Log file missing?

shaikedem · November 16, 2025, 8:59am

hi
after upgrading to HA 2025.11.1 2 days ago and 2025.11.2 now,
i dont see the log file of HA under /config anymore in the ssh shell
in the UI, settings → system → logs i can see logs
HA is working all OK otherwise
but the file simply does not exist …
did it move elsewhere ?
i only see old log files before the upgrade

the logger config in my config yaml was not changed

logger:
  default: info
  logs:
    custom_components.multiscrape: debug
    homeassistant.components.bluetooth: debug
    pyscript: debug

shaikedem · November 16, 2025, 9:22am

ok, i see 2025.11.1 removed the actual file
you can only see it now in UI for some reason …

github.com/home-assistant/core

Stop writing to config dir log file on supervised install

dev ← no_log_file_on_supervisor

opened 07:25PM - 12 Jun 25 UTC

abmantis

+98 -35

## Proposed change On supervised installations (such as Home Assistant OS), t…he logs are sent to systemd journal, in addition to the Home Assistant log file `home-assistant.log`. This PR stops logging to the `home-assistant.log` in order to reduce the ammount of writes to disk. ## Type of change - [ ] Dependency upgrade - [ ] Bugfix (non-breaking change which fixes an issue) - [ ] New integration (thank you!) - [ ] New feature (which adds functionality to an existing integration) - [ ] Deprecation (breaking change to happen in the future) - [ ] Breaking change (fix/feature causing existing functionality to break) - [x] Code quality improvements to existing code or addition of tests ## Additional information - This PR fixes or closes issue: fixes # - This PR is related to issue: - Link to documentation pull request: https://github.com/home-assistant/home-assistant.io/pull/41046 - Link to developer documentation pull request: - Link to frontend pull request: ## Checklist - [x] The code change is tested and works locally. - [x] Local tests pass. **Your PR cannot be merged unless tests pass** - [x] There is no commented out code in this PR. - [x] I have followed the [development checklist][dev-checklist] - [x] I have followed the [perfect PR recommendations][perfect-pr] - [x] The code has been formatted using Ruff (`ruff format homeassistant tests`) - [x] Tests have been added to verify that the new code works. If user exposed functionality or configuration variables are added/changed: - [ ] Documentation added/updated for [www.home-assistant.io][docs-repository] If the code communicates with devices, web services, or third-party tools: - [ ] The [manifest file][manifest-docs] has all fields filled out correctly. Updated and included derived files by running: `python3 -m script.hassfest`. - [ ] New or updated dependencies have been added to `requirements_all.txt`. Updated by running `python3 -m script.gen_requirements_all`. - [ ] For the updated dependencies - a link to the changelog, or at minimum a diff between library versions is added to the PR description. To help with the load of incoming pull requests: - [ ] I have reviewed two other [open pull requests][prs] in this repository. [prs]: https://github.com/home-assistant/core/pulls?q=is%3Aopen+is%3Apr+-author%3A%40me+-draft%3Atrue+-label%3Awaiting-for-upstream+sort%3Acreated-desc+review%3Anone+-status%3Afailure [dev-checklist]: https://developers.home-assistant.io/docs/development_checklist/ [manifest-docs]: https://developers.home-assistant.io/docs/creating_integration_manifest/ [quality-scale]: https://developers.home-assistant.io/docs/integration_quality_scale_index/ [docs-repository]: https://github.com/home-assistant/home-assistant.io [perfect-pr]: https://developers.home-assistant.io/docs/review-process/#creating-the-perfect-pr

HappyCadaver · November 16, 2025, 2:42pm

Petro was good enough to come up with an integration that replaces/recreates the log file functionality if you still want that, a-file-logger.

Just be sure to place the configuration.yaml entry at the top (or close to the top) of the file so that it loads as early as possible on start up.

BullFrog · November 17, 2025, 3:17pm

Why do they dumb it down? its a Smart Home, Z2M creates 26mb of log files each day, HA is logging everything, why the hell did they have to remove it?
There is an UI? Good thing! But why remove something thats already there?
Why do I need to install an addon for a PRIMARY functionality?

maurizio53 · November 25, 2025, 3:25pm

I am using that custom integration and i am seeing it creates an home-assistant.log, an home-assistant.log_1 and an home-assistant.log_old.
Is this behaviour correct?

HappyCadaver · November 25, 2025, 9:27pm

I’ve home-assistant.log, an home-assistant.log.1 and an home-assistant.log.old… no underscores. The important thing would be if the logs within the files are actually up to date.