Vector v0.21.1 release notes

This patch release contains a few fixes for regressions in 0.21.0.

Note: Please see the release notes for v0.21.0 for additional changes if upgrading from v0.20.X. In particular, the upgrade guide for breaking changes.

Upgrading Vector
When upgrading, we recommend stepping through minor versions as these can each contain breaking changes while Vector is pre-1.0. These breaking changes are noted in their respective upgrade guides.

Changelog

8 bug fixes

  • Vector no longer panics when reloading configuration that results in added components.
  • Vector no longer emits spurious TRACE level logs to internal_logs whenever vector top is run.
  • The kubernetes_logs no longer panics whenever an error is received from the Kubernetes API watch stream.
  • The elasticsearch sink now correctly works again when using AWS authentication to send data to AWS OpenSearch. Previously the security token was not included when signing the requests.
  • The nats source and sink authentication options are now configurable. Previously Vector was not correctly deserializing them.
  • AWS components now correctly pass the configured region to AWS STS when assume_role is used. This was a regression during the switch to the new Rust AWS SDK.
  • The aws_cloudwatch_logs sink now correctly retries throttled requests again. This was a regression during the switch to the new Rust AWS SDK.
  • Vector no longer panics when used with configuration options that take event paths such as encoding.only_fields.

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