From 63550d5af390ab2ee95d4a93ac5dde206ac9164f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Lucas Armand <lucas@vast.ai>
Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2025 10:57:55 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] Actual fix -- MOVED TO TEMPLATE

---
 lib/backend.py  | 6 +-----
 start_server.sh | 4 ----
 2 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lib/backend.py b/lib/backend.py
index ade7d48..1fe994d 100644
--- a/lib/backend.py
+++ b/lib/backend.py
@@ -417,11 +417,7 @@ class Backend:
 
         async def tail_log():
             log.debug(f"tailing file: {self.model_log_file}")
-            async with await open_file(self.model_log_file, mode="r", encoding='utf-8', errors='ignore') as f:
-                try:
-                    await f.seek(0)
-                except:
-                    pass
+            async with await open_file(self.model_log_file, encoding='utf-8', errors='ignore') as f:
                 while True:
                     line = await f.readline()
                     if line:
diff --git a/start_server.sh b/start_server.sh
index edc16a4..9cb0b29 100755
--- a/start_server.sh
+++ b/start_server.sh
@@ -124,9 +124,5 @@ cd "$SERVER_DIR"
 
 echo "launching PyWorker server"
 
-# if instance is rebooted, we want to clear out the log file so pyworker doesn't read lines
-# from the run prior to reboot. past logs are saved in $MODEL_LOG.old for debugging only
-[ -e "$MODEL_LOG" ] && cat "$MODEL_LOG" >> "$MODEL_LOG.old" && : > "$MODEL_LOG"
-
 (python3 -m "workers.$BACKEND.server" |& tee -a "$PYWORKER_LOG") &
 echo "launching PyWorker server done"