rsyslog log contains the messages "imjournal: sd_journal_next() failed: Bad message" and "trying to recover from journal error". After these messages, rsyslog repeats old logs.

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Issue

  • rsyslog log contains imjournal: sd_journal_next() failed: Bad message and trying to recover from journal error. And then, rsyslog repeats old logs after the message.

    rsyslogd[3857]: imjournal: journal files changed, reloading...  [v8.2102.0-5.el8 try https://www.rsyslog.com/e/0 ]
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rsyslogd[3857]: imjournal: journal files changed, reloading...  [v8.2102.0-5.el8 try https://www.rsyslog.com/e/0 ]
rsyslogd[3857]: imjournal: journal files changed, reloading...  [v8.2102.0-5.el8 try https://www.rsyslog.com/e/0 ]
rsyslogd[3857]: imjournal: sd_journal_next() failed: Bad message [v8.2102.0-5.el8]
rsyslogd[3857]: imjournal: sd_journal_next() failed: Bad message [v8.2102.0-5.el8]
rsyslogd[3857]: imjournal: trying to recover from journal error [v8.2102.0-5.el8 try https://www.rsyslog.com/e/0 ]
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(old logs) 
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Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 7 and 8
    • rsyslog
    • systemd-journald

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