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• Version: 8.15.2
• Operating System: centos 7

as as write frenquency log file, such as nginx access.log, filebeat config:
ignore_inactive: "since_last_start"
is not work.

i see the code:

func (p *fileProspector) isFileIgnored(log *logp.Logger, fe loginp.FSEvent, ignoreInactiveSince time.Time) bool {
	。。。
	if !ignoreInactiveSince.IsZero() && fe.Info.ModTime().Sub(ignoreInactiveSince) <= 0 {
		log.Debugf("Ignore file because ignore_since.* reached time %v. File %s", p.ignoreInactiveSince, fe.NewPath)
		return true
	}
	return false
}

when log file is always writing， and its modTime > sinceTime very possibly.
my suggestion：why not read the file bytes of sinceTime, and directly set to offset.