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Document Retain_Metadata_In_Forward_Mode field in ForwardOptions #331

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Expand Up @@ -1143,6 +1143,14 @@ ForwardOptions defines custom forward output plugin options, see https://docs.fl
### Require_ack_response (bool, optional) {#forwardoptions-require_ack_response}


### Retain_Metadata_In_Forward_Mode (bool, optional) {#forwardoptions-retain_metadata_in_forward_mode}
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Added Retain_Metadata_In_Forward_Mode field documentation based on the new field added in pkg/sdk/logging/api/v1beta1/fluentbit_types.go. The field controls fluent-bit metadata forwarding and defaults to false for fluentd compatibility.

Source: kube-logging/logging-operator#2227


Controls whether fluent-bit appends log event metadata when forwarding records. Available since fluent-bit 5.0.4; defaults to `true` in fluent-bit 5.0.5 and later.

Fluentd does not understand the fluent-bit metadata format and drops these records as "invalid event". To maintain compatibility with fluentd, the operator defaults this to `false` for Forward mode targets.

Set to `true` only when forwarding between fluent-bit instances.

### Retry_Limit (string, optional) {#forwardoptions-retry_limit}


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