Sync master into develop (#850)

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This PR is to Merge temporary intermediate branch create from master
back into develop with hotfix changes for 7.11.0
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Author: paulbourelly999

docs/Release_notes.md

@@ -1,6 +1,15 @@
 V2X-Hub Release Notes
 ---------------------------------
 
+Version 7.11.1, released Jan 30th, 2026
+--------------------------------------------------------
+
+**Summary:**
+V2X Hub release 7.11.1 is a hotfix for version 7.11.0. It fixes the V2X Hub JSON Message Logger to prevent existing logs from being overwritten when the log file reaches its file size limit.
+
+**Fixes**  
+- Pull Requests: [V2X-Hub PR #835](https://github.com/usdot-fhwa-OPS/V2X-Hub/pull/835)
+
 Version 7.11.0, released Dec 24th, 2025
 --------------------------------------------------------
 

src/v2i-hub/JSONMessageLoggerPlugin/manifest.json

@@ -30,17 +30,17 @@
 		},
         {
             "key": "MaxFileSize",
-            "default": "10",
-            "description": "Maximum size of the log file in bytes before it is rotated in MB"
+            "default": "700",
+            "description": "Maximum size of the log file in bytes before it is rotated in MB. 1 day of SPAT, MAP, and TIM data is approximately 500 MB."
         },
         {
             "key": "MaxFiles",
             "default": "5",
-            "description": "Maximum number of log files to keep before deleting the oldest"
+            "description": "Maximum number of log files to keep before deleting the oldest. This does not include the active log file so 5 here will be 5 old log files plus the currently active log file until file size roll over limit is hit. This should keep roughly 5 days of V2X data or 3.5 GBs"
         },
         {
             "key": "LogDir",
-            "default": "/var/log/tmx/",
+            "default": "/var/log/tmx/json/",
             "description": "Directory where log files will be stored"
         }
     ]

src/v2i-hub/JSONMessageLoggerPlugin/src/JSONMessageLoggerPlugin.cpp

@@ -32,29 +32,35 @@ namespace JSONMessageLoggerPlugin {
 
     void JSONMessageLoggerPlugin::initLogging(unsigned int maxFileSize, unsigned int maxFiles, const std::string &logDir)
     {
+        PLOG(tmx::utils::logDEBUG) << "Initializing JSON Message Logger with MaxFileSize: " 
+            << maxFileSize << " MB, MaxFiles: " << maxFiles << ", LogDir: " << logDir;
          // Common attributes (timestamp, etc.)
         boost::log::add_common_attributes();
 
         // RX Logger
         boost::log::add_file_log
         (
-            boost::log::keywords::file_name = logDir + "j2735Rx_%Y-%m-%d.log",
+            boost::log::keywords::file_name = logDir+"j2735Rx_%Y-%m-%d_%H-%M-%S.%N.log",
+            boost::log::keywords::target = logDir,
             boost::log::keywords::rotation_size = maxFileSize * 1024 * 1024,
             boost::log::keywords::time_based_rotation = boost::log::sinks::file::rotation_at_time_point(0, 0, 0),
             boost::log::keywords::format = boost::log::expressions::stream << boost::log::expressions::smessage,
             boost::log::keywords::filter = a_channel == "rx", // Filter for "rx" channel messages
-            boost::log::keywords::max_files = maxFiles // Set maximum number of log files
+            boost::log::keywords::max_files = maxFiles, // Set maximum number of log files
+            boost::log::keywords::auto_flush = true
         );
 
         // TX Logger
         boost::log::add_file_log
         (
-            boost::log::keywords::file_name = logDir+"j2735Tx_%Y-%m-%d.log",
+            boost::log::keywords::file_name = logDir+"j2735Tx_%Y-%m-%d_%H-%M-%S.%N.log",
+            boost::log::keywords::target = logDir,
             boost::log::keywords::rotation_size = maxFileSize * 1024 * 1024,
             boost::log::keywords::time_based_rotation = boost::log::sinks::file::rotation_at_time_point(0, 0, 0),
             boost::log::keywords::format = boost::log::expressions::stream << boost::log::expressions::smessage,
             boost::log::keywords::filter = a_channel == "tx", // Filter for "tx" channel messages
-            boost::log::keywords::max_files = maxFiles // Set maximum number of log files
+            boost::log::keywords::max_files = maxFiles, // Set maximum number of log files
+            boost::log::keywords::auto_flush = true
 
         );
         rxLogger = boost::log::sources::severity_channel_logger< boost::log::trivial::severity_level , std::string>(boost::log::keywords::channel = "rx");