logback-spring.xml file configuration does not delete old archived files

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I got stuck at a point where I was configuring my logback-spring.xml file. The problem is that my old archived files are not deleted, but Spring boot recognizes the xml file. I can see the changes when I change the e.g. maxFileSize parameter. Only maxHistory does not react properly: when I set it to 90 days, it deletes 3-4 files randomly. I have around 200 archived files(overall from 2018 and 2019 year). Thanks in advance.

I renamed file name from logback.xml to logback-spring.xml, but no changes.

--- logback-spring.xml 


<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<configuration>

<property name="LOG_PATH" value="log/" />

<appender name="STDOUT"
class="ch.qos.logback.core.ConsoleAppender">
<layout class="ch.qos.logback.classic.PatternLayout">
<Pattern>
    %d{dd.MM.yyyy HH:mm:ss} [%thread] %-5level %logger{36} - %msg%n
</Pattern>
</layout>
</appender>

<appender name="FILE"
    class="ch.qos.logback.core.rolling.RollingFileAppender">
    <file>${LOG_PATH}spring-boot.log</file>
    <encoder class="ch.qos.logback.classic.encoder.PatternLayoutEncoder">
        <Pattern>
            %d{dd.MM.yyyy HH:mm:ss} [%thread] %-5level %logger{36} - 
%msg%n
        </Pattern>
    </encoder>

    <rollingPolicy 
class="ch.qos.logback.core.rolling.SizeAndTimeBasedRollingPolicy">
        <!-- rollover daily -->
        <fileNamePattern>${LOG_PATH}spring-boot.log.%d{yyyy-MM- 
dd}.%i.gz</fileNamePattern>
        <maxHistory>90</maxHistory>
        <maxFileSize>100KB</maxFileSize>
   </rollingPolicy>
</appender>

<logger name="org.springframework.web" level="info" additivity="false">
    <appender-ref ref="FILE" />
    <appender-ref ref="STDOUT" />
</logger>

<logger name="de.jarvia.baumangel" level="debug" additivity="false">
    <appender-ref ref="FILE" />
    <appender-ref ref="STDOUT" />
</logger>


<logger name="org.hibernate.SQL" level="error" additivity="false">
    <appender-ref ref="FILE" />
    <appender-ref ref="STDOUT" />
</logger>

<root level="info">
    <appender-ref ref="FILE" />
    <appender-ref ref="STDOUT" />
</root>


</configuration>


--- in application.properties

#### Logging files
logging.level.org.springframework.web=INFO
logging.file=log/spring-boot.log
logging.level.org.hibernate.SQL=ERROR
logging.level.de.jarvia.baumangel=DEBUG
#### Logging pattern for the console
logging.pattern.console=%d{dd.MM.yyyy HH:mm:ss} [%thread] %-5level 
%logger{36} - %msg%n

#### Logging pattern for file
logging.pattern.file=%d{dd.MM.yyyy HH:mm:ss} [%thread] %-5level 
%logger{36} - 
%msg%n


--- in pom.xml

<parent>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-parent</artifactId>
<version>2.0.3.RELEASE</version>
<relativePath></relativePath>
</parent>

<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-web</artifactId>
</dependency>

logback-spring.xml file configuration does not delete old archived files

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