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AWS Elemental MediaTailor manifest logs description and event types

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AWS Elemental MediaTailor manifest logs description and event types - AWS Elemental MediaTailor

The following sections describe the logs that MediaTailor emits to describe events with the origin server when requesting and receiving a manifest. These are ManifestService logs.

ManifestService events

The following events are emitted during MediaTailor interactions with the origin.

Log Description
CONFIG_SECURITY_ERROR The MediaTailor configuration has a security issue.
CONFIG_SYNTAX_ERROR The origin and asset path result in a malformed URL.
CONNECTION_ERROR The MediaTailor connection to the origin was refused or failed.
GENERATED_MANIFEST MediaTailor generated a manifest.
HOST_DISALLOWED MediaTailor does not allow HTTP requests to this host.
INCOMPATIBLE_HLS_VERSION The manifest uses an incompatible HLS version. MediaTailor requires version 3 or greater.
INVALID_SINGLE_PERIOD_DASH_MANIFEST The single-period DASH manifest is invalid. MediaTailor is passing through single-period DASH manifest.
IO_ERROR MediaTailor encountered an IO error during communication with the origin.
LAST_PERIOD_MISSING_AUDIO The last period in the DASH manifest is missing all audio AdaptationSets because of origin audio or video misalignment. To avoid playback issues, delay publishing the last period until at least the next request.
LAST_PERIOD_MISSING_AUDIO_WARNING The last period in the DASH manifest is missing all audio AdaptationSets because of origin audio or video misalignment. Choosing to publish (not delay) the last period. Missing audio might cause playback issues.
MANIFEST_ERROR The MediaTailor manifest request failed.
NO_MASTER_OR_MEDIA_PLAYLIST The origin response doesn't contain a primary playlist or media playlist.
NO_MASTER_PLAYLIST The origin response doesn't contain the expected primary playlist.
NO_MEDIA_PLAYLIST The origin response doesn't contain the expected media playlist.
ORIGIN_MANIFEST MediaTailor fetched an origin manifest.
PARSING_ERROR The origin is unable to parse the manifest request.
SCTE35_PARSING_ERROR MediaTailor is unable to parse Signal Binary element in the manifest.
SESSION_INITIALIZED A session was initialized.
TIMEOUT_ERROR The MediaTailor manifest request timed out.
TRACKING_RESPONSE MediaTailor served a tracking response.
UNKNOWN_ERROR MediaTailor encountered an unknown error.
UNKNOWN_HOST The host is unknown.
UNSUPPORTED_SINGLE_PERIOD_DASH_MANIFEST The single-period DASH manifest is unsupported. MediaTailor is passing through single-period DASH manifest.

Manifest logs properties

This section describes the properties of the manifest logs.

Property Type Required
awsAccountId string true
eventTimestamp string true
originId string true
customerId string false
eventType string false
sessionId string false
originRequestUrl string false
mediaTailorPath string false
requestId string false
responseBody string false
sessionType string (legal values: [DASH, HLS]) false
requestNextToken string false
eventDescription string false
assetPath string false
originFullUrl string false
originPrefixUrl string false
additionalInfo string false
cause string false
response string false
httpCode string false
errorMessage string false
adAdsResponse string false
adAdsRawResponse string false
adAdsRequest string false
adNumNewAvails string false
generatedMediaPlaylist string false
string false
requestStartTime string false
requestEndTime string false
requestStartTimeEpochMillis string false
requestEndTimeEpochMillis string false
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