#1098360 cups: Constantly writing CUPS-Create-Local-Printer to access_log

Package:
cups
Source:
cups
Description:
Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - PPD/driver support, web interface
Submitter:
Jérémy Lal
Date:
2025-02-19 13:51:02 UTC
Severity:
normal
#1098360#5
Date:
2025-02-19 13:47:30 UTC
From:
To:
This is what I see:

localhost - - [19/Feb/2025:14:32:08 +0100] "POST / HTTP/1.1" 200 222 CUPS-Create-Local-Printer successful-ok
localhost - - [19/Feb/2025:14:32:08 +0100] "POST / HTTP/1.1" 200 222 CUPS-Create-Local-Printer successful-ok
localhost - - [19/Feb/2025:14:32:08 +0100] "POST / HTTP/1.1" 200 222 CUPS-Create-Local-Printer successful-ok
localhost - - [19/Feb/2025:14:32:09 +0100] "POST / HTTP/1.1" 200 222 CUPS-Create-Local-Printer successful-ok
localhost - - [19/Feb/2025:14:32:09 +0100] "POST / HTTP/1.1" 200 222 CUPS-Create-Local-Printer successful-ok
localhost - - [19/Feb/2025:14:32:09 +0100] "POST / HTTP/1.1" 200 222 CUPS-Create-Local-Printer successful-ok
localhost - - [19/Feb/2025:14:32:09 +0100] "POST / HTTP/1.1" 200 222 CUPS-Create-Local-Printer successful-ok
localhost - - [19/Feb/2025:14:32:09 +0100] "POST / HTTP/1.1" 200 222 CUPS-Create-Local-Printer successful-ok
localhost - - [19/Feb/2025:14:32:10 +0100] "POST / HTTP/1.1" 200 222 CUPS-Create-Local-Printer successful-ok
localhost - - [19/Feb/2025:14:32:10 +0100] "POST / HTTP/1.1" 200 222 CUPS-Create-Local-Printer successful-ok
localhost - - [19/Feb/2025:14:32:10 +0100] "POST / HTTP/1.1" 200 222 CUPS-Create-Local-Printer successful-ok

I tried to remove /etc/cups and `apt reinstall "cups*"`.

but eventually emptying /var/cache/cups fixed it.

It would be nice if cups was smart enough to not retry infinitely whatever it is doing in a tight loop...