# Observability logs missing from Dashboards in 3.0?

**URL:** <https://forum.opensearch.org/t/observability-logs-missing-from-dashboards-in-3-0/24752>\
**Category:** Observability\
**Created:** [June 13, 2025, 7:47am UTC](https://forum.opensearch.org/t/observability-logs-missing-from-dashboards-in-3-0/24752 "2025-06-13T07:47:52Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 9\
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**Author:** ![victor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/3e96dc/32.png) [@victor](https://forum.opensearch.org/u/victor)\
**Post date:** [June 13, 2025, 7:47am UTC](https://forum.opensearch.org/t/observability-logs-missing-from-dashboards-in-3-0/24752/1 "2025-06-13T07:47:52Z")

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**Versions** (relevant - OpenSearch/Dashboard/Server OS/Browser):  
3.0

**Describe the issue** :

Trying to access Observability logs in OpenSearch 3.0 results in an error - [https://playground.opensearch.org/app/observability-logs#/](https://playground.opensearch.org/app/observability-logs#/)

It works in 2.19

**Relevant Logs or Screenshots** :

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/mauve_hedgehog/original/2X/b/bc2344193afa3de75b2e11aa7c3c5de846742d9f.png)

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**Author:** ![pablo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.opensearch.org/pablo/32/10363_2.png) [@pablo](https://forum.opensearch.org/u/pablo)\
**Post date:** [June 16, 2025, 9:57pm UTC](https://forum.opensearch.org/t/observability-logs-missing-from-dashboards-in-3-0/24752/2 "2025-06-16T21:57:45Z")

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@victor How did you deploy your cluster? The Observability → Logs is available in both 3.0.0 and 3.0.0-alpha1.

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/mauve_hedgehog/original/2X/0/036fabf9b53bfeac776e154ea132f671fa867ca1.png)

Are you referring to the OpenSearch playground deployment? Try local docker image, binary or service deployment instead.

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**Author:** ![victor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/3e96dc/32.png) [@victor](https://forum.opensearch.org/u/victor)\
**Post date:** [June 17, 2025, 8:50am UTC](https://forum.opensearch.org/t/observability-logs-missing-from-dashboards-in-3-0/24752/3 "2025-06-17T08:50:58Z")

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Hey Pablo,

That is strange. I first discovered this in three different OpenSearch clusters deployed via the k8s-operator, all of them running 3.0.

If i spin up a new cluster running 2.19 i have Observability → Logs available but not in 3.0.

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**Author:** ![victor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/3e96dc/32.png) [@victor](https://forum.opensearch.org/u/victor)\
**Post date:** [June 17, 2025, 9:19am UTC](https://forum.opensearch.org/t/observability-logs-missing-from-dashboards-in-3-0/24752/4 "2025-06-17T09:19:18Z")

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Hmm this is strange. I used the docker-compose example found [here](https://docs.opensearch.org/docs/latest/getting-started/quickstart/) and i do have observability → Logs, but i don’t have it in the opensearch clusters that have been created by the k8s-operator. But both clusters (local and k8s created) are running image 3.0.0 for both opensearch and opensearch-dashboards.

I have compared the list of plugins as well and they do not differ.

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**Author:** ![pablo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.opensearch.org/pablo/32/10363_2.png) [@pablo](https://forum.opensearch.org/u/pablo)\
**Post date:** [June 17, 2025, 12:29pm UTC](https://forum.opensearch.org/t/observability-logs-missing-from-dashboards-in-3-0/24752/5 "2025-06-17T12:29:35Z")

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@victor I’ve just deployed cluster with OpenSearch operator and Observability → Logs is present.

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/mauve_hedgehog/original/2X/3/387c7496b40253f57dfa7e8919f374889f55388b.png)

This is my OpenSearchCluster manifest.

```auto
apiVersion: opensearch.opster.io/v1
kind: OpenSearchCluster
metadata:
  name: my-first-cluster
  namespace: default
spec:
  security:
    config:
    tls:
       http:
         generate: true
       transport:
         generate: true
         perNode: true
  general:
    httpPort: 9200
    serviceName: my-first-cluster
    version: 3.0.0
    pluginsList: ["repository-s3"]
    drainDataNodes: true
  dashboards:
    tls:
      enable: true
      generate: true
    version: 3.0.0
    enable: true
    replicas: 1
    resources:
      requests:
         memory: "512Mi"
         cpu: "200m"
      limits:
         memory: "512Mi"
         cpu: "200m"
  nodePools:
    - component: masters
      replicas: 3
      resources:
         requests:
            memory: "2Gi"
            cpu: "1000m"
         limits:
            memory: "2Gi"
            cpu: "1000m"
      roles:
        - "data"
        - "cluster_manager"
      persistence:
         emptyDir: {}

```

I accessed my cluster with admin user.

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**Author:** ![victor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/3e96dc/32.png) [@victor](https://forum.opensearch.org/u/victor)\
**Post date:** [June 18, 2025, 8:30am UTC](https://forum.opensearch.org/t/observability-logs-missing-from-dashboards-in-3-0/24752/6 "2025-06-18T08:30:55Z")

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I think i’ve found a bug. I took your cluster spec and created a local cluster with `kind` and i was able to view Observability → Logs as you mention.

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/mauve_hedgehog/original/2X/3/3981be73b172eefafa3a3a0735f321bf557ac5a8.png)

I then compared your cluster spec to ours, and i started looking at the `dashboard` section of the cluster spec more specifically. I noticed that we are using `additionalConfig` in our cluster spec as we want to utilize data sources. So i modified your cluster spec by adding the `additionalConfig` section to it, like this:

```auto
apiVersion: opensearch.opster.io/v1
kind: OpenSearchCluster
metadata:
  name: my-first-cluster
  namespace: default
spec:
  security:
    config:
    tls:
       http:
         generate: true
       transport:
         generate: true
         perNode: true
  general:
    httpPort: 9200
    serviceName: my-first-cluster
    version: 3.0.0
    pluginsList: ["repository-s3"]
    drainDataNodes: true
  dashboards:
    tls:
      enable: true
      generate: true
    version: 3.0.0
    enable: true
    replicas: 1
    resources:
      requests:
         memory: "512Mi"
         cpu: "200m"
      limits:
         memory: "512Mi"
         cpu: "200m"
    additionalConfig:
      data_source.enabled: "true"
      data_source.ssl.verificationMode: none
  nodePools:
    - component: masters
      replicas: 3
      resources:
         requests:
            memory: "2Gi"
            cpu: "1000m"
         limits:
            memory: "2Gi"
            cpu: "1000m"
      roles:
        - "data"
        - "cluster_manager"
      persistence:
         emptyDir: {}

```

I then accessed OpenSearch-dashboards and noticed that Observability → Logs is missing again:

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/mauve_hedgehog/original/2X/5/55757dd03fa924b830976ba050296a522d063260.png)

Can you see if you can reproduce this? I think i will go ahead and create a issue on the opensearch-operator github as well.

Edit: This happens on a 2.19.1 cluster as well.

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**Author:** ![victor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/3e96dc/32.png) [@victor](https://forum.opensearch.org/u/victor)\
**Post date:** [June 18, 2025, 11:48am UTC](https://forum.opensearch.org/t/observability-logs-missing-from-dashboards-in-3-0/24752/7 "2025-06-18T11:48:56Z")

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Link to issue on Github: [[BUG] Enabling data-sources results in Observability Logs missing · Issue #9926 · opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards · GitHub](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/issues/9926)

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**Author:** ![pablo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.opensearch.org/pablo/32/10363_2.png) [@pablo](https://forum.opensearch.org/u/pablo)\
**Post date:** [June 18, 2025, 11:27pm UTC](https://forum.opensearch.org/t/observability-logs-missing-from-dashboards-in-3-0/24752/8 "2025-06-18T23:27:54Z")

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@victor Thank you for sharing the GitHub link. I’ve just shared my updated there.  
I’ve got the same result. Also Logs are not the only item missing. Applications and Dashboards are also gone.

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/mauve_hedgehog/original/2X/3/33547ea01a5b12dcca2958411d3edd97ae2ea8c1.png) [@system](https://forum.opensearch.org/u/system)\
**Post date:** [August 17, 2025, 11:28pm UTC](https://forum.opensearch.org/t/observability-logs-missing-from-dashboards-in-3-0/24752/9 "2025-08-17T23:28:41Z")

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