Falcon LogScale 1.136.0 GA (2024-04-30)
| Version? | Type? | Release Date? | Availability? | End of Support | Security Updates | Upgrades From? | Downgrades To? | Config. Changes? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.136.0 | GA | 2024-04-30 | Cloud | 2025-05-31 | No | 1.112.0 | 1.112.0 | No |
Available for download two days after release.
Bug fixes and updates.
Advance Warning
The following items are due to change in a future release.
Installation and Deployment
The LogScale Launcher Script script for starting LogScale will be modified to change the way CPU core usage can be configured. The
-XX:ActiveProcessorCount=ncommand-line option will be ignored if set. Users that need to configure the core count manually should setCORES=nenvironment variable instead. This will cause the launcher to configure both LogScale and the JVM properly.This change is scheduled for 1.148.0.
For more information, see LogScale Launcher Script.
Removed
Items that have been removed as of this release.
Storage
The full JDK has been removed from the Docker images, leaving only the bundled JDK that is part of LogScale release tarballs.
Deprecation
Items that have been deprecated and may be removed in a future release.
The
anyargument to thetypeparameter ofsort()andtable()has been deprecated and will be removed in version 1.142.Warnings prompts will be shown in queries that fall into either of these two cases:
If you are explicitly supplying an
anyargument, please either simply remove both the parameter and the argument, for example changesort(..., type=any)tosort(...)or supply the argument fortypethat corresponds to your data.If you are sorting hexadecimal values by their equivalent numerical values, please change the argument of
typeparameter tohexe.g.sort(..., type=hex).In all other cases, no action is needed.
The new default value for
sort()andtable()will benumber. Both functions will fall back to lexicographical ordering for values that cannot be understood as the provided argument fortype.The following API endpoints are deprecated and marked for removal in 1.148.0:
POST/api/v1/clusterconfig/kafka-queues/partition-assignment
GET/api/v1/clusterconfig/kafka-queues/partition-assignment
POST/api/v1/clusterconfig/kafka-queues/partition-assignment/set-replication-defaultsThe deprecated methods are used for viewing and changing the partition assignment in Kafka for the ingest queue. Administrators should use Kafka's own tools for editing partition assignments instead, such as the bin/kafka-reassign-partitions.sh and bin/kafka-topics.sh scripts that ship with the Kafka install.
The
HUMIO_JVM_ARGSenvironment variable in the LogScale Launcher Script script will be removed in 1.154.0.The variable existed for migration from older deployments where the launcher script was not available. The launcher script replaces the need for manually setting parameters in this variable, so the use of this variable is no longer required. Using the launcher script is now the recommended method of launching LogScale. For more details on the launcher script, see LogScale Launcher Script. Clusters that still set this configuration should migrate to the other variables described at LogScale Launcher Script.
We are deprecating the
humio/kafkaandhumio/zookeeperDocker images due to low use. The planned final release for these images will be with LogScale 1.148.0.Better alternatives are available going forward. We recommend the following:
If you still require
humio/kafkaorhumio/zookeeperfor needs that cannot be covered by these alternatives, please contact Support and share your concerns.The following GraphQL queries and mutations for interacting with parsers are deprecated and scheduled for removal in version 1.142.
The deprecated createParser() mutation is replaced by createParserV2() . The differences between the old and new mutation are:
testDatainput field is replaced bytestCases, which can contain more data than the old tests could. This includes adding assertions to the output of a test. These assertions are not displayed in the UI yet. To emulate the old API, you can take the old test string and put it in theParserTestEventInputinside theParserTestCaseInput, and they will behave the same as before.
fieldsToBeRemovedBeforeParsingcan now be specified as part of the parser creation.
forcefield is renamed toallowOverwritingExistingParser.
sourceCodefield is renamed toscript.
tagFieldsfield is renamed tofieldsToTag.
languageVersionis no longer an enum, but aLanguageVersionInputTypeinstead.The mutation returns a
Parser, instead of aParserwrapped in an object.The mutation fails when a parser has more than 2,000 test cases, or the test input in a single test case exceeds 40,000 characters.
The deprecated removeParser() mutation is replaced by deleteParser(). The difference between the old and new mutation is:
The mutation returns boolean to represent success or failure, instead of a
Parserwrapped in an object.The deprecated testParser() mutation is replaced by testParserV2() . The differences between the old and new mutation are:
The test cases are now structured types, instead of just being strings. To emulate the old API, take the test string and put it in the
ParserTestEventInputinside theParserTestCaseInput, and they will behave the same as before.The new test cases can contain assertions about the contents of the output.
The mutation output is significantly different from before, as it provides more detailed information on how a test case has failed.
The mutation now accepts both a language version and list of fields to be removed before parsing.
The
parserScriptfield is renamed toscript.The
tagFieldsfield is renamed tofieldsToTag.The deprecated updateParser() mutation is replaced by updateParserV2() where more extensive test cases can be set. Continuing to use the previous API may result in test information on parsers being lost. To ensure information is not unintentionally erased, please migrate away from the deprecated APIs for both reading and updating parser test cases and use updateParserV2() instead. The differences between the previous and the new mutation are:
testDatainput field is replaced bytestCases, which can contain more data than the old tests could. This includes adding assertions to the output of a test. These assertions are not displayed in the UI yet. To emulate the old API, you can take the old test string and put it in theParserTestEventInputinside theParserTestCaseInput, and they will behave the same as before.
sourceCodefield, used to updating the parser script, is changed to thescriptfield, which takes aUpdateParserScriptInputobject. This updates the parser script and the language version together.
tagFieldsfield is renamed tofieldsToTag.The
languageVersionis located inside theUpdateParserScriptInputobject, and is no longer an enum, but aLanguageVersionInputTypeinstead.The
repositoryNameandidfields are now correctly marked as mandatory in the schema. Previously this wasn't the case, even though the mutation would fail without them.The mutation returns a
Parser, instead of aParserwrapped in an object.The old mutation had a bug where it would overwrite the
languageVersionwith a default value in some cases, which is fixed in the new one.The mutation fails when a parser has more than 2,000 test cases, or the test input in a single test case exceeds 40,000 characters.
On the Parser type:
testDatafield is deprecated and replaced bytestCases.
sourceCodefield is deprecated and replaced byscript.
tagFieldsfield is deprecated and replaced byfieldsToTag.For more information, see DeleteParserInput , LanguageVersionInputType , createParserV2() , testParserV2() , updateParserV2() , Parser .
New features and improvements
GraphQL API
The querySearchDomains() query has been extended with the option to filter results by limit name as well as ordering results by limit name.
For more information, see querySearchDomains() .
Ingestion
Parser test cases can now include assertions. This allows you to specify that you expect certain fields to have certain values in a test case after parsing, or that you expect certain fields to not be present at all. Note that the assertions are not exported as part of the YAML template yet.
For more information, see Write a Parser.
Log Collector
Introducing Fleet Management Remote Updates allowing users to install the LogScale Collector via curl / PowerShell, and manage upgrades and downgrades centrally from Fleet Management.
For more information, see Manage Falcon LogScale Collector Versions - Instances, Manage Versions - Groups, Install Falcon LogScale Collector.
Fixed in this release
User Interface
Still existing Humio occurrences have been replaced with LogScale in a lot of places, primarily in GraphQL documentation and error messages.
Functions
The
table()function has been fixed as it would wrongly accept a limit of 0, causing serialisation to break between cluster nodes.
Other
DNS lookup was blocked by heavy disk IO when using a HTTP proxy, causing timeouts. This issue has been fixed.