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Parseable

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Velocity5.0

Log analytics platform built for high-volume observability data

Parseable's 3.2 patches turn the observability console into a toolset for external agents.

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◆Current state
Parseable's 3.2 patch line shipped six releases between mid-September and late October. v3.2.5 added a tool executor API for external MCP servers and exposed read-only tools, and v3.2.6 added log and trace errors as tools and saved PromQL filters. Earlier patches added server-wide throttling, crash-safe staging recovery, and CPU, memory, disk and query metrics.
◆Where it's heading
The earlier focus on trustworthy querying continues, but a new consumer has appeared: agents calling Parseable through tools. Alongside that, the operational metrics and throttling show a system being run under real load.
◆Prediction
Expect the tool catalog to keep growing in the next patches, with write-capable tools a clear open question since v3.2.5 stops at read-only. Query stability and metrics fixes should continue alongside it.

◆Recent moves

  1. 10d ago

    v3.2.6: more agent tools and saved PromQL filters

    Adds log and trace errors as tools, updates the tool catalog, saves PromQL queries in filters and fixes manifest pruning. The tools surface started in v3.2.5 keeps widening here.

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  2. 27d ago

    v3.2.5: tool executor API for external MCP servers

    A tool executor API for external MCP servers arrives, and read-only tools are exposed. This is the first release in the run that opens Parseable to outside agents, alongside a failed-alert evaluation fix.

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  3. 1mo ago

    v3.2.4: abort queries when the client disconnects

    Query execution now aborts when the receiver drops, and a series hash function is made public. A small patch with no visible change for most users.

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  4. 1mo ago

    v3.2.3: hot-tier eviction query fix and metric buckets

    Fixes query execution during hot-tier eviction and reworks query metrics into buckets. Corrective work with little user-facing effect.

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  5. 1mo ago

    v3.2.2: OTel JSON fixes and new disk and memory metrics

    Fixes ingestion and OTel JSON bugs and adds process memory limit, disk usage and upload duration metrics. It gives operators more visibility as deployments take on heavier use.

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  6. 1mo ago

    v3.2.1: server-wide throttling and crash-safe staging

    Server-wide throttling arrives with a rejection duration after a threshold breach, and staging recovery becomes crash-safe. Both make the system more predictable under load, extending the query-throttling work from the 3.1 line.

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