[SPARK-49142] Lower Spark Connect client log messages to debug level

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 4.0.0
• Fix Version/s: 4.0.0
• Component/s: Connect, PySpark
• Labels: pull-request-available
• Assignee: Niranjan Jayakar
• Reporter: Niranjan Jayakar
• Created: 07/Aug/24 11:42
• Updated: 21/Aug/24 07:18
• Resolved: 08/Aug/24 08:46

Description

Spark Connect client produces a fair amount of logs but is incorrectly
configured at INFO level. When clients set the global log level to INFO,
a lot of debug level logs are produced.

Lower the Spark Connect client log level to debug to avoid these spurious messages at INFO level.

Issue Links

• links to: GitHub Pull Request #47647
• links to: GitHub Pull Request #47667
• links to: GitHub Pull Request #47822