Try out a different approach for statefulness

app.py

@@ -30,23 +30,17 @@ def load_engine() -> Pipeline:
 
     return nlp_qa
 
-syslog = SysLogHandler(address=(st.secrets["logging_address"], int(st.secrets["logging_port"])))
-
-@st.cache(hash_funcs={SysLogHandler: id})
-def load_logger(syslog: SysLogHandler) -> Logger: 
-    logger = logging.getLogger()
-    logger.addHandler(syslog)
-    logger.setLevel(logging.INFO)
-    
-    return logger
-
+if 'syslog' not in st.session_state:
+    st.session_state['syslog'] = SysLogHandler(address=("st.secrets["logging_address"]", int(st.secrets["logging_port"])))
+    st.session_state['logger'] = logging.getLogger()
+    st.session_state['logger'].setLevel(logging.INFO)
+    st.session_state['logger'].addHandler(st.session_state['syslog'])
 
 with st.spinner(
     text="Sto preparando il necessario per rispondere alle tue domande personali..."
 ):
 
     engine = load_engine()
-    logger = load_logger(syslog)
 
 st.title("Le risposte alle tue domande personali")
 
@@ -55,7 +49,7 @@ input = st.text_input("Scrivi una domanda in italiano e comparirà la risposta!"
 if input:
     try:
         context = get_context()
-        logger.info(input) 
+        st.session_state['logger'].info(input) 
         answer = get_answer(input, context, engine)
         st.subheader(answer)
     except: