From 526b95562863ec72ab12771f5d7d309bf8c36933 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jeju <jejuisland87654@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 26 Dec 2025 12:07:51 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] add option to not send log event metadata

---
 src/builder.rs | 24 ++++++++++++++++++++++++
 src/lib.rs     | 22 ++++++++++++++++++----
 2 files changed, 42 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/builder.rs b/src/builder.rs
index 71449d4..1322c8c 100644
--- a/src/builder.rs
+++ b/src/builder.rs
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ pub fn builder() -> Builder {
         labels: FormattedLabels::new(),
         extra_fields: HashMap::new(),
         http_headers,
+        include_event_metadata: true,
     }
 }
 
@@ -35,6 +36,7 @@ pub struct Builder {
     labels: FormattedLabels,
     extra_fields: HashMap<String, String>,
     http_headers: reqwest::header::HeaderMap,
+    include_event_metadata: bool,
 }
 
 impl Builder {
@@ -106,6 +108,26 @@ impl Builder {
         }
         Ok(self)
     }
+    /// Configure whether tracing event metadata is included in log records.
+    ///
+    /// When enabled (the default), log records include the `_target`,
+    /// `_module_path`, `_file`, and `_line` metadata fields. When disabled,
+    /// those fields are omitted entirely from the JSON payloads sent to Loki.
+    ///
+    /// # Example
+    ///
+    /// ```
+    /// # use tracing_loki::Error;
+    /// # fn main() -> Result<(), Error> {
+    /// let builder = tracing_loki::builder()
+    ///     .include_event_metadata(false);
+    /// # Ok(())
+    /// # }
+    /// ```
+    pub fn include_event_metadata(mut self, include: bool) -> Builder {
+        self.include_event_metadata = include;
+        self
+    }
     /// Set an extra HTTP header to be sent with all requests sent to Loki.
     ///
     /// This can be useful to set the `X-Scope-OrgID` header which Loki
@@ -163,6 +185,7 @@ impl Builder {
             Layer {
                 sender,
                 extra_fields: self.extra_fields,
+                include_event_metadata: self.include_event_metadata,
             },
             BackgroundTask::new(loki_url, self.http_headers, receiver, &self.labels)?,
         ))
@@ -194,6 +217,7 @@ impl Builder {
             Layer {
                 sender: sender.clone(),
                 extra_fields: self.extra_fields,
+                include_event_metadata: self.include_event_metadata,
             },
             BackgroundTaskController { sender },
             BackgroundTask::new(loki_url, self.http_headers, receiver, &self.labels)?,
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index fcce410..a57b80b 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -229,6 +229,7 @@ pub fn layer(
 pub struct Layer {
     extra_fields: HashMap<String, String>,
     sender: mpsc::Sender<Option<LokiEvent>>,
+    include_event_metadata: bool,
 }
 
 struct LokiEvent {
@@ -247,6 +248,12 @@ struct SerializedEvent<'a> {
     #[serde(flatten)]
     span_fields: serde_json::Map<String, serde_json::Value>,
     _spans: &'a [&'a str],
+    #[serde(flatten)]
+    metadata: Option<SerializedMetadata<'a>>,
+}
+
+#[derive(Serialize)]
+struct SerializedMetadata<'a> {
     _target: &'a str,
     _module_path: Option<&'a str>,
     _file: Option<&'a str>,
@@ -333,6 +340,16 @@ impl<S: Subscriber + for<'a> LookupSpan<'a>> tracing_subscriber::Layer<S> for La
                 })
             })
             .unwrap_or(Vec::new());
+        let metadata = if self.include_event_metadata {
+            Some(SerializedMetadata {
+                _target: meta.target(),
+                _module_path: meta.module_path(),
+                _file: meta.file(),
+                _line: meta.line(),
+            })
+        } else {
+            None
+        };
         // TODO: Anything useful to do when the capacity has been reached?
         let _ = self.sender.try_send(Some(LokiEvent {
             trigger_send: !meta.target().starts_with("tracing_loki"),
@@ -343,10 +360,7 @@ impl<S: Subscriber + for<'a> LookupSpan<'a>> tracing_subscriber::Layer<S> for La
                 extra_fields: &self.extra_fields,
                 span_fields,
                 _spans: &spans,
-                _target: meta.target(),
-                _module_path: meta.module_path(),
-                _file: meta.file(),
-                _line: meta.line(),
+                metadata,
             })
             .expect("json serialization shouldn't fail"),
         }));