Logstash uses SHA1 `MessageDigest` hashing algorithm to create hash code for comparison. - https://github.com/elastic/logstash/blob/8d10baa957e951be2b1b93cb8b2483998ef6b7fd/logstash-core/src/main/java/org/logstash/config/ir/PipelineConfig.java#L108 Switch to SHA256 or other algorithm that has less collision rate.