Console filled with stderr output in WSL 2 (Ubuntu) under Windows 11 after app startup

[asampal]

Describe the bug

After starting headlamp from the console, stderr output indicating what seems to be success keeps being printed.

server process stderr: {"level":"info","duration_ms":"4.78","source":"/home/runner/work/headlamp/headlamp/backend/cmd/headlamp.go","line":1545,"time":"2026-02-08T14:51:28-05:00","message":"Request completed successfully"}

server process stderr: {"level":"info","duration_ms":"4.54","source":"/home/runner/work/headlamp/headlamp/backend/cmd/headlamp.go","line":1545,"time":"2026-02-08T14:51:35-05:00","message":"Request completed successfully"}

server process stderr: {"level":"info","duration_ms":"4.91","source":"/home/runner/work/headlamp/headlamp/backend/cmd/headlamp.go","line":1545,"time":"2026-02-08T14:51:40-05:00","message":"Request completed successfully"}

server process stderr: {"level":"info","duration_ms":"6.13","source":"/home/runner/work/headlamp/headlamp/backend/cmd/headlamp.go","line":1545,"time":"2026-02-08T14:51:45-05:00","message":"Request completed successfully"}

server process stderr: {"level":"info","duration_ms":"4.30","source":"/home/runner/work/headlamp/headlamp/backend/cmd/headlamp.go","line":1545,"time":"2026-02-08T14:51:50-05:00","message":"Request completed successfully"}

server process stderr: {"level":"info","duration_ms":"4.45","source":"/home/runner/work/headlamp/headlamp/backend/cmd/headlamp.go","line":1545,"time":"2026-02-08T14:51:55-05:00","message":"Request completed successfully"}

server process stderr: {"level":"info","duration_ms":"4.32","source":"/home/runner/work/headlamp/headlamp/backend/cmd/headlamp.go","line":1545,"time":"2026-02-08T14:52:00-05:00","message":"Request completed successfully"}

server process stderr: {"level":"info","duration_ms":"4.39","source":"/home/runner/work/headlamp/headlamp/backend/cmd/headlamp.go","line":1545,"time":"2026-02-08T14:52:06-05:00","message":"Request completed successfully"}

server process stderr: {"level":"info","duration_ms":"4.62","source":"/home/runner/work/headlamp/headlamp/backend/cmd/headlamp.go","line":1545,"time":"2026-02-08T14:52:11-05:00","message":"Request completed successfully"}

server process stderr: {"level":"info","duration_ms":"4.13","source":"/home/runner/work/headlamp/headlamp/backend/cmd/headlamp.go","line":1545,"time":"2026-02-08T14:52:16-05:00","message":"Request completed successfully"}

To Reproduce

Steps to reproduce the bug:

1. Open WSL 2 bash terminal
2. Run the AppImage app
3. App GUI starts and runs as expected
4. Observe continuous stdErr output in the bash terminal

Environment (please provide info about your environment):

• Linux-AppImage, WSL2 under Windows 11
• Headlamp Version: 0.40.0
• Other: [e.g. any other relevant info]

Are you able to fix this issue?

No

[sniok]

stderr is used for diagnostic output, this is normal. Are there any issues with the app itself?

[asampal]

Not that I notice. Closing if this is expected