IMPORTANT: No additional bug fixes or documentation updates
will be released for this version. For the latest information, see the
current release documentation.
Logstash 6.1.0 Release Notesedit
- Implemented a new experimental Java execution engine for Logstash pipelines. The Java engine is off by default, but can be enabled with --experimental-java-execution (#7950).
- Added support for changing the page capacity for an existing queue (#8628).
- Made extensive improvements to pipeline execution performance and memory efficiency (#7692, #8776, #8577, #8446, #8333, #8163, #8103, #8087, and #7691).
Filter Pluginsedit
Grok:
- Fixed slow metric invocation and needless locking on timeout enforcer (#125).
Mutate:
- Added support for boolean-to-integer conversion (#108).
Ruby:
- Fixed concurrency issues with multiple worker threads that was caused by a (JRuby issue).
- Added file-based Ruby script support as an alternative to the existing inline option (#35).
Output Pluginsedit
Elasticsearch:
-
When indexing to Elasticsearch 6.x or above, Logstash ignores the event’s
typefield and no longer uses it to set the document’s_type(#712).