owit tail
Stream results continuously from configured backends as they arrive — analogous to tail -f for logs.
owit tail <signal-type> [filters] [flags]Examples
Section titled “Examples”# Stream all incoming error logsowit tail logs level=error
# Stream errors from a specific serviceowit tail logs level=error service=payments
# Stream slow traces in real timeowit tail traces duration gt 500ms
# From specific backends onlyowit tail logs level=error --backends loki,datadogBehaviour
Section titled “Behaviour”- Results appear as they arrive from each backend — no waiting for all backends to respond.
- Results are not sorted by timestamp. Rows from fast backends appear before rows from slow backends.
- The stream continues until interrupted with
Ctrl+C. - Backend failures appear as inline warnings and do not stop the stream.
Difference from owit logs
Section titled “Difference from owit logs”owit logs | owit tail | |
|---|---|---|
| Result order | Sorted by timestamp | Arrival order |
| Completes | Yes (buffered) | No (continuous stream) |
| Use case | Querying past data | Following live activity |