From f319db6bd5f8a6f8a591e11efd5a2a9ab731b855 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: LucasArmandVast <lucas@vast.ai>
Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2026 20:03:18 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] flag for model log rotate (#78)

---
 start_server.sh | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/start_server.sh b/start_server.sh
index 129031c..2faefd2 100755
--- a/start_server.sh
+++ b/start_server.sh
@@ -90,7 +90,8 @@ echo_var DEBUG_LOG
 echo_var PYWORKER_LOG
 echo_var MODEL_LOG
 
-if [ -e "$MODEL_LOG" ]; then
+ROTATE_MODEL_LOG="${ROTATE_MODEL_LOG:-false}"
+if [ "$ROTATE_MODEL_LOG" = "true" ] && [ -e "$MODEL_LOG" ]; then
     echo "Rotating model log at $MODEL_LOG to $MODEL_LOG.old"
     if ! cat "$MODEL_LOG" >> "$MODEL_LOG.old"; then
         report_error_and_exit "Failed to rotate model log"