The Logstash Lines blog post from February 2016 announces the addition of a dynamic configuration reloading feature, allowing Logstash to update configurations without a process restart by using a new command option. This update, included in the 2.2 release and soon to be backported to version 2.3, is part of a broader release event that also includes version 2.1.2, featuring a new pipeline architecture. While a user-reported bug affecting certain filters has been addressed with a targeted 2.2.1 release, the Logstash team is also working on an API to expose internal metrics with improved filtering capabilities, requiring Java 8 for version 3.0.0. Additionally, enhancements such as a more efficient JSON Lines codec and considerations for using stored procedures in the JDBC plugin are underway. These developments and more will be discussed at the upcoming Elastic{ON} '16 conference in San Francisco.