TYPO3 Core

Yes, I've had 'loadTCA' calls in 4 extensions, and I've removed them all yesterday. Since the messages always reappeared under Reports, I checked the file directly using a terminal. Non of the (old) messages could be found here, so the file which is written is perfectly ok.

If I open this very log using Reports, all old messages re-appear (without effecting the real file).

If I delete the file using Reports -> delete DL, file is deleted from file-system.

Reopening it in BE after some action: back again, those sticky little bastards. With dates older than the last file deletion.

Can you try to use the clear cache in the Install Tool. Probably you removed the loadTca from ext_tables.php files which is cached.

I did not clear the cache in the install tool. Only did it in the BE - AND - I deleted everything from typo3temp/Cache/ folder.

Anyhow. Doing it via the install tool seems to solve the problem.

Question is. What does a user expect here? After clearing the log, the file is physicaly deleted from file system and none of the 'old' errors finds it's way back into the real log again. So the written log always is correct.

If it would be a pure problem of caching ext_tables.php, those 'old' messages should re-occur in the (physical) log, since the cached (old) version should trigger them again. But they don't show up, except if viewing the log in the BE.

As long as we have no real/working "Clear all caches" in BE, it makes no sense to keep a function of log-clearing in the Reports module. Maybe it should be moved to the install tool as well?

Have a look at this text: https://review.typo3.org/#/c/26912/3/NEWS.md