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Adds note on tracking updates to MLCodec functionality

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==== Multiline Special Cases
* The current release of the multiline codec plugin treats all input from the {logstash}plugins-inputs-lumberjack[lumberjack] input plugin as a single stream. When your use case involves the Logstash Forwarder processing multiple files concurrently, proper event ordering can be challenging to maintain, and any resulting errors can be difficult to diagnose. Carefully monitor the output of Logstash configurations that involve multiline processing of multiple files handled by the Logstash Forwarder.
* The current release of the multiline codec plugin treats all input from the
{logstash}plugins-inputs-lumberjack[lumberjack] input plugin as a single stream. When your use case involves the
Logstash Forwarder processing multiple files concurrently, proper event ordering can be challenging to maintain, and
any resulting errors can be difficult to diagnose. Carefully monitor the output of Logstash configurations that involve
multiline processing of multiple files handled by the Logstash Forwarder.
* The multiline codec plugin does not support file input from files that contain events from multiple sources.
* The multiline filter plugin is not thread-safe. Avoid using multiple filter workers with the multiline filter.
NOTE: You can track the progress of upgrades to the functionality of the multiline codec at
https://github.com/logstash-plugins/logstash-codec-multiline/issues/10[this Github issue].
==== Examples of Multiline Plugin Configuration
The examples in this section cover the following use cases: