DigitalOcean has introduced a major new feature called log forwarding for its Managed Databases service, allowing users to centralize log management and transmit log data to third-party log management providers. This feature enables customers to leverage log forwarding to send logs to popular solutions like OpenSearch, Papertrail, Datadog, and Logtail, providing a wealth of benefits for application troubleshooting, security monitoring, and performance optimization. With log forwarding, users can seamlessly configure log forwarding directly from their managed database through the DigitalOcean API or within the App Platform user interface, forward logs to DigitalOcean Managed OpenSearch, or any external provider that suits their needs. Log forwarding empowers a wide range of use cases for DigitalOcean's Managed Database and App Platform customers, including ISVs, IoT businesses, marketing analytics teams, SaaS applications, and SMB customers who utilize both Managed Databases and App Platform, providing improved log visibility to enhance troubleshooting, security threat detection, and data-driven decision-making.