cat  <<EOF| oc create -f -
apiVersion: logging.openshift.io/v1
kind: ClusterLogForwarder
metadata:
  name: instance
  namespace: openshift-logging
spec:
  outputs:
    - type: elasticsearch
      indexKey: openshift.labels.team
      url: https://elasticsearch.openshift-logging.svc:9200
      secret:
         name: 'fluentd'
      name: default-es-a
  inputs:
   - name: input-qa
     application:
        namespaces:
        - project-qa1
  pipelines:
    - name: pipeline-a
      inputRefs:
      - input-dev
      outputRefs:
      - default-es-a
      labels:
        team: qa
      parse: json
EOF

    "status": {
        "conditions": [
            {
                "lastTransitionTime": "2021-04-26T08:04:11Z",
                "message": "all pipelines invalid: [pipeline-a]",
                "reason": "Invalid",
                "status": "False",
                "type": "Ready"
            }
        ],
        "outputs": {
            "default-es-a": [
                {
                    "lastTransitionTime": "2021-04-26T08:04:11Z",
                    "status": "True",
                    "type": "Ready"
                }
            ]
        },
        "pipelines": {
            "pipeline-a": [
                {
                    "lastTransitionTime": "2021-04-26T08:04:11Z",
                    "message": "invalid: unrecognized inputs: [input-dev], no valid inputs",
                    "reason": "Invalid",
                    "status": "False",
                    "type": "Ready"
                }
            ]
        }

Only valid records in event.
LAST SEEN   TYPE     REASON   OBJECT                         MESSAGE
80m         Normal   Ready    clusterlogforwarder/instance   All pipelines are valid
74m         Normal   Ready    clusterlogforwarder/instance   All pipelines are valid