wg-structured-logging: annual report 2024

Author: pohly

wg-structured-logging/annual-report-2024.md

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 1. What work did the WG do this year that should be highlighted?
 
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+Conversion of some additional components to structured, contextual logging
+proceeded, most notably in the kubelet. [Contextual
+logging](https://github.com/kubernetes/enhancements/issues/3077) got promoted
+to beta in Kubernetes 1.30.
+
+Lack of support for contextual logging in client-go leads to a significant
+amount of log entries without context or not even using unstructured logging,
+[sometimes lacking information](https://github.com/kubernetes/klog/issues/414)
+that would identify which component the log message is about.
+
+The focus end of 2024 was on [addressing that gap in
+client-go](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/129125), with
+hopefully all changes landing in Kubernetes 1.34 in 2025.
 
 2. Are there any areas and/or subprojects that your group needs help with (e.g. fewer than 2 active OWNERS)?
 
+Once client-go is updated, we need to revisit components that were already
+converted and make them use the new client-go APIs.
+
 ## Operational
 
 Operational tasks in [wg-governance.md]:
 
-- [ ] [README.md] reviewed for accuracy and updated if needed
-- [ ] WG leaders in [sigs.yaml] are accurate and active, and updated if needed
-- [ ] Meeting notes and recordings for 2024 are linked from [README.md] and updated/uploaded if needed
-- [ ] Updates provided to sponsoring SIGs in 2024
-      - [$sig-name](https://git.k8s.io/community/$sig-id/)
-        - links to email, meeting notes, slides, or recordings, etc
-      - [$sig-name](https://git.k8s.io/community/$sig-id/)
-        - links to email, meeting notes, slides, or recordings, etc
-      -
+- [x] [README.md] reviewed for accuracy and updated if needed
+- [x] WG leaders in [sigs.yaml] are accurate and active, and updated if needed
+- [ ] Meeting notes and recordings for 2024 are linked from [README.md] and updated/uploaded if needed:
+      regular meetings continue to be on hold, we discuss topics ad-hoc on Slack
+- [x] Updates provided to sponsoring SIGs in 2024
+      - KubeCon EU 2024 maintainer track presentation: ["Leverage Contextual and Structured Logging in K8s for Enhanced Monitoring"](https://kccnceu2024.sched.com/event/1YhhM/leverage-contextual-and-structured-logging-in-k8s-for-enhanced-monitoring-patrick-ohly-intel-gmbh-shivanshu-raj-shrivastava-independent-mengjiao-liu-daocloud)
 
 [wg-governance.md]: https://git.k8s.io/community/committee-steering/governance/wg-governance.md
 [README.md]: https://git.k8s.io/community/wg-structured-logging/README.md