From b240e5d421c6b2798e042c45145a8bca7e081ab0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Martinski4GitHub <119833648+Martinski4GitHub@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sun, 1 Mar 2026 23:49:51 -0800
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Discard "debug" Log Messages From "messages" Log

Modified top-level syslog-ng configuration file to discard all "debug" log priority level entries from the "messages" log file.
---
 syslog-ng.share/syslog-ng.conf-scribe | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/syslog-ng.share/syslog-ng.conf-scribe b/syslog-ng.share/syslog-ng.conf-scribe
index 2858b5a..86a7de2 100644
--- a/syslog-ng.share/syslog-ng.conf-scribe
+++ b/syslog-ng.share/syslog-ng.conf-scribe
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #############################################################################
 # syslog-ng.conf customized for Scribe on Asuswrt-Merlin firmware
-# Last Modified: 2026-Feb-01
+# Last Modified: 2026-Mar-01
 #
 # Compare to /opt/share/syslog-ng/examples/syslog-ng.conf-opkg for 
 # differences from the Entware distribution
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ log {
     source(src);
 # uncomment this and "source s_net" function above to get udp log messages from local network #
 #OFF# source(s_net);
+    filter { level(info..emerg); };
     destination(messages);
 # uncomment this and "destination log_server" function above to send udp log messages to local network #
 #OFF# destination(log_server);

From 6569a63fc55316ebb83b75b9b37cdc6a679d3322 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Martinski4GitHub <119833648+Martinski4GitHub@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sun, 1 Mar 2026 23:55:55 -0800
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Discard or Capture "debug" Log Messages

- New syslog-ng filter configuration file to discard all "debug" log priority level messages.
- New syslog-ng filter configuration file to capture all 'debug' log priority level messages in a separate log file.
---
 syslog-ng.share/A0DebugMsgsCapture | 19 +++++++++++++++++++
 syslog-ng.share/A0DebugMsgsDiscard | 13 +++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 32 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 syslog-ng.share/A0DebugMsgsCapture
 create mode 100644 syslog-ng.share/A0DebugMsgsDiscard

diff --git a/syslog-ng.share/A0DebugMsgsCapture b/syslog-ng.share/A0DebugMsgsCapture
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d313853
--- /dev/null
+++ b/syslog-ng.share/A0DebugMsgsCapture
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+#######################################################
+# Capture all incoming log messages that are tagged
+# with the 'debug' log priority level.
+# /opt/var/log/debugMessages.log
+# Last Modified: 2026-Mar-01
+#######################################################
+
+destination d_DebugLogMsg { 
+    file('/opt/var/log/debugMessages.log');
+};
+
+log {
+    source(src);
+    filter { level(debug); };
+    destination(d_DebugLogMsg);
+    flags(final);
+};
+
+#eof#
diff --git a/syslog-ng.share/A0DebugMsgsDiscard b/syslog-ng.share/A0DebugMsgsDiscard
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..86750b8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/syslog-ng.share/A0DebugMsgsDiscard
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+#######################################################
+# Discard all incoming log messages that are tagged
+# with the 'debug' log priority level.
+# Last Modified: 2026-Mar-01
+#######################################################
+
+log {
+    source(src);
+    filter { level(debug); };
+    flags(final);
+};
+
+#eof#