Outdated readthedocs problem solved!

I am glad to tell that I finally managed to solve an issue that caused confusion for years. Someone had cloned and published the rsyslog documentation at readthedocs. Unfortunately, it was not maintained afterwards and also looked like an official rsyslog doc. That added a lot to the “rsyslog’s doc is bad and inconsistent” feel inside the community. This could now be resolved, and current, official doc is now available at readthedocs. I am very happy and glad for readthedocs staff members who helped us to finally resolve the issue.

The current rsyslog documentation is finally shown at readthedocs. (Screenshot: 2025-09-18, Rainer Gerhards)
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Dogfooding the rsyslog Commit AI Assistant

I’ve been using AI to help with commit messages for a while now. Yesterday, in a discussion with co-workers, it became clear that this may not just be a convenience feature — it’s turning into a real time saver.

That was the background for creating the new rsyslog Commit AI Assistant. It directly addresses a problem we ourselves face in daily development. True to dogfooding, we now use it internally whenever we craft a commit message — myself included.

The “rsyslog commit assistant” in action. You can even see my typos ;-) (Screenshot: Rainer Gerhards, actual session)

Want to give it a try: use the rsyslog commit Assistant.

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