From b836bc17a9e036454d03967d5f6c2cd081488f0a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Sven Rebhan <36194019+srebhan@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2024 11:51:28 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] docs(inputs.syslog): Document change of default read timeout to infinite (#14828) --- CHANGELOG.md | 10 ++++++++++ 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+) diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md index 6f431b848..e248fafdb 100644 --- a/CHANGELOG.md +++ b/CHANGELOG.md @@ -1,6 +1,16 @@ # Changelog +## Unreleased + +### Important Changes + +- The default read-timeout of `inputs.syslog` of five seconds is not a sensible + default as the plugin will close the connection if the time between + consecutive messages exceeds the timeout. + [#14837](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/pull/14828) sets the timeout + to infinite (i.e zero) as this is the expected behavior. + ## v1.29.5 [2024-02-20] ### Bugfixes