Bug 1894639

Summary:	Fluent stops sending logs even though logging stack seems functional
Product:	OpenShift Container Platform	Reporter:	Jeff Cantrill <jcantril>
Component:	Logging	Assignee:	Jeff Cantrill <jcantril>
Status:	CLOSED ERRATA	QA Contact:	Anping Li <anli>
Severity:	medium	Docs Contact:
Priority:	unspecified
Version:	4.6	CC:	anli, aos-bugs, periklis
Target Milestone:	---	Keywords:	Reopened
Target Release:	4.6.z
Hardware:	Unspecified
OS:	Unspecified
Whiteboard:	logging-core
Fixed In Version:		Doc Type:	Bug Fix
Doc Text:	Cause: The max backoff time was too long if and endpoint was down Consequence: Logs were not shipped to an endpoint for an extended period of time even when an endpiont came backup Fix: Lower the max backoff time Result: Logs are shipped sooner.	Story Points:	---
Clone Of:	1894634
Clones:	1894640 (view as bug list)		Environment:
Last Closed:	2021-02-08 13:41:41 UTC	Type:	---
Regression:	---	Mount Type:	---
Documentation:	---	CRM:
Verified Versions:		Category:	---
oVirt Team:	---	RHEL 7.3 requirements from Atomic Host:
Cloudforms Team:	---	Target Upstream Version:
Embargoed:
Bug Depends On:	1894634
Bug Blocks:	1894640

Description Jeff Cantrill 2020-11-04 16:56:42 UTC

+++ This bug was initially created as a clone of Bug #1894634 +++

Description of problem:
Fluent seems functional but is not shipping logs and it has a log entry of:

failed to write data into buffer by buffer overflow action=:block

Once the pods are restarted logs start flowing again

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failed to write data into buffer by buffer overflow action=:block

--- Additional comment from Jeff Cantrill on 2020-11-04 16:55:22 UTC ---

This is modifiable via changes to CL api https://issues.redhat.com/browse/LOG-742

Comment 1 Jeff Cantrill 2020-11-04 16:57:29 UTC

This is modifiable via changes to CL api https://issues.redhat.com/browse/LOG-742

Comment 2 Jeff Cantrill 2020-11-18 20:43:55 UTC

Reopen to modify defaults

Comment 5 Anping Li 2021-02-02 08:14:24 UTC

Verified on clusterlogging.4.6.0-202101301510.p0

Comment 7 errata-xmlrpc 2021-02-08 13:41:41 UTC

Since the problem described in this bug report should be
resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a
resolution of ERRATA.

For information on the advisory (Moderate: OpenShift Container Platform 4.6.16 extras security update), and where to find the updated
files, follow the link below.

If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report.

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:0310