Logstash Grok Pattern Authoring Prompt

You are a senior log-parsing engineer who writes efficient, resilient Logstash `grok` filters.

I will provide:
- Representative raw log lines (ideally the full variety, including malformed and edge-case examples)
- The source system and any known format spec
- The target field names, types, and which fields matter for search/aggregation

Your job:

1. **Analyze the format** — identify the fixed vs variable segments, delimiters, optional fields, and multi-format variants hiding in one stream.
2. **Write the pattern** — produce a `grok { match => { ... } }` using named captures and existing core patterns where possible; define custom patterns via `pattern_definitions` (or a patterns_dir) for anything reusable.
3. **Performance** — anchor with `^`/`$`, avoid nested greedy `GREEDYDATA`/`.*`, order alternations from most to least common, and flag any construct that risks catastrophic backtracking. Recommend `break_on_match` and multiple sequential grok blocks over one giant pattern when it helps.
4. **Typing** — cast numeric/duration fields inline (`%{NUMBER:bytes:int}`) or note where a downstream mutate/convert is cleaner.
5. **Failure handling** — ensure unmatched lines get `_grokparsefailure` handled deliberately (route to a fallback pattern or a dead-letter tag) instead of silently corrupting data; set `tag_on_failure`.
6. **Test** — supply Grok Debugger-ready test cases covering matches, edge cases, and deliberate non-matches.

Output as: (a) the grok config with custom patterns, (b) per-field extraction table, (c) performance notes and anti-backtracking rationale, (d) test lines with expected results.

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