Can anyone tell me why I am not seeing "Hello World" in my log file?

Yes, this is similar to a question I asked yesterday, but I have simplified the yaml file to demonstrate the problem.

Can anyone tell me why I am not seeing “Hello World” in my log file?

substitutions:
  device_name: solar
  
esphome:
  name: ${device_name}

  platform: ESP8266
  board: d1_mini
  
  on_boot:
    priority: -100.0
    then:
      - logger.log: "Hello World"


# Enable logging
logger:
  level: DEBUG



wifi:
  ssid: "Kaywinnet"
  password: !secret wifi_password
  fast_connect: true
  manual_ip:
    static_ip: 192.168.1.201
    gateway: 192.168.1.1
    subnet: 255.255.255.0



# Enable Over the Air updates
ota:
  safe_mode: True


api:

Try VERBOSE log level just to see if this makes a difference.

Thanks, but, no.
Is this a new bug?

INFO Reading configuration /config/esphome/solar.yaml...
INFO Starting log output from 192.168.1.201 using esphome API
INFO Successfully connected to 192.168.1.201
[23:33:44][I][app:102]: ESPHome version 2022.2.3 compiled on Feb 21 2022, 23:32:25
[23:33:44][C][wifi:491]: WiFi:
[23:33:44][C][wifi:353]:   Local MAC: 84:0D:8E:AB:B5:2B
[23:33:44][C][wifi:354]:   SSID: [redacted]
[23:33:44][C][wifi:355]:   IP Address: 192.168.1.201
[23:33:44][C][wifi:356]:   BSSID: [redacted]
[23:33:44][C][wifi:358]:   Hostname: 'solar'
[23:33:44][C][wifi:360]:   Signal strength: -70 dB ▂▄▆█
[23:33:44][C][wifi:364]:   Channel: 1
[23:33:44][C][wifi:365]:   Subnet: 255.255.255.0
[23:33:44][C][wifi:366]:   Gateway: 192.168.1.1
[23:33:44][C][wifi:367]:   DNS1: 0.0.0.0
[23:33:44][C][wifi:368]:   DNS2: 0.0.0.0
[23:33:44][C][logger:233]: Logger:
[23:33:44][C][logger:234]:   Level: VERBOSE
[23:33:44][C][logger:235]:   Log Baud Rate: 115200
[23:33:44][C][logger:236]:   Hardware UART: UART0
[23:33:44][C][mdns:084]: mDNS:
[23:33:44][C][mdns:085]:   Hostname: solar
[23:33:44][V][mdns:086]:   Services:
[23:33:44][V][mdns:088]:   - _esphomelib, _tcp, 6053
[23:33:44][V][mdns:090]:     TXT: version = 2022.2.3
[23:33:44][V][mdns:090]:     TXT: mac = 840d8eabb52b
[23:33:44][V][mdns:090]:     TXT: platform = ESP8266
[23:33:44][V][mdns:090]:     TXT: board = d1_mini
[23:33:44][C][ota:085]: Over-The-Air Updates:
[23:33:44][C][ota:086]:   Address: 192.168.1.201:8266
[23:33:44][C][api:138]: API Server:
[23:33:44][C][api:139]:   Address: 192.168.1.201:6053
[23:33:44][C][api:143]:   Using noise encryption: NO