feat(operator)!: switch default for OpenShift stream labels

operator/api/loki/v1/lokistack_types.go

@@ -333,12 +333,13 @@ type OpenshiftTenantSpec struct {
 
 // OpenshiftOTLPConfig defines configuration specific to users using OTLP together with an OpenShift tenancy mode.
 type OpenshiftOTLPConfig struct {
-	// DisableRecommendedAttributes can be used to reduce the number of attributes used as stream labels.
+	// EnableConsoleLabels can be used to add a set of additional stream labels to the OTLP input. These labels are
+	// currently used by the logs console in OpenShift.
 	//
-	// Enabling this setting removes the "recommended attributes" from the stream labels. This requires an update
-	// to queries that relied on these attributes as stream labels, as they will no longer be indexed as such.
+	// This is not different from manually adding some or all of the attributes to the set of stream labels using the
+	// normal OTLP configuration.
 	//
-	// The recommended attributes are:
+	// The additional attributes which are converted to stream labels are:
 	//
 	//  - k8s.container.name
 	//  - k8s.cronjob.name
@@ -353,15 +354,12 @@ type OpenshiftOTLPConfig struct {
 	//  - kubernetes.pod_name
 	//  - service.name
 	//
-	// This option is supposed to be combined with a custom attribute configuration listing the stream labels that
-	// should continue to exist.
-	//
 	// See also: https://github.com/rhobs/observability-data-model/blob/main/cluster-logging.md#attributes
 	//
 	// +optional
 	// +kubebuilder:validation:Optional
-	// +operator-sdk:csv:customresourcedefinitions:type=spec,displayName="Disable recommended OTLP attributes"
-	DisableRecommendedAttributes bool `json:"disableRecommendedAttributes,omitempty"`
+	// +operator-sdk:csv:customresourcedefinitions:type=spec,displayName="Enable Console labels"
+	EnableConsoleLabels bool `json:"enableConsoleLabels,omitempty"`
 }
 
 // LokiComponentSpec defines the requirements to configure scheduling

operator/bundle/community-openshift/manifests/loki-operator.clusterserviceversion.yaml

@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ metadata:
     categories: OpenShift Optional, Logging & Tracing
     certified: "false"
     containerImage: docker.io/grafana/loki-operator:0.9.0
-    createdAt: "2026-02-25T18:26:49Z"
+    createdAt: "2026-02-27T13:31:21Z"
     description: The Community Loki Operator provides Kubernetes native deployment
       and management of Loki and related logging components.
     features.operators.openshift.io/disconnected: "true"
@@ -1103,12 +1103,13 @@ spec:
         displayName: OpenTelemetry Protocol
         path: tenants.openshift.otlp
       - description: |-
-          DisableRecommendedAttributes can be used to reduce the number of attributes used as stream labels.
+          EnableConsoleLabels can be used to add a set of additional stream labels to the OTLP input. These labels are
+          currently used by the logs console in OpenShift.
 
-          Enabling this setting removes the "recommended attributes" from the stream labels. This requires an update
-          to queries that relied on these attributes as stream labels, as they will no longer be indexed as such.
+          This is not different from manually adding some or all of the attributes to the set of stream labels using the
+          normal OTLP configuration.
 
-          The recommended attributes are:
+          The additional attributes which are converted to stream labels are:
 
            - k8s.container.name
            - k8s.cronjob.name
@@ -1123,12 +1124,9 @@ spec:
            - kubernetes.pod_name
            - service.name
 
-          This option is supposed to be combined with a custom attribute configuration listing the stream labels that
-          should continue to exist.
-
           See also: https://github.com/rhobs/observability-data-model/blob/main/cluster-logging.md#attributes
-        displayName: Disable recommended OTLP attributes
-        path: tenants.openshift.otlp.disableRecommendedAttributes
+        displayName: Enable Console labels
+        path: tenants.openshift.otlp.enableConsoleLabels
       statusDescriptors:
       - description: Distributor is a map to the per pod status of the distributor
           deployment

operator/bundle/community-openshift/manifests/loki.grafana.com_lokistacks.yaml

@@ -3976,14 +3976,15 @@ spec:
                         description: OTLP contains settings for ingesting data using
                           OTLP in the OpenShift tenancy mode.
                         properties:
-                          disableRecommendedAttributes:
+                          enableConsoleLabels:
                             description: |-
-                              DisableRecommendedAttributes can be used to reduce the number of attributes used as stream labels.
+                              EnableConsoleLabels can be used to add a set of additional stream labels to the OTLP input. These labels are
+                              currently used by the logs console in OpenShift.
 
-                              Enabling this setting removes the "recommended attributes" from the stream labels. This requires an update
-                              to queries that relied on these attributes as stream labels, as they will no longer be indexed as such.
+                              This is not different from manually adding some or all of the attributes to the set of stream labels using the
+                              normal OTLP configuration.
 
-                              The recommended attributes are:
+                              The additional attributes which are converted to stream labels are:
 
                                - k8s.container.name
                                - k8s.cronjob.name
@@ -3998,9 +3999,6 @@ spec:
                                - kubernetes.pod_name
                                - service.name
 
-                              This option is supposed to be combined with a custom attribute configuration listing the stream labels that
-                              should continue to exist.
-
                               See also: https://github.com/rhobs/observability-data-model/blob/main/cluster-logging.md#attributes
                             type: boolean
                         type: object

operator/bundle/community/manifests/loki-operator.clusterserviceversion.yaml

@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ metadata:
     categories: OpenShift Optional, Logging & Tracing
     certified: "false"
     containerImage: docker.io/grafana/loki-operator:0.9.0
-    createdAt: "2026-02-25T18:26:47Z"
+    createdAt: "2026-02-27T13:31:16Z"
     description: The Community Loki Operator provides Kubernetes native deployment
       and management of Loki and related logging components.
     operators.operatorframework.io/builder: operator-sdk-unknown
@@ -1096,12 +1096,13 @@ spec:
         displayName: OpenTelemetry Protocol
         path: tenants.openshift.otlp
       - description: |-
-          DisableRecommendedAttributes can be used to reduce the number of attributes used as stream labels.
+          EnableConsoleLabels can be used to add a set of additional stream labels to the OTLP input. These labels are
+          currently used by the logs console in OpenShift.
 
-          Enabling this setting removes the "recommended attributes" from the stream labels. This requires an update
-          to queries that relied on these attributes as stream labels, as they will no longer be indexed as such.
+          This is not different from manually adding some or all of the attributes to the set of stream labels using the
+          normal OTLP configuration.
 
-          The recommended attributes are:
+          The additional attributes which are converted to stream labels are:
 
            - k8s.container.name
            - k8s.cronjob.name
@@ -1116,12 +1117,9 @@ spec:
            - kubernetes.pod_name
            - service.name
 
-          This option is supposed to be combined with a custom attribute configuration listing the stream labels that
-          should continue to exist.
-
           See also: https://github.com/rhobs/observability-data-model/blob/main/cluster-logging.md#attributes
-        displayName: Disable recommended OTLP attributes
-        path: tenants.openshift.otlp.disableRecommendedAttributes
+        displayName: Enable Console labels
+        path: tenants.openshift.otlp.enableConsoleLabels
       statusDescriptors:
       - description: Distributor is a map to the per pod status of the distributor
           deployment

operator/bundle/community/manifests/loki.grafana.com_lokistacks.yaml

@@ -3977,14 +3977,15 @@ spec:
                         description: OTLP contains settings for ingesting data using
                           OTLP in the OpenShift tenancy mode.
                         properties:
-                          disableRecommendedAttributes:
+                          enableConsoleLabels:
                             description: |-
-                              DisableRecommendedAttributes can be used to reduce the number of attributes used as stream labels.
+                              EnableConsoleLabels can be used to add a set of additional stream labels to the OTLP input. These labels are
+                              currently used by the logs console in OpenShift.
 
-                              Enabling this setting removes the "recommended attributes" from the stream labels. This requires an update
-                              to queries that relied on these attributes as stream labels, as they will no longer be indexed as such.
+                              This is not different from manually adding some or all of the attributes to the set of stream labels using the
+                              normal OTLP configuration.
 
-                              The recommended attributes are:
+                              The additional attributes which are converted to stream labels are:
 
                                - k8s.container.name
                                - k8s.cronjob.name
@@ -3999,9 +4000,6 @@ spec:
                                - kubernetes.pod_name
                                - service.name
 
-                              This option is supposed to be combined with a custom attribute configuration listing the stream labels that
-                              should continue to exist.
-
                               See also: https://github.com/rhobs/observability-data-model/blob/main/cluster-logging.md#attributes
                             type: boolean
                         type: object

operator/bundle/openshift/manifests/loki-operator.clusterserviceversion.yaml

@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ metadata:
     categories: OpenShift Optional, Logging & Tracing
     certified: "false"
     containerImage: quay.io/openshift-logging/loki-operator:0.1.0
-    createdAt: "2026-02-25T18:26:52Z"
+    createdAt: "2026-02-27T13:31:26Z"
     description: |
       The Loki Operator for OCP provides a means for configuring and managing a Loki stack for cluster logging.
       ## Prerequisites and Requirements
@@ -1116,12 +1116,13 @@ spec:
         displayName: OpenTelemetry Protocol
         path: tenants.openshift.otlp
       - description: |-
-          DisableRecommendedAttributes can be used to reduce the number of attributes used as stream labels.
+          EnableConsoleLabels can be used to add a set of additional stream labels to the OTLP input. These labels are
+          currently used by the logs console in OpenShift.
 
-          Enabling this setting removes the "recommended attributes" from the stream labels. This requires an update
-          to queries that relied on these attributes as stream labels, as they will no longer be indexed as such.
+          This is not different from manually adding some or all of the attributes to the set of stream labels using the
+          normal OTLP configuration.
 
-          The recommended attributes are:
+          The additional attributes which are converted to stream labels are:
 
            - k8s.container.name
            - k8s.cronjob.name
@@ -1136,12 +1137,9 @@ spec:
            - kubernetes.pod_name
            - service.name
 
-          This option is supposed to be combined with a custom attribute configuration listing the stream labels that
-          should continue to exist.
-
           See also: https://github.com/rhobs/observability-data-model/blob/main/cluster-logging.md#attributes
-        displayName: Disable recommended OTLP attributes
-        path: tenants.openshift.otlp.disableRecommendedAttributes
+        displayName: Enable Console labels
+        path: tenants.openshift.otlp.enableConsoleLabels
       statusDescriptors:
       - description: Distributor is a map to the per pod status of the distributor
           deployment

operator/bundle/openshift/manifests/loki.grafana.com_lokistacks.yaml

@@ -3976,14 +3976,15 @@ spec:
                         description: OTLP contains settings for ingesting data using
                           OTLP in the OpenShift tenancy mode.
                         properties:
-                          disableRecommendedAttributes:
+                          enableConsoleLabels:
                             description: |-
-                              DisableRecommendedAttributes can be used to reduce the number of attributes used as stream labels.
+                              EnableConsoleLabels can be used to add a set of additional stream labels to the OTLP input. These labels are
+                              currently used by the logs console in OpenShift.
 
-                              Enabling this setting removes the "recommended attributes" from the stream labels. This requires an update
-                              to queries that relied on these attributes as stream labels, as they will no longer be indexed as such.
+                              This is not different from manually adding some or all of the attributes to the set of stream labels using the
+                              normal OTLP configuration.
 
-                              The recommended attributes are:
+                              The additional attributes which are converted to stream labels are:
 
                                - k8s.container.name
                                - k8s.cronjob.name
@@ -3998,9 +3999,6 @@ spec:
                                - kubernetes.pod_name
                                - service.name
 
-                              This option is supposed to be combined with a custom attribute configuration listing the stream labels that
-                              should continue to exist.
-
                               See also: https://github.com/rhobs/observability-data-model/blob/main/cluster-logging.md#attributes
                             type: boolean
                         type: object

operator/config/crd/bases/loki.grafana.com_lokistacks.yaml

@@ -3958,14 +3958,15 @@ spec:
                         description: OTLP contains settings for ingesting data using
                           OTLP in the OpenShift tenancy mode.
                         properties:
-                          disableRecommendedAttributes:
+                          enableConsoleLabels:
                             description: |-
-                              DisableRecommendedAttributes can be used to reduce the number of attributes used as stream labels.
+                              EnableConsoleLabels can be used to add a set of additional stream labels to the OTLP input. These labels are
+                              currently used by the logs console in OpenShift.
 
-                              Enabling this setting removes the "recommended attributes" from the stream labels. This requires an update
-                              to queries that relied on these attributes as stream labels, as they will no longer be indexed as such.
+                              This is not different from manually adding some or all of the attributes to the set of stream labels using the
+                              normal OTLP configuration.
 
-                              The recommended attributes are:
+                              The additional attributes which are converted to stream labels are:
 
                                - k8s.container.name
                                - k8s.cronjob.name
@@ -3980,9 +3981,6 @@ spec:
                                - kubernetes.pod_name
                                - service.name
 
-                              This option is supposed to be combined with a custom attribute configuration listing the stream labels that
-                              should continue to exist.
-
                               See also: https://github.com/rhobs/observability-data-model/blob/main/cluster-logging.md#attributes
                             type: boolean
                         type: object

operator/config/manifests/community-openshift/bases/loki-operator.clusterserviceversion.yaml

@@ -1016,12 +1016,13 @@ spec:
         displayName: OpenTelemetry Protocol
         path: tenants.openshift.otlp
       - description: |-
-          DisableRecommendedAttributes can be used to reduce the number of attributes used as stream labels.
+          EnableConsoleLabels can be used to add a set of additional stream labels to the OTLP input. These labels are
+          currently used by the logs console in OpenShift.
 
-          Enabling this setting removes the "recommended attributes" from the stream labels. This requires an update
-          to queries that relied on these attributes as stream labels, as they will no longer be indexed as such.
+          This is not different from manually adding some or all of the attributes to the set of stream labels using the
+          normal OTLP configuration.
 
-          The recommended attributes are:
+          The additional attributes which are converted to stream labels are:
 
            - k8s.container.name
            - k8s.cronjob.name
@@ -1036,12 +1037,9 @@ spec:
            - kubernetes.pod_name
            - service.name
 
-          This option is supposed to be combined with a custom attribute configuration listing the stream labels that
-          should continue to exist.
-
           See also: https://github.com/rhobs/observability-data-model/blob/main/cluster-logging.md#attributes
-        displayName: Disable recommended OTLP attributes
-        path: tenants.openshift.otlp.disableRecommendedAttributes
+        displayName: Enable Console labels
+        path: tenants.openshift.otlp.enableConsoleLabels
       statusDescriptors:
       - description: Distributor is a map to the per pod status of the distributor
           deployment

operator/config/manifests/community/bases/loki-operator.clusterserviceversion.yaml

@@ -1009,12 +1009,13 @@ spec:
         displayName: OpenTelemetry Protocol
         path: tenants.openshift.otlp
       - description: |-
-          DisableRecommendedAttributes can be used to reduce the number of attributes used as stream labels.
+          EnableConsoleLabels can be used to add a set of additional stream labels to the OTLP input. These labels are
+          currently used by the logs console in OpenShift.
 
-          Enabling this setting removes the "recommended attributes" from the stream labels. This requires an update
-          to queries that relied on these attributes as stream labels, as they will no longer be indexed as such.
+          This is not different from manually adding some or all of the attributes to the set of stream labels using the
+          normal OTLP configuration.
 
-          The recommended attributes are:
+          The additional attributes which are converted to stream labels are:
 
            - k8s.container.name
            - k8s.cronjob.name
@@ -1029,12 +1030,9 @@ spec:
            - kubernetes.pod_name
            - service.name
 
-          This option is supposed to be combined with a custom attribute configuration listing the stream labels that
-          should continue to exist.
-
           See also: https://github.com/rhobs/observability-data-model/blob/main/cluster-logging.md#attributes
-        displayName: Disable recommended OTLP attributes
-        path: tenants.openshift.otlp.disableRecommendedAttributes
+        displayName: Enable Console labels
+        path: tenants.openshift.otlp.enableConsoleLabels
       statusDescriptors:
       - description: Distributor is a map to the per pod status of the distributor
           deployment