# Logstash input-beat not receiving @metadata field

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-input-beat-not-receiving-metadata-field/40365>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Tags:** filebeat\
**Created:** [January 28, 2016, 1:42pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-input-beat-not-receiving-metadata-field/40365 "2016-01-28T13:42:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![steffens](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/steffens/32/79630_2.png) [@steffens](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/steffens)\
**Post date:** [January 29, 2016, 3:21pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-input-beat-not-receiving-metadata-field/40365/4 "2016-01-29T15:21:56Z")

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No idea why logstash is removing '@metadata'. I guess '@metadata' field is supposed to be local to logstash instance.

See [this response](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/beats-deployment-with-logstash-relays-to-a-central-ls-instance/36107/4) for using filters to transfer metadata.

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