Loki configuration fails validation when retention is enabled, leading to crash loop in RHOCP 4

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • Loki pods are in CrashLoopBackOff with the error message:

    level=error ts=2024-07-17T17:01:27.523133793Z caller=main.go:70 msg="validating config" err="CONFIG ERROR: invalid compactor config: compactor.delete-request-store should be configured when retention is enabled"

Environment

  • Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform (RHOCP)
    • 4
  • Red Hat OpenShift Logging (RHOL)
    • 5.6.21
    • 5.8.9
  • Lokistack
  • Loki

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