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Explore Logs

Explore Logs offers a query-less experience for browsing Loki logs without the need for writing complex queries. Discover or narrow down your search using by volume and text patterns. Uncover related logs and understand patterns—all with just a few clicks.

Requirements

Requires Grafana 11.3.0 or newer.

Getting Started

See the getting started for more info using Explore Logs. For instructions installing, see the access and installation instructions

Documentation

Contributing

We love accepting contributions! If your change is minor, please feel free submit a pull request. If your change is larger, or adds a feature, please file an issue beforehand so that we can discuss the change. You're welcome to file an implementation pull request immediately as well, although we generally lean towards discussing the change and then reviewing the implementation separately.

Bugs

If your issue is a bug, please open one here.

Changes

We do not have a formal proposal process for changes or feature requests. If you have a change you would like to see in Explore Logs, please file an issue with the necessary details.

Installing Explore Logs on Grafana Cloud:

For more information, visit the docs on plugin installation.

Changelog

View releases on GitHub for up-to-date changelog information.

1.0.0 What's Changed

fix(shardQuerySplitting): do not emit empty data by @matyax in https://github.com/grafana/explore-logs/pull/793
removed preview warning and updated some copy (added link to support) by @matryer in https://github.com/grafana/explore-logs/pull/792
Frontend instrumentation by @gtk-grafana in https://github.com/grafana/explore-logs/pull/790
Aggregated metrics: Use sum_over_time query for aggregated metric queries by @gtk-grafana in https://github.com/grafana/explore-logs/pull/789
fix: fall back to mixed parser if the field is missing parser in url parameter by @gtk-grafana in https://github.com/grafana/explore-logs/pull/788
Update workflows to use actions that don't need organization secrets by @svennergr in https://github.com/grafana/explore-logs/pull/784
label values: fix label values stuck in loading state by @gtk-grafana in https://github.com/grafana/explore-logs/pull/783
Shard query splitting: send the whole stream selector to fetch shard values by @gtk-grafana in https://github.com/grafana/explore-logs/pull/782
chore(shardQuerySplitting): start in Streaming state by @BitDesert in https://github.com/grafana/explore-logs/pull/781
fix(patterns-breakdown): fix expression to create pattern key breakdown by @gtk-grafana in https://github.com/grafana/explore-logs/pull/780
fix(service-selection-scrolling): remove forced overflow scroll by @matyax in https://github.com/grafana/explore-logs/pull/779
GA: remove preview badge by @gtk-grafana in https://github.com/grafana/explore-logs/pull/778
GA: Remove preview copy in intercept banner by @gtk-grafana in https://github.com/grafana/explore-logs/pull/777

0.1.4 What's Changed

Fields: include and exclude empty values by @gtk-grafana in https://github.com/grafana/explore-logs/pull/703
Update make docs procedure by @github-actions in https://github.com/grafana/explore-logs/pull/716
Displayed fields: persist selection in local storage and URL by @matyax in https://github.com/grafana/explore-logs/pull/733
Sync loki versions in docker-compose.dev.yaml by @gtk-grafana in https://github.com/grafana/explore-logs/pull/745
fix: grafana image tag by @BitDesert in https://github.com/grafana/explore-logs/pull/743
generator: add new service with mix of json and logfmt by @gtk-grafana in https://github.com/grafana/explore-logs/pull/749
Logs Volume Panel: properly handle "logs" detected level by @matyax in https://github.com/grafana/explore-logs/pull/751
feat(detected-fields): use /detected_fields API by @svennergr in https://github.com/grafana/explore-logs/pull/736
enable sharding in docker containers by @gtk-grafana in https://github.com/grafana/explore-logs/pull/754
Line filter: Case sensitive search by @gtk-grafana in https://github.com/grafana/explore-logs/pull/744
Shard query splitting: Split queries by stream shards by @matyax in https://github.com/grafana/explore-logs/pull/715
chore: replace react-beautiful-dnd with successor by @gtk-grafana in https://github.com/grafana/explore-logs/pull/579
Service selection: show previous filter text in service search input by @gtk-grafana in https://github.com/grafana/explore-logs/pull/763
feat(generator): log traceID as structured metadata by @svennergr in https://github.com/grafana/explore-logs/pull/766
Labels: Fix labels list not updating when detected_labels loads while user is viewing another tab by @gtk-grafana in https://github.com/grafana/explore-logs/pull/757
Fields: Fix incorrect field count by @gtk-grafana in https://github.com/grafana/explore-logs/pull/761
Link extensions: fix services with slash by @gtk-grafana in https://github.com/grafana/explore-logs/pull/770

New Contributors

@moxious made their first contribution in https://github.com/grafana/explore-logs/pull/673
@github-actions made their first contribution in https://github.com/grafana/explore-logs/pull/716
@BitDesert made their first contribution in https://github.com/grafana/explore-logs/pull/743

0.1.3 What's Changed

added better hero image by @matryer in https://github.com/grafana/explore-logs/pull/598
Updated plugin links to docs by @matryer in https://github.com/grafana/explore-logs/pull/599
docs: Copyedit for style and docs standards by @JStickler in https://github.com/grafana/explore-logs/pull/582
docs: embedded video by @matryer in https://github.com/grafana/explore-logs/pull/601
docs: Fix heading levels by @JStickler in https://github.com/grafana/explore-logs/pull/602
Docs update docs link by @matryer in https://github.com/grafana/explore-logs/pull/603
docs: better sentence by @matryer in https://github.com/grafana/explore-logs/pull/604
feat(log-context): add LogContext to logspanel by @svennergr in https://github.com/grafana/explore-logs/pull/607
docs: more standardization edits by @JStickler in https://github.com/grafana/explore-logs/pull/605
chore(main-release): bump patch version before doing a main build by @svennergr in https://github.com/grafana/explore-logs/pull/612
docs: Update metadata with canonical URLs by @JStickler in https://github.com/grafana/explore-logs/pull/610
Release 0.1.1 by @svennergr in https://github.com/grafana/explore-logs/pull/613
chore: do not run release if triggered from drone by @svennergr in https://github.com/grafana/explore-logs/pull/615
added a note about ephemeral patterns by @matryer in https://github.com/grafana/explore-logs/pull/619
Value breakdowns: maintain filters between value changes by @matyax in https://github.com/grafana/explore-logs/pull/609
Sorting: memoize sorting function by @matyax in https://github.com/grafana/explore-logs/pull/584
Fields: fix loading forever when fields return empty by @gtk-grafana in https://github.com/grafana/explore-logs/pull/620
Patterns: Show UI message when time range is too old to show patterns by @gtk-grafana in https://github.com/grafana/explore-logs/pull/618
Chore: Clean up subscriptions by @gtk-grafana in https://github.com/grafana/explore-logs/pull/624
Label queries: remove unneccessary filters and parsers in query expression by @svennergr in https://github.com/grafana/explore-logs/pull/628
Service views: Prevent extra queries by @gtk-grafana in https://github.com/grafana/explore-logs/pull/629

New Contributors

@moxious made their first contribution in https://github.com/grafana/explore-logs/pull/673

0.1.2 What's Changed

added better hero image by @matryer in https://github.com/grafana/explore-logs/pull/598
Updated plugin links to docs by @matryer in https://github.com/grafana/explore-logs/pull/599
docs: Copyedit for style and docs standards by @JStickler in https://github.com/grafana/explore-logs/pull/582
docs: embedded video by @matryer in https://github.com/grafana/explore-logs/pull/601
docs: Fix heading levels by @JStickler in https://github.com/grafana/explore-logs/pull/602
Docs update docs link by @matryer in https://github.com/grafana/explore-logs/pull/603
docs: better sentence by @matryer in https://github.com/grafana/explore-logs/pull/604
feat(log-context): add LogContext to logspanel by @svennergr in https://github.com/grafana/explore-logs/pull/607
docs: more standardization edits by @JStickler in https://github.com/grafana/explore-logs/pull/605
chore(main-release): bump patch version before doing a main build by @svennergr in https://github.com/grafana/explore-logs/pull/612
docs: Update metadata with canonical URLs by @JStickler in https://github.com/grafana/explore-logs/pull/610
Release 0.1.1 by @svennergr in https://github.com/grafana/explore-logs/pull/613
chore: do not run release if triggered from drone by @svennergr in https://github.com/grafana/explore-logs/pull/615
added a note about ephemeral patterns by @matryer in https://github.com/grafana/explore-logs/pull/619
Value breakdowns: maintain filters between value changes by @matyax in https://github.com/grafana/explore-logs/pull/609
Sorting: memoize sorting function by @matyax in https://github.com/grafana/explore-logs/pull/584
Fields: fix loading forever when fields return empty by @gtk-grafana in https://github.com/grafana/explore-logs/pull/620
Patterns: Show UI message when time range is too old to show patterns by @gtk-grafana in https://github.com/grafana/explore-logs/pull/618
Chore: Clean up subscriptions by @gtk-grafana in https://github.com/grafana/explore-logs/pull/624
Label queries: remove unneccessary filters and parsers in query expression by @svennergr in https://github.com/grafana/explore-logs/pull/628
Service views: Prevent extra queries by @gtk-grafana in https://github.com/grafana/explore-logs/pull/629