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Log parsing is a critical step that transforms unstructured log data into structured formats, facilitating subsequent log-based analysis. Traditional syntax-based log parsers are efficient and effective, but they often experience decreased…

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Logs provide first-hand information for engineers to diagnose failures in large-scale online service systems. Log parsing, which transforms semi-structured raw log messages into structured data, is a prerequisite of automated log analysis…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2022-02-15 Yudong Liu , Xu Zhang , Shilin He , Hongyu Zhang , Liqun Li , Yu Kang , Yong Xu , Minghua Ma , Qingwei Lin , Yingnong Dang , Saravan Rajmohan , Dongmei Zhang

In the field of log compression, the prevailing "parse-then-compress" paradigm fundamentally limits effectiveness by treating log parsing and compression as isolated objectives. While parsers prioritize semantic accuracy (i.e., event…

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Log parsing converts log messages into structured event templates, allowing for automated log analysis and reducing manual inspection effort. To select the most compatible parser for a specific system, multiple evaluation metrics are…

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Logs are important in modern software development with runtime information. Log parsing is the first step in many log-based analyses, that involve extracting structured information from unstructured log data. Traditional log parsers face…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2024-04-30 Zeyang Ma , An Ran Chen , Dong Jae Kim , Tse-Hsun Chen , Shaowei Wang

Logs serve as a primary source of information for engineers to diagnose failures in large-scale online service systems. Log parsing, which extracts structured events from massive unstructured log data, is a critical first step for…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2026-03-13 Jinrui Sun , Tong Jia , Minghua He , Ying Li

We propose a quantitative and qualitative analysis of the performances of statistical models for frame semantic structure extraction. We report on a replication study on FrameNet 1.7 data and show that preprocessing toolkits play a major…

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Due to the complexity and size of modern software systems, the amount of logs generated is tremendous. Hence, it is infeasible to manually investigate these data in a reasonable time, thereby requiring automating log analysis to derive…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2024-02-09 Stefan Petrescu , Floris den Hengst , Alexandru Uta , Jan S. Rellermeyer

In the last decade, an impressive increase in software adaptions has led to a surge in log data production, making manual log analysis impractical and establishing the necessity for automated methods. Conversely, most automated analysis…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2025-11-19 Shayan Hashemi , Mika Mäntylä

Modern distributed systems produce massive, heterogeneous logs essential for reliability, security, and anomaly detection. Converting these free-form messages into structured templates (log parsing) is challenging due to evolving formats…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2026-04-23 Amir Shetaia , Sean Kauffman

Logs provide valuable insights into system runtime and assist in software development and maintenance. Log parsing, which converts semi-structured log data into structured log data, is often the first step in automated log analysis. Given…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2025-10-31 Nafid Enan , Gias Uddin

Parser-based log compression, which separates static templates from dynamic variables, is a promising approach to exploit the unique structure of log data. However, its performance on complex production logs is often unsatisfactory. This…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2026-01-23 Siyu Yu , Yifan Wu , Junjielong Xu , Ying Fu , Ning Wang , Maoyin Liu , Pancheng Jiang , Xiang Zhang , Tong Jia , Pinjia He , Ying Li

Logs are essential for diagnosing failures and conducting retrospective studies, leading many software organizations to retain log messages for a long time. Nevertheless, the volume of generated log data grows rapidly as software systems…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2026-03-24 Shiwen Shan , Yintong Huo , Hongzhan Zhong , Zhining Wang , Yuxin Su , Zibin Zheng

Log parsing transforms log messages into structured formats, serving as the prerequisite step for various log analysis tasks. Although a variety of log parsing approaches have been proposed, their performance on complicated log data remains…

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Software systems usually record important runtime information in their logs. Logs help practitioners understand system runtime behaviors and diagnose field failures. As logs are usually very large in size, automated log analysis is needed…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2020-01-10 Hetong Dai , Heng Li , Weiyi Shang , Tse-Hsun Chen , Che-Shao Chen

Automated logging statement generation supports developers in documenting critical software runtime behavior. Given the great success in natural language generation and programming language comprehension, large language models (LLMs) might…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2024-04-02 Yichen Li , Yintong Huo , Zhihan Jiang , Renyi Zhong , Pinjia He , Yuxin Su , Lionel Briand , Michael R. Lyu

Modern information and communication systems have become increasingly challenging to manage. The ubiquitous system logs contain plentiful information and are thus widely exploited as an alternative source for system management. As log files…

Information Retrieval · Computer Science 2024-02-15 Tianzhu Zhang , Han Qiu , Gabriele Castellano , Myriana Rifai , Chung Shue Chen , Fabio Pianese

Logging code is written by developers to capture system runtime behavior and plays a vital role in debugging, performance analysis, and system monitoring. However, defects in logging code can undermine the usefulness of logs and lead to…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2025-08-18 Xin Wang , Zhenhao Li , Zishuo Ding

Encoding methods are employed across several process mining tasks, including predictive process monitoring, anomalous case detection, trace clustering, etc. These methods are usually performed as preprocessing steps and are responsible for…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2023-01-06 Sylvio Barbon , Paolo Ceravolo , Rafael S. Oyamada , Gabriel M. Tavares

This paper introduces LogLead, a tool designed for efficient log analysis benchmarking. LogLead combines three essential steps in log processing: loading, enhancing, and anomaly detection. The tool leverages Polars, a high-speed DataFrame…

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