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When synchronet web server is being accessed, log file switches back and forth between requests wasting resources

I've noticed in my logs that when a request is made to web.magnumbbs.net (my webv4 instance), sbbs switches back and forth from http-web.magnumbbs.net-YYYY-MM-DD and http-YYYY-MM-DD.

Here is a snapshot of my logs:

https://pastebin.com/ZrC8Nd5y

Here are the files:

-rw-rw----. 1 sbbs sbbs 0 Jan 8 00:00 http-2026-01-08.log -rw-rw----. 1 sbbs sbbs 698204 Jan 8 10:51 http-web.magnumbbs.net-2026-01-08.log

I'm not sure why sbbs keeps on going back and forth between logfiles only to write nothing out to the http-YYYY-MM-DD file.

Surely this is just wasting resources?