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timestamp parsing issue for a specific time

kteng2024
Path Finder

my log is:

2016-12-22 00:01:11,076 [myid:123] - INFO [xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] - Accepted data from

in the props:

TIME_PREFIX = ^
MAX_TIMESTAMP_LOOKAHEAD = 30
TIME_FORMAT = %Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S,%3N

but i am still getting this error " failed to parse the timestamp" . after increasing the lookahead value , this error was disappeared for some time and it started to come back again. can anyone please help me to figure out what might be the issue .

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woodcock
Esteemed Legend

You are going to have to find the events that are different that what you are expecting. Start by searching broadly and using the Patterns tab and the punct field to discern differences in log structure.

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woodcock
Esteemed Legend

The length of the timestamp is 23 characters, not 30, so you need:

MAX_TIMESTAMP_LOOKAHEAD = 23
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kteng2024
Path Finder

i added the buffer of 7 .

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woodcock
Esteemed Legend

Don't do that.

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somesoni2
Revered Legend

MAX_TIMESTAMP_LOOKAHEAD value should be 23, length of timestamp.

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