DESCRIPTION : In the explore section of the Grafana UI, the logs for a certain query show a inconsistent results upon each refresh for time periods equal to or greater than 3h.

STEPS TO REPRODUCE :

Access Grafana UI. Navigate to explore section. Using the builder or query method, execute any query to get logs for the required application. Make sure to set the time period to "3h ago" or anything greater than that. Run the query to get logs and note down the number of log lines received. Run the same query again and notice that the log line received has changed unreasonably. Run it as many times and notice that the number of log lines received fluctuates unreasonably upon each refresh.

ACTUAL OUTCOME : The number of log lines received changes unreasonably upon refresh of the same query.

EXPECTED OUTCOME : The number of log lines received should remain logical upon refresh. It should not fluctuate inappropriately every time the run query button is clicked. The log lines received can change upon creation of new logs or deletion of old ones, however it should vary reasonably.

What would be the reason, and how to fix this?