[LukeTowers]

Problem

With logging.deprecations at its default null (LOG_DEPRECATIONS_CHANNEL), every PHP/library deprecation is still written to the backend event log (system_event_logs). Recent Twig versions deprecate APIs Winter calls, so production event logs fill with hundreds of rows per page. error_reporting in php.ini can't help because Laravel forces error_reporting(-1).

Cause

HandleExceptions::handleDeprecationError() logs to the deprecations channel, which for null is a Monolog NullHandler. Illuminate\Log\Logger::writeLog() still fires MessageLogged for it, and the listener in System\ServiceProvider::registerLogging() stores every MessageLogged via EventLog::add().

Fix

Laravel uses logging.channels.deprecations when it exists. In registerLogging(), when that channel isn't configured and logging.deprecations resolves to null (string or ['channel' => ...]), Winter now defines it as a NullHandler channel with a new System\Classes\SilentLogChannel tap, which swaps the channel's event dispatcher for Laravel's NullDispatcher. No MessageLogged is fired, so nothing reaches the event log. A dispatcher swap is used rather than a high-level handler because Laravel 9's Logger doesn't skip MessageLogged for non-handling loggers.

If an app sets another deprecations channel (e.g. daily) or defines channels.deprecations itself, nothing changes: deprecations go to that channel and the event log as before.

Testing

• New tests in modules/system/tests/ServiceProviderTest.php:
  • with the default config, Log::channel('deprecations')->warning() fires no MessageLogged while Log::warning() still does;
  • the channel is only defined for null/unset/array-with-null options, not for single or ['channel' => 'daily'], and an app-defined channels.deprecations is left alone.
• Both new tests fail without the fix and pass with it.
• Full modules/system/tests suite: the only failures before the fix were the two new tests; with the fix, all 399 tests pass (29 skipped).
• phpcs clean on the changed files.

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Summary by CodeRabbit

• Bug Fixes
  • Deprecation warnings are no longer recorded in the backend event log when the deprecations channel is configured as null.
  • Explicitly configured deprecation channels and custom logging channels remain unchanged.
• Documentation
  • Clarified that a null deprecations channel also keeps warnings out of the backend event log.

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Walkthrough

The logging provider now checks deprecation-channel configuration before registering log listeners. When no deprecations channel is configured and the resolved channel is exactly null, it configures a NullHandler channel with SilentLogChannel. The tap wraps an existing event dispatcher with NullDispatcher. Tests cover event logging, null-like configuration options, and preservation of an app-defined channel.

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

Severity of issue fixed: Low

Merge Risk: Low · up to 1a6c9

With a null deprecations channel, deprecation messages emitted very early in bootstrap can still end up in the backend event log. The effect is limited to log noise and does not break functionality, so the change is mergeable with owner awareness.

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Review comments at @modules/system/ServiceProvider.php:
- Around line 396-397: Update the deprecation-channel handling around
Config::get so an earlier plugin warning cannot leave a cached logger
unsilenced; ensure subsequent deprecations are silenced even when Laravel has
already configured the channel. Preserve app-defined channel configuration, and
use the existing logger and channel mechanisms rather than replacing them with
guessed APIs.

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Script executed:

rg -n -C 6 \
  'function (handleDeprecationError|ensureDeprecationLoggerIsConfigured)|function (get|resolve|channel|forgetChannel)|channels\[\$' \
  vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Foundation/Bootstrap/HandleExceptions.php \
  vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Log/LogManager.php

rg -n -C 6 \
  'function registerAll\s*\(|HandleExceptions::class|RegisterProviders::class' \
  --glob '*.php' .

Repository: wintercms/winter

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cat -n vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Foundation/Bootstrap/HandleExceptions.php | sed -n '35,190p'
cat -n vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Log/LogManager.php | sed -n '109,155p'
cat -n vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Log/Logger.php | sed -n '170,200p'
cat -n modules/system/ServiceProvider.php | sed -n '1,180p'
cat -n modules/system/ServiceProvider.php | sed -n '340,440p'
cat -n modules/system/classes/PluginManager.php | sed -n '245,305p'
rg -n -F -e 'HandleExceptions::class' -e 'RegisterProviders::class' -e 'LoadConfiguration::class' vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Foundation bootstrap modules/system || test "$?" -eq 1
rg -n -F -e 'MessageLogged' -e 'system_event_logs' modules/system | sed -n '1,100p'
rg -n -F -e 'laravel/framework' composer.lock composer.json | sed -n '1,25p'

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cat -n vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Foundation/Application.php | sed -n '315,355p'
cat -n vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Foundation/Application.php | sed -n '480,500p'
cat -n vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Foundation/Http/Kernel.php | sed -n '35,52p'
cat -n vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Foundation/Bootstrap/RegisterProviders.php | sed -n '20,40p'
cat -n composer.lock | sed -n '1425,1442p'
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Repository: wintercms/winter

Length of output: 7437

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Silence deprecations before an early warning can configure the channel.

If a plugin emits a deprecation during registration outside unit tests, Laravel can configure and cache the unsilenced channel before this helper runs. The guard then skips it, and subsequent deprecations can reach the event log.

Preserve app-defined channels and account for a cached logger when handling this sequence.

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Review comment at @modules/system/ServiceProvider.php around lines 396 - 397:
Update the deprecation-channel handling around Config::get so an earlier plugin warning cannot leave a cached logger unsilenced; ensure subsequent deprecations are silenced even when Laravel has already configured the channel. Preserve app-defined channel configuration, and use the existing logger and channel mechanisms rather than replacing them with guessed APIs.

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[austinderrick]

Should we do this to cover deprecations very early in the boot process? It also drops the deprecations logger Laravel may have already cached, so the next deprecation rebuilds it as the silent channel.

Suggested change

	if (Config::get('logging.channels.deprecations')) {
	return;
	}
	$options = Config::get('logging.deprecations');
	$channel = is_array($options) ? ($options['channel'] ?? 'null') : ($options ?? 'null');
	if ($channel !== 'null') {
	return;
	}
	Config::set('logging.channels.deprecations', [
	'driver' => 'monolog',
	'handler' => \Monolog\Handler\NullHandler::class,
	'tap' => [\System\Classes\SilentLogChannel::class],
	]);
	$existing = Config::get('logging.channels.deprecations');
	if ($existing && $existing !== Config::get('logging.channels.null')) {
	return;
	}
	$options = Config::get('logging.deprecations');
	$channel = is_array($options) ? ($options['channel'] ?? 'null') : ($options ?? 'null');
	if ($channel !== 'null') {
	return;
	}
	Config::set('logging.channels.deprecations', [
	'driver' => 'monolog',
	'handler' => \Monolog\Handler\NullHandler::class,
	'tap' => [\System\Classes\SilentLogChannel::class],
	]);
	$this->app['log']->forgetChannel('deprecations');