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When forwarding ViaQ audit logs to LokiStack, verb is not a default stream label, so common filters require | json on every line. Add verb to the default audit labelKeys. Cardinality is about 6 values (create, update, patch, delete, get, list).

Application and infrastructure tenants are unchanged. Custom audit labelKeys with ignoreGlobal: true are unchanged. OTel/OTLP is unchanged (labelKeys is ViaQ-only).

This splits existing audit streams by verb (at most 6 additional streams per current stream). Queries that omit verb still match.

Fixes #3317

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Signed-off-by: Shirly Radco sradco@redhat.com
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  • New Features
    • Audit logs forwarded to LokiStack using the ViaQ data model now include verb as a default stream label. Missing or null values appear as unknown.
    • If you replace audit label keys with ignoreGlobal: true, include verb in your configuration to retain the label.
  • Documentation
    • Clarified when the verb label is applied by default and when it must be configured explicitly.

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The LokiStack ViaQ audit output now includes verb as a stream label. The generator applies audit-specific label defaults and sets missing or null verb values to unknown. Documentation describes when the label is added and how custom labelKeys affect it.

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LokiStack audit verb label

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Audit label defaults and coverage
internal/generator/vector/output/lokistack/init_lokiStack.go, internal/generator/vector/output/lokistack/init_lokiStack_test.go
The generator adds verb to audit label defaults when applicable. Tests cover absent and empty configurations, IgnoreGlobal, and global-only keys.
Audit sink mapping and documentation
internal/generator/vector/output/lokistack/lokistack.go, internal/generator/vector/output/lokistack/lokistack_viaq.toml, internal/generator/vector/output/lokistack/lokistack_viaq_receiver.toml, docs/administration/economizing-log-forwarding/output-field-requirements.md, docs/features/logforwarding/outputs/lokistack-forwarding.adoc
The ViaQ audit sinks use verb as a label and set missing or null values to unknown. The generator adds a fallback remap when the audit label is configured. The documentation describes the default and custom label-key behavior.

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Change: Feature · Severity of issue fixed: Medium

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Default audit logs receive the verb label and the missing-value fallback as intended. No actionable merge-blocking issue remains.

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Docstring Coverage ⚠️ Warning Docstring coverage is 57.14% which is insufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 7 functions across 3 files. (2 skipped: 2… Write docstrings for the functions missing them to satisfy the coverage threshold.
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Title check ✅ Passed The title clearly and concisely identifies the main change: adding verb to the default ViaQ audit labels for LokiStack.
Description check ✅ Passed The description explains the motivation, scope, behavior, cardinality impact, unchanged scenarios, linked issue, reviewer, and approver. It includes all mandatory template sections.
Linked Issues check ✅ Passed Issue #3317 requires verb as a default Loki stream label for ViaQ audit logs. defaultLabelKeysForTenant adds verb only for the audit tenant. lokiStackLabelKeysForTenant preserves custom `ignor…
Out of Scope Changes check ✅ Passed The changes remain within issue #3317. The documentation describes the new audit label and custom-label behavior. The ViaQ receiver path applies the same audit handling. The changes do not add verb …
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In `@internal/generator/vector/output/lokistack/init_lokiStack.go`:
- Around line 54-60: At both LokiStack ViaQ audit sink boundaries, add a
missing-verb fallback that sets .verb to "unknown" when it does not exist.
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In `@internal/generator/vector/output/lokistack/lokistack.go`:
- Line 132: Update the generated fallback condition in the `vrl` construction to
treat both absent and null audit verbs as missing, assigning `unknown` in either
case. Apply the same null-aware condition to the audit sink fixtures in
`lokistack_viaq.toml` at lines 94–96 and `lokistack_viaq_receiver.toml` at lines
46–48.
- Around line 124-125: Update the Loki transform helper that checks
lokiSpec.LabelKeys to also receive inputType and apply the verb fallback only
for audit tenants; leave application and infrastructure tenant transforms
unchanged even when they configure auditVerbLabelKey.

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Comment thread internal/generator/vector/output/lokistack/lokistack.go
Comment thread internal/generator/vector/output/lokistack/lokistack.go Outdated
Audit queries commonly filter on verb, which has very low
cardinality. Include it as a default Loki stream label for
the LokiStack ViaQ audit tenant so filters like
{verb="create"} do not parse every log line as JSON. Audit
logs with a missing or null verb default that stream label
to "unknown".

Fixes openshift#3317

Signed-off-by: Shirly Radco <sradco@redhat.com>
Co-authored-by: AI Assistant <noreply@cursor.com>
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@openshift-ci openshift-ci Bot added the do-not-merge/hold Indicates that a PR should not merge because someone has issued a /hold command. label Sep 23, 2026
| `.kubernetes.pod_name` | Used in `loki.go` as default Loki stream label (`lokiLabelKubernetesPodName`) |
| `.kubernetes.container_name` | Used in `loki.go` as default Loki stream label (`lokiLabelKubernetesContainerName`) for container logs |
| `.hostname` | Used in `loki.go` as Loki stream label (`lokiLabelKubernetesHost`), mapped to `${VECTOR_SELF_NODE_NAME}` |
| `.verb` | Used in `init_lokiStack.go` as a default Loki stream label for the audit tenant (ViaQ data model) |

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I'm not certain this statement should go here. It is not a 'required' field needed to distinguish log streams

func lokiStackLabelKeysForTenant(labelKeys *obs.LokiStackLabelKeys, tenant string, defaultKeys []string) []string {
if labelKeys == nil {
return nil
return unconfiguredTenantLabelKeys(tenant, defaultKeys)

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This changes the previous functionality where if nil.... "the defaults of the Loki output should be used". I'll defer to @xperimental here but I believe it means.... defer to the server's configuration.

},
},
LabelKeys: sets.NewString(lokioutput.DefaultLabelKeys...).Insert("objectRef.apiGroup").List(),
LabelKeys: sets.NewString(lokioutput.DefaultLabelKeys...).Insert("objectRef.apiGroup", auditVerbLabelKey).List(),

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I think this should use the function that evaluates tenant to return the default set

if lokiSpec == nil || !slices.Contains(lokiSpec.LabelKeys, auditVerbLabelKey) {
return
}
remapLabelID := vectorhelpers.MakeID(outputID, "remap_label")

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The pattern elsewhere is to concat transform and not pull then cast from the map. There should be no reason this can not be added to the original location where the 'remap_label' transform is initially created.

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@xperimental to you see any reasons we should not accept this change?

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/label tide/merge-method-squash

@openshift-ci openshift-ci Bot added the tide/merge-method-squash Denotes a PR that should be squashed by tide when it merges. label Sep 23, 2026
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