Logs release notes

Logs v210728

Wed, 28 Jul 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Notes

In partnership with our customers, the New Relic log team has been rapidly innovating our log management capabilities since the initial release in 2019. Our goal is to give you the best log experience to advance observability and provide measurable impact to your business.

Moving forward, we will be summarizing the most recent fixes and enhancements captured in this ongoing changelog. To stay up to date, subscribe to our Logs RSS feed. More to come soon!

New public APIs

In addition to the logs UI for data partition management, you can now use our public API. Data partitions help you query more efficiently by scanning less unrelated data and returning results faster. To get started, see our NerdGraph tutorial.
Parsing rules are also publicly accessible via the Log API. We already provide built-in parsing rulesets to facet or filter logs in useful ways. This in turn helps you build better charts and alerts.
If you can't use log forwarders when collecting logs from CDNs, hardware devices, or managed services, you can use syslog protocols via a TCP endpoint.

Bug fixes

Fixed link to see logs from the Fluentd forwarder.
Fixed crash when browsing after using a saved view.
Fixed scenario where logs in context for distributed tracing wouldn't work.

Changes

Because of intermittent Fluent Bit build failures, SUSE will no longer be a supported platform for the infrastructure agent's log forwarder. We are working on adding SUSE support in the next six months.
For tips on getting the most out of our changes to the logs UI, check out this workflow to explore your logs data.

Logs v210830

Mon, 30 Aug 2021 00:00:00 +0000

New public APIs

Public APIs are now available for parsing and pipeline configuration, such as drop filters. For more information, try out NerdGraph, our GraphQL-format API explorer, at api.newrelic.com/graphiql. Also see our NerdGraph parsing rules tutorial and drop data tutorial.

Headerless HTTP ingest

Added support for headerless HTTP log ingest. This enables Logs customers to send data to New Relic from sources that do not permit the customization of HTTP request headers (for example, Api-Key or X-License-Key). This approach is most often used when forwarding logs from cloud-based platforms.

More data, more power

Increased maximum attribute value size. The Logs team recognizes that keeping all data from a log is extremely important, and so we are providing additional functionality to store more data and reduce the chances of truncation. Attributes can now store and display up to 128 kb, the first 4096 bytes of which are searchable. For more information, see our documentation about finding data in long logs (blobs) and the Log Event API.
Added ARM support to our Helm-based Kubernetes integration.

Bug fixes

Fixed several styling issues in Logs UI.
Corrected typos on Add Your Data page.

Notes

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Logs v220216

Wed, 16 Feb 2022 00:00:00 +0000

Logs are everywhere (no, really!)

We've released several enhancements throughout New Relic One to make it easy for you to see relevant logs from multiple pages in the UI. When you're trying to troubleshoot a problem for your app or its related entities and services, you won't need to search through thousands of logs.

By adding links to relevant logs directly in the context of your app's UI, you won't lose context of what you were tracking down. This includes:

Logs counts and errors for your app's related entities from the right panel on APM's Summary menu
See logs link for a selected trace from APM's Summary > Monitor > Distributed tracing menu
See logs link for a selected error from APM's Summary > Events > Errors menu
Log patterns and attributes for your app from APM's Summary > Triage > Logs menu

From here, you can go directly to the more detailed logs UI by clicking Open in logs. You can also go directly to the Logs UI from the top-level Explorer in New Relic One.

In addition, if you have not installed logs in context for hosts related to your app, you can install our infrastructure monitoring's log forwarder capabilities directly from the app's Summary > Triage > Logs menu. From there, you can click on the popup menu to go directy to the guided install.

Notes

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Logs v211213

Mon, 13 Dec 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Bug fixes

Sometimes our log forwarding functionality for Amazon Kinesis Data Firehose was prepending attributes with logEvent. For example, in some AWS logs you might see logEvent.message, logEvent.timestamp, etc. This prevented default JSON parsing and also applied the ingestion time rather than the timestamp. This bug has been fixed.

Notes

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Logs v220404

Mon, 04 Apr 2022 00:00:00 +0000

More telemetry data with APM logs in context

Logs are more valuable in the context of the application, transaction, or error they belong to. Our latest APM agents support automatically adding context and forwarding logs without the need to install or maintain third-party software!

Your logs will automatically include attributes such as span.id, trace.id, hostname, entity.guid, entity.name, and more. This metadata links your logs to traces, spans, infrastructure data, and other telemetry, making it easier for you to troubleshoot without having to leave the UI page where you are investigating the issue.

For more information, see our documentation about APM logs in context and the agent-specific information for the following APM agents:

Java logs in context procedures for agent v7.6.0 or higher
.NET logs in context procedures for agent v9.7.0.0 or higher
Ruby logs in context procedures for agent v8.6.0 or higher

If your APM agent doesn't support our automatic logs in context solution yet, you can continue to use our manual logs in context solutions, and forward your logs via our infrastructure agent or supported third-party forwarder.

Notes

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Logs v220518

Wed, 18 May 2022 00:00:00 +0000

Enhanced functionality for log tables in dashboards

We've made it even easier for you to explore your logs data as table widgets in dashboards. After you create your dashboard, you can:

Use standard dashboard widget functions, such as copying, editing, deleting, etc.
Click any log row to show details about it.
Update your query to add more columns.
Query log data from other available accounts, and add more charts (for example, as comparative data) to your dashboard.
Click Open in logs to go directly to the Logs UI for additional troubleshooting.

APM logs in context available for Node.js

APM logs in context is now available for Node.js! (It was also released earlier this month for Java, .NET, and Ruby.) For more information, see our Node.js logs in context procedures for agent v8.11.0 or higher.

Notes

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Logs v240812

Mon, 12 Aug 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Support for Ubuntu 24.04 and SUSE 15.5(x86_64)

The Infrastructure Agent now supports Ubuntu 24.04 and SUSE 15.5(x86_64). This enhancement ensures broader compatibility and better performance on these platforms.

Changed

When users attempt to install the Infrastructure Agent from Add Integrations in New Relic, the installation process now correctly includes the necessary definitions for Ubuntu 24.04 and SUSE 15.5 (x86_64). Previously, logs-integration support was not available for these platforms. This issue has now been resolved, ensuring Fluent Bit is correctly installed on these platforms. This guarantees that logs are properly forwarded to New Relic, maintaining seamless log monitoring and analysis. To see all supported OS distributions for the Infrastructure Agent, please refer to infrastructure agent's log forwarder.

Notes

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Logs v240911

Wed, 11 Sep 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Support for Amazon Linux 2023 (AArch64)

The infrastructure agent now supports Amazon Linux 2023 (AArch64). This enhancement ensures broader compatibility and better performance on these platforms.

Changed

When users attempt to install the Infrastructure Agent from Add Integrations in New Relic, the installation process now correctly includes the necessary definitions for Amazon Linux 2023 (AArch64). Previously, logs-integration support was not available for these platforms. This issue has now been resolved, ensuring Fluent Bit is correctly installed on these platforms. This guarantees that logs are properly forwarded to New Relic, maintaining seamless log monitoring and analysis. To see all supported OS distributions for the Infrastructure Agent, please refer to infrastructure agent's log forwarder.

Notes

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Logs v240912

Thu, 12 Sep 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Update to AWS-log-ingestion Lambda function

Users no longer need to manually enable logging for New Relic. The NRLoggingEnabled parameter is now set to true by default.

Changed

The default value of the NRLoggingEnabled parameter for the New Relic Lambda function has been changed from false to true. Users were required to manually enable this parameter to forward logs to New Relic, adding an extra step to the setup process. This change simplifies the setup process and ensures logs are automatically sent to New Relic.

Notes

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Logs v240610

Mon, 10 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000

New versions of the New Relic Logs integrations have been released with a fix for CVE-2024-4323. New Relic recommends you follow the procedures below to update the relevant logs integrations:

Integration

Action Required

Linux Infrastructure Agent

Upgrade the Infrastructure Agent to version 1.52.3 or later, AND update Fluent Bit to version 3.0.4 or later

Kubernetes Plugin

Upgrade using either newrelic-logging-1.22.0 or nri-bundle-5.0.80

Fluent Bit Output Plugin

Update to version 2.0.0

Changed

Update Fluent Bit output plugin to version 1.22.0 as a fix for CVE-2024-4323, which impacted certain prior Fluent Bit versions contained in the Infra-agent log forwarder solution.
Update nri-bundle to version 5.0.80 as fix for CVE-2024-4323, which impacted certain prior Fluent Bit versions contained in the Infra-agent log forwarder solution.
Update Fluent Bit to version 3.0.4 as fix for CVE-2024-4323, which impacted certain prior Fluent Bit versions contained in the Infra-agent log forwarder solution.

Logs v241218

Wed, 18 Dec 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Accelerated AWS logs forwarding with New Relic's One-Step Observability

New Relic's one-step observability now includes accelerated AWS services logs onboarding. This enhanced AWS integration offers experienced and new New Relic users a seamless and flexible experience for onboarding logs and metrics within minutes—all in a streamlined workflow.

Changed

Simplified logs onboarding with cloudFormation template: Effortless set up experience for both logs and metrics using ready-made templates that simplify the deployment of AWS resources.
Enhanced operational Efficiency: In a single onboarding workflow users can set up log forwarding from many sinks (CloudWatch or S3), using various paths (Lambda-based or Kinesis integration), and setting up triggers for up to 40 S3 buckets and log groups, all in one go.
Advanced Security: New Relic's API keys can securely stored in AWS Secrets Management, for enhances security posture.

Notes

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Logs v241211

Wed, 11 Dec 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Enhanced Syslog License Key Handling

Users can now send the license key as part of the syslog message by prefixing it with nrLicenseKey=<LICENSE_KEY>. With this enhancement, syslog integration is compatible with more platforms that don't permit modification of the syslog message format.

Notes

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Logs v241031

Thu, 31 Oct 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Support for Fluent Bit 3.1.9

Users that rely on Fluent Bit to collect and forward logs to New Relic will now receive the latest available version, 3.1.9, which includes fixes for multiple known vulnerabilities. For more details, please reference https://fluentbit.io/announcements/.

Changed

Infrastructure agent recommends Fluent Bit 3.1.9 packages
Fluent Bit Output Plugin Docker image uses Fluent Bit 3.1.9
New Relic Logging Helm chart installs the new plugin image

Notes

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Logs v250110

Fri, 10 Jan 2025 00:00:00 +0000

New Feature: Key-Value Parsing with Grok

We are excited to introduce key-value parsing with Grok in our latest release. This feature allows you to extract key-value pairs from your logs more efficiently, enhancing your log management capabilities.

Added

Key-Value Parsing with Grok: You can now use Grok patterns to parse key-value pairs from your logs. This feature simplifies the extraction of structured data from unstructured log messages, making it easier to analyze and visualize your log data.

Notes

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Logs v241219

Thu, 19 Dec 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Removal of aws.region, aws.realm, aws.accountId and plugin.type attributes for the new AWS logs onboarding integrations

The recent release of New Relic's one-step observability for AWS services logs included some unwanted attributes in the ingested logs. This issue has been resolved in the current release.

Changed

The AWS Lambda and Firehose log shipping integrations released on December 18th 2024 will no longer include the aws.region, aws.realm and aws.accountId attributes in the ingested logs. These attributes, meant for internal use in the Logs product, and shouldn't appear as attributes on log data.
The Firehose log shipping integration released on December 18th 2024 shouldn't have included a plugin.type: "aws-firehose" attribute in the ingested logs. We're removing this attribute in favor of the newly introduced instrumentation.provider: "aws" and instrumentation.name: "firehose" attributes.

Notes

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Logs v250217

Mon, 17 Feb 2025 00:00:00 +0000

OpenTelemetry: Support for complex data structures

New Relic now supports complex data structures in OTLP Logs. Checkout the details in the OTEL best practices docs.

Added

Support complex data structures in OTLP Logs: Your LogRecord#body and LogRecord#attrbitues can hold non-primitive values, such as arrays and maps.

Notes

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Logs v250227

Thu, 27 Feb 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Support for Fluent Bit 3.2.7

Users that rely on Fluent Bit to collect and forward logs to New Relic will now receive the latest available version, 3.2.7, which includes fixes for multiple known vulnerabilities. For more details, please reference https://fluentbit.io/announcements/.

Changed

Infrastructure agent recommends Fluent Bit 3.2.7 packages
Fluent Bit Output Plugin Docker image uses Fluent Bit 3.2.7
New Relic Logging Helm chart installs the new plugin image

Notes

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Logs v250226

Wed, 26 Feb 2025 00:00:00 +0000

New Feature: AWS Logs in Context

We are excited to introduce the new AWS Logs in Context feature in our latest release. This feature enhances log management by providing a seamless linkage between logs and their corresponding AWS resources (entities), including automatic entity creation and association, and seamless bidirectional navigation between entities and logs.

Added

AWS Logs in Context: your AWS service logs will automatically be associated with the specific AWS resource (entity) that generated them. If the entity does not yet exist, the system will automatically create it. This features enables you to use the Entity Explorer to search for specific AWS resources and navigate quickly between logs and their generating entities. The following AWS entity types are currently supported:
- Application Load Balancer (ALB)
- Classic Load Balancer (ELB)
- CloudFront Distribution
- Elastic Beanstalk EC2 Instance
- Lambda Function
- Network Load Balancer (NLB)
- Relational Database Service (RDS) Instance
- S3 Bucket

Notes

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Logs v250220

Thu, 20 Feb 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Support for Fluent Bit 3.2.2

Users that rely on Fluent Bit to collect and forward logs to New Relic will now receive the latest available version, 3.2.2, which includes fixes for multiple known vulnerabilities. For more details, please reference https://fluentbit.io/announcements/.

Changed

Infrastructure agent recommends Fluent Bit 3.2.2 packages
Fluent Bit Output Plugin Docker image uses Fluent Bit 3.2.2
New Relic Logging Helm chart installs the new plugin image (newrelic-logging chart version 1.25.0)

Notes

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Logs v250402

Wed, 02 Apr 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Handling of Unpaired UTF Surrogates

Previously, logs that contained surrogate characters, such as \uD800, were discarded and not ingested.

Changes

With this improvement, these logs can now be successfully ingested.

Notes

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Logs v250401

Tue, 01 Apr 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Enhanced AWS Lambda Log Processing with Request ID Injection

New Relic enhances log processing for AWS Lambda functions by ensuring that request IDs are consistently added to logs lacking default runtime annotations. This improves traceability and observability across Lambda invocations.

Changed

Consistent Request ID Annotation: Logs from AWS Lambda functions now have request IDs added to every message using the UUID found in the first and last log entries. This ensures comprehensive traceability and completeness in log data, enabling more effective monitoring and debugging.

Notes

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Logs v250512

Mon, 12 May 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Support for Fluent Bit 3.2.10

Users will now receive Fluent Bit version 3.2.10. For more details, refer https://fluentbit.io/announcements/.

Changed

Infrastructure agent recommends Fluent Bit 3.2.10 packages.
Fluent Bit Output Plugin Docker image uses Fluent Bit 3.2.10.
New Relic Logging Helm chart installs the new plugin image (newrelic-logging chart version 1.27.0)

Notes

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Logs v251120

Thu, 20 Nov 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Fix for CVE-2025-53643 in aws-log-ingestion lambda

With the latest release CVE-2025-53643 is fixed in aws-log-ingestion lambda

Changed

Updated the aiohttp library to 3.13.2 and poetry version to 1.8.3 and updated the related dependencies

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Logs v251104

Tue, 04 Nov 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Support for .Net specific log payload formats

The user can now process .NET specific payloads more effectively.

Changed

Introduced a new environment variable NEW_RELIC_FORMAT_LOGS to enable proper processing of .NET specific log payload formats.

Notes

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Logs v251209

Tue, 09 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Support for Fluent Bit 4.2.0

Users will now receive Fluent Bit version 4.2.0. For more details, refer https://fluentbit.io/announcements/.

Changed

Infrastructure agent recommends Fluent Bit 4.2.0 packages.
Fluent Bit Output Plugin Docker image uses Fluent Bit 4.2.0.
New Relic Logging Helm chart installs the new plugin image (newrelic-logging chart version 1.33.0)

Notes

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Logs v260217

Tue, 17 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Support for Fluent Bit 4.2.2

Users will now receive Fluent Bit version 4.2.2. For more details, refer to the Fluent Bit announcements.

This release includes New Relic Fluent Bit Output Plugin 3.4.0 with critical security updates and platform compatibility improvements.

Added

Support for SLES 15.6 and 15.7
New Relic Fluent Bit Output Plugin 3.4.0 with enhanced security and compatibility

Changed

The Infrastructure agent recommends Fluent Bit 4.2.2 packages
Fluent Bit Output Plugin Docker image uses Fluent Bit 4.2.2 with output plugin 3.4.0
New Relic Logging Helm chart installs the new plugin image (newrelic-logging chart version 1.35.0)
aws-for-fluent-bit base image updated from 3.1.0 to 3.2.1

Fixed

GLIBC compatibility issues on RHEL8 and Amazon Linux 2 using Zig cross-compilation targeting GLIBC 2.17

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Logs release notes

Logs v210728

Notes

New public APIs

Bug fixes

Changes

Logs v210830

New public APIs

Headerless HTTP ingest

More data, more power

Bug fixes

Notes

Logs v220216

Logs are everywhere (no, really!)

Notes

Logs v211213

Bug fixes

Notes

Logs v220404

More telemetry data with APM logs in context

Notes

Logs v220518

Enhanced functionality for log tables in dashboards

APM logs in context available for Node.js

Notes

Logs v240812

Support for Ubuntu 24.04 and SUSE 15.5(x86_64)

Changed

Notes

Logs v240911

Support for Amazon Linux 2023 (AArch64)

Changed

Notes

Logs v240912

Update to AWS-log-ingestion Lambda function

Changed

Notes

Logs v240610

Changed

Logs v241218

Accelerated AWS logs forwarding with New Relic's One-Step Observability

Changed

Notes

Logs v241211

Enhanced Syslog License Key Handling

Related Documentation

Notes

Logs v241031

Support for Fluent Bit 3.1.9

Changed

Notes

Logs v250110

New Feature: Key-Value Parsing with Grok

Added

Notes

Logs v241219

Removal of aws.region, aws.realm, aws.accountId and plugin.type attributes for the new AWS logs onboarding integrations

Changed

Notes

Logs v250217

OpenTelemetry: Support for complex data structures

Added

Notes

Logs v250227

Support for Fluent Bit 3.2.7

Changed

Notes

Logs v250226

New Feature: AWS Logs in Context

Added

Notes

Logs v250220

Support for Fluent Bit 3.2.2

Changed

Notes

Logs v250402

Handling of Unpaired UTF Surrogates

Changes

Notes

Logs v250401