# Why the meta in registry file is always null?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/why-the-meta-in-registry-file-is-always-null/233876>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Tags:** filebeat\
**Created:** [May 22, 2020, 9:36am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/why-the-meta-in-registry-file-is-always-null/233876 "2020-05-22T09:36:21Z")\
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**Author:** ![yanghuifeng](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/a5b964/32.png) [@yanghuifeng](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/yanghuifeng)\
**Post date:** [May 22, 2020, 9:36am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/why-the-meta-in-registry-file-is-always-null/233876/1 "2020-05-22T09:36:21Z")

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I'm using a log input for my filebeat6.7, i get the registry file like this:

```auto
  [
    {
        "source": "/opt/log/test.log",
        "offset": 916,
        "timestamp": "2020-05-22T08:58:13.876693008Z",
        "ttl": -1,
        "type": "log",
        "meta": null,
        "FileStateOS": {
            "inode": 1111111,
            "device": 11115
        }
    }
]

```

why the "meta" is null ? can i configure it ?

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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:** [June 19, 2020, 9:40am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/why-the-meta-in-registry-file-is-always-null/233876/2 "2020-06-19T09:40:15Z")

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