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Codec should not accept invalid json {}{}

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Assessment

Difficulty
2/5
Estimated time
1-3 hours
Newbie friendliness
42/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
json, ruby
Domain
backend

Research direction

No source file or test is named in the issue. Start by reproducing the reported input in the logstash-codec-json plugin and locate the JSON decoding entry point; done means the combined payload is tagged _jsonparsefailure and the complete payload remains in the message field.

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Description

The codec should not accept this input:

{ "hello": "world" }{ "goodbye": "moon" }

The above is two json objects that, alone, are valid, but combined, are not.

Expected result: Logstash should tag this event as _jsonparsefailure and store the whole payload in the message field.

Actual result: in Logstash 5.x is that the first json object is accepted and the 2nd one is lost/ignored.

Dominant language
Ruby
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Forks
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