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rsyslog

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Velocity2.5

High-performance log processing and forwarding system

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rsyslog keeps adding cloud outputs, with Kinesis in October after CloudWatch in August.

observabilitykuberneteslog-collectionopentelemetryaws
◆Current state
rsyslog publishes a scheduled-stable snapshot every two months. April added YAML configuration and native OpenTelemetry protobuf output, June an Elastic Beats input and TCP compression, and August an imkubernetes input that tails pod and container logs, segmented disk-assisted queues and a CloudWatch Logs output. The October 8.2610.0 snapshot adds an Amazon Kinesis Data Streams output and an experimental producer-local queue.
◆Where it's heading
Across 2026 rsyslog has moved from a host syslog daemon toward a container and cloud log shipper, adding inputs for Kubernetes and outputs for AWS services each cycle. Queueing is the other active area.
◆Prediction
The next scheduled-stable snapshot is due in December on the two-month rhythm; which outputs it adds is unclear from the feed.

◆Recent moves

  1. 18d ago

    rsyslog 8.2610.0

    The October scheduled-stable rsyslog adds an Amazon Kinesis Data Streams output, an experimental producer-local queue scope for concurrency and a strict input startup policy.

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  2. 2mo ago

    rsyslog 8.2608.0 adds a Kubernetes log input and segmented disk queues

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    The snapshot that completes the arc the last two started: rsyslog stops merely annotating Kubernetes logs via mmkubernetes and starts collecting them via imkubernetes. Paired with a new segmented queue engine and per-action rate limiting, it is the release where the daemon acquires the parts an edge collector needs.

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  3. 4mo ago

    rsyslog 8.2606.0 adds Elastic Beats input and TCP compression

    The June snapshot that added an Elastic Beats input and TCP compression — the middle step between annotating container logs and collecting them, which the August release completes.

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  4. 6mo ago

    rsyslog 8.2604.0 adds YAML config and native OTel protobuf

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    The April snapshot that opened this arc: YAML configuration and native OpenTelemetry protobuf output moved rsyslog from syslog relay toward observability pipeline component.

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  5. 8mo ago

    rsyslog 8.2602.0 tag with no release notes

    A bare February tag carrying no notes in the feed. Nothing readable about direction here.

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  6. 10mo ago

    Marker tag for the AGENTS.md doc state at end of 2025

    A bookkeeping tag marking the documentation state before a docs iteration. No code change.

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