# Resources generating excessive INFO logs | Cloud Efficiency Hub Canonical: https://www.pointfive.co/efficiency-hub/inefficiencies/resources-generating-excessive-info-logs-6c920 Some GCP services and workloads generate INFO-level logs at very high frequencies - for example, load balancers logging every HTTP request or GKE nodes... By: Yuval Goldstein [Cloud Efficiency Hub](https://www.pointfive.co/efficiency-hub) # Resources Generating Excessive INFO Logs The short version Some GCP services and workloads generate INFO-level logs at very high frequencies - for example, load balancers logging every HTTP request or GKE nodes logging system health messages. Yuval Goldstein GCP service [GCP Cloud Logging](https://www.pointfive.co/efficiency-hub/cloud-services/gcp-cloud-logging) Category [Other](https://www.pointfive.co/efficiency-hub/service-category/other) Reference CER-0253 Type Excessive Ingestion or Processing ## Explanation Why the waste happens and who it affects. While valuable for debugging, these logs can flood Cloud Logging with non-critical data. Without log-level tuning or exclusion filters, organizations incur continuous ingestion charges for messages that are seldom analyzed. Over time, this behavior compounds into a persistent waste driver across large-scale environments. ## Billing model The pricing dimensions that drive this cost. Cloud Logging costs are driven by data ingestion volume and storage retention. Excessive INFO-level logs increase both metrics, especially when emitted by high-traffic resources such as API endpoints, Kubernetes clusters, or compute instances. Since these logs rarely indicate actionable events, their ingestion often yields limited operational value. ## How to detect 4 checks to find it in your estate. - Identify resources or services with log ingestion volumes significantly above expected baselines - Correlate ingestion costs with log severity levels to determine if INFO logs dominate total volume - Review application or service configurations that define log verbosity levels - Assess whether INFO-level logs provide measurable operational value or simply duplicate metrics already available through monitoring ## How to fix 4 ways to remove the waste. - Adjust log verbosity in resource configurations or application code to emit fewer INFO-level messages - Apply Logging sink filters or exclusions to prevent ingestion of repetitive INFO logs - Aggregate high-volume INFO logs into sampled or summarized events where detailed records are unnecessary - Establish logging standards that define appropriate verbosity levels for each environment and service type ## Documentation Vendor references for pricing and configuration. - [Cloud Logging Exclusions and Filters cloud.google.com](https://cloud.google.com/logging/docs/exclusions) - [Cloud Logging Pricing cloud.google.com](https://cloud.google.com/stackdriver/pricing) ## Related inefficiencies [Browse the library](https://www.pointfive.co/efficiency-hub) - GCP Cloud Logging CER-0245 ### [Logging Buckets in Non-Production Environments Storing Info Logs](https://www.pointfive.co/efficiency-hub/inefficiencies/logging-buckets-in-non-production-environments-storing-info-logs-1edcf) Non-production environments frequently generate INFO-level logs that capture expected system behavior or routine API calls. While useful for troubleshooting in development, they rarely need to be retained. Allowing all INFO logs to be... Other - GCP Cloud Logging CER-0494 ### [Broadly Enabled Data Access Audit Logs](https://www.pointfive.co/efficiency-hub/inefficiencies/broadly-enabled-data-access-audit-logs) Cloud Audit Logs Data Access logs record API calls that read metadata (ADMIN\_READ) and read or write user data (DATA\_READ and DATA\_WRITE). They are disabled by default for all services except some BigQuery services, and Google warns that... Other - GCP Cloud Logging CER-0262 ### [Suboptimal Storage for Logs](https://www.pointfive.co/efficiency-hub/inefficiencies/suboptimal-storage-for-logs-fd1d9) Many organizations retain all logs in Cloud Logging's standard storage, even when the data is rarely queried or required only for audit or compliance. Log bucket cost comes mainly from the per-GiB storage charge applied when logs are... Other --- Source: the public page above. Product screenshots and illustrative interfaces are examples, not live customer data.