Sorting logs

[blackneil]

What problem does this solve?

From my point of view, clarity.

The newest is generally on the top and the oldest at the bottom.

I'm trying to fix an issue and I just realised the logs is inverted. Oldest on the top and newest at the bottom.

With the auto refresh, I'm also need to go to the bottom to look what's new. Not practical.

Proposed solution

I don't have found where the result go (app.py):

def api_logs():
...
        return jsonify({'lines': result})
...

Something like reverse() can maybe implemented.

Alternatives you've considered

Extraction and analysis outside. SSH with and tail.

Which area does this relate to?

Logs

Additional context

I usually have the new logs at the top. It's more convenient for following the flow.

[chr0nzz]

Confirmed, and your reading of it is right. The feed renders in file order, so
the newest line ends up at the bottom, and with auto refresh on you have to
scroll down to see what just arrived.

I am going to flip it to newest first rather than add a sort control. That is
what the CrowdSec tab already does and what most log viewers do, and the tab
has enough controls already. If oldest first turns out to be wanted, that can
follow.

One note on where it goes: it will be a display change, not a change to
api_logs(). The tail needs to stay in file order because the window span and
the stats above the feed are calculated from it, so reversing there would flip
more than the list.

Coming in v1.12.0.

[blackneil]

Yes, of course, I found the function that returns the logs from oldest to newest. I haven't found where it's called.

You probably have something like:

aLogs = api_logs()
foreach ( log in logs( print ) )

The adaptation, would be:

aLogs = api_logs()
aLogs = aLogs.reverse()      or      if (sort) { aLogs = aLogs.reverse() }      # if someone prefers the original view
foreach ( log in logs( print ) )

Sorry, I don't use Python, so it's a concept. :)