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Slightly excessive "normal operation" logging #10350

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What happened?

I have ~20 synced folders on my home "server" (a few large ones and many little single-purpose folders like "sync WoW addons"). They're all on default hourly scan. But with 20 of them it naturally adds up, so with Syncthing 2.0.x I am now getting three "Folder changed state" messages practically every minute (scan-waitingscanningidle) – probably 1/3rd of all system logs since reboot are just Syncthing informing verbosely about its periodic rescans. I'm wondering if these messages are really necessary, or if I'm holding Syncthing the wrong way.

Syncthing version

v2.0.3

Platform & operating system

Linux x86_64

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Relevant log output

Sep 04 09:07:52 myth syncthing[725]: 2025-09-04 09:07:52 INF Folder changed state (folder=ichok-zz7qs state=idle log.pkg=model)
Sep 04 09:09:38 myth syncthing[725]: 2025-09-04 09:09:38 INF Folder changed state (folder=exrmo-cczah state=scan-waiting log.pkg=model)
Sep 04 09:09:38 myth syncthing[725]: 2025-09-04 09:09:38 INF Folder changed state (folder=exrmo-cczah state=scanning log.pkg=model)
Sep 04 09:09:39 myth syncthing[725]: 2025-09-04 09:09:39 INF Folder changed state (folder=exrmo-cczah state=idle log.pkg=model)
Sep 04 09:12:19 myth syncthing[725]: 2025-09-04 09:12:19 INF Folder changed state (folder=raav2-qm2mc state=scan-waiting log.pkg=model)
Sep 04 09:12:19 myth syncthing[725]: 2025-09-04 09:12:19 INF Folder changed state (folder=raav2-qm2mc state=scanning log.pkg=model)
Sep 04 09:12:19 myth syncthing[725]: 2025-09-04 09:12:19 INF Folder changed state (folder=raav2-qm2mc state=idle log.pkg=model)
Sep 04 09:13:31 myth syncthing[725]: 2025-09-04 09:13:31 INF Folder changed state (folder=lwfnc-bdl2x state=scan-waiting log.pkg=model)
Sep 04 09:13:31 myth syncthing[725]: 2025-09-04 09:13:31 INF Folder changed state (folder=lwfnc-bdl2x state=scanning log.pkg=model)
Sep 04 09:13:31 myth syncthing[725]: 2025-09-04 09:13:31 INF Folder changed state (folder=lwfnc-bdl2x state=idle log.pkg=model)
Sep 04 09:14:26 myth syncthing[725]: 2025-09-04 09:14:26 INF Folder changed state (folder=cdnce-jrrlr state=scan-waiting log.pkg=model)
Sep 04 09:14:26 myth syncthing[725]: 2025-09-04 09:14:26 INF Folder changed state (folder=cdnce-jrrlr state=scanning log.pkg=model)
Sep 04 09:14:26 myth syncthing[725]: 2025-09-04 09:14:26 INF Folder changed state (folder=cdnce-jrrlr state=idle log.pkg=model)

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