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A fast log processor and forwarder.

Latest v5.1.0 · by FluentWebsitefluent/fluent-bit

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10 releases since May 7, 2026

Changelog

v5.1.0

Fluent Bit 5.1.0

Added 12
  • Extract skills from memory
  • Add in_gpu_metrics input plugin to handle NVIDIA GPU metrics via NVML
  • Implement in_etw event tracing for Windows input plugin
  • Add capability to adjust log level with error paths in in_node_exporter_metrics
  • Add format=parquet,arrow with selectable page compression codecs to out_s3
  • Handle input, output, filter, and processor plugin aliases
Changed 9
  • Enrich EventData key-value map if enabled in in_winevtlog
  • Upgrade cmetrics library to v2.2.0
  • Upgrade cfl library to v1.0.0
  • Reduce protobuf log allocation churn in opentelemetry
  • Re-architect workers support in downstream
  • Reduce protobuf decode allocation churn in in_opentelemetry
Fixed 12
  • Return not found for invalid endpoint in in_opentelemetry
  • Do not recycle a connection after peer close_notify in OpenSSL TLS
  • Fix incorrectly detected C TLS existence in thread_storage
  • Fix stale byte accounting when multiple frames share a buffer in in_forward
  • Plug 2038 problem on timestamp in log_event_decoder time
  • Plug unsupported shared port issue on Windows in http_server

https://fluentbit.io/announcements/v5.1.0/

What's Changed
New Contributors

Full Changelog: https://github.com/fluent/fluent-bit/compare/v5.0.9...v5.1.0

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v4.2.8

Fluent Bit 4.2.8

Changed 1
  • Enrich EventData key-value map in in_winevtlog if enabled
Fixed 2
  • Fix payload parsing over-reads and null safety in out_stackdriver
  • Handle empty map in out_kafka even if avro schema defines map type

https://fluentbit.io/announcements/v4.2.8/

What's Changed

Full Changelog: https://github.com/fluent/fluent-bit/compare/v4.2.7...v4.2.8

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v4.2.7

Fluent Bit 4.2.7

Changed 1
  • Upgrade librdkafka to v2.15.0
Fixed 5
  • Validate PING is a msgpack array in check_ping for in_forward
  • Align secure forward handshake and chunk ack with protocol spec in out_forward
  • Read magic number endian-safely in streaming decompressor for gzip
  • Fix 100% CPU hang and connection teardown use-after-free in in_forward
  • Return Splunk HEC auth status codes in in_splunk

https://fluentbit.io/announcements/v4.2.7/

What's Changed

Full Changelog: https://github.com/fluent/fluent-bit/compare/v4.2.6...v4.2.7

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v5.0.9

Fluent Bit 5.0.9

Added 2
  • Implement user-defined performance counters with PDH in in_windows_exporter_metrics
  • Implement openssl trace in in_ebpf
Changed 6
  • Upgrade librdkafka to v2.15.0
  • Generate mostly monotonic event id for increasing traceability in in_ebpf
  • Align secure forward handshake and chunk ack with protocol spec in out_forward
  • Attach k8s metadata for internal logs in filter_kubernetes
  • Use semver and timestamp suffixes to distinguish branches in workflows
  • Return Splunk HEC auth status codes in in_splunk
Fixed 9
  • Validate PING is a msgpack array in check_ping in in_forward
  • Plug segmentation violation on in_tail
  • Mitigate data loss on multiline in filter_write_tag and in_emitter
  • Plug segmentation violation on not found error in out_cloudwatch_logs
  • Fix multi-worker resource-metadata data race in out_stackdriver
  • Fix payload parsing over-reads and null safety in out_stackdriver

https://fluentbit.io/announcements/v5.0.9/

What's Changed

Full Changelog: https://github.com/fluent/fluent-bit/compare/v5.0.8...v5.0.9

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v4.2.6

Fluent Bit 4.2.6

Added 1
  • Add IANA time_zone support for native timestamps in parser
Changed 1
  • Add file path to error messages in node_exporter_metrics
Fixed 9
  • Fix multiple memory leaks and potential corruption in out_stackdriver
  • Harden token refresh parsing in oauth2
  • Handle conversion rules of windows and IANA tzinfo in time_tz
  • Plug a regex literal crash
  • Plug bitwise glitches on 32bit OSes in in_windows_exporter_metrics
  • Use the correct maximum size of Cyrillic in unicode

https://fluentbit.io/announcements/v4.2.6/

What's Changed

Full Changelog: https://github.com/fluent/fluent-bit/compare/v4.2.5...v4.2.6

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v5.0.8

Fluent Bit 5.0.8

Added 1
  • Implement sched trace in in_ebpf
Changed 1
  • Upgrade cmetrics to v2.1.5
Fixed 19
  • Plug bitwise glitches on 32bit OSes in in_windows_exporter_metrics
  • Plug a regex literal crash
  • Process type and length of pong strictly in out_forward
  • Use the correct maximum size of Cyrillic in unicode
  • Render unset AnyValue in OTLP JSON in opentelemetry
  • Fix stale chunks handling on limits in storage

https://fluentbit.io/announcements/v5.0.8/

What's Changed
New Contributors

Full Changelog: https://github.com/fluent/fluent-bit/compare/v5.0.7...v5.0.8

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v5.0.7

Fluent Bit 5.0.7

Added 5
  • Support label and namespace mapping in out_chronicle
  • Add IANA time_zone support for native timestamps in parser
  • Support stdin plugin on windows in in_stdin
  • Implement dns trace in in_ebpf
  • Provide options for inactive chunks behavior in out_s3
Changed 3
  • Add 100 MB decompression size limit to zstd
  • Handle conversion rules of windows and IANA tzinfo in time_tz
  • Increase PUT_RECORDS_PAYLOAD_SIZE to 10MB in out_kinesis_streams
Fixed 7
  • Serialize worker teardown in http_server to prevent race conditions
  • Fix libevent crash on connection drop in http_server
  • Fix YAML variant cleanup on parser errors in config_format
  • Handle int64 values correctly in avro
  • Check map size before accessing first entry in in_elasticsearch
  • Fix multiple memory leaks and potential corruption in out_stackdriver
  • Discard checksum corrupt chunks on startup in storage
Security 5
  • Fix OOB reads in framed data parser in snappy
  • Fix OOB read from hardcoded remaining length overhead in in_mqtt
  • Reject parts with length < 4 and fix null-terminator OOB in in_collectd
  • Validate array size before accessing message mode fields in in_forward
  • Fix integer overflow in octet-counting length parser in in_syslog

https://fluentbit.io/announcements/v5.0.7/

What's Changed
New Contributors

Full Changelog: https://github.com/fluent/fluent-bit/compare/v5.0.6...v5.0.7

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v4.2.5

Fluent Bit 4.2.5

Added 3
  • Add support for Ubuntu 26.04
  • Add bash-style default value operator :- for environment variables
  • Support label and namespace mapping in out_chronicle
Fixed 17
  • Replace raw read() with pipe abstraction in input_thread to fix crash
  • Set up proper block size for aws compression arrow
  • Handle bracketed IPv6 addresses in network
  • Address wrong assignments of timezone at midnight in parser
  • Fix issue with missing input alias in routing
  • Plug tag keys failure in out_influxdb
Removed 1
  • Remove promoted known keys from out_logdna

https://fluentbit.io/announcements/v4.2.5/

What's Changed

Full Changelog: https://github.com/fluent/fluent-bit/compare/v4.2.4...v4.2.5

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v5.0.6

Fluent Bit 5.0.6

Added 3
  • Add bash-style default value operator :- for environment variables
  • Add support for Ubuntu 26.04 in packaging
  • Add total limit size configuration for DLQ in storage
Changed 5
  • Upgrade cfl library to v0.7.1
  • Partition OTLP logs by resource in out_kafka
  • Harden listener and architecture for http_server
  • Spawn internal server in threaded mode for http_server
  • Omit SNI for IP literal hosts in TLS
Fixed 8
  • Fix general issues with sds_cat() usage
  • Handle unpacker allocation failure in in_forward
  • Prevent port binding failures in concurrent OTEL tests
  • Ignore duplicate STOP messages to prevent shutdown spin in engine
  • Plug segmentation fault on termination in out_azure_logs_ingestion
  • Fix file append cleanup on failure in in_tail
  • Reconcile files after missed inotify events in in_tail
  • Fix handling of cfl_sds return buffers after cfl upgrade

https://fluentbit.io/announcements/v5.0.6/

What's Changed
New Contributors

Full Changelog: https://github.com/fluent/fluent-bit/compare/v5.0.5...v5.0.6

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v5.0.5

Fluent Bit 5.0.5

Added 1
  • in_ebpf: implement exec trace
Changed 4
  • in_node_exporter_metrics: skip IPv6 metrics collection when disabled
  • aws: update support for additional regions
  • out_s3: handle otlp JSON format
  • lib: cmetrics: upgrade to v2.1.3
Fixed 8
  • filter_kubernetes: destroy TLS session to prevent SSL object leak
  • filter_kubernetes: make memory growth rigidly on filter k8s
  • filter_log_to_metrics: retry timer metric append
  • crypto: fix build with OPENSSL_NO_ENGINE
  • opentelemetry: preserve otlp log resource grouping
  • filter_kubernetes: destroy upstream and TLS context on happy path exit
  • out_forward: fix retain_metadata_in_forward_mode default value
  • input: fix threaded input conditional routing for logs
Removed 1
  • out_logdna: remove promoted known keys

https://fluentbit.io/announcements/v5.0.5/

What's Changed
New Contributors

Full Changelog: https://github.com/fluent/fluent-bit/compare/v5.0.4...v5.0.5

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