# Logstash multiline codec plugin won't keep blank lines

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-multiline-codec-plugin-wont-keep-blank-lines/293429>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [January 4, 2022, 10:31am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-multiline-codec-plugin-wont-keep-blank-lines/293429 "2022-01-04T10:31:12Z")\
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**Post date:** [January 4, 2022, 4:56pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-multiline-codec-plugin-wont-keep-blank-lines/293429/2 "2022-01-04T16:56:10Z")

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> [@saprof](#):
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> Can somebody help me saving my blank line, please?

A multiline codec drops blank lines. See Guy's comments on [this](https://github.com/logstash-plugins/logstash-input-file/issues/118) issue and [this](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/multiline-codec-discrepancies-between-file-and-stdin-inputs/47686/7) post in the forum.

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