reporting. The added guard is weaker than the stated contract because it would still pass if up to four warning, error, or exception calls were lost; the change is otherwise localized and mergeable with owner awareness, with an exact preservation check recommended.

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- Around line 52-57: Strengthen
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exactly 19 logger.warning, logger.error, and logger.exception calls, preferably
with AST-based counting or exact per-level assertions instead of the permissive
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def test_real_failures_still_have_a_level_of_their_own():
"""Demoting the trace must not have swept up the error reporting."""
source = ADAPTER.read_text(encoding="utf-8")
loud = sum(source.count(f"logger.{level}(")
for level in ("warning", "error", "exception"))
assert loud >= 15, f"only {loud} warning/error/exception calls remain"

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Enforce preservation of all failure-level calls.

The PR contract states that 19 warning/error/exception calls remain. The loud >= 15 assertion still passes if up to four failure-level calls are demoted or removed. Use an AST-based call count or exact per-level assertions, and require the expected 19 calls.

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-    assert loud >= 15, f"only {loud} warning/error/exception calls remain"
+    assert loud == 19, f"expected 19 warning/error/exception calls, found {loud}"
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def test_real_failures_still_have_a_level_of_their_own():
"""Demoting the trace must not have swept up the error reporting."""
source = ADAPTER.read_text(encoding="utf-8")
loud = sum(source.count(f"logger.{level}(")
for level in ("warning", "error", "exception"))
assert loud >= 15, f"only {loud} warning/error/exception calls remain"
def test_real_failures_still_have_a_level_of_their_own():
"""Demoting the trace must not have swept up the error reporting."""
source = ADAPTER.read_text(encoding="utf-8")
loud = sum(source.count(f"logger.{level}(")
for level in ("warning", "error", "exception"))
assert loud == 19, f"expected 19 warning/error/exception calls, found {loud}"
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only still-valid issues, skip the rest with a brief reason, keep changes
minimal, and validate.

In `@test/test_vegas_log_volume.py` around lines 52 - 57, Strengthen
test_real_failures_still_have_a_level_of_their_own by enforcing the contract of
exactly 19 logger.warning, logger.error, and logger.exception calls, preferably
with AST-based counting or exact per-level assertions instead of the permissive
loud >= 15 threshold.

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Superseded by #468, which carries this commit unchanged (cherry-picked with -x) together with the other open perf change. Consolidated so CodeRabbit reviews one PR instead of two. Closing to keep the queue clear — no work is lost.

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