Problem
When JSON content is sent in the log's message field, it's not automatically parsed, and it's not stored as attributes (key/value pairs). Instead, the content remains in the message. It also may be truncated if the message exceeds the character limit.
Solution
Reasons this may be happening:
- If the content is not valid JSON, it won't be parsed. Instead, it will be stored as a string and truncated if it exceeds the character limit.
- If the content is valid JSON, it may have been "stringified" with escape characters. If that's the case, it will first be evaluated as a string, meaning that it will be truncated to 4,096 characters before being evaluated as JSON. The result of the truncation will be invalid JSON, and the data will be stored as a string.
To solve this problem, send messages containing JSON that haven't been converted to a string. This content will be parsed even if the total length exceeds the character limit. If the JSON contains arrays, they'll be flattened and stored as unparsed strings.