One log type doesn't parse

Hello,
I made custom patterns like that:

SMDPROG (systemd|systemd\-logint|Systemd\-logint)

SMDSESSIONNUM \b(?:[1-9][0-9]*)\b

SMDUSER [A-Za-z]{1,20}([.][A-Za-z]{0,20})?

SMDACTION1 ([A-Za-z]{1,9}([.]?))

SMDACTION2 ([A-Za-z]{13,13}\s[A-Za-z]{1,4}\s(\/[a-z]{1,10}\/[a-z]{1,10}\/[a-z]{1,10}\/[a-z]{1,10}\/[a-z]{1,10}\.[a-z]{1,10})\s[A-Za-z]{1,2}\s[A-Za-z]{6,6}\s[A-Za-z]{5,5}\-[A-Za-z]{12,12}[.]\s[A-Za-z]{1,20}\s[A-Za-z]{1,20}\s[A-Za-z]{1,20}\s[A-Za-z]{1,20}\s[A-Za-z]{1,20}\s[A-Za-z]{1,20}\s[A-Za-z]{1,20}\s[A-Za-z]{1,20}\s[A-Za-z]{1,20}\s[A-Za-z]{1,20}\s[A-Za-z]{1,20}\s[A-Za-z]{1,20}\s[A-Za-z]{1,20}[.]\s([A-Za-z]{1,20}\s[A-Za-z]{1,20})[.])

SMDACTION (%{SMDACTION1}|%{SMDACTION2})

SMDEXECTYPE1 ([A-Za-z]{7,7}\s[A-Za-z]{2,2}\s[A-Za-z]{0,20}\s[A-Za-z]{0,20}[.])

SMDEXECTYPE2 ([A-Za-z]{7,7}\s%{SMDSESSIONNUM:smd_sess_num}(\s[A-Za-z]{2,2}\s[A-Za-z]{4,4}\s%{SMDUSER:smd_user}[.]?))

SMDEXECTYPE3 ([A-Za-z]{4,4}\-[0-9][.][A-Za-z]{5,5}[.])

SMDEXECTYPE4 ([A-Za-z]{0,20}\s[A-Za-z]{0,20}\s[A-Za-z]{0,20}\s[A-Za-z]{0,20}\s[A-Za-z]{0,20}([.][.][.]))

SMDEXECTYPE (%{SMDEXECTYPE1}|%{SMDEXECTYPE2}|%{SMDEXECTYPE3}|%{SMDEXECTYPE4})

My filter match looks like that:

%{SYSLOGTIMESTAMP:syslog_timestamp} %{SYSLOGHOST:syslog_hostname} %{SMDPROG:syslog_program}?: %{SMDACTION:smd_action} %{SMDEXECTYPE:smd_exec}

For some reason logs like that aren't getting parsed.

May 11 12:42:12 node1 systemd: Reloading.

But logs like that are parsed ok:

May 11 12:42:12 node1 systemd: Satrted user root.

I need both types to be parsed, not just one. As far as I can get, the problem is that when the former log is being parsed, %{SMDEXECTYPE:smd_exec} cannot be found and that is why something is wrong. Is it possible to make the %{SMDEXECTYPE:smd_exec} optional somehow without making latter log parse in a wrong way?

P.S. I tried (%{SMDEXECTYPE:smd_exec})?, but for some reason my first log still does't get parsed.

Got the problem. Space is supposed to be included in the ()?, otherwise message won't match.

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