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goose Generates Huge Log Files in Hidden .local Folder on Mac

Open corydouthat-sq opened this issue 4 months ago • 12 comments

Describe the bug I have found that goose frequently hangs indefinitely with simple commands. This doesn't always cause a problem, but sometimes if I forget to stop it, it will generate log files in the 100s of GBs until it fills up the drive. See screenshot.

To Reproduce

  1. Use goose UI on Mac for normal research, code analysis, or questions.
  2. goose hangs on a complex request.
  3. Forget to stop it, it never times out.
  4. Eventually the Macbook starts running very slowly once it is nearly out of drive space

Expected behavior

  • Log files would be capped at a certain size
  • Log files and caches would be in a non-hidden location and could be cleared from within the app
  • goose would have a reasonable default timeout

Screenshots Image

Please provide following information:

  • macOS Sequoia 15.6.1, Apple Silicon M1
  • UI
  • Version: 1.5.0-block.202508202012...
  • Extensions: Developer

Additional context In this most recent instance, the logs were called ...-goosed.log and ...-mcp-developer.log, but I had to delete them.

corydouthat-sq avatar Aug 27 '25 05:08 corydouthat-sq

I can confirm this issue. https://github.com/towry/dots/blob/next/scripts/freeup-my-tiny-macbook.sh#L29

towry avatar Aug 28 '25 14:08 towry

.take

naveenkumar29052006 avatar Oct 03 '25 16:10 naveenkumar29052006

Thanks for taking this issue! Let us know if you have any questions!

github-actions[bot] avatar Oct 03 '25 16:10 github-actions[bot]

related https://github.com/block/goose/pull/4985

zanesq avatar Oct 03 '25 18:10 zanesq

thanks, @zanesq - yeah I took a stab at this. If you want to fork the PR and continue to work on that (take @jamadeo 's ) suggestions in for example, that could work!

DOsinga avatar Oct 04 '25 13:10 DOsinga

Let us know if you have any questions, @naveenkumar29052006 !

taniandjerry avatar Oct 08 '25 18:10 taniandjerry

Hi @naveenkumar29052006 - wanted to check if you are still working on this!

taniandjerry avatar Oct 21 '25 19:10 taniandjerry

Hi @naveenkumar29052006 - wanted to check if you are still working on this!

yes @taniandjerry i am almost fininshed with my work

naveenkumar29052006 avatar Oct 22 '25 02:10 naveenkumar29052006

.take

Shreyanshsingh23 avatar Oct 24 '25 05:10 Shreyanshsingh23

The issue you are trying to assign to yourself is already assigned.

github-actions[bot] avatar Oct 24 '25 05:10 github-actions[bot]

As it seems @Shreyanshsingh23 that @naveenkumar29052006 is still working on this, you may explore other open issues!

taniandjerry avatar Oct 24 '25 20:10 taniandjerry

Removing the Hacktoberfest labels from this issue. Given that it will take more time to contribute to this issue, and there is no PR ready for review, I want to make sure the remaining time this week is used to get all final submissions merged! Anyone is welcome to reopen this if they have a PR ready to contribute.

taniandjerry avatar Oct 28 '25 20:10 taniandjerry

this has been fixed on main

DOsinga avatar Nov 06 '25 13:11 DOsinga