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Excessive logging with ping

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Description

I use node-red to monitor the availability of my IoT / other devices by pinging them every 20seconds. Although this is probably not the ideal method it works for me but unfortunately it generates excessive amount of log messages like this.

15 Jun 15:35:21 - [info] [ping:5c31503383df695d-1683c145933c6c70] ping - Host '192.168.x.x' process timeout - sending SIGINT

I would like to make an argument that this should not be a info-level message, but rather debug.

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Start by tracing the ping node's timeout path that emits the reported process-timeout message. Confirm where its log level is selected and verify that this timeout is no longer emitted at info level; the issue does not name a file or test to run.

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Tech stack
javascript
Domain
networking
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
2/5
Estimated time
1-3 hours
Activity status
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Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
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