Set the log level or disable wsl-proxy.log

[yuzjzj]

WSL generated about 15 GB of logs in 3 months:
\\wsl.localhost\rancher-desktop\var\log\wsl-proxy.log

After confirming that these logs are not relevant to actual operations, how can I increase the log level or completely disable logging?

Sample content:

time="2025-03-18T09:17:24+08:00" level=debug msg="port proxy accepted TCP connection from [::1]:58158"
time="2025-03-18T09:17:24+08:00" level=debug msg="Error copying to upstream: writeto tcp [::1]:3000->[::1]:58158: readfrom tcp 192.168.143.2:50200->192.168.143.1:3000: use of closed network connection"

Environment info:

Rancher Desktop version: 1.16.0

WSL version: 2.4.12.0
Core version: 5.15.167.4-1
WSLg version: 1.0.65
MSRDC version: 1.2.5716
Direct3D version: 1.611.1-81528511
DXCore version: 10.0.26100.1-240331-1435.ge-release
Windows version: 10.0.19045.5737

[jandubois]

If you have debug mode enabled, you could disable it to reduce the amount of logs written:

Also, don't the logs get deleted every time you restart Rancher Desktop?

[yuzjzj]

Thank you for your reply.

I have confirmed that the "Enable debug mode" option is not checked.
The "Show Logs" option points to the path %AppData%\..\Local\rancher-desktop\logs on Windows 10,
rather than to \\wsl.localhost\rancher-desktop\var\log\wsl-proxy.log on WSL.

I tried the following steps:

1. Checked "Enable debug mode"
2. Restarted Rancher Desktop
3. Unchecked "Enable debug mode"
4. Restarted Rancher Desktop again

After restarting Rancher Desktop, the logs located on Windows 10 are deleted as expected.
However, the logs located in WSL are not deleted after rebooting the system or restarting Rancher Desktop.

[jandubois]

Thank you for following up. I've turned your response into a GitHub issue at #8501.