v7.2.0

7.2.0 (2026-03-03)

Bug Fixes

• aws_sqs source: add retry delay in sqs::Ingestor (#23996) 7224315 - GitHub
• azure_blob sink: use correct reqwest feature (#23865) 4985e40 - GitHub
• bump rocksdb 6218a23 - Kristof Mattei
• bump Rust to 1.93.1 833e244 - Kristof Mattei
• ci: add e2e-tests should run filter (#24016) fcb9dfd - GitHub
• ci: Add missing step to last needs of integration.yml (#24065) 98a8d41 - GitHub
• ci: datadog-metrics e2e test fixes (#23919) 9ead212 - GitHub
• ci: fix path in datadog-metrics e2e test.yaml (#24127) 8c5af62 - GitHub
• ci: increase e2e timeout (#23857) bd6a8f5 - GitHub
• ci: latest-vector_default.yaml case was silently failing (#23984) 2275c69 - GitHub
• ci: only run changed integrations in the MQ (#23937) 0c652ce - GitHub
• ci: run mqtt int tests (#24102) 11c5521 - GitHub
• ci: scripts/run-integration-test.sh must fail early (not skip) (#23977) a0fd699 - GitHub
• ci: vdev build on cache miss (#24113) bfaefdc - GitHub
• ci: vdev caching (#24126) 5cf227e - GitHub
• ci: windows rustup stable not installed by default (#23868) ae9010c - GitHub
• config: watch-config file events handling (#23899) f3d2608 - GitHub
• dev: add .md authors spelling pattern (#23843) 76dc8b7 - GitHub
• dev: aws-kinesis-firehose tests (#24117) 42f7106 - GitHub
• dev: Fix incorrect cue.sh path (#23953) 5c1e1ee - GitHub
• dev: fix journald tests for local macOS (#24114) e486428 - GitHub
• dev: Fix local mqtt int test (#24096) f6be7db - GitHub
• dev: multicast_and_unicast_udp_message no longer hangs on macOS (#24112) ae8ad71 - GitHub
• disable release-tool for now, this should not be merged in master c3f7176 - Kristof Mattei
• docker_logs source: fix docker client with specified socket path (#24026) 2ead145 - GitHub
• enrichment tables: prevent crash on config reload with enrichment table sources (#24014) 13f77b9 - GitHub
• enrichment tables: properly enable memory enrichment table for vector tap (#23863) f054f9c - GitHub
• fluent source: stop counting received events twice (#23900) 28de351 - GitHub
• instrument: Buffer counter underflowed (#23872) (#23973) bd9b877 - GitHub
• integration test: fix external type in networks in docker compose file (#23942) 8dff36b - GitHub
• logging: rate limiting fixes 4a28a76 - Phil Ciampini LOG-23166
• metrics: prevent negative utilization on late messages (#24073) 22cb8c5 - GitHub
• metrics: prevent utilization metric loss on configuration reload (#24080) fb74a1e - GitHub
• mqtt sink: tls auth by client cert (#23839) ba11319 - GitHub
• opentelemetry source: fix HTTP not decompressing payloads (#24068) 52a1c65 - GitHub
• prometheus_remote_write source: ignore conflicting metadata instead of returning HTTP 400 (#23773) 5e1c3bf - GitHub
• prometheus_remote_write source: import only if flag is set (#24082) 825f4a3 - GitHub
• vdev: corrects stop logic (#24086) 97c8d28 - GitHub
• website: 0.50.0 release typos (#23918) 1e49204 - GitHub
• website: fix creation dates for a few md files (#24048) 4cd5f67 - GitHub
• website: use ` instead of " in aws guide (#23983) a9d635a - GitHub

Chores

• address clippy as part of the 1.93.1 Rust upgrade ae54816 - Kristof Mattei
• bump mold, previous version broke Rust 1.89 1871acd - Kristof Mattei
• ci: add timeout to component features job (#23814) 8b25a7e - GitHub
• ci: allow manual homebrew runs (#23835) 80fee27 - GitHub
• ci: Bump actions/cache from 4.2.4 to 4.3.0 (#23927) 0fc7111 - GitHub
• ci: Bump actions/github-script from 7.0.1 to 8.0.0 (#23906) a36ad74 - GitHub
• ci: Bump actions/labeler from 5.0.0 to 6.0.1 (#23905) 0346d54 - GitHub
• ci: Bump actions/setup-python from 5 to 6 (#23924) 7cf189f - GitHub
• ci: Bump amannn/action-semantic-pull-request from 5.5.3 to 6.1.1 (#23907) 8ff0e90 - GitHub
• ci: Bump aws-actions/configure-aws-credentials from 4.3.1 to 5.0.0 (#23928) a7b4dc3 - GitHub
• ci: Bump docker/login-action from 3.5.0 to 3.6.0 (#23904) f09401d - GitHub
• ci: Bump github/codeql-action from 3.30.0 to 3.30.5 (#23908) 2e2e5bb - GitHub
• ci: Bump github/codeql-action from 3.30.5 to 3.30.6 (#23926) 9783640 - GitHub
• ci: Bump ossf/scorecard-action from 2.4.2 to 2.4.3 (#23925) 12fd410 - GitHub
• ci: cache vdev (#24103) 31e8d2e - GitHub
• ci: extract homebrew publishing into a new workflow (#23833) 8387b5e - GitHub
• ci: homebrew workflow fixes (#23836) e6da138 - GitHub
• ci: Ignore E2E datadog-metrics (#23917) 5156c8b - GitHub
• ci: make labeler action glob ci files correctly (#24030) 359fc8a - GitHub
• ci: make workflows run when yml files change (#24017) 01b7369 - GitHub
• ci: parallelize e2e tests (ci-integration-review) (#24115) d8abed5 - GitHub
• ci: remove CARGO_NET_GIT_FETCH_WITH_CLI (#24055) 5e79207 - GitHub
• ci: remove check-version script (#23940) 152cc39 - GitHub
• ci: remove redundant setup steps (#23999) a121acf - GitHub
• ci: Run deny on nightly schedule (#24029) 09bdb96 - GitHub
• ci: run expensive Component Features check weekly (#23963) cdb9e3c - GitHub
• ci: run IT suite once (#23818) 4eadd70 - GitHub
• ci: run K8s e2e test suite only on MQ (#24110) 9fdced8 - GitHub
• ci: spellchecker fix (#23842) 592dab7 - GitHub
• ci: spread out schedules (#23852) a7d91b3 - GitHub
• ci: use 8core runners for int tests (#23909) 2dfb9fc - GitHub
• ci: use official squid image (#24090) e43d490 - GitHub
• ci: use shared volume in opentelemetry-logs E2E test (#23854) fad8439 - GitHub
• codecs: add signal priority option to OTLP decoder (#24019) 778b944 - GitHub
• codecs: refactoring - move code out of mod.rs (#24000) c1b8027 - GitHub
• config: disable config error log rate limit (#24091) 64aacca - GitHub
• config: Expose a public way to load a config from str (#23825) d12c8f1 - GitHub
• datadog service: add flattened and unflattened key examples to datadog_search tests (#24008) 45093c9 - GitHub
• datadog_agent source: reuse code from util/http/encoding.rs (#24071) e618fdf - GitHub
• deps: batch netlink-* dep updates (#23920) c21ff5b - GitHub
• deps: Bump async-nats from 0.42.0 to 0.43.1 (#23886) 4d20c76 - GitHub
• deps: Bump aws-smithy-runtime from 1.9.1 to 1.9.2 in the aws group (#23879) c66f4a3 - GitHub
• deps: Bump bytesize from 2.0.1 to 2.1.0 (#23885) 03e8021 - GitHub
• deps: bump fakeintake version (updated sha) (#23922) 573241a - GitHub
• deps: Bump humantime from 2.2.0 to 2.3.0 (#23895) 2855aef - GitHub
• deps: Bump proptest from 1.7.0 to 1.8.0 (#23890) 759c6b1 - GitHub
• deps: Bump security-framework from 3.3.0 to 3.5.1 (#23887) 2332719 - GitHub
• deps: Bump sysinfo from 0.36.1 to 0.37.1 (#23892) ee390b8 - GitHub
• deps: bump sysinfo to 0.37.2 (#23921) bff3623 - GitHub
• deps: Bump tempfile from 3.21.0 to 3.23.0 (#23889) 36459cc - GitHub
• deps: Bump the clap group with 2 updates (#23881) 398b81b - GitHub
• deps: bump VRL to latest sha (#23947) 549381e - GitHub
• deps: Bump warp from 0.3.7 to 0.4.2 (#23683) d4f791d - GitHub
• deps: Update dd-rust-license-tool to v1.0.4 (#24122) d6421e3 - GitHub
• dev: revert "Remove RUST_VERSION from int/e2e Dockerfile (#24057)" (#24062) b08819e - GitHub
• dev: add always build option to scripts/run-integration-test.sh (#24120) 086d8f3 - GitHub
• dev: add maxwidth format option (#23985) 64cb8fa - GitHub
• dev: add user facing change explanation in PR template (#24070) db89076 - GitHub
• dev: check modified files only for style (#24106) 6547b81 - GitHub
• dev: consolidate usage of VECTOR_LOG in tests and remove TEST_LOG (#23804) a70eca4 - GitHub
• dev: fix environment image and add test (#24033) a9d244a - GitHub
• dev: merge both cue.sh scripts (#23951) 5aa7244 - GitHub
• dev: Remove references to soak-builder (#24032) 61e7bf3 - GitHub
• dev: Remove RUST_VERSION from int/e2e Dockerfile (#24057) 4bde7f9 - GitHub
• dev: Remove RUST_VERSION from int/e2e Dockerfile (#24083) 834529f - GitHub
• dev: separate vector-top into it's own module (#23969) 9c0dffb - GitHub
• dev: small vdev improvements and refactor (#23912) 68f0b4c - GitHub
• dev: update environment image (#23816) 19f99f7 - GitHub
• dev: update VRL (#23903) 64463fb - GitHub
• dev: use rust 1.90 (#23870) 1d86067 - GitHub
• e2e: remove build directives from datadog compose files (#24018) 1bed43c - GitHub
• external docs: improve internal_log_rate_limit docs (#24023) 8c909f2 - GitHub
• external docs: parse_aws_alb_log strict_mode (#24021) ea91a4d - GitHub
• file sink: Remove _config suffix from truncate_config (#23864) a17a184 - GitHub
• file source: remove legacy checksum/fingerprinting (#23874) 3cd1a31 - GitHub
• internal_logs source: update internal_log_rate_limit tags (#24050) c7889db - GitHub
• internal_metrics source: refactor utilization.rs and add tests (#24085) e732a6e - GitHub
• releasing: minor release template fixes (#23831) b86a6aa - GitHub
• releasing: post release steps (#23834) 74380c2 - GitHub
• releasing: prepare v0.51.0 release (#24131) f8d6250 - GitHub
• releasing: prepare v0.51.1 release (#24214) 44c8f1c - Thomas
• releasing: remove support for x86_64-apple-darwin (#23867) e4e01fa - GitHub
• tests: increase timeouts in file_start_position_server_restart_unfinalized (#23812) 203b2bc - GitHub
• tests: use telemetrygen and delete custom log generator (#23968) 33692fa - GitHub
• top: Export the top function for external reuse (#23988) 2e128dc - GitHub
• topology: use builder pattern to avoid large list of arguments (#24084) a1ca14f - GitHub
• vdev: capture stderr and refactor (#24045) 770ae96 - GitHub
• vdev: refactor to avoid temp files and leverage docker APIs (#23976) dc60da0 - GitHub
• vdev: use one dockerfile for e2e and int (#24101) caf1592 - GitHub
• vrl playground: enable wrap to help with long strings (#24013) f8f23df - GitHub
• vrl playground: fix timezone dropdown pop up (#24015) 90648c9 - GitHub
• website: fix typo (#23841) 56a7af5 - GitHub
• website: fix vector diagram (#23830) be2dde4 - GitHub
• website: guides and highlights author/date fixes (#24047) cd5d442 - GitHub
• website: improve indexing for memory table docs (#23827) 52049ad - GitHub
• website: improve output type sections (#24006) d9e0e3a - GitHub
• website: re-organize and improve aws guides (#23954) 90f59d5 - GitHub
• website: show both author name and handle (#23948) a5fb0ec - GitHub

Features

• ci: add aggregated test detection outputs to changes.yml (#24040) e162bda - GitHub
• ci: add RUST_BACKTRACE/CARGO_TERM_COLOR to setup action (#24056) 6ec5b90 - GitHub
• ci: add setup action (#23707) c6fb996 - GitHub
• ci: add workflow to build and push test runner image (#24042) 192dd25 - GitHub
• ci: misc tests now run in parallel (#23987) 0b75760 - GitHub
• ci: move e2e.yml logic to integration.yml (#23873) 2e605f5 - GitHub
• ci: only run tests when change conditions are met (#23939) 6b807ef - GitHub
• ci: optimize integration tests by reusing test-runner images (#24052) c6a6a85 - GitHub
• codecs: add 'use_json_names' options to protobuf codecs (#24002) e1ecf8e - GitHub
• codecs: bump avro-rs crate to improve avro encoding error (#24119) aef66cf - GitHub
• codecs: introduce OTLP decoder (#24003) 73c468c - GitHub
• config: emit config_reload_rejected and config_reloaded counters (#23500) c52d405 - GitHub
• dev: add opentelemetry metrics e2e tests (#24109) 5d70d07 - GitHub
• dev: enable colors when running in nextest (#23819) e1cd39c - GitHub
• docker_logs source: print error with Debug trait to improve the user diagnostic experience (#23949) 2527653 - GitHub
• enrichment tables: add expired items output to memory enrichment table (#23815) a4ded4a - GitHub
• file sink: add options to truncate files in some conditions (#23671) a52a749 - GitHub
• file source: make fingerprinter buffer internal (#23859) 1a2dccb - GitHub
• journald source: improve error handling for journald source by spawn new stderr handler (#23941) 4c34fc6 - GitHub
• opentelemetry sink: introduce otlp encoder (#23850) b18ada8 - GitHub
• prometheus_remote_write source: add path configuration option (#23956) 6f7ef56 - GitHub
• remap transform: reload transforms with external VRL on SIGHUP (#23898) b9737f7 - GitHub
• splunk_hec sink: Add HEC indexer ack query compression (#23823) ab8c4da - GitHub
• tests: binstall cargo nextest in int/e2e tests (#23913) 2845c58 - GitHub
• unit tests: respect color flag for tests (#23957) 6a8dccc - GitHub
• unit tests: respect color flag for tests (#23964) 515a548 - GitHub
• unit tests: respect color flag for tests (recreated) (#23966) 4044e43 - GitHub
• vdev: add --reuse-image flag for CI optimization (#24041) 9b775a5 - GitHub
• website: add highlights to typesense (#23952) cd2471a - GitHub

Miscellaneous

• Merge pull request #63 from mezmo/feature/LOG-23166 b65ec13 - GitHub LOG-23166
• Merge tag 'v7.1.0' into feature/LOG-23166 0f01d67 - Phil Ciampini LOG-23166 LOG-23166
• Merge pull request #62 from mezmo/feature/LOG-23166-update-mold-cleanup 7b34e82 - GitHub LOG-23166
• Merge upstream tag 'v0.51.1' into feature/LOG-23166 b51aa3b - Phil Ciampini LOG-23166 LOG-23166
• chore!(config): prevent multiline env var interpolation (#24088) 8cc639f - GitHub
• feat!(internal_logs source): turn ON rate limiting by default (#24024) 3146eca - GitHub
• fix!(metrics): limit utilization precision and reduce debug log frequency (#23938) 828829c - GitHub
• config: Document best-practice of not ending with _config in config spec (#23866) 5ce51c0 - GitHub
• datadog_agent source: Add control for metric name splitting (#23986) cbfcb8c - GitHub
• docker_logs source: add requirement for docker logs source (#23944) 50f9a8c - GitHub
• external docs: fix empty collection rendering by isset (#23945) deab79c - GitHub
• external docs: fix tls how it work (#24036) 0c99f16 - GitHub
• external: add example for AWS Secrets Manager backend (#23548) 25f0353 - GitHub
• external: improvements (#23869) a3ee7ab - GitHub
• external: vrl pop() function (#23727) 7893538 - GitHub
• kubernetes_logs source: fix warning for kubernetes logs source (#23965) f56549c - GitHub
• vrl: add new path related documents (#23935) 59689d3 - GitHub