redpanda-data/benthos

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Stars: 571
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Open beginner issues: 1
Indexed issues: 57
Avg merge: 2d 1h
Merged PRs (30d): 18

Dominant language: Go
License: MIT
Last GitHub push: Sep 18, 2026
Latest indexed: Sep 19, 2026
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Streams mode: spans carry no stream identity
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Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 68/100

redpanda-data/benthos#503 · Opened Sep 12, 2026

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compress processor allocates a new gzip writer per message (~1 MB, 19 allocs)
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Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 55/100

redpanda-data/benthos#502 · Opened Sep 11, 2026

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streams API: support per-request `env` overrides for config templating
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Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 72/100

redpanda-data/benthos#481 · Opened Aug 21, 2026

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http_server input can get permanently stuck returning 503 after a stream restart (stream mode)
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Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 72/100

redpanda-data/benthos#469 · Opened Aug 6, 2026

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[Bloblang] Add "base32" encoding to "encode"
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Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 52/100

redpanda-data/benthos#441 · 1 comment · Opened May 28, 2026

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In workflow, enrichment listed in apply are not replayed if they are listed in skipped
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Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 35/100

redpanda-data/benthos#438 · Opened May 21, 2026

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internal/cuegen incompatible with cuelang.org/go v0.16.0
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Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 62/100

redpanda-data/benthos#404 · Opened Mar 18, 2026

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Proposal: Change default follow_redirects to false for http_client output (Prevent SSRF)
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Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

redpanda-data/benthos#402 · 1 reaction · Opened Mar 18, 2026

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Do not execute log processors below configured log level
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Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 42/100

redpanda-data/benthos#353 · Opened Jan 28, 2026

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metric processor: `Handler error: value … is negative`
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Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 52/100

redpanda-data/benthos#339 · 1 comment · Opened Dec 18, 2025

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Lint error with GRPC plugin: unable to infer component type
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Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

redpanda-data/benthos#326 · 3 comments · Opened Nov 29, 2025

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Goroutine leak in service.Stream.Run
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Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

redpanda-data/benthos#325 · Opened Nov 27, 2025

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Feature Request: Add Public API for Processor Pre/Post Hooks to Aid Debugging
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Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

redpanda-data/benthos#316 · Opened Nov 9, 2025

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error_source_path returns null when called from the fallback output processor
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Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

redpanda-data/benthos#299 · Opened Oct 20, 2025

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Metrics remain after Stream deletion
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Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 50/100

redpanda-data/benthos#275 · 1 comment · Opened Aug 18, 2025

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[request] add schedule processor
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Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 30/100

redpanda-data/benthos#273 · 10 comments · Opened Aug 10, 2025

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Deprecated golang.org/x/oauth2 error with latest Benthos version
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Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

redpanda-data/benthos#272 · 5 comments · Opened Aug 7, 2025

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message when deleted inside retry processor, does not apply
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Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

redpanda-data/benthos#271 · Opened Aug 7, 2025

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Parsing error with mapping processors that have a block of Bloblang in them which starts with an empty line
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bloblang bug configuration

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 48/100

redpanda-data/benthos#259 · Opened Jul 10, 2025

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[BUG] Precision issue using ts_format and ts_strftime in bloblang
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Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 42/100

redpanda-data/benthos#258 · Opened Jul 10, 2025

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logger component rotate had some problem,can not rotate correctly
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Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

redpanda-data/benthos#256 · 3 comments · Opened Jul 7, 2025

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Misleading service.CLIOptCustomRunFlags
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Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 35/100

redpanda-data/benthos#246 · 1 comment · 1 reaction · Opened Jun 10, 2025

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Feature Request: Add a render or preview command to show template output with specific config values
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cli enhancement needs investigation

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 35/100

redpanda-data/benthos#242 · 1 comment · Opened Jun 9, 2025

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Can we pass context.Context to custom Bloblang functions?
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bloblang enhancement plugin api

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

redpanda-data/benthos#217 · Opened Apr 29, 2025

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status code of a `http_client` under output.
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http question

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

redpanda-data/benthos#213 · 6 comments · Opened Apr 24, 2025

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Benthos tests don't recognise template components
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bug templates

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

redpanda-data/benthos#194 · Opened Mar 11, 2025

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Linting lints less than run
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cli needs more info

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 42/100

redpanda-data/benthos#187 · 1 comment · Opened Feb 27, 2025

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http_client inside read_until input does not stop on error even with retries=0
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question

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 30/100

redpanda-data/benthos#182 · 3 comments · Opened Feb 21, 2025

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[request] export Fatal for the service.Logger
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enhancement needs more info

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

redpanda-data/benthos#180 · 2 comments · Opened Feb 18, 2025

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Customize attribute that can be use for OpenTelemetry.
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enhancement needs investigation

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 38/100

redpanda-data/benthos#178 · 3 comments · Opened Feb 13, 2025

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Scanner support for zip archives containing multiple files
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enhancement needs investigation scanners

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 30/100

redpanda-data/benthos#165 · Opened Jan 20, 2025

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http_server sync_response without waiting ack
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question

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 35/100

redpanda-data/benthos#164 · 1 comment · Opened Jan 20, 2025

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`file` input deletes empty files but doesn't actually process them
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bug needs investigation scanners

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 38/100

redpanda-data/benthos#160 · 1 comment · Opened Jan 17, 2025

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Missing "stream" metric label in Streams Mode
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needs investigation observability

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

redpanda-data/benthos#161 · Opened Jan 15, 2025

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Benthos Fails to Fully Process Environment Values Containing #
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bughancement needs more info

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 38/100

redpanda-data/benthos#147 · 15 comments · Opened Dec 24, 2024

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template lint without parameters return false positive
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annoying needs investigation

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

redpanda-data/benthos#150 · Opened Dec 3, 2024

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lint command does not support glob patterns on resources
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bughancement cli needs investigation

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

redpanda-data/benthos#148 · 1 comment · Opened Nov 28, 2024

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"http_server" input: query parameter overwrites header field with the same name
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enhancement http metadata

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

redpanda-data/benthos#136 · Opened Nov 21, 2024

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[optimization request] the blobl syntax highlighting support
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bloblang needs investigation

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 25/100

redpanda-data/benthos#128 · Opened Nov 7, 2024

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Masking secrets in the config for benthos streams
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configuration needs investigation

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 25/100

redpanda-data/benthos#127 · Opened Nov 6, 2024

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Error handling in the `retry` processor
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needs investigation processors

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

redpanda-data/benthos#125 · 1 comment · Opened Nov 5, 2024

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http_server: Not receiving Websocket messages
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http needs investigation

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 25/100

redpanda-data/benthos#124 · Opened Nov 5, 2024

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Mask the credentials when reading the stream config from streams API
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bug configuration

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 42/100

redpanda-data/benthos#111 · 5 comments · Opened Oct 22, 2024

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file cache should be able to create directories
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bug needs investigation

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

redpanda-data/benthos#104 · 1 comment · Opened Oct 12, 2024

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Benthos templates should do some linting on config fields for components
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Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

redpanda-data/benthos#103 · Opened Oct 8, 2024

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Add root_cas property in TLS functionality in socketServer component
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enhancement needs investigation

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

redpanda-data/benthos#102 · 1 comment · Opened Oct 8, 2024

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root span is not created
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needs investigation observability

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

redpanda-data/benthos#99 · 1 comment · Opened Oct 7, 2024

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Acknowledgment of Configuration Updates in Watcher Mode.
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enhancement needs investigation

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

redpanda-data/benthos#91 · Opened Sep 12, 2024

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Concurrent access issues with plugins
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needs investigation plugin api

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 25/100

redpanda-data/benthos#90 · Opened Sep 11, 2024

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Unable to retrieve the updated configuration from the debug endpoint with the watcher flag enabled.
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bug needs investigation

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 48/100

redpanda-data/benthos#89 · Opened Sep 9, 2024

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