Reduce log noise: models.dev refresh logs at INFO level during startup

[devxoul]

Problem

During startup, the models.dev refresh function logs at INFO level, creating unnecessary noise in production logs:

INFO  2026-01-25T06:06:04 +69ms service=models.dev file={} refreshing

This log message is operational/diagnostic in nature and doesn't provide actionable information to end users in production environments.

Expected Behavior

• Production (INFO level): Operational logs like "refreshing" should be hidden
• Local development (DEBUG level): These logs should remain visible for debugging purposes

Proposed Solution

Change the log.info("refreshing", { file }) call to log.debug("refreshing") in the models.dev refresh function.

This approach:

• Removes INFO-level log noise during startup
• Preserves diagnostic capability for local development where log level defaults to DEBUG
• Follows existing patterns in the codebase (e.g., config.ts uses log.debug() for similar operational logs)

Affected Files

• packages/opencode/src/provider/models.ts

[github-actions]

This issue might be a duplicate of existing issues. Please check:

• Excessive Informational Logging Clutters Log Files in Default Configuration #5004: Excessive Informational Logging Clutters Log Files in Default Configuration

Both issues describe the same problem: INFO-level logs cluttering output during startup. You may want to check that issue for additional context or related solutions.

Feel free to ignore if your specific case is different.

[yanosh-k]

As I see it, this is happening because the ModelsDev.refresh() is called on module initialization which is before Log.init() in packages/opencode/src/index.ts. The default log level, before Log.init() is called, is INFO, so those debug() calls will actually not be logged. This defeats the purpose of them being there and I think a more general fix is required.

Maybe moving the initial refresh() call into a its own init() function would be a better approach:

in packages/opencode/src/provider/models.ts wrap the initial call in:

 export function init() {
    if (!Flag.OPENCODE_DISABLE_MODELS_FETCH) {
      ModelsDev.refresh()
      setInterval(
        async () => {
          await ModelsDev.refresh()
        },
        60 * 1000 * 60,
      ).unref()
    }
  }

then in packages/opencode/src/index.ts, load the module and init() it after the Log has been initialized in the cli middleware: ModelsDev.init()

[padapada09]

I'm having this issue on a clean install on macos 26 with version 1.1.35. Haven't found a workaround yet.

[padapada09]

To clarify this is not just a problem of amount of logs, this is preventing the use of opencode at least on macos, as it crashes the terminal ui entirely.

[yanosh-k]

I'm having this issue on a clean install on macos 26 with version 1.1.35. Haven't found a workaround yet.

I think a temp workaround would be to just suppress stderr, when launching opencode: opencode 2>/dev/null

[padapada09]

@yanosh-k I just tried it, it did not show the info log, but it also crash showing me a blank screen.