From e3c05095f8d3cc611c9730142f0baca82c2e8508 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: jenkins <jenkins@bstein.dev>
Date: Thu, 21 May 2026 13:26:58 -0300
Subject: [PATCH] logging: trim active pod logs on constrained nodes

---
 services/logging/scripts/node_log_rotation.sh | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/services/logging/scripts/node_log_rotation.sh b/services/logging/scripts/node_log_rotation.sh
index 774536ce..73f4dd0f 100644
--- a/services/logging/scripts/node_log_rotation.sh
+++ b/services/logging/scripts/node_log_rotation.sh
@@ -110,6 +110,9 @@ trim_constrained_pod_logs() {
       continue
     fi
     find "${base}/pods" -type f \( -name '[1-9]*.log' -o -name '*.log.20*' \) -size +1M -print -exec truncate -s 0 {} \; 2>/dev/null || true
+    # Some nodes keep active container logs on tiny zram-backed /var/log.
+    # Trim noisy live logs before kubelet loses the ability to create pods.
+    find "${base}/pods" -type f -name '0.log' -size +1M -print -exec truncate -s 1M {} \; 2>/dev/null || true
     if [ -d "${base}/containers" ]; then
       find "${base}/containers" -xtype l -print -delete 2>/dev/null || true
     fi