logCh   chan interface{}
	logChMu sync.RWMutex

	// store to persist and replay the logs to the target
	// to avoid missing events when the target is down.
	store          store.Store[interface{}]
	storeCtxCancel context.CancelFunc

	initKafkaOnce      once.Init
	initQueueStoreOnce once.Init

	client   sarama.Client
	producer sarama.SyncProducer
	kconfig  Config
	config   *sarama.Config
}

	ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(ctx)
	h.storeCtxCancel = cancel
	h.lastStarted = time.Now()
	go h.startQueueProcessor(ctx, true)
	store.StreamItems(h.store, h, ctx.Done(), h.config.LogOnceIf)
	return nil
}

func (h *Target) initMemoryStore(ctx context.Context) (err error) {
	ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(ctx)
	h.storeCtxCancel = cancel
	h.lastStarted = time.Now()