From f5b26cb359e1f1cce53f47a34361b63b7ce695db Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kalle <23356117+kalleep@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2026 09:26:00 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] fix(loki.source.file): Close file if we cannot find encoding

---
 internal/component/loki/source/file/internal/tail/file.go | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/internal/component/loki/source/file/internal/tail/file.go b/internal/component/loki/source/file/internal/tail/file.go
index 058998cf49c..3ed2f91683e 100644
--- a/internal/component/loki/source/file/internal/tail/file.go
+++ b/internal/component/loki/source/file/internal/tail/file.go
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ func NewFile(logger log.Logger, cfg *Config) (*File, error) {
 
 	encoding, err := getEncoding(cfg.Encoding)
 	if err != nil {
+		f.Close()
 		return nil, err
 	}