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Release notes for IBM Cloud Logs

Release notes for IBM Cloud Logs

Use these release notes to learn about the latest updates to IBM® Cloud Logs.

5 June 2025

Release of the Logging agent version 1.6.0
For more information, see the Release notes for the Logging agent

16 May 2025

[DataPrime] DataPrime enhancements

DataPrime now support the multigrouby operator.

DataPrime now supports the union operator.

DataPrime now supports the join cross operator

DataPrime now supports passing of query parameter values using $p.

[UI] Compact mode

Compact mode provides a simplified and streamlined view, enabling users to focus on active monitoring and querying without additional widgets, filters, or statistics.

[UI] Shared URL

Enhancements added to the share the URL functionality so you can share a URL of the the current view of the logs explore screen.

[UI] New extensions

New extensions are available:

[Custom dashboards] Variable support

Variables can be configured as a placeholder for a value that is used in queries. When used in custom dashboards, your dashboard's queries update to display data for that value.

Fixes implemented

The following issues are resolved.

[Alerts] Fixed an issue where the log_example field in an alert notification was sometimes including a null value.

[Custom Dashboards] Fixed an issue where widgets from metrics data were intermittently failing to load.

[API] Fixed an issue in the alerts list API where the notification_payload_filters field contained empty values.

[Data Usage] Fixed an issue in the data usage graph where usage for some days was displayed as null.

[UI] Fixed multiple issue where the display of some screens in dark mode was broken.

[Alerts] Fixed an issue where condition_timeframe in notification didn't match the time frame/window defined in the alert configuration.

24 February 2025

Geo enrichment

Geo enrichment now supports ASN (Autonomous System Number). ASN information will be added to the logs when geo enrichment is used.

[DataPrime] DataPrime enhancements

DataPrime now support the join operator types inner, full, and left.

DataPrime now supports the stitch operator.

[UI] Shared URL

Support added so you can share the URL of the the current view of the logs explore screen.

Fixes implemented

The following issues are resolved.

  • [UI] Resolved the issue in the custom dashboard where no data was shown in widgets when querying logs from priority insights.
  • [UI] Resolved the issued where livetail did not display UTF-8 encoded characters.
  • [UI] Resolve the issue when expanding the info panel hid the contents behind the navigation menu.

6 February 2025

Context-based restrictions
IBM Cloud Logs now supports context-based restrictions (CBR). For more information see, Protecting resources with context-based restrictions.

5 February 2025

Notice regarding successful IBM Cloud Object Storage read activity tracking events
IBM Cloud Activity Tracker Event Routing drops successful cloud-object-storage.object.read events that are initiated by IBM Cloud Logs instances because they are not needed. For more information see Why am I not seeing successful read activity tracking events for IBM Cloud Object Storage activity generated by IBM Cloud Logs?.
Documentation about using regex for queries
Additional information is available about using regex for queries. For more information, see Using regex when querying data.

12 December 2024

[UI][LiveTail] Livetail support
Livetail now supports Application and Subsystem drop-down filters which can be used to filter logs based on Application and Subsystem.
Fixes implemented
The following issues are resolved.
  • [Query] - Fixed an issue where running a query in All Logs would result in a "Query Failed" message with no results returned even if the query ran up to the maximum timeout of 5 minutes.
  • [Alerts] - Fixed an error where Metric alerts were not triggering notifications.
  • [UI][Logs] - Fixed an issue where the selected keys in the Content column are reset when switching between Priority Insights and All Logs.

25 November 2024

Fixes implemented
The following issues are resolved.
  • [API][Views] - Fixed a bug where setting quick_selection using the API sets a custom selection in the UI.
  • [UI][TCO] - Resolved an error when clicking Reset all overrides resulted in displaying ERROR: Failed to reset all overrides.
  • [API][View Folder] - Fixed failure when updating view folders through the API.
  • [API][Events2Metrics] - Fixed failure when updating Events to Metrics rules through the API.
  • [Query] - Fixed query errors when using longer query windows, for example, for 6 or 12 hours.
  • [UI] - Fixed an error where the dashboard login displayed intermittent HTTP 500 errors.
  • [UI] - Fixed log highlighting for surrounding logs improving the ability to view the context around the logs.
  • [Alerts] - Fixed an error where the alert payload was not sent as valid JSON.
  • [UI][TCO] - Fixed an error where editing an existing TCO policy would wait to refresh for a long time.

6 November 2024

Fixes implemented
The following issue is resolved.
  • Fixed custom dashboards displaying "Something went wrong" when selecting Analyze and Alert.

18 September 2024

CSE endpoint support
IBM Cloud Logs now supports CSE endpoints.

4 September 2024

Documentation updates affecting IBM Cloud Logs and IBM Cloud Logs Routing
Significant documentation updates have been made to the IBM Cloud Logs and IBM Cloud Logs Routing documentation sets with information related to using agents to send data to IBM Cloud Logs moved from the IBM Cloud Logs Routing documentation to the IBM Cloud Logs documentation.

29 August 2024

Osaka (jp-osa) and Sao Paulo (br-sao) region support
Osaka and Sao Paulo are now online regions for the IBM Cloud Logs service in the IBM Cloud. IBM Cloud Logs instances can now be provisioned in Osaka and Sao Paulo.

22 August 2024

London (eu-gb), Sydney (au-syd), and Tokyo (jp-tok) region support
London, Sydney, and Tokyo are now online regions for the IBM Cloud Logs service in the IBM Cloud. IBM Cloud Logs instances can now be provisioned in London, Sydney, and Tokyo.

8 August 2024

Washington (us-east) and Dallas (us-south) region support
Washington and Dallas are now online regions for the IBM Cloud Logs service in the IBM Cloud. IBM Cloud Logs instances can now be provisioned in Washington and Dallas.

30 July 2024

Toronto (ca-tor) region support
Toronto is now an online region for the IBM Cloud Logs service in the IBM Cloud. IBM Cloud Logs instances can now be provisioned in Toronto.

24 June 2024

IBM® Cloud Logs is generally available

IBM Cloud Logs is a service in the IBM Cloud.

For more information about the IBM Cloud Logs service, see Getting started with IBM Cloud Logs.