Reduce log noise for WebSocket authentication failures - downgrade to Debug level

2026-04-29 08:30:54 -04:00
parent 786c61ba09
commit bad167656a
1 changed files with 16 additions and 5 deletions
@@ -83,12 +83,23 @@ public class ExceptionMiddleware
            {
                if (isAuthenticationError)
                {
-                    // Log authentication errors as warnings with user-friendly message
+                    // WebSocket authentication failures are expected when clients connect without tokens
+                    // Log at Debug level to reduce noise, unless it's not a WebSocket endpoint
+                    if (context.Request.Path.StartsWithSegments("/socket", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
+                    {
+                        _logger.LogDebug(
+                            "WebSocket connection rejected: Authentication token missing or invalid. IP: {IP}",
+                            context.Connection.RemoteIpAddress);
+                    }
+                    else
+                    {
+                        // Log authentication errors for non-WebSocket endpoints as warnings
                        _logger.LogWarning(
                            "Access denied: Unable to process request. Authentication token missing or invalid. URL {Method} {Url}.",
                            context.Request.Method,
                            context.Request.Path);
                    }
+                }
                else
                {
                    _logger.LogError(