Wiki is outdated? default cronloglevel should be 5 or 7?

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case 25.12.0


cronloglevel 	integer 	no 	5 	The minimum level for cron messages to be logged to syslog. 0 will print all debug messages, 8 will log command executions, and 9 or higher will only log error messages

wiki seems to be outdated or i dont understand something.

[7 mar 2026, 13:25:21 CET] cron.err: crond[6444]: crond (busybox 1.37.0) started, log level 7
[7 mar 2026, 13:25:59 CET] cron.err: crond[6555]: crond (busybox 1.37.0) started, log level 5
[7 mar 2026, 13:26:00 CET] cron.err: crond[6555]: wakeup dt=1
[7 mar 2026, 13:26:00 CET] cron.err: crond[6555]: file root:
[7 mar 2026, 13:27:00 CET] cron.err: crond[6555]: wakeup dt=60
[7 mar 2026, 13:27:00 CET] cron.err: crond[6555]: file root:

root@OpenWrt:~# cat /etc/config/system 

config system
        option hostname 'OpenWrt'
        option timezone 'CET-1CEST,M3.5.0,M10.5.0/3'
        option ttylogin '0'
        option log_size '128'
        option urandom_seed '0'
        option compat_version '1.1'
        option zonename 'Europe/Warsaw'
        option log_proto 'udp'
        option conloglevel '7'
        option cronloglevel '5'

my previous thread → Constant spam on snapshot cron.err crond - how to disable this?

seems wiki is outdated and needs update its value from 5 to 7

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Thanks. I edited wiki.

There was a change in busybox 1.37.0, used in 25.12 and later, which affected the levels.

The commit adjusting the default:

Ps. Note that by default, there is no cronloglevel value in /etc/config/system.