# Codec Multiline is not working for Kafka input plugin as expected

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/codec-multiline-is-not-working-for-kafka-input-plugin-as-expected/308553>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [June 30, 2022, 9:56am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/codec-multiline-is-not-working-for-kafka-input-plugin-as-expected/308553 "2022-06-30T09:56:43Z")\
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**Author:** ![ashish.kumar2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e480ec/32.png) [@ashish.kumar2](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ashish.kumar2)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2022, 9:56am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/codec-multiline-is-not-working-for-kafka-input-plugin-as-expected/308553/1 "2022-06-30T09:56:43Z")

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```auto
codec => multiline {
              pattern => "(^UL ingress)|(^DL ingress)|(^numOfActiveUe)|(^pdcpCurrentTime_g)"
              what => "previous"
              max_lines => 6

              }

```

Still we are getting individual events instead of clubbing of events matching the regex to one event

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [July 28, 2022, 9:56am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/codec-multiline-is-not-working-for-kafka-input-plugin-as-expected/308553/2 "2022-07-28T09:56:48Z")

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