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JSON Format Hub

JSON log files encode structured events for machine-readable observability. Use sample JSON logs to validate ingestion pipelines, field extraction, alert-rule matching, and schema evolution handling.

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Use the manifest endpoint for deterministic fixture selection in CI, then validate MIME/type detection against actual parser output.

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