chore: remove debugging code and logging statements

Co-authored-by: aider (gemini/gemini-2.5-pro) <aider@aider.chat>
cecli-dev · ErichBSchulz · Oct 29, 2025 · Oct 29, 2025 · Oct 29, 2025 · Oct 29, 2025
commit f6dcda596015ac16bf25d2d01607afe0f140abc2
diff --git a/aider/coders/base_coder.py b/aider/coders/base_coder.py
@@ -381,14 +381,12 @@ def __init__(
         map_cache_dir=".",
         repomap_in_memory=False,
         preserve_todo_list=False,
-        logger=None,
     ):
         # initialize from args.map_cache_dir
         self.map_cache_dir = map_cache_dir
 
         # Fill in a dummy Analytics if needed, but it is never .enable()'d
         self.analytics = analytics if analytics is not None else Analytics()
-        self.logger = logger
 
         self.event = self.analytics.event
         self.chat_language = chat_language
@@ -1076,8 +1074,6 @@ async def _run_patched(self, with_message=None, preproc=True):
         processing_task = None
         try:
             if with_message:
-                if self.logger:
-                    self.logger.debug(f"Running with message: {with_message}")
                 self.io.user_input(with_message)
                 await self.run_one(with_message, preproc)
                 return self.partial_response_content
@@ -1092,16 +1088,6 @@ async def _run_patched(self, with_message=None, preproc=True):
                         and not user_message
                         and (not processing_task or not self.io.placeholder)
                     ):
-                        if self.logger:
-                            self.logger.debug(
-                                "CONDITION MET to get input. "
-                                f"confirmation_in_progress={self.confirmation_in_progress}, "
-                                f"input_task is None={input_task is None}, "
-                                f"user_message is None={user_message is None}, "
-                                f"processing_task is None={processing_task is None}, "
-                                f"placeholder={self.io.placeholder!r}"
-                            )
-                            self.logger.debug("Getting input from user")
                         if not self.suppress_announcements_for_next_prompt:
                             self.show_announcements()
                         self.suppress_announcements_for_next_prompt = False
@@ -1137,8 +1123,6 @@ async def _run_patched(self, with_message=None, preproc=True):
 
                             try:
                                 user_message = input_task.result()
-                                if self.logger:
-                                    self.logger.debug(f"Got user_message: {user_message!r}")
                             except (asyncio.CancelledError, KeyboardInterrupt):
                                 user_message = None
                             input_task = None

diff --git a/aider/commands.py b/aider/commands.py
@@ -294,8 +294,6 @@ async def do_run(self, cmd_name, args):
             return
 
         try:
-            if self.coder.logger:
-                self.coder.logger.debug(f"Executing command: {cmd_name} with args: {args!r}")
             if asyncio.iscoroutinefunction(cmd_method):
                 return await cmd_method(args)
             else:

diff --git a/aider/main.py b/aider/main.py
@@ -7,12 +7,9 @@
 import threading
 import traceback
 import webbrowser
-import logging
 from dataclasses import fields
 from pathlib import Path
 
-DEBUG_COUNTER = 6
-
 try:
     import git
 except ImportError:
@@ -615,22 +612,6 @@ def get_io(pretty):
         io = get_io(False)
         io.tool_warning("Terminal does not support pretty output (UnicodeDecodeError)")
 
-    # setup logging
-    log_file = os.path.expanduser("~/.aider/debug.log")
-    if not os.path.exists(os.path.dirname(log_file)):
-        os.makedirs(os.path.dirname(log_file))
-
-    log_handler = logging.FileHandler(log_file, mode="a", encoding="utf-8")
-    log_formatter = logging.Formatter("%(asctime)s - %(levelname)s - BUG20251029 - %(message)s")
-    log_handler.setFormatter(log_formatter)
-    logger = logging.getLogger("aider_debug")
-    logger.addHandler(log_handler)
-    logger.setLevel(logging.DEBUG)
-    logger.propagate = False  # prevent output to console
-    logger.info(f"Aider starting up, DEBUG_COUNTER = {DEBUG_COUNTER}")
-
-    io.tool_output(f"DEBUG COUNTER: {DEBUG_COUNTER}")
-
     # Process any environment variables set via --set-env
     if args.set_env:
         for env_setting in args.set_env:
@@ -1075,7 +1056,6 @@ def get_io(pretty):
             context_compaction_max_tokens=args.context_compaction_max_tokens,
             context_compaction_summary_tokens=args.context_compaction_summary_tokens,
             map_cache_dir=args.map_cache_dir,
-            logger=logger,
         )
     except UnknownEditFormat as err:
         io.tool_error(str(err))

diff --git a/debug_plan.md b/debug_plan.md
@@ -86,11 +86,11 @@ tracking to ensure clarity and correctness.
     specific placeholder and its cleanup will still be handled within `aider/commands.py`. The
     debug counter will be incremented to version 5.
     *Status: This fixed the race condition, but introduced a distracting spinner during user prompts.*
-*   `[ ]` **Fix Distracting Spinner**
+*   `[✓]` **Fix Distracting Spinner**
     To fix the spinner appearing during user prompts, I will remove the `self.io.start_spinner("Processing...")`
     call from `_run_patched` in `aider/coders/base_coder.py`. Spinners for LLM activity are
     handled elsewhere. The debug counter will be incremented to version 6.
-*   `[ ]` **Clean up debugging code**
+*   `[✓]` **Clean up debugging code**
     Once the bug is confirmed to be fixed, I will remove the debug counter, the file logger,
     and all the `BUG20251029` logging statements from the code.