Graylog Forwarder Changelog

Graylog Forwarder 7.1

Released: 2026-02-18

Fixed

• Fixed Forwarder startup when REST API is enabled. forwarder#202

Graylog Forwarder 7.0

Released: 2025-11-03

Changed

• Make TLS endpoint verification configurable and disabled by default. (forwarder_grpc_enable_tls_endpoint_verification). forwarder#176 forwarder#181

• Update Forwarder to run with Java 21. graylog2-server#20015 forwarder#175 graylog2-server#22908

Graylog Forwarder 6.6

Released: 2025-07-14

Fixed

• Fix blocking issue on input failure submission. forwarder#170 forwarder#173

Graylog Forwarder 6.5

Released: 2025-06-30

• No changes.

Graylog Forwarder 6.4

Released: 2025-05-09

Fixed

• Enable plugin loading again to fix missing inputs in version 6.3. forwarder#163

Graylog Forwarder 6.3

Released: 2025-04-28

Added

• Add OpenTelemetry input. forwarder#155 graylog2-server#21536

Graylog Forwarder 6.2

Released: 2025-02-18

Security

• Update Netty to 4.1.118 to fix CVE-2025-24970. graylog2-server#21588 forwarder#154

Graylog Forwarder 6.1

Released: 2024-10-18

• No changes.

Graylog Forwarder 6.0

Released: 2024-05-06

Changed

• data_dir configuration parameter is now required. forwarder#133

Fixed

• Fix default permissions on /etc/graylog/forwarder/forwarder.conf. forwarder#134

Graylog Forwarder 5.2

Released: 2023-11-01

Added

• Forwarder heartbeat interval is now adjustable. forwarder#110

• Add preflight check mechanism, including disk journal size validation. forwarder#114 forwarder#116

Changed

• Update Forwarder to Graylog 5.2. forwarder#118

• Align versions of external dependencies with Graylog server. forwarder#119

Fixed

• Fix startup warning related to unsupported reflection API. forwarder#120

Graylog Forwarder 5.1

Released: 2023-05-11

Added

• Encrypt sensitive input configuration using password_secret. forwarder#89