Exclude status check logs from Datadog

Question

I am using Datadog for collecting logs and metrics from services running in Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE). I have configured Datadog with specific inclusion and exclusion rules for collecting logs, and I'm encountering an issue with excluding Kong status check logs.

My current Datadog configuration in datadog-values.yaml looks like this:

datadog:
  apiKeyExistingSecret: datadog-secret
  apm:
    instrumentation:
      enabled: true
  site: datadoghq.eu 
  logs:
    enabled: true
    containerCollectAll: true
  env: 
    - name: DD_CONTAINER_EXCLUDE_LOGS
      value: image:.*
    - name: DD_CONTAINER_INCLUDE_LOGS
      value: image:.*kong.* image:.*alore.*

I want to exclude logs generated by Kong status checks, specifically those with the request pattern "GET /status HTTP/2.0".

To achieve this, I attempted to add a log processing rule using the DD_LOGS_CONFIG_PROCESSING_RULES environment variable:

env:
  - name: DD_LOGS_CONFIG_PROCESSING_RULES
    value: '[{"type": "exclude_at_match", "name": "exclude_healthcheck_logs", "pattern" : "^GET /status http/2\.0$"}]'

However, after adding this environment variable to my datadog-values.yaml, Kong logs stopped appearing in Datadog.

I expect Kong logs to continue coming into Datadog, while excluding logs related to the status checks.

I am seeking guidance on how to properly configure Datadog to achieve this exclusion while ensuring that Kong logs are still collected.

Any assistance or suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!