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Todo #15106

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Remove ``Time`` column from OS Boot logs

Added by Jonathan Lee 4 months ago. Updated 4 months ago.

Status:
Resolved
Priority:
Normal
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Category:
Logging
Target version:
Start date:
Due date:
% Done:

100%

Estimated time:
Plus Target Version:
24.03
Release Notes:
Default

Description

Hello and happy holidays. I just noticed that the OS Boot Logs under pfSense GUI show "Time" and "Message" columns however no timestamps are ever registered or logged. Should the Time area be removed or is something not logging anymore here?


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Actions #1

Updated by Jim Pingle 4 months ago

  • Status changed from New to Not a Bug

The kernel boot log has no timestamps, the message log buffer is dumped all at once into the log file by the kernel at boot time. The kernel itself doesn't track timestamps for entries in the message buffer.

This is how it works in the OS and there is nothing that can be done to change it.

Actions #2

Updated by Jonathan Lee 4 months ago

Thanks for the information. Should Status / System Logs / System / OS Boot have time column removed as it is misleading and just have it say message? It shows a section for time on this log area still

Actions #3

Updated by Marcos M 4 months ago

  • Tracker changed from Bug to Todo
  • Project changed from pfSense Plus to pfSense
  • Subject changed from Status / System Logs / System / OS Boot does not display time stamps however GUI is configured to show timestamps. to Remove ``Time`` column from OS Boot logs
  • Category changed from Logging to Logging
  • Status changed from Not a Bug to Resolved
  • Assignee set to Marcos M
  • Target version set to 2.8.0
  • % Done changed from 0 to 100
  • Plus Target Version set to 24.03
  • Affected Architecture deleted (SG-2100)
Only the Message column is shown now. This affects userlog and dmesg.boot (OS Boot) logs - sorting behavior remains the same.
Actions #4

Updated by Jim Pingle 4 months ago

userlog has a timestamp it's just not being parsed out since it doesn't match the syslog format.

Actions #5

Updated by Jonathan Lee 4 months ago

Marcos M wrote in #note-3:

Only the Message column is shown now. This affects userlog and dmesg.boot (OS Boot) logs - sorting behavior remains the same.

Thanks!!

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