v1.8.9

KNOWLEDGE BASE

Release Notes v1.8.9

Fluent Bit is a Fast and Lightweight Data Processor and Forwarder for Linux, BSD and OSX. We are proud to announce the availability of Fluent Bit v1.8.9.

For people upgrading from previous versions you must read the Upgrading Notes section of our documentation:

https://docs.fluentbit.io/manual/1.8/installation/upgrade_notes

News

Fluent Bit v1.8.9 is the stable release!, new changes on this version:

Core

• scheduler: fix back off full jitter calculation (#4239)
• tests: runtime_shell: add testcase for issue #4190

Libraries

• Chunk I/O: upgrade to v1.1.5
  • Fix checksum handling when caller writes at random positions
  • Be aware of checksum failures v/s normal chunk corruption

Plugins

• Tail (Input)
  • Avoid double free for multiline msgpack buffer
  • On Multiline handling, use file inode as stream_id (#4190)
• Node Exporter Metrics (Input)
  • Ensure zero with epsilon on double type factor
• Emitter (Input)
  • Write msgpack buffer directly, remove local queue (#4049)
• Rewrite Tag (Filter)
  • Prevent to emit original record when in_emit pauses
  • Abort when infinite loop setting
• Modify (Filter)
  • Change log level to suppress (#4210)
• Kubernetes (Filter)
  • Expose metadata for internal usage
• Stackdriver (Output)
  • Print warning message on error response
• Custom_Calyptia (Output)
  • Enable machine_id config property.
  • Enable add_label property. (#4176)
• Prometheus Remote Write (Output)
  • Add add_label support, so now you can add your custom labels.
• Calyptia (Output)
  • Expose Kubernetes basic metadata

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