v1.6.8

We provides the means for the collection, organization and computerized retrieval of knowledgeand Lightweight Data Forwarder for Linux, BSD and OSX. We are proud to announce the availability of Fluent Bit v1.6.8.

December 3, 2020

KNOWLEDGE BASE

Release Notes v1.6.8

Fluent Bit is a Fast and Lightweight Data Forwarder for Linux, BSD and OSX. We are proud to announce the availability of Fluent Bit v1.6.8.

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

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

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https://www.cognitoforms.com/Fluentecosystem/FluentEcosystemSurvey

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Changes

Fluent Bit v1.6.8 is the minor release on 1.6 that comes with the following changes:

Core

  • socket: fix error socket status check (#2826 #2827)
  • input_chunk: Update tag value extraction for backoff logs (#2806)
  • parser: Add a new option time_strict (#2813)
  • aws: ECS comes before EC2 in standard chain
  • json parser: Fix null-dereference (oss-fuzz 27764)
  • input: fix socket error during shutdown on Windows (#2812)
  • pack gelf: remove uninvited newline
  • pack gelf: fix stack buffer overflow on temp variable (oss-fuzz 26237)
  • record accessor: fix multiple NULL dereferences (oss-fuzz 27234)
  • signv4: fix write heap-overflow (oss-fuzz 27710)

Plugins

Contributors

On every release, there are many people involved doing contributions on different areas like bug reporting, troubleshooting, documentation and coding, without these contributions from the community, the project won’t be the same and won’t be in the good shape that it is now. So THANK YOU! to everyone who takes part of this journey!

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Latest Version

New release on Mar 20, 2024

Fluent Bit v3.0.0 is out!

Check out the Release Notes, read the Updated Documentation or jump directly to the Downloads Section.

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