chore(releasing): v0.51.1

distribution/install.sh

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ set -u
 # If PACKAGE_ROOT is unset or empty, default it.
 PACKAGE_ROOT="${PACKAGE_ROOT:-"https://packages.timber.io/vector"}"
 # If VECTOR_VERSION is unset or empty, default it.
-VECTOR_VERSION="${VECTOR_VERSION:-"0.51.0"}"
+VECTOR_VERSION="${VECTOR_VERSION:-"0.51.1"}"
 _divider="--------------------------------------------------------------------------------"
 _prompt=">>>"
 _indent="   "

website/content/en/releases/0.51.1.md

@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+---
+title: Vector v0.51.1 release notes
+weight: 30
+---

website/cue/reference/releases/0.51.1.cue

@@ -0,0 +1,104 @@
+package metadata
+
+releases: "0.51.1": {
+	date:     "2025-11-13"
+	codename: ""
+
+	whats_next: []
+
+	description: """
+		* When Vector is running with debug logs enabled (`VECTOR_LOG=debug`), threads no
+		longer panic when logging utilization or other debug messages.
+
+		* The `config_reload_rejected` and `config_reloaded` counters added in `0.51.0` were
+		not being emitted and have been replaced. `component_errors_total` with
+		`error_code="reload"` now replaces `config_reload_rejected` and `reloaded_total`
+		replaces `config_reloaded`.
+
+		* The `basename`, `dirname` and `split_path` VRL functions added in `0.51.0` are now
+		properly exposed.
+
+		* `blackhole` sink's periodic statistics messages are no longer rate limited.
+
+		* The `internal_logs` source now captures all internal Vector logs without rate limiting.
+		Previously, repeated log messages were silently dropped.
+		"""
+
+	changelog: [
+		{
+			type: "fix"
+			description: """
+				The `blackhole` sink's periodic statistics messages (controlled by `print_interval_secs`) are no longer incorrectly suppressed by rate limiting. These informational messages now appear at the user-configured interval as expected.
+				"""
+			contributors: ["pront"]
+		},
+		{
+			type: "fix"
+			description: """
+				Fixed a panic in the tracing rate limiter when config reload failed. While the panic didn't kill Vector (it was caught by tokio's task
+				runtime), it could cause unexpected behavior. The rate limiter now gracefully handles events without standard message fields.
+				"""
+			contributors: ["pront"]
+		},
+		{
+			type: "enhancement"
+			description: """
+				The `component_errors_total` metric now includes a `reason` tag when `error_code="reload"` to provide more granular information about reload
+				failures. Possible reasons include:
+
+				- `global_options_changed`: Reload rejected because global options (like `data_dir`) changed
+				- `global_diff_failed`: Reload rejected because computing global config diff failed
+				- `topology_build_failed`: Reload rejected because new topology failed to build/healthcheck
+				- `restore_failed`: Reload failed and could not restore previous config
+
+				Replaced metrics:
+
+				- `config_reload_rejected` was replaced by `component_errors_total` with `error_code="reload"` and a `reason` tag specifying the rejection type
+				- `config_reloaded` was replaced by the existing `reloaded_total` metric
+
+				Note: The replaced metrics were introduced in v0.50.0 but were never emitted due to a bug. These changes provide consistency across Vector's internal telemetry.
+				"""
+			contributors: ["pront"]
+		},
+		{
+			type: "fix"
+			description: """
+				The `internal_logs` source now captures all internal Vector logs without rate limiting. Previously, repeated log messages were silently
+				dropped.
+				"""
+			contributors: ["pront"]
+		},
+	]
+
+	vrl_changelog: """
+		### [0.28.1 (2025-11-07)]
+
+		#### Fixes
+
+		- Fixed an issue where `split_path`, `basename`, `dirname` had not been added to VRL's standard
+		library and, therefore, appeared to be missing and were inaccessible in the `0.28.0` release.
+
+		authors: thomasqueirozb (https://github.com/vectordotdev/vrl/pull/1553)
+
+
+		### [0.28.0 (2025-11-03)]
+		"""
+
+	commits: [
+		{sha: "0aedea9561a4834f6abebaa2a0bc5580b9143a9e", date: "2025-11-04 02:03:46 UTC", description: "reorganize integration test files", pr_number: 24108, scopes: ["ci"], type: "chore", breaking_change: false, author: "Pavlos Rontidis", files_count: 125, insertions_count: 149, deletions_count: 122},
+		{sha: "2d3793e96d7047408d6ce24d378d2396ca6830f4", date: "2025-11-05 01:13:53 UTC", description: "move all utils in a new utils folder", pr_number: 24143, scopes: ["vdev"], type: "chore", breaking_change: false, author: "Pavlos Rontidis", files_count: 40, insertions_count: 242, deletions_count: 174},
+		{sha: "35a408804d9c4453852ff357c15d7ab3aaad5cbd", date: "2025-11-05 20:54:56 UTC", description: "improve/fix minor release template", pr_number: 24156, scopes: ["releasing"], type: "chore", breaking_change: false, author: "Thomas", files_count: 1, insertions_count: 23, deletions_count: 27},
+		{sha: "0cce521b4a2eb2a92cb024e46e7c6ffcb1c64754", date: "2025-11-06 02:17:02 UTC", description: "make modules visible to rustfmt", pr_number: 24162, scopes: ["vdev"], type: "chore", breaking_change: false, author: "Thomas", files_count: 19, insertions_count: 218, deletions_count: 117},
+		{sha: "4add1c3aa9ebe05d2e16a56afc3ee8accf7cfeb1", date: "2025-11-06 03:28:00 UTC", description: "release prepare vrl version pinning", pr_number: 24158, scopes: ["vdev"], type: "fix", breaking_change: false, author: "Thomas", files_count: 3, insertions_count: 66, deletions_count: 33},
+		{sha: "1e8e99a4898958ae9b56ee33af162c98092ed9b9", date: "2025-11-06 21:29:00 UTC", description: "update VRL to add missing stdlib fns from 0.28", pr_number: 24178, scopes: ["deps"], type: "chore", breaking_change: false, author: "Thomas", files_count: 1, insertions_count: 1, deletions_count: 1},
+		{sha: "fbbcffc1414041be01bff8963727ceedb2f7fe70", date: "2025-11-07 21:03:54 UTC", description: "temporarily remove homebrew publish step from publish workflow", pr_number: 24185, scopes: ["ci"], type: "chore", breaking_change: false, author: "Pavlos Rontidis", files_count: 1, insertions_count: 0, deletions_count: 12},
+		{sha: "c855585c3386324b26ad2b8516c16177bc860d20", date: "2025-11-07 23:52:13 UTC", description: "disable rate limiting for periodic stats messages", pr_number: 24190, scopes: ["blackhole sink"], type: "fix", breaking_change: false, author: "Pavlos Rontidis", files_count: 2, insertions_count: 5, deletions_count: 0},
+		{sha: "a22b790bcf2e111e7c1b6ffc2de1394fe37b7ae2", date: "2025-11-10 20:17:52 UTC", description: "Disable rate limiting for critical internal error logs", pr_number: 24192, scopes: ["internal logs"], type: "chore", breaking_change: false, author: "Thomas", files_count: 6, insertions_count: 42, deletions_count: 14},
+		{sha: "87e7cb8733a6e5b0afe075e54be3cc397023c128", date: "2025-11-10 23:10:54 UTC", description: "prevent panic for traces without standard fields", pr_number: 24191, scopes: ["tracing"], type: "fix", breaking_change: false, author: "Pavlos Rontidis", files_count: 5, insertions_count: 56, deletions_count: 8},
+		{sha: "a7e68b17010c58d0ac2a1656fe13468063c6ddf3", date: "2025-11-11 00:18:14 UTC", description: "do not rate limit utlization report", pr_number: 24202, scopes: ["tracing"], type: "chore", breaking_change: false, author: "Pavlos Rontidis", files_count: 1, insertions_count: 1, deletions_count: 15},
+		{sha: "7d657023131d15334255a29a390f2a3604ff67cc", date: "2025-11-11 20:01:07 UTC", description: "move config_reload_* metrics to VectorReload*", pr_number: 24203, scopes: ["internal metrics"], type: "chore", breaking_change: false, author: "Pavlos Rontidis", files_count: 11, insertions_count: 184, deletions_count: 265},
+		{sha: "5432632b414472e004cc68a0cae56f0b4451e8af", date: "2025-11-11 23:42:09 UTC", description: "Add 0.51.0 known issues", pr_number: 24211, scopes: ["releasing"], type: "chore", breaking_change: false, author: "Thomas", files_count: 2, insertions_count: 27, deletions_count: 5},
+		{sha: "3e09dc86b8aaf6606abc9c5acc9ddf52f39f6e17", date: "2025-11-12 04:31:25 UTC", description: "prepare v0.51.1 release", pr_number: 24214, scopes: ["releasing"], type: "chore", breaking_change: false, author: "Thomas", files_count: 204, insertions_count: 1055, deletions_count: 756},
+		{sha: "3ca3ec6f55522c406680a183416bf7a8b35372ae", date: "2025-11-13 02:07:06 UTC", description: "remove rate limit", pr_number: 24218, scopes: ["internal_logs source"], type: "fix", breaking_change: false, author: "Pavlos Rontidis", files_count: 3, insertions_count: 48, deletions_count: 3},
+	]
+}

website/cue/reference/versions.cue

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package metadata
 
 // This has to be maintained manually because there's currently no way to sort versions programmatically
 versions: [string, ...string] & [
+	"0.51.1",
 	"0.51.0",
 	"0.50.0",
 	"0.49.0",