# In browser terminal trace diagnostics won't stop

**URL:** <https://discuss.blues.com/t/in-browser-terminal-trace-diagnostics-wont-stop/3646>\
**Category:** Tools & SDKs\
**Created:** [September 25, 2026, 1:26pm UTC](https://discuss.blues.com/t/in-browser-terminal-trace-diagnostics-wont-stop/3646 "2026-09-25T13:26:33Z")\
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**Author:** ![richf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/74df32/32.png) [@richf](https://discuss.blues.com/u/richf)\
**Post date:** [September 25, 2026, 1:26pm UTC](https://discuss.blues.com/t/in-browser-terminal-trace-diagnostics-wont-stop/3646/1 "2026-09-25T13:26:33Z")

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Hi, for some reason, the ‘in-browser’ terminal won’t stop its diagnostic output (see below). I tried issuing **{“req”:“card.trace”,“mode”:“off”** } with no luck. Hardware platform is the “Startnote for Iridium”. I also temporarily removed the Iridium module from the notecarrier – same result. Does the notecard need to be reset?

regards, Rich ..

R06:45.31 000.104 file.c:1956 G06:45.34 000.080 gps.c:1508 gps: continuous periodSecs:0 wakeDueMs:86400000 motionEvents:0, refresh:1  
G06:45.51 000.102 gps.c:1528 heartbeat: periodSecs:600 wakeDueMs:0  
G06:45.58 File: completed read of file:data/\_health-qo.json 315 in 3 ms  
R06:45.60 000.062 gps.c:1557 gps-task: FAST POLLING (heartbeat 1s)  
000.-01 notebox.c:2512 after openfile reading file:data/\_health-qo.json (20) into memory, open refcnt now 1  
R06:45.76 000.117 notebox.c:2639 after closefile of file:data/\_health-qo.json (20), close refcnt now 0  
R06:45.87 000.104 file.c:1956 File: completed read of file:data/\_log-qo.json 28 in 1 ms  
R06:45.97 000.087 notebox.c:2512 after openfile reading file:data/\_log-qo.json (0) into memory, open refcnt now 1  
R06:46.09 000.113 notebox.c:2639 after closefile of file:data/\_log-qo.json (0), close refcnt now 0  
G06:46.12 000.085 gps.c:1508 S06:46.20 000.012 \<\< gps: continuous periodSecs:0 wakeDueMs:86400000 motionEvents:0, refresh:1  
G06:46.38 000.166 gps.c:1528 heartbeat: periodSecs:600 wakeDueMs:0  
notebox.c:863 {“id”:2000000069,“status”:“upload-notebox (35 changes) {sync-get-local-changes}”,“mode”:“{network-up}”,“sync”:true,“requested”:227}  
\_track.qo file:data/\_track-qo.json (0) will be removed from memory, forced purge  
S06:46.54 000.150 notebox.c:863 G06:46.45 000.098 gps.c:1557 gps-task: FAST POLLING (heartbeat 1s)  
sat1.qo file:data/sat1-qo.json (0) will be removed from memory, forced purge  
S06:46.71 000.063 notebox.c:863 track5.qo file:data/track5-qo.json (0) will be removed from memory, forced purge  
S06:46.83 000.112 notebox.c:863 my-inbound.qi file:data/my-inbound-qi.json (0) will be removed from memory, forced purge

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**Author:** ![RobLauer](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/discuss.blues.com/roblauer/32/1567_2.png) [@RobLauer](https://discuss.blues.com/u/RobLauer)\
**Post date:** [September 25, 2026, 3:16pm UTC](https://discuss.blues.com/t/in-browser-terminal-trace-diagnostics-wont-stop/3646/2 "2026-09-25T15:16:42Z")

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Hi @richf,

`{"req":"card.trace","mode":"off"}` only turns off a temporary trace session. It doesn’t touch other saved trace options, and one of those options, `usb`, sends trace to USB no matter what. Is there any chance you ran `trace all` in the In-Browser Terminal? That turns on every option, `usb` included, and that one is saved across restarts.

In any case, these two commands set it back to the default behavior:

```auto
trace none,+comm,+mem,+sync,+gps
trace off

```

Hope that helps!  
Rob