Ignore_inactive does not work in filebeat with filestream config type (filebeat version:8.1.0)

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When I use the filestream type instead of the log type, filebeat always reads the entire log file from the beginning.

- type: filestream
  id: test_id
  enable: true
  paths:
    - "/usr/share/filebeat/inputs.d/*.log"
  parsers:
    - multiline:
        type: pattern
        pattern: '^[0-9]{4}-[0-9]{2}-[0-9]{2}'
        negate: true
        match: after
  ignore_inactive: since_first_start

No matter of using since_first_start or since_last_start, it doesn't work.

But when I use log config type with tail_files:true, it works normally.

- type: log
  paths:
    - "/usr/share/filebeat/inputs.d/*.log"
  multiline:
    type: pattern
    pattern: '^[0-9]{4}-[0-9]{2}-[0-9]{2}'
    negate: true
    match: after
  enable: true
  tail_files: true

So my question is, how can I configure the filestream type so that filebeat doesn't read my log file from scratch?

Thanks to everyone who can solve it . :rofl:

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