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app-279-error-log-querying

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Any Elasticsearch error-log query against app-279-logs-* — these indices use ``lvl`` (keyword) for log severity, not ``severity`` or ``level``.

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When to use

Any Elasticsearch ERROR / WARN / INFO count or filter query against the app-279-logs-* indices in this cluster.

Failed call shape (avoid)

GET app-279-logs-*/_search
{ "query": { "term": { "level": "ERROR" } } }

Returns zero hits because the field is named lvl, not level.

Working call shape

GET app-279-logs-*/_search
{ "query": { "term": { "lvl": "ERR" } } }

This index normalizes severity to the short codes ERR, WRN, INF, DBG — full words like "ERROR" will also miss even with the right field name.

Why this is env-specific

This team's logging library uses a custom schema with shortened field name (lvl) and three-letter severity codes (ERR, WRN, INF, DBG) — not documented in any public ES schema and a fresh LLM would default to level: "ERROR".