Windows Logstash 6.5.0: pipelines.yml: path.config no longer working

[Matt_Vasquez]

So since I upgraded from 6.4.3 to 6.5.0 I cannot run a pipline with the windows version of Logstash 6.5.0.

I have a feeling it has to do with the forward slash "/" vs back slash "\" in the file paths since windows and Linux different path separators.

Here is my pipelines.yml file that I have tried in both formats for forward slash/back slash

With Forward Slashes

- pipeline.id: Oracle-JDBC-Pipeline
  path.config: "E:/Logstash/conf/live_data.conf"
  pipeline.workers: 1
  queue.type: persisted

With Backslashes

- pipeline.id: Oracle-JDBC-Pipeline
  path.config: "E:\Logstash\conf\live_data.conf"
  pipeline.workers: 1
  queue.type: persisted

This is what I see when i run Logstash with the debug switch aka "logstash --debug"

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[2018-12-14T14:20:53,562][DEBUG][logstash.agent ] Starting agent
[2018-12-14T14:20:53,649][DEBUG][logstash.config.source.multilocal] Reading pipeline configurations from YAML {:location=>"E:/Logstash/config/pipelines.yml"}
[2018-12-14T14:20:53,847][ERROR][logstash.config.sourceloader] No configuration found in the configured sources.
[2018-12-14T14:20:53,869][DEBUG][logstash.agent ] Converging pipelines state {:actions_count=>0}
[2018-12-14T14:20:53,949][DEBUG][logstash.agent ] Starting puma
[2018-12-14T14:20:53,970][DEBUG][logstash.agent ] Trying to start WebServer {:port=>9600}
[2018-12-14T14:20:53,978][DEBUG][logstash.instrument.periodicpoller.os] Stopping
[2018-12-14T14:20:54,017][DEBUG][logstash.instrument.periodicpoller.jvm] Stopping
[2018-12-14T14:20:54,043][DEBUG][logstash.instrument.periodicpoller.persistentqueue] Stopping
[2018-12-14T14:20:54,050][DEBUG][logstash.instrument.periodicpoller.deadletterqueue] Stopping
[2018-12-14T14:20:54,101][DEBUG][logstash.api.service ] [api-service] start
[2018-12-14T14:20:54,655][INFO ][logstash.agent ] Successfully started Logstash API endpoint {:port=>9600}
[2018-12-14T14:20:59,494][DEBUG][logstash.agent ] Shutting down all pipelines {:pipelines_count=>0}
[2018-12-14T14:20:59,494][DEBUG][logstash.agent ] Converging pipelines state {:actions_count=>0}