Safely optimize rsyslog runtime performance with representative workloads, isolated baseline and candidate builds, profiling, paired noise-resistant measurements, explicit acceptance thresholds, and correctness/security validation. Use for performance investigations or implementations in inputs such as imtcp, parsers…
Run rsyslog's local, threat-model-aware security delta review for a PR candidate, create a digest-bound local receipt, or resolve one independently confirmed candidate. Use for $rsyslog-security-pr-review, SECURITY REVIEW, SECURITY RESOLVE candidate-id, and FINISH on code PR work.
Maintain rsyslog ChangeLog entries by selecting important user-visible changes, matching the release-note style, and avoiding low-signal commit-log duplication.
Orchestrate long-running rsyslog issue-fix sessions with a rolling active set of work units, local issue cache use, separate worktrees, full validation gates, PR babysitting, merged-PR cleanup, and automatic refill until the selected issue class is exhausted.
Triage rsyslog GitHub issues one issue or cluster at a time, classify stale and current reports, draft or post closure comments, and maintain a local evidence board.
Monitor rsyslog pull requests after push or rerun, including GitHub Actions checks, unresolved review threads, bot comments, reruns for known flakes, and concise status reporting.
Handle rsyslog post-.0 v8-stable updates, including patch-release ChangeLog sections, PRs targeting v8-stable, preserving stable merge commit hashes, and merging v8-stable back into main cleanly.
AGENTS.md instructions for rsyslog/rsyslog, covering agents.md – rsyslog repository agent guide, local overlay, ai agent skills, agent quick start: the "happy path" and repository overview.