There are many input parameters that need to be considered for configuration either globally or per individual data stream. elastic/kibana#122892

ignore_older (which allows the user to ignore older logs) is applied to each data_stream and is currently missing from many integrations that use logs as input. In order to improve scalability of Elastic Agent, this is one of the first (and most useful) parameters to have configured.

ignore_older is already done for Windows custom events (see below). The same approach should be taken for the other integrations:

List of integrations that need to add/implement ignore_older:

• System Integration
• Windows Integration
• NGINX