How to stop logback status INFO at the start of every log?

By mkyong | Updated: February 8, 2017

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The logbook will output its own status (INFO or WARN) at the start of the program, it’s really annoying!

15:34:46,181 |-INFO in ch.qos.logback.classic.LoggerContext[default] - Could NOT find resource [logback.groovy]
15:34:46,181 |-INFO in ch.qos.logback.classic.LoggerContext[default] - Could NOT find resource [logback-test.xml]
15:34:46,181 |-INFO in ch.qos.logback.classic.LoggerContext[default] - Found resource [logback.xml] at [file:/E:/spring-boot-simple/target/classes/logback.xml]
15:34:46,247 |-INFO in ch.qos.logback.classic.joran.action.ConfigurationAction - debug attribute not set
15:34:46,260 |-INFO in ch.qos.logback.core.joran.action.AppenderAction - About to instantiate appender of type [ch.qos.logback.core.ConsoleAppender]
15:34:46,267 |-INFO in ch.qos.logback.core.joran.action.AppenderAction - Naming appender as [STDOUT]
15:34:46,319 |-WARN in ch.qos.logback.core.ConsoleAppender[STDOUT] - This appender no longer admits a layout as a sub-component, set an encoder instead.
15:34:46,319 |-WARN in ch.qos.logback.core.ConsoleAppender[STDOUT] - To ensure compatibility, wrapping your layout in LayoutWrappingEncoder.
15:34:46,319 |-WARN in ch.qos.logback.core.ConsoleAppender[STDOUT] - See also http://logback.qos.ch/codes.html#layoutInsteadOfEncoder for details
15:34:46,320 |-INFO in ch.qos.logback.classic.joran.action.LoggerAction - Setting level of logger [org.springframework.web] to ERROR
15:34:46,320 |-INFO in ch.qos.logback.classic.joran.action.LoggerAction - Setting additivity of logger [org.springframework.web] to false
15:34:46,320 |-INFO in ch.qos.logback.core.joran.action.AppenderRefAction - Attaching appender named [STDOUT] to Logger[org.springframework.web]
15:34:46,320 |-INFO in ch.qos.logback.classic.joran.action.LoggerAction - Setting level of logger [com.mkyong] to ERROR
15:34:46,320 |-INFO in ch.qos.logback.classic.joran.action.LoggerAction - Setting additivity of logger [com.mkyong] to false
15:34:46,320 |-INFO in ch.qos.logback.core.joran.action.AppenderRefAction - Attaching appender named [STDOUT] to Logger[com.mkyong]
15:34:46,320 |-INFO in ch.qos.logback.classic.joran.action.RootLoggerAction - Setting level of ROOT logger to ERROR
15:34:46,321 |-INFO in ch.qos.logback.core.joran.action.AppenderRefAction - Attaching appender named [STDOUT] to Logger[ROOT]
15:34:46,321 |-INFO in ch.qos.logback.classic.joran.action.ConfigurationAction - End of configuration.
15:34:46,322 |-INFO in ch.qos.logback.classic.joran.JoranConfigurator@7bb11784 - Registering current configuration as safe fallback point

Solution

To fix it, add a NopStatusListener like this :

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<configuration>

    <!-- Stop output INFO at start -->
    <statusListener class="ch.qos.logback.core.status.NopStatusListener" />

    <appender name="STDOUT" class="ch.qos.logback.core.ConsoleAppender">
        <layout class="ch.qos.logback.classic.PatternLayout">
            <Pattern>
                %d{yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss} %-5level %logger{36} - %msg%n
            </Pattern>
        </layout>
    </appender>

    <root level="error">
        <appender-ref ref="STDOUT"/>
    </root>

</configuration>

References

1. logback – NopStatusListener