Microsoft patents AI tool that reads logs to find software bugs
Microsoft has filed a patent for a system that uses natural language processing to scan software log files and telemetry data. It identifies specific 'events of interest' by reading the text in these logs, then reports them to other services or dashboards. The system can also map these events to action sequences to help developers reproduce the issues without manually defining search criteria.
In the filing’s own words
A system and method for providing automated event of interest detection and reporting for software testing. The technology described herein uses natural language processing to identify events of interest based on natural language included in log files messages and/or telemetry event items of software under test. Identified events of interest are reported to one or more downstream services. In some examples, events of interest are mapped to action sequences of interest that can be replayed to reproduce events of interest without requiring event of interest criteria to be defined. In some examples, events of interest are reported to a health/status dashboard and/or a listener that responds to reported events of interest.
What exactly they claim (claim 1)
1.- 20. (canceled)
Facts
- Company
- Microsoft (Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC)
- Official title
- DETECTION OF EVENTS OF INTEREST USING A NATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM
- Publication number
- US20260319875A1
- Application number
- 19665362
- Filed
- May 1, 2026
- Published
- Oct 15, 2026
- Inventors
- 6
- Claims
- 21
Classified under
G06F 11/0766 Physics & computingG06F 11/3692 Physics & computingG06F 40/30 Physics & computingMore from Microsoft in AI & software
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Summaries are simplified from the filing’s own abstract and first claim. A patent filing is not a product announcement.
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