Massive logs when mocked method relies on type class derivation

ScalaMock Version 5.2.0

Scala Version 2.13.8

Runtime JVM

The issue (context)

We have a service similar to the one below:

trait ObservabilityService {
  def isObservabilityEnabled: Boolean
  def getObservabilityImplementation[Tracer, Meter](
    implicit ev: ImplementationTranslator[Tracer, Meter]
  ): ObservabilityImplementation[Tracer, Meter]
}

Where getObservabilityImplementation can return any implementation of any platform. The implementation translator looks like this:

sealed trait ImplementationTranslator[T, M] {
  def translate(config: Config): ObservabilityImplementation[T, M]
}

In the code we would use this as follows:

class OtelMetricsConsumer(observabilityService: ObservabilityService) extends Actor  {

  // implicit translator object
  import our.company.observability.ImplementationTranslators.OtelImplementationTranslator
  private val observabilityPlatform = observabilityService.getObservabilityImplementation

...and we would test it as follows:

class OtelMetricsConsumerSpec extends Specification with IsolatedMockFactory with AfterEach with BeforeEach {

   private val observabilityServiceMock: ObservabilityService = mock[ObservabilityService]
   private val observabilityImplementation: ObservabilityImplementation[OtelTracer, OtelMeter] =
    mock[ObservabilityImplementation[OtelTracer, OtelMeter]]

    override def before: Unit = {
    (observabilityServiceMock
      .getObservabilityImplementation(_: ImplementationTranslator[OtelTracer, OtelMeter]))
      .expects(*)
      .returning(observabilityImplementation)
      ...

Actual behaviour

Tests pass but there's numerous logs that get printed, similar to this:

  <mock-2> ObservabilityService.getObservabilityImplementation[Tracer,Meter](our.coompany.observability.ImplementationTranslators$OtelImplementationTranslator$@5e33a13b)
  <mock-2> ObservabilityService.getObservabilityImplementation[Tracer,Meter](our.coompany.observability.ImplementationTranslators$OtelImplementationTranslator$@5e33a13b)
  <mock-2> ObservabilityService.getObservabilityImplementation[Tracer,Meter](our.coompany.observability.ImplementationTranslators$OtelImplementationTranslator$@5e33a13b)
  <mock-2> ObservabilityService.getObservabilityImplementation[Tracer,Meter](our.coompany.observability.ImplementationTranslators$OtelImplementationTranslator$@5e33a13b)

to the extent that a build on our Jenkins server cause host to run out of space.

Note that removing the implicit modifier and passing a translator explicitly gets rid of the logs.

Expected behaviour

Regardless whether derivation is done via an implicit or explicit parameter these excessive logs should not occur.

paulbutcher / ScalaMock