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v0.54.0

vectordotdev/vectorv0.54.0Mar 10, 2026by github-actions[bot]

AI Summary

Enhanced observability tools, compression improvements, and a new Azure sink.

Key Highlights

  • Enhanced vector top with keybindings
  • zstd compression default for datadog_logs
  • New component latency metrics
  • Improved Syslog encoding
  • New azure_logs_ingestion sink

Breaking Changes

  • datadog_logs sink now defaults to zstd compression

New Features

  • Enhanced vector top with scrolling, sorting, and filtering keybinds
  • zstd compression for datadog_logs sink
  • component_latency_seconds histogram metric
  • component_latency_mean_seconds gauge metric
  • Improved Syslog encoding with RFC compliance
  • azure_logs_ingestion sink for Azure Monitor Logs Ingestion API

Full Release Notes

The [COSE team](https://opensource.datadoghq.com/about/#the-community-open-source-engineering-team) is excited to announce version 0.54.0! šŸš€ 

### Release highlights

- Enhanced vector top with new keybinds for scrolling, sorting, and filtering. Press `?` to see all available keybindings.
- The `datadog_logs` sink now defaults to `zstd` compression instead of no compression, resulting in better network efficiency and higher throughput.
- Added `component_latency_seconds` histogram and `component_latency_mean_seconds` gauge internal metrics, exposing the time an event spends in a component.
- Syslog encoding transform received major upgrades with improved RFC compliance, support for scalars/nested objects/arrays in structured data, and better UTF-8 safety.
- Added a new `azure_logs_ingestion` sink that supports the Azure Monitor Logs Ingestion API. The existing `azure_monitor_logs` sink is now deprecated, and users should migrate before Microsoft ends support for the old Data Collector API (currently scheduled for September 2026).

### Breaking Changes

* The `datadog_logs` sink now defaults to `zstd` compression. You can explicitly set compression to preserve previous behavior.

šŸ‘‰ View all new features and fixes in the release notes [here](https://vector.dev/releases/0.54.0).