Was working with a log that during rotation initially gets created with permissions such that mtail can't read it. Even if those permissions are later fixed mtail seems to be stuck in a state where it thinks it's already reading that file. The last log lines repeat forever
I0420 22:51:33.882236 21 tail.go:368] glob matches: [/pvc/logs/postfix.log]
I0420 22:51:33.882412 21 tail.go:378] watched path is "/pvc/logs/postfix.log"
I0420 22:51:33.882430 21 tail.go:272] already got a logstream on "/pvc/logs/postfix.log"
I0420 22:51:34.132697 21 filestream.go:260] &{0xc000094420}: Wake received
I0420 22:51:34.132713 21 tail.go:368] glob matches: [/pvc/logs/postfix.log]
I0420 22:51:34.132775 21 filestream.go:105] &{0xc000094420}: read 95 bytes, err is <nil>
I0420 22:51:34.132787 21 filestream.go:109] &{0xc000094420}: decode and send
I0420 22:51:34.132797 21 decode.go:64] sendline
I0420 22:51:34.132796 21 tail.go:378] watched path is "/pvc/logs/postfix.log"
I0420 22:51:34.132810 21 tail.go:272] already got a logstream on "/pvc/logs/postfix.log"
I0420 22:51:34.132815 21 filestream.go:105] &{0xc000094420}: read 0 bytes, err is EOF
I0420 22:51:34.132836 21 filestream.go:141] &{0xc000094420}: eof an no bytes
I0420 22:51:34.132858 21 filestream.go:169] &{0xc000094420}: adding a new file routine
I0420 22:51:34.132894 21 filestream.go:171] open /pvc/logs/postfix.log: permission denied
I0420 22:51:34.132938 21 filestream.go:93] &{0xc000094420}: read total 483 bytes from /pvc/logs/postfix.log
I0420 22:51:34.132948 21 filestream.go:94] &{0xc000094420}: closing file descriptor
I0420 22:51:34.382196 21 tail.go:368] glob matches: [/pvc/logs/postfix.log]
I0420 22:51:34.382254 21 tail.go:378] watched path is "/pvc/logs/postfix.log"
I0420 22:51:34.382267 21 tail.go:272] already got a logstream on "/pvc/logs/postfix.log"
I0420 22:51:34.632582 21 tail.go:368] glob matches: [/pvc/logs/postfix.log]
I0420 22:51:34.632631 21 tail.go:378] watched path is "/pvc/logs/postfix.log"
I0420 22:51:34.632643 21 tail.go:272] already got a logstream on "/pvc/logs/postfix.log"
I0420 22:51:34.881913 21 tail.go:368] glob matches: [/pvc/logs/postfix.log]
mtail version v3.0.0-rc51-47-g44534e9e git revision 44534e9ec10bbd09640dff6c213822eb25e21951 go version go1.20.3 go arch amd64 go os linux
Was working with a log that during rotation initially gets created with permissions such that mtail can't read it. Even if those permissions are later fixed mtail seems to be stuck in a state where it thinks it's already reading that file. The last log lines repeat forever
mtail version v3.0.0-rc51-47-g44534e9e git revision 44534e9ec10bbd09640dff6c213822eb25e21951 go version go1.20.3 go arch amd64 go os linux