Answers.Body: <p>There had been an issue recently where way more 'changes' where logged than intended: <a href="https://lab.civicrm.org/dev/core/issues/449" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://lab.civicrm.org/dev/core/issues/449</a>.</p>
  
  <p>Can you verify that it is still growing way too fast since running on a patched version?</p>
  
  <p>The information you are looking for is stored in the table <code>civicrm_subscription_history</code> aswell as <code>civicrm_group_contact</code> for current status.</p>
  
  <p>With <code>log_civicrm_group</code> you could track how the title, description or hierarchy of a group change over time.</p>
  
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Answers.Text: I emptied the table - looks like it was just logs from prior to the fix. I will monitor the situation and report back if its out of control again. Thanks for the answer!
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Body: <p>Do you use the log_civicrm_group logs? Our log file is now about 300MB - quite crazy. Are records of removal and adding contacts to groups stored here? Thats information we would like to keep. How do you use log_civicrm_group?</p>
  
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Title: What information does log_civicrm_group keep? How is it useful?
ThreadText: # What information does log_civicrm_group keep? How is it useful?
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2020-01-28)
  
  Do you use the log\_civicrm\_group logs? Our log file is now about 300MB - quite crazy. Are records of removal and adding contacts to groups stored here? Thats information we would like to keep. How do you use log\_civicrm\_group?
  
  Latest Wordpress / Civi.
  
  **Tags:** database, groups, mysql, logs
  
  
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  ### Answer by username_1 on 2020-01-28. Score: 3 | Accepted answer
  
  There had been an issue recently where way more 'changes' where logged than intended: <https://lab.civicrm.org/dev/core/issues/449>.
  
  Can you verify that it is still growing way too fast since running on a patched version?
  
  The information you are looking for is stored in the table `civicrm_subscription_history` aswell as `civicrm_group_contact` for current status.
  
  With `log_civicrm_group` you could track how the title, description or hierarchy of a group change over time.
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_0**: I emptied the table - looks like it was just logs from prior to the fix. I will monitor the situation and report back if its out of control again. Thanks for the answer!  
  
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