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Release History
| Version | Date | Description |
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| 2.13.3 | 2020-05-10 | GA Release 2.13.3 |
| 2.13.2 | 2020-04-23 | GA Release 2.13.2 |
| 2.13.1 | 2020-02-25 | GA Release 2.13.1 |
| 2.13.0 | 2019-12-11 | GA Release 2.13.0 |
| 2.12.1 | 2019-08-06 | GA Release 2.12.1 |
| 2.12.0 | 2019-06-23 | GA Release 2.12.0 |
| 2.11.2 | 2019-02-04 | GA Release 2.11.2 |
| 2.11.1 | 2018-07-22 | GA Release 2.11.1 |
| 2.11.0 | 2018-03-11 | GA Release 2.11.0 |
| 2.10.0 | 2017-11-18 | GA Release 2.10.0 |
| 2.9.1 | 2017-09-17 | GA Release 2.9.1 |
| 2.9.0 | 2017-08-26 | GA Release 2.9.0 |
| 2.8.2 | 2017-04-02 | GA Release 2.8.2 |
| 2.8.1 | 2017-02-26 | GA Release 2.8.1 |
| 2.8 | 2017-01-21 | GA Release 2.8 |
| 2.7 | 2016-10-02 | GA Release 2.7 |
| 2.6.2 | 2016-07-05 | GA Release 2.6.2 |
| 2.6.1 | 2016-06-05 | GA Release 2.6.1 |
| 2.6 | 2016-05-25 | GA Release 2.6 |
| 2.5 | 2015-12-06 | GA Release 2.5 |
| 2.4.1 | 2015-10-08 | GA Release 2.4.1 |
| 2.4 | 2015-09-20 | GA Release 2.4 |
| 2.3 | 2015-05-09 | GA Release 2.3 |
| 2.2 | 2015-02-22 | GA Release 2.2 |
| 2.1 | 2014-10-19 | GA Release 2.1 |
| 2.0.2 | 2014-08-16 | Bug fixes and enhancements |
| 2.0.1 | 2014-07-29 | Bug fixes |
| 2.0 | 2014-07-12 | GA Release |
| 2.0-rc2 | 2014-06-21 | Bug fixes and enhancements |
| 2.0-rc1 | 2014-02-16 | Bug fixes and enhancements |
| 2.0-beta9 | 2013-09-14 | Bug fixes and enhancements |
| 2.0-beta8 | 2013-07-10 | Bug fixes and enhancements |
| 2.0-beta7 | 2013-06-01 | Bug fixes and enhancements |
| 2.0-beta6 | 2013-05-05 | Bug fixes and enhancements |
| 2.0-beta5 | 2013-04-20 | Bug fixes and enhancements |
| 2.0-beta4 | 2013-01-28 | Bug fixes and enhancements |
| 2.0-beta3 | 2012-11-11 | Bug fixes and enhancements |
| 2.0-beta2 | 2012-10-07 | Bug fixes and enhancements |
| 2.0-beta1 | 2012-09-18 | Bug fixes and enhancements |
| 2.0-alpha2 | 2012-08-24 | Bug fixes and minor enhancements |
| 2.0-alpha1 | 2012-07-29 | Rewrite of Log4j |
Release 2.13.3 – 2020-05-10
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Fix NullPointerException in ThreadContextDataInjector. Fixes LOG4J2-2838 . | rgoers |
Release 2.13.2 – 2020-04-23
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Implement requiresLocation in GelfLayout to reflect whether location information is used in the message Pattern. Fixes LOG4J2-2824 . Thanks to CrazyBills. | rgoers |
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Add option to restore printing timeMillis in the JsonLayout. Fixes LOG4J2-2588 . | rgoers |
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Initialize pattern processor before triggering policy during reconriguration. Fixes LOG4J2-2766 . | rgoers |
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Allow the file extension in the file pattern to be modified during reconfiguration. Fixes LOG4J2-2457 . | rgoers |
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Add information about using a url in log4j.configurationFile. Fixes LOG4J2-2810 . | rgoers |
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serializeToBytes was checking wrong variable for null. Fixes LOG4J2-2813 . Thanks to Keith D Gregory. | rgoers |
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Fix Javadoc for ScriptPatternSelector. Fixes LOG4J2-2814 . | rgoers |
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Allow trailing and leading spaces in log level. Fixes LOG4J2-2793 . Thanks to Renukaprasad C. | rgoers |
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Add support for specifying an SSL configuration for SmtpAppender. Fixes LOG4J2-2819 . | mattsicker |
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Allow servlet context path to be retrieved without "/". Fixes LOG4J2-2520 . | rgoers |
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Allow Spring Lookup to return default and active profiles. Fixes LOG4J2-2818 . | rgoers |
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Correct JsonLayout timestamp sorting issue. Fixes LOG4J2-2791 . Thanks to Johan Karlberg. | rgoers |
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Allow the file size action to parse the value without being sensitive to the current locale. Fixes LOG4J2-2817 . Thanks to Trejkaz. | rgoers |
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Make YamlLayoutTest more resiliant to environmental differences. Fixes LOG4J2-2794 . Thanks to Johan Karlberg. | rgoers |
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Allow Spring Boot applications to use composite configuratons. Fixes LOG4J2-2815 . | rgoers |
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Provide a Log4j implementation of System.Logger. Fixes LOG4J2-1360 . Thanks to Kevin Leturc. | rgoers |
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Conditionally allocate PluginEntry during PluginCache loading. Fixes LOG4J2-2790 . Thanks to Marius Volkhart. | rgoers |
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Add missing includeLocation parameter when creating AsyncLogger. Fixes LOG4J2-2811 . Thanks to Kuojian21. | rgoers |
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Fix Exceptions when whitespace is in the file path and Java security manager is used. Fixes LOG4J2-2761 . Thanks to Uwe Schindler. | rgoers |
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Avoid NullPointerException when StackWalker returns null. Fixes LOG4J2-2809 . Thanks to Romain Manni-Bucau. | rgoers |
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Added EventLookup to retrieve fields from the log event. Fixes LOG4J2-2807 . | rgoers |
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TimeFilter did not handle daylight saving time transitions and did not support a range over 2 days. Fixes LOG4J2-2805 . | rgoers |
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Add ContextDataProviders as an alternative to having to implement a ContextDataInjector. Fixes LOG4J2-2779 . | rgoers |
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[JDBC] Throw a AppenderLoggingException instead of an NPE in the JDBC database manager. Fixes LOG4J2-2812 . | ggregory |
Release 2.13.1 – 2020-02-25
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Slow initialization on Windows due to accessing network interfaces. Fixes LOG4J2-2717 . | rgoers |
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Conditionally perform status logging calculations in PluginRegistry. Fixes LOG4J2-2789 . Thanks to Marius Volkhart. | rgeors |
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Prevent LoggerContext from being garbage collected while being created. Fixes LOG4J2-2756 . | rgoers |
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Do not log an error if Files.move does not work. Fixes LOG4J2-2769 . | rgoers |
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Rollover fails when file matches pattern but index is too large. Fixes LOG4J2-2039 . | rgoers |
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Counter stuck at 10 and overwriting files when leading zeros used in the file pattern count. Fixes LOG4J2-2784 . | rgoers |
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ClassLoaderContextSelector was not locating the LoggerContext during shutdown. Fixes LOG4J2-2746 . | rgoers |
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JSON output wrong when using additonal fields. Fixes LOG4J2-2652 . | rgoers |
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GraalVM does not allow use of MethodHandles. Fixes LOG4J2-2649 . | rgoers |
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Allow Lookup keys with leading dashes by using a slash as an escape character. Fixes LOG4J2-2211 . | rgoers |
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Use LinkedBlockingQueue instead of synchronized collction in StatusConfiguration. Fixes LOG4J2-2782 . | rgoers |
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ServletContainerInitializer was obtaining the StatusLogger too soon. Fixes LOG4J2-2781 . Thanks to qxo. | rgoers |
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PluginProcessor should use Messager instead of System.out. Fixes LOG4J2-2676 . Thanks to Gregg Donovan. | rgoers |
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MapMessage.getFormattedMesssage() would incorrectly format objects. Fixes LOG4J2-2703 . Thanks to Volkan Yazici. | rgoers |
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Always write header on a new OutputStream. Fixes LOG4J2-2760 . Thanks to Christoph Kaser. | rgoers |
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Add a retry count attribute to the KafkaAppender. Fixes LOG4J2-2777 . Thanks to joongs4. | rgoers |
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An error message in RollingFileAppender uses a placeholder for the name but does not specify the name argument in the logging call. Fixes LOG4J2-2776 . Thanks to Christoph Kaser. | rgoers |
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NullPointerException when using a custom DirectFileRolloverStrategy without a file name. Fixes LOG4J2-2758 . Thanks to Christoph Kaser. | rgoers |
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Add mulit-parameter overloads to LogBuilder. Fixes LOG4J2-2768 . Thanks to Marius Volkhart. | rgoers |
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Fixed NullPointerException after reconfiguring via JMX. Fixes LOG4J2-2770 . Thanks to Bill Kuker. | rgoers |
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RollingFileAppender was not rolling on startup if createOnDemand was set to true. Fixes LOG4J2-2759 . | rgoers |
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Warn if pattern is missing on Routes element. Use default route. Fixes LOG4J2-2767 . | rgoers |
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Fix lock contention in the classloader using new versions of slf4j without EventData on slf4j logger creation. Fixes LOG4J2-2415 . Thanks to Andrey Turbanov. | ckozak |
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Rollover handles parallel file deletion gracefully. Fixes LOG4J2-2677 . | ckozak |
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Remove unnecessary EventLogger references from log4j-slf4j18-impl due to removal from slf4j. Fixes LOG4J2-2744 . | ckozak |
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Update log4j-slf4j18-impl slf4j version to 1.8.0-beta4 from 1.8.0-alpha2. Fixes LOG4J2-2745 . | ckozak |
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Fix a memory leak using fully asynchronous logging when the queue is full using the 'discard' asynchronous queue full strategy. Fixes LOG4J2-2747 . | ckozak |
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Fix erroneous log4j-jul recursive logger detection resulting in some no-op JUL loggers and 'WARN Recursive call to getLogger' being reported by the status logger. Fixes LOG4J2-2739 . | ckozak |
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Implement ISO8601_PERIOD_MICROS fixed date format matching ISO8601_PERIOD with support for microsecond precision. Fixes LOG4J2-2748 . | ckozak |
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PluginCache output is reproducible allowing the annotation processor to produce deterministic results. Fixes LOG4J2-2735 . Thanks to Andy Wilkinson. | ckozak |
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Fix StackLocator.getCallerClass performance in cases where Reflection.getCallerClass is not accessible. Fixes LOG4J2-2751 . | ckozak |
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MutableLogEvent and RingBufferLogEvent avoid StringBuffer and parameter array allocation unless reusable messages are used. Fixes LOG4J2-2752 . | ckozak |
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LoaderUtil.getClassLoaders may discover additional loaders and no longer erroneously returns a result with a null element in some environments. Fixes LOG4J2-2754 . | ckozak |
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CronExpression.getBeforeTime() would sometimes return incorrect result. Fixes LOG4J2-2575 . Thanks to Nathan Friess. | rgoers |
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[JDBC] MS-SQL Server JDBC driver throws SQLServerException when inserting a null value for a VARBINARY column. Fixes LOG4J2-2762 . | ggregory |
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Update dependencies. Fixes LOG4J2-2763 . | ggregory |
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NullPointerException after reconfiguring via JMX. Fixes LOG4J2-2770 . Thanks to Bill Kuker. | ggregory |
Release 2.13.0 – 2019-12-11
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Prevent recursive calls to java.util.LogManager.getLogger(). Fixes LOG4J2-2058 . | rgoers |
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LOG4J2-2725 - Added try/finally around event.execute() for RingBufferLogEventHandler to clear memory correctly in case of exception/error. Fixes LOG4J2-2725 . Thanks to Dzmitry Anikechanka. | ckozak |
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Wrong java version check in ThreadNameCachingStrategy. Fixes LOG4J2-2635 . Thanks to Filipp Gunbin. | rgoers |
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Use a less confusing name for the CompositeConfiguration source. Fixes LOG4J2-2674 . Thanks to Anton Korenkov. | rgoers |
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Add ThreadContext.putIfNotNull method. Fixes LOG4J2-2732 . Thanks to Matt Pavlovich. | rgoers |
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Add a Level Patttern Selector. Fixes LOG4J2-2731 . | rgoers |
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Update Jackson to 2.9.10. Fixes LOG4J2-2701 . | rgoers |
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Add setKey method to Kafka Appender Builder. Fixes LOG4J2-2727 . Thanks to Clément Mathieu. | rogers |
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ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException could occur with MAC address longer than 6 bytes. Fixes LOG4J2-2707 . Thanks to Christian Frank. | rgoers |
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Add experimental support for Log4j 1 configuration files. Fixes LOG4J2-63 . | rgoers |
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The rolling file appenders would fail to compress the file after rollover if the file name matched the file pattern. Fixes LOG4J2-2712 . | rgoers |
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Add the ability to lookup Kubernetes attributes in the Log4j configuration. Allow Log4j properties to be retrieved from the Spring environment if it is available. Fixes LOG4J2-2716 . | rgoers |
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Allow Spring Boot application properties to be accessed in the Log4j 2 configuration. Add lower and upper case Lookups. Fixes LOG4J2-2710 . | rgoers |
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Allow message portion of GELF layout to be formatted using a PatternLayout. Allow ThreadContext attributes to be explicitly included or excluded in the GelfLayout. Fixes LOG4J2-2709 . | rgoers |
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@PluginValue does not support attribute names besides "value". Fixes LOG4J2-2693 . | mattsicker |
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Validation blocks definition of script in properties configuration. Fixes LOG4J2-2647 . | mattsicker |
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Set result of rename action to true if file was copied. Fixes LOG4J2-2680 . Thanks to Guillermo Xavier Hurtado Garcia. | rgoers |
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Add automatic module names where missing. Fixes LOG4J-2672 . Thanks to Stephen Colebourne. | rgoers |
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Add builder pattern to Logger interface. Fixes LOG4J2-2639 . | rgoers |
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OutputStreamAppender.Builder ignores setFilter(). Fixes LOG4J2-2673 . Thanks to Yuichi Sugimura. | ggregory |
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Prevent a memory leak when async loggers throw errors. Fixes LOG4J2-2725 . Thanks to Dzmitry Anikechanka. | ckozak |
Release 2.12.1 – 2019-08-06
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Allow file renames to work when files are missing from the sequence. Fixes LOG4J2-1946 . Thanks to Igor Perelyotov. | rgoers |
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Support emulating a MAC address when using ipv6. Fixes LOG4J2-2650 . Thanks to Mattia Bertorello. | rgoers |
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Remove references to LoggerContext when it is shutdown. Fixes LOG4J2-2366 . | rgoers |
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Make Log4j Core optional for Log4j 1.2 API. Fixes LOG4J2-2556 . | rgoers |
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Improve the performance of capturing location information. Fixes LOG4J2-2644 . | rgoers |
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Update MongoDB 3 driver from 3.10.1 to 3.10.2. Fixes LOG4J2-2646 . | ggregory |
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Improve exception messages in the JDBC appender. Fixes LOG4J2-2657 . | ggregory |
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AbstractAction.reportException records a warning to the status logger, providing more information when file based appenders fail to compress rolled data asynchronously. Fixes LOG4J2-2658 . | ckozak |
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AbstractAction handles and records unchecked RuntimeException and Error in addition to IOException. Fixes LOG4J2-2659 . | ckozak |
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Retry when JDBC throws a java.sql.SQLTransactionRollbackException in commitAndClose(). Fixes LOG4J2-2660 . | ggregory |
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"Values not bound to statement" when using JDBC appender, appender does not respect bufferSize="0". Fixes LOG4J2-2667 . Thanks to Gary Gregory, Edith Chui. | ggregory |
Release 2.12.0 – 2019-06-23
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RollingRandomAccessFileAppender error message referenced incorrect class name. Fixes LOG4J2-2547 . | rgoers |
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Restore constructor to ThrowablePatternConverter that was removed in 2.8.2. Fixes LOG4J2-2616 . | rgoers |
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StructuredDataId was ignoring maxLength atribute. Fixes LOG4J2-2622 . | rgoers |
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RFC5424Layout was not properly setting default Structured Element id for the MDC. Fixes LOG4J2-2636 . | rgoers |
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Allow zero padding the counter of a RollingFileAppender. Fixes LOG4J2-2403 . Thanks to hupfdule. | rgoers |
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Add filter that will match events when no marker is present. Fixes LOG4J2-2427 . Thanks to Rimaljit Kaur. | rgoers |
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Lookups were not found if the plugin key was not lowercase. Fixes LOG4J2-1143 . Thanks to Pascal Heinrich. | rgoers |
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Add reconfiguration methods to Configurator. Fixes LOG4J2-2406 . | rgoers |
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Locate plugins within a Jar using a URL Connection. Fixes LOG4J2-1852 . Thanks to Tanner Altares. | rgoers |
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Explicitly set file creation time. Fixes LOG4J2-2610 . | rgoers |
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JEP223 version detection fix for JDK 9 and up. Fixes LOG4J2-2561 . Thanks to Ulrich Enslin. | rgoers |
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FailoverAppender was failing with ERROR appender Failover has no parameter that matches element Failovers. Fixes LOG4J2-1103 . Thanks to Seán Dunne. | rgoers |
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Update file time when size based triggering policy is used without a time-based triggering policy. Fixes LOG4J2-2602 . | rgoers |
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Throw better exception message when both log4j-slf4j-impl and log4j-to-slf4j are present. Fixes LOG4J2-2597 . | rgoers |
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Add support for reconfiguration via HTTP(S), Docker, and Spring Cloud Configuration. Fixes LOG4J2-913 . | rgoers |
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TCP Appender should support a host name resolving to multiple IP addresses. Fixes LOG4J2-2586 . | rgoers |
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NullPointerException in JdbcAppender.createAppender(). Fixes LOG4J2-2559 . Thanks to Li Lei, Gary Gregory. | ggregory |
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Update tests from H2 1.4.197 to 1.4.199. Thanks to Gary Gregory. | ggregory |
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Update Jackson from 2.9.7 to 2.9.8. Fixes LOG4J2-2570 . Thanks to Gary Gregory. | ggregory |
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Update MongoDB 3 module driver from 3.9.0 to 3.10.1. Fixes LOG4J2-2574 . Thanks to Gary Gregory. | ggregory |
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StackOverflowException when server not reachable with SocketAppender. Fixes LOG4J2-2592 . Thanks to Dávid Kaya, Gary Gregory. | ggregory |
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Allow custom end-of-line with JsonLayout. Fixes LOG4J2-2337 . Thanks to Arvind Sahare, Patrice Ferrot. | ggregory |
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GZIP compression on rollover supports configurable compression levels. Fixes LOG4J2-2598 . Thanks to Carter Kozak. | ckozak |
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java.lang.StackOverflowError at org.apache.logging.log4j.junit.AbstractExternalFileCleaner.println(AbstractExternalFileCleaner.java:169). Fixes LOG4J2-2598 . Thanks to Gary Gregory. | ggregory |
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MapPatternConverter is properly created from the '%K', '%map', and '%MAP' patterns. PatternConverter instanceOf methods with unknown parameter types no longer elide those with known parameters. Fixes LOG4J2-2564 . | ckozak |
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AsyncQueueFullPolicy configuration short values "Default" and "Discard" are case insensitive to avoid confusion. Fixes LOG4J2-2611 . | ckozak |
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NullPointerException at org.apache.logging.log4j.core.appender.db.jdbc.JdbcDatabaseManager.writeInternal(JdbcDatabaseManager.java:803). Fixes LOG4J2-2612 . | ggregory |
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Possible ClassCastException in org.apache.logging.log4j.core.script.ScriptManager.ScriptManager(Configuration, WatchManager). Fixes LOG4J2-2618 . | ggregory |
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Update Jackson from 2.9.8 to 2.9.9. Fixes LOG4J2-2619 . | ggregory |
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RoutingAppender PurgePolicy implementations no longer stop appenders referenced from the logger configuration, only those that have been created by the RoutingAppender. Note that RoutingAppender.getAppenders no longer includes entries for referenced appenders, only those which it has created. Fixes LOG4J2-2631 . | ckozak |
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Fix a race allowing events not to be recorded when a RoutingAppender purge policy attempts to delete an idle appender at exactly the same time as a new event is recorded. Fixes LOG4J2-2629 . | ckozak |
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Asynchronous logging when the queue is full no longer results in heavy CPU utilization and low throughput. Fixes LOG4J2-2606 . | ckozak |
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Refactor several AsyncLogger methods below the 35 byte threshold for inlining. Fixes LOG4J2-2634 . | ckozak |
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Add and use method org.apache.logging.log4j.message.MapMessage.toKey(String) for simpler subclasses. Fixes LOG4J2-2634 . | ggregory |
Release 2.11.2 – 2019-02-04
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Document that Properties element must be the first configuration element. Fixes LOG4J2-2500 . | rgoers |
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Add Log4j-to-SLF4J to BOM pom.xml. Fixes LOG4J2-2543 . Thanks to Dermot Hardy. | rgoers |
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Use the file pattern as the FileManager "name" when no filename is present. Fixes LOG4J2-2061 . | rgoers |
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Expose LoggerContext.setConfiguration as a public method. Fixes LOG4J2-2009 . | rgoers |
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CronTriggeringPolicy was not rolling properly, especially when used with the SizeBasedTriggeringPolicy. Fixes LOG4J2-2542 . | rgoers |
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Load PropertySources from any accessible ClassLoader. Hide any exceptions that may occur accessing a PropertySource. Fixes LOG4J2-2266 . | rgoers |
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Logging with a lambda expression with a method call that also logs would cause logs within method call to reference line num and method name of the parent method. Fixes LOG4J2-1570 . | rgoers |
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Switch from CLIRR to RevAPI for detecting API changes. Fixes LOG4J2-1576 . | rgoers |
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SizeBasedTriggeringPolicy was not honored when using the DirectWriteRolloverStrategy if the machine restarts. Fixes LOG4J2-2485 . Thanks to Giovanni Matteo Fumarola. | rgoers |
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Direct write was creating files with the wrong date/time. Fixes LOG4J2-1906 . | rgoers |
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Add Log4j-slf4j18-impl dependency to bom pom. Fixes LOG4J2-2453 . Thanks to theit. | rgoers |
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Configuration documentation referenced incorrect method name. Fixes LOG4J2-2515 . Thanks to MakarovS. | rgoers |
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Make Strings.toRootUpperCase a static method so it can be accessed. Fixes LOG4J2-2514 . Thanks to smilebrian0515. | rgoers |
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Fixed Appenders section in Extending Log4j. Fixes LOG4J2-1571 . Thanks to torbenmoeller. | rgoers |
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Improve exception logging performance. ThrowableProxy construction uses a faster method to discover the current stack trace. ThrowablePatternConverter and ExtendedThrowablePatternConverter default configurations no longer allocate an additional buffer for stack trace contents. Fixes LOG4J2-2391 . | ckozak |
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Predeployment of PersistenceUnit that using Log4j as session logger failed (#198). Fixes LOG4J2-2397 . Thanks to EckelDong. | ggregory |
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NameAbbreviator correctly abbreviates first fragments (#188). Fixes LOG4J2-2365 . Thanks to Eugene Zimichev. | ckozak |
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Fix memory leak in ReusableParameterizedMessage. Fixes LOG4J2-2201 . | ckozak |
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ReusableObjectMessage parameter is properly passed to appenders (#203). Fixes LOG4J2-2363 . Thanks to Brian Laub. | ckozak |
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NullPointerException when closing never used RollingRandomAccessFileAppender. Fixes LOG4J2-2418 . Thanks to Jonas Rutishauser. | ggregory |
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Handle some unchecked exceptions while loading plugins. Fixes LOG4J2-2422 . Thanks to rswart, Gary Gregory. | ggregory |
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Setting a null ErrorHandler on AbstractAppender is not allowed and will no-op as expected. Fixes LOG4J2-2441 . | ckozak |
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ErrorHandler is invoked with a LogEvent and Throwable when possible, where previously only a string was used. Fixes LOG4J2-2444 . | ckozak |
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Let the NullAppender default its name to "null". Fixes LOG4J2-2447 . | ggregory |
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Update Jackson from 2.9.6 to 2.9.7. Fixes LOG4J2-2468 . | ggregory |
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Update Apache Commons Compress from 1.17 to 1.18. Fixes LOG4J2-2469 . | ggregory |
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Update Apache Commons CSV from 1.5 to 1.6. Fixes LOG4J2-2470 . | ggregory |
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Update javax.mail from 1.6.1 to 1.6.2. Fixes LOG4J2-2471 . | ggregory |
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Update mongo-java-driver 3 from 3.8.0 to 3.8.2. Fixes LOG4J2-2472 . | ggregory |
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Exceptions are added to all columns when a JDBC Appender's ColumnMapping uses a Pattern. Fixes LOG4J2-2413 . Thanks to Andres Luuk, Gary Gregory. | ggregory |
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ColumnMapping literal not working. Fixes LOG4J2-2466 . Thanks to Paolo Bonanomi, Gary Gregory. | ggregory |
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AbstractStringLayoutStringEncodingBenchmark returns the computed variables on each benchmark to avoid DCE. Fixes LOG4J2-2478 . Thanks to Diego Elias Costa. | ckozak |
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StackOverflowError at AwaitCompletionReliabilityStrategy. Fixes LOG4J2-2134 . Thanks to David del Amo Mateos, Gary Gregory. | ggregory |
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Avoid NullPointerExceptions in org.apache.logging.log4j.core.config.AbstractConfiguration for null arguments. Fixes LOG4J2-2481 . | ggregory |
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RollingRandomAccessFileManager ignores new file patterns from programmatic reconfiguration. Fixes LOG4J2-2457 . Thanks to Heiko Schwanke, Gary Gregory. | ggregory |
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BasicContextSelector cannot be used in a OSGI application. Fixes LOG4J2-2482 . Thanks to Rob Gansevles. | ggregory |
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org.apache.log4j.SimpleLayout and ConsoleAppender missing in log4j-1.2-api. Fixes LOG4J2-2476 . Thanks to Al Bundy. | ggregory |
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JDBC Appender should release parameter resources ASAP. Fixes LOG4J2-2489 . | ggregory |
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Allow all Appenders to optionally carry a Property array. Fixes LOG4J2-2491 . | ggregory |
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JmsAppender reconnectIntervalMillis cannot be set from a configuration file. Fixes LOG4J2-2497 . | ggregory |
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JMS Appender may throw a NullPointerException when JMS is not up while the Appender is starting. Fixes LOG4J2-2499 . | ggregory |
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JDBC Appender should reconnect to the database when a connection goes stale. Fixes LOG4J2-2496 . | ggregory |
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Better handling of %highlight pattern when using jul-bridge. Fixes LOG4J2-2405 . Thanks to Marco Herrn. | ggregory |
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Update MongoDB driver from 3.8.2 to 3.9.0 for log4j-mongodb3 module. Fixes LOG4J2-2503 . | ggregory |
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Let JDBC PoolingDriverConnectionSource with Apache Commons DBCP configure a PoolableConnectionFactory. Fixes LOG4J2-2505 . | ggregory |
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JDBC Appender fails when using both parameter, source, and literal ColumnMapping elements. Fixes LOG4J2-2508 . | ggregory |
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Allow a JDBC Appender to truncate strings to match a table's metadata column length limit. Fixes LOG4J2-2509 . | ggregory |
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PatternLayout %date conversion pattern should render time zone designator for ISO-ISO8601. Fixes LOG4J2-1246 . | ggregory |
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Prevent ConcurrentModificationException while iterating over ListAppender events. Fixes LOG4J2-2527 . | ckozak |
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Fix regression using MapMessageLookup.lookup with MapMessages that do not implement StringMapMessage. Fixes LOG4J2-2522 . Thanks to Adam Lesiak. | ckozak |
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Generalize checks using MapMessage implementations with do not extend StringMapMessage. Introduce new JAVA_UNQUOTED MapMessage format type based on the JAVA formatting, but without quoted values. Fixes LOG4J2-2530 . Thanks to Travis Spencer. | ckozak |
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Fix a regression introduced by LOG4J2-2301 in 2.11.1 allowing allocation to occur in AsyncLoggerConfig. Fixes LOG4J2-2533 . Thanks to Michail Prusakov. | ckozak |
Release 2.11.1 – 2018-07-22
| Type | Changes | By |
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ThrowableProxy was saving and retrieving cache entries using different keys. Fixes LOG4J2-2389 . Thanks to Liu Wen. | rgoers |
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If root LoggerConfig does not have a Level return ERROR. Fixes LOG4J2-2316 . | rgoers |
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Fix broken links in log4j web documentation. Fixes LOG4J2-2390 . Thanks to anton-balaniuc. | rgoers |
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Allow composite configuration for context parameter. Fixes LOG4J2-1721 . Thanks to Phokham Nonava. | rgoers |
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The OSGi Activator specified an incorrect version. Fixes LOG4J2-2343 . Thanks to Raymond Augé. | rgoers |
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Make java.util.ServiceLoader properly work in OSGi by using the Service Loader Mediator Specification. Fixes LOG4J2-2305 . Thanks to Björn Kautler. | rgoers |
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Split the SLF4J binding into 2 implementations - one for SLF4J 1.7.x and one for SLF4J 1.8+. Fixes LOG4J2-2305 . | rgoers |
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Improve plugin error message when elements are missing. Fixes LOG4J2-2268 . Thanks to Tilman Hausherr. | rgoers |
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ParserConfigurationException when using Log4j with oracle.xml.jaxp.JXDocumentBuilderFactory. Fixes LOG4J2-2283 . Thanks to Vishnu Priya Matha. | ggregory |
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PoolingDriverConnectionSource does not take into account properties, user name, and password. Fixes LOG4J2-2300 . | ggregory |
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Status logger should show the Log4j name and version when initializing itself. Fixes LOG4J2-2302 . | ggregory |
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Log4j2 2.8.2 JMX unregister NullPointerException. Fixes LOG4J2-2304 . Thanks to wumengsheng. | ggregory |
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Update Jackson from 2.9.4 to 2.9.5. Fixes LOG4J2-2311 . | ggregory |
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Update LMAX Disruptor from 3.3.7 to 3.4.2. Fixes LOG4J2-2313 . | ggregory |
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Log4j 2.0 ERROR "Could not search jar" with JBoss EAP 6.2. Fixes LOG4J2-548 . Thanks to Shehata, Paresh Varke, Eric Victorson, Martin Laforet. | ggregory |
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MutableLogEvent and RingBufferLogEvent message mementos retain the original format string. Fixes LOG4J2-2307 . | ckozak |
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Curly braces in parameters are not treated as placeholders. Fixes LOG4J2-2032 . Thanks to Kostiantyn Shchepanovskyi. | ckozak |
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MutableLogEvent.getNonNullImmutableMessage and Log4jLogEvent.makeMessageImmutable retain format and parameters. Fixes LOG4J2-2317 . | ckozak |
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Messages are no longer mutated when the asynchronous queue is full. A warning is logged to the status logger instead. Fixes LOG4J2-2318 . | ckozak |
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Fix NPE in AbstractLogger when another exception is thrown, masking the root cause. Fixes LOG4J2-2320 . | ckozak |
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AsyncLogger uses the correct level when unspecified. This provides parity between AsyncLogger and Logger. Fixes LOG4J2-2321 . | ckozak |
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Custom ContextSelector implementations which select an AsyncLoggerContext disable LoggerConfig.includeLocation by default for parity with AsyncLoggerContextSelector. Fixes LOG4J2-2322 . | ckozak |
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MutableLogEvent references to other objects are cleared after each use. Fix a memory leak causing references to parameters to be held after synchronous logging with thread locals enabled. Fixes LOG4J2-2269 . | ckozak |
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Update JAnsi from 1.17 to 1.17.1. Fixes LOG4J2-2328 . | ggregory |
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Mixed async loggers no longer forget parameter values, providing some appenders with an array of nulls. Fixes LOG4J2-2301 . | ckozak |
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RollingFileManager debug logging avoids string concatenation and errant braces in favor of parameterized logging. Fixes LOG4J2-2331 . Thanks to Mike Baranski. | ckozak |
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Handle errors thrown in default disruptor ExceptionHandler implementations to avoid killing background threads. Fixes LOG4J2-2333 . | ckozak |
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Add API org.apache.logging.log4j.core.appender.AsyncAppender.getQueueSize(). Fixes LOG4J2-2334 . | ggregory |
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Remove duplicate hyphen from the AsyncLoggerConfig background thread name. Fixes LOG4J2-2336 . | ckozak |
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Update Apache Commons Compress from 1.16.1 to 1.17. Fixes LOG4J2-2347 . | ggregory |
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Added AbstractLogEvent.getMutableInstant to allow the MutableInstant instance to be modified by classes extending AbstractLogEvent. Fixes LOG4J2-2351 . | ckozak |
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RingBufferLogEvent memento messages provide the expected format string, and no longer attempt to substitute parameters into curly braces in parameter toString values. Both RingBufferLogEvent and MutableLogEvent memento implementations memoize results to avoid rebuilding formatted string values. Fixes LOG4J2-2352 . | ckozak |
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PropertiesUtil ignores non-string system properties. Fixes a NoClassDefFoundError initializing StatusLogger caused by an NPE while initializing the static PropertiesUtil field. Fixes LOG4J2-2355 . Thanks to Henrik Brautaset Aronsen. | ckozak |
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Update Jackson from 2.9.5 to 2.9.6. Fixes LOG4J2-2357 . | ggregory |
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Update Kafka client from 1.0.0 to 1.1.0. Fixes LOG4J2-2358 . | ggregory |
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Fixed a memory leak in which ReusableObjectMessage would hold a reference to the most recently logged object. Fixes LOG4J2-2362 . | ckozak |
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Jackson layouts used with AsyncLoggerContextSelector output the expected format rather than only a JSON string of the message text. Fixes LOG4J2-2312 . | ckozak |
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Fixed a memory leak in which ReusableParameterizedMessage would hold a reference to the most recently logged throwable and provided varargs array. Fixes LOG4J2-2364 . | ckozak |
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Nested logging doesn't clobber AbstractStringLayout cached StringBuidlers. Fixes LOG4J2-2368 . | ckozak |
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StringBuilders.escapeJson implementation runs in linear time. Escaping large JSON strings in EncodingPatternConverter and MapMessage will perform significantly better. Fixes LOG4J2-2373 . Thanks to Kevin Meurer. | ckozak |
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StringBuilders.escapeXml implementation runs in linear time. Escaping large XML strings in EncodingPatternConverter and MapMessage will perform significantly better. Fixes LOG4J2-2376 . Thanks to Kevin Meurer. | ckozak |
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NullPointerException in org.apache.logging.log4j.util.LoaderUtil.getClassLoaders() when using Bootstrap class loader. Fixes LOG4J2-2377 . Thanks to Mirko Rzehak, Gary Gregory. | ggregory |
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Update Mongodb 3 driver from 3.6.3 to 3.8.0. Fixes LOG4J2-2382 . | ggregory |
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Update Kafka client from 1.1.0 to 1.1.1. Fixes LOG4J2-2384 . | ggregory |
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Update Groovy from 2.4.13 to 2.5.1. Fixes LOG4J2-2385 . | ggregory |
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Update optional Apache Commons DBCP from 2.2.0 to 2.4.0. Fixes LOG4J2-2386 . | ggregory |
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Thread indefinitely blocked when logging a message in an interrupted thread. Fixes LOG4J2-2388 . Thanks to Failled. | ggregory |
Release 2.11.0 – 2018-03-11
| Type | Changes | By |
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LoaderUtil was not looping properly over classloaders. Fixes LOG4J2-2104 . | rgoers |
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Revert OSGi API version to 4.3.1. Fixes LOG4J2-1976 . | rgoers |
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Documentation fix in manual page for custom configurations. Fixes LOG4J2-2273 . Thanks to Bruno P. Kinoshita. | rpopma |
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Reusable LogEvents now pass the original format string to downstream components like layouts and filters. Fixes LOG4J2-2252 . Thanks to Carter Kozak. | rpopma |
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Add API to enable iterating over message parameters without creating temporary objects. Fixes LOG4J2-2253 . Thanks to Carter Kozak. | rpopma |
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Move module-info.class to META-INF/versions/9 directory. Fixes LOG4J2-2271 . | rgoers |
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Incorrect automatics module name header was being included in manifests. Fixes LOG4J2-2254 . | rgoers |
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NullPointerException would occur when header was provided to a Layout on RollingRandingAccessFileAppender with DirectWriteRolloverStrategy. Fixes LOG4J2-2247 . | rgoers |
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The internal status logger timestamp format is now configurable with system property `log4j2.StatusLogger.DateFormat`. Fixes LOG4J2-2250 . | rpopma |
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Removed unnecessary dependency on jcommander since Log4j uses embedded picocli since 2.9. Fixes LOG4J2-2236 . | rpopma |
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Added support for precise (micro and nanosecond) timestamps when running on Java 9. A limited number of precise %d date formats are supported with PatternLayout. POTENTIAL BREAKING CHANGE: The XML, JSON and YAML formats have changed: they no longer have the "timeMillis" attribute and instead have an "Instant" element with "epochSecond" and "nanoOfSecond" attributes. Fixes LOG4J2-1883 . Thanks to Anthony Maire. | rpopma |
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Output JSON object for ObjectMessage in JsonLayout. Fixes LOG4J2-2190 . Thanks to Franz Wong. | mikes |
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Made log4j-core a multi-release ("multi-version") jar, added log4j-core-java9 module. Fixes LOG4J2-2191 . | rpopma |
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Log4j2 throws NoClassDefFoundError in Java 9 in java.util.ServiceLoader. Fixes LOG4J2-2129 . Thanks to Blazej Bucko. | rgoers |
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Fixed bug where ThreadContext map was cleared, resulting in entries being only available for one log event. Fixes LOG4J2-2158 . Thanks to Björn Kautler. | rpopma |
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Avoid null attribute values in DefaultConfigurationBuilder. Fixes LOG4J2-2002 . Thanks to Paul Burrowes. | mikes |
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Fix typo in Property Substitution docs. Fixes LOG4J2-2175 . Thanks to Behrang Saeedzadeh. | mikes |
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Allow SortedArrayStringMap to be filtered upon deserialization. Fix build error in Java 9 when compiling log4j-core test classes. Fixes LOG4J2-2163 . | rgoers |
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Don't create exit message in traceExit(R) when logging is disabled. Fixes LOG4J2-2157 . Thanks to Malte Skoruppa. | ggregory |
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DefaultMergeStrategy did not merge filters on loggers correctly. Fixes LOG4J2-2123 . Thanks to Jacob Tolar. | rgoers |
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Update version of maven bundle plugin to 3.4.0. Convert bundle plugin error to a warning. Fixes LOG4J2-2146 . | rgoers |
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Reduce compiler warnings in log4j-api. Fixes LOG4J2-2215 . | rpopma |
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Add missing converters to PatternLayout. Fixes LOG4J2-2143 . | mikes |
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Add API org.apache.logging.log4j.core.lookup.Interpolator.getStrLookupMap(). Fixes LOG4J2-2160 . | ggregory |
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Removed unnecessary threadlocal StringBuilder field from MdcPatternConverter. Fixes LOG4J2-2127 . Thanks to Carter Kozak. | rpopma |
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Removed compile-time dependency on Java Management APIs from Log4J API module to improve compatibility with Android Platform which does not support JMX extensions. Fixes LOG4J2-2126 . Thanks to Oleg Kalnichevski. | rpopma |
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Require Java 9 to compile the log4j-perf module to allow benchmarking with Java 9 APIs. Fixes LOG4J2-2194 . | rpopma |
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Update JMH to version 1.19 from 1.1.1. Fixes LOG4J2-2193 . | rpopma |
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Update ZeroMQ's jeromq from 0.4.2 to 0.4.3. Fixes LOG4J2-2132 . | ggregory |
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Update Jackson from 2.9.2 to 2.9.3. Fixes LOG4J2-2165 . | ggregory |
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The MongoDB Appender should use a keys and values for a Log4j MapMessage. Fixes LOG4J2-2179 . | ggregory |
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Add a MongoDbProvider builder for and deprecate org.apache.logging.log4j.mongodb.MongoDbProvider.createNoSqlProvider(). Fixes LOG4J2-2180 . | ggregory |
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The JDBC Appender should use keys and values from a Log4j MapMessage. Fixes LOG4J2-2181 . | ggregory |
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Update MongoDB driver from 3.0.4 to 3.6.1. Fixes LOG4J2-2184 . | ggregory |
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Add a simple JDBC DriverManager-based ConnectionSource that uses JDBC's DriverManager#getConnection(String, String, String). Fixes LOG4J2-2185 . | ggregory |
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Document default property value support. Fixes LOG4J2-2197 . Thanks to Fabrice Daugan. | ggregory |
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Update MongoDB dependencies from classic to modern. Fixes LOG4J2-2198 . | ggregory |
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Add a JDBC ConnectionSource that provides pooling through Apache Commons DBCP 2. Fixes LOG4J2-2186 . | ggregory |
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Add a hook for a Connection Source for a JDBC Appender to release its resources. Fixes LOG4J2-2187 . | ggregory |
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Add org.apache.logging.log4j.core.util.WatchManager#unwatch(File). Fixes LOG4J2-2203 . | ggregory |
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org.apache.logging.log4j.core.util.WatchManager.getWatchers() should pre-allocate its new Map. Fixes LOG4J2-2204 . | ggregory |
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Add method org.apache.logging.log4j.core.util.WatchManager.reset(File) and reset(). Fixes LOG4J2-2206 . | ggregory |
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Add debug logging to org.apache.logging.log4j.mongodb.MongoDbConnection. Fixes LOG4J2-2208 . | ggregory |
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Rename existing MongoDb plugin and related artifacts from MongoDb to MongoDb2. Fixes LOG4J2-2209 . | ggregory |
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Fix error log message for Script which says ScriptFile instead. Fixes LOG4J2-2210 . Thanks to Björn Kautler. | ggregory |
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Unnecessary contention in CopyOnWriteSortedArrayThreadContextMap. Fixes LOG4J2-2212 . Thanks to Daniel Feist, Gary Gregory. | ggregory |
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Unnecessary contention in GarbageFreeSortedArrayThreadContextMap. Fixes LOG4J2-2213 . Thanks to Daniel Feist, Gary Gregory. | ggregory |
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Unnecessary contention in DefaultThreadContextMap. Fixes LOG4J2-2214 . Thanks to Daniel Feist, Gary Gregory. | ggregory |
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NullPointerException at org.apache.logging.log4j.util.Activator.loadProvider(Activator.java:81) in log4j 2.10.0. Fixes LOG4J2-2182 . Thanks to liwenxian2017, Gary Gregory. | ggregory |
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MarkerFilter onMismatch invalid attribute in .properties. Fixes LOG4J2-2202 . Thanks to Kilian, Gary Gregory. | ggregory |
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Configuration builder classes should look for "onMismatch", not "onMisMatch". Fixes LOG4J2-2219 . Thanks to Kilian, Gary Gregory. | ggregory |
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New module log4j-mongodb3: Remove use of deprecated MongoDB APIs and code to the Java driver version 3 API. Fixes LOG4J2-2205 . Thanks to Gary Gregory. | ggregory |
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Split off JPA support into a new module log4j-jpa. Fixes LOG4J2-2188 . Thanks to Gary Gregory. | ggregory |
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Update Jackson from 2.9.3 to 2.9.4. Fixes LOG4J2-2229 . Thanks to Gary Gregory. | ggregory |
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Cannot see or copy all of certain JAnsi exception messages on Windows due to NUL characters. Fixes LOG4J2-2243 . Thanks to Gary Gregory. | ggregory |
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Update Apache Commons Compress from 1.15 to 1.16.1. Fixes LOG4J2-2245 . Thanks to Gary Gregory. | ggregory |
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Update MongoDB 3 module from driver 3.6.1 to 3.6.3. Fixes LOG4J2-2259 . | ggregory |
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[SMTP] Update javax.mail from 1.6.0 to 1.6.1. Fixes LOG4J2-2260 . | ggregory |
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Update JAnsi from 1.16 to 1.17. Fixes LOG4J2-2264 . | ggregory |
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Strings::join, when called with [null] returns "null" instead of EMPTY. Fixes LOG4J2-2270 . Thanks to Cyril Martin. | ggregory |
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ConcurrentModificationException from org.apache.logging.log4j.status.StatusLogger.<clinit>(StatusLogger.java:71). Fixes LOG4J2-2276 . Thanks to Sean Baxter. | ggregory |
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Allow EnvironmentPropertySource to run with a SecurityManager that rejects environment variable access. Fixes LOG4J2-2274 . Thanks to Sebastien Lannez. | ggregory |
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Allow SystemPropertiesPropertySource to run with a SecurityManager that rejects system property access. Fixes LOG4J2-2279 . Thanks to Gary Gregory. | ggregory |
Release 2.10.0 – 2017-11-18
| Type | Changes | By |
|---|---|---|
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XML Schema for DynamicFilterThreshold does not accept multiple KeyValuePairs. Fixes LOG4J2-2289 . Thanks to Hari Menon. | ggregory |
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Properly escape newlines and other control characters in JSON. Fixes LOG4J2-2120 . Thanks to Carter Douglas Kozak. | mikes |
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Add property to disable message pattern converter lookups. Fixes LOG4J2-2109 . Thanks to Carter Douglas Kozak. | mikes |
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MapMessage should use deep toString for values. Fixes LOG4J2-2112 . Thanks to Carter Douglas Kozak. | mikes |
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MapMessage supports both StringBuilderFormattable and MultiformatMessage. Fixes LOG4J2-2107 . Thanks to Carter Douglas Kozak. | mikes |
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MapMessage JSON encoding will escape keys and values. Fixes LOG4J2-2102 . Thanks to Carter Douglas Kozak. | mikes |
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Non-string value in MapMessage caused ClassCastException. Fixes LOG4J2-2101 . Thanks to Carter Douglas Kozak. | mikes |
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XML encoding for PatternLayout. Fixes LOG4J2-2103 . | mikes |
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Provide a native Log4j 2 implementation of Eclipse Jetty's org.eclipse.jetty.util.log.Logger. Fixes LOG4J2-2114 . | ggregory |
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Allow filtering of line breaks in layout pattern. Fixes LOG4J2-1203 . Thanks to Robert Turner. | mikes |
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Add a noop AppenderSkeleton for applications still using Log4j 1.x. Fixes LOG4J2-2098 . | rgoers |
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Log4j respects the configured "log4j2.is.webapp" property. Fixes LOG4J2-2091 . Thanks to Carter Douglas Kozak. | mikes |
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LevelMixIn class for Jackson is coded incorrectly. Fixes LOG4J2-2100 . | ggregory |
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Jansi now needs to be enabled explicitly (by setting system property `log4j.skipJansi` to `false`). To avoid causing problems for web applications, Log4j will no longer automatically try to load Jansi without explicit configuration. Fixes LOG4J2-2087 . Thanks to Andy Gumbrecht. | rpopma |
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AbstractDatabaseManager should make a copy of LogEvents before holding references to them: AsyncLogger log events are mutable. Fixes LOG4J2-2060 . | rpopma |
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Split up log4j-nosql into one module per appender. Fixes LOG4J2-2076 . | mikes |
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Upgrade picocli to 2.0.3 from 0.9.8. Fixes LOG4J2-2088 . | rpopma |
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Add possibility of sending the key of a message to Kafka using KafkaAppender. Fixes LOG4J2-2062 . Thanks to Jorge Sanchez. | mikes |
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Modularize Log4j-api and make most other log4j jars automatic modules. Fixes LOG4J2-2056 . | rgoers |
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Simplify log4j system property naming scheme. Fixes LOG4J2-1431 . | mattsicker |
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Add global configuration environment SPI. Fixes LOG4J2-1809 . | mattsicker |
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Provide support for overriding the Tomcat Log class in Tomcat 8.5+. Fixes LOG4J2-2025 . | rgoers |
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Add fields with fixed values to JSON/XML/YAML layouts. Fixes LOG4J2-1694 . Thanks to Michal Dvořák. | mikes |
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Provide ways to configure SSL that avoid plain-text passwords in the log4j configuration. The configuration may now specify a system environment variable that holds the password, or the path to a file that holds the password. Fixes LOG4J2-2054 . | rpopma |
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Support new SLF4J binding mechanism introduced in SLF4J 1.8. Fixes LOG4J2-2057 . | rgoers |
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Disable thread name caching by default when running on Java 8u102 or later. Fixes LOG4J2-2052 . | rpopma |
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If Log4j is used as the Tomcat logging implementation startup might fail if an application also uses Log4j. Fixes LOG4J2-2055 . | rgoers |
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Update classes in org.apache.logging.log4j.core.net.ssl in APIs from String to a PasswordProvider producing char[] for passwords. Fixes LOG4J2-1896 . | rpopma |
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Until this change, messages appeared out of order in log file any time when the async logging queue was full. With this change, messages are only logged out of order to prevent deadlock when Log4j2 detects recursive logging while the queue is full. Fixes LOG4J2-2031 . | rpopma |
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Exception java.nio.charset.UnsupportedCharsetException: cp65001 in 2.9.0. Fixes LOG4J2-2053 . | ggregory |
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Nested pattern layout options broken. Fixes LOG4J2-1216 . Thanks to Thies Wellpott, Barna Zsombor Klara, GFriedrich. | ggregory |
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Log4j1XmlLayout does not provide the entire stack trace, it is missing the caused by information. Fixes LOG4J2-2070 . Thanks to Doug Hughes. | ggregory |
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CompositeConfiguration supports Reconfiguration. PR #115. Fixes LOG4J2-2036 . Thanks to Robert Haycock. | ggregory |
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Add org.apache.logging.log4j.core.config.composite.CompositeConfiguration#toString(). Fixes LOG4J2-2071 . Thanks to Carter Kozak. | ggregory |
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Log4j-config.xsd should make AppenderRef optional for each Logger element. Fixes LOG4J2-2073 . Thanks to Patrick Lucas. | ggregory |
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The console appender should say why it cannot load JAnsi. Fixes LOG4J2-2074 . | ggregory |
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Wrong Apache Commons CSV version referenced in the Javadoc of CsvParameterLayout. Fixes LOG4J2-2085 . Thanks to István Neuwirth. | ggregory |
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Update LMAX disruptor from 3.3.6 to 3.3.7. Fixes LOG4J2-2078 . | ggregory |
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Update Apache Commons Compress from 1.14 to 1.15. Fixes LOG4J2-2081 . | ggregory |
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[TagLib] Update servlet-api provided dependency from 2.5 to 3.0.1. Fixes LOG4J2-2089 . | ggregory |
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Update Apache Kafka kafka-clients from 0.11.0.1 to 1.0.0. Fixes LOG4J2-2096 . | ggregory |
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Update from Jackson 2.9.1 to 2.9.2. Fixes LOG4J2-2077 . | ggregory |
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Jackson dependencies for 2.9.2 incorrectly bring in jackson-annotations 2.9.0 instead of 2.9.2. Fixes LOG4J2-2117 . | ggregory |
Release 2.9.1 – 2017-09-17
| Type | Changes | By |
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Prevent ConcurrentModificationException with AsyncLoggerConfig. Fixes LOG4J2-1988 . | rpopma |
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Prevent ConcurrentModificationException with AsyncLoggerConfig. Fixes LOG4J2-1914 . | rpopma |
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Increase default queue size for AsyncAppender from 128 to 1024. Fixes LOG4J2-2048 . | rpopma |
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Fix documentation to clarify disruptor-3.3.4 is now required for async loggers (previously the docs referred to disruptor-3.3.3 which was never released). Fixes LOG4J2-2035 . | rpopma |
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Inspect all known ClassLoaders to locate the service provider. Fixes LOG4J2-2030 . | rgoers |
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Java 9 StackLocator was not properly skipping the initial stack frames. Fixes LOG4J2-2028 . Thanks to Jason Tedor. | rgoers |
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Use a class' canonical name instead of name to create its logger name. Fixes LOG4J2-2023 . | ggregory |
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java.lang.AbstractMethodError: javax.xml.parsers.DocumentBuilderFactory.setFeature(). Fixes LOG4J2-2026 . Thanks to Leon Finker. | ggregory |
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Marker examples should not use deprecated flow APIs. Fixes LOG4J2-2029 . Thanks to Fabrizio Cucci. | ggregory |
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ClassNotFoundException when making all loggers asynchronous under OSGi environment. Fixes LOG4J2-1936 . Thanks to Helber Belmiro. | ggregory |
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Update Jackson from 2.9.0 to 2.9.1 (fix for Java 9.). Fixes LOG4J2-2043 . | ggregory |
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Update Apache Commons CSV from 1.4 to 1.5. Fixes LOG4J2-2044 . | ggregory |
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Update javax.mail from 1.5.6 to 1.6.0. Fixes LOG4J2-2045 . | ggregory |
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Update Apache Commons Compress from 1.13 to 1.14. Fixes LOG4J2-2046 . | ggregory |
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Update Cassandra driver from 3.1.0 to 3.1.4. Fixes LOG4J2-2047 . | ggregory |
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Update Apache Kafka Client from 0.11.0.0 to 0.11.0.1. Fixes LOG4J2-2049 . | ggregory |
Release 2.9.0 – 2017-08-26
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Add support for DirectWriteRolloverStrategy to RollingRandomAccessFileAppender. Fixes LOG4J2-1928 . | rgoers |
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Prevent NullPointerException when a file name is specified with the DirectWriteRolloverStrategy. Fixes LOG4J2-1833 . | rgoers |
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RFC5424Layout now prints the process id. Fixes LOG4J2-2022 . | rgoers |
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Remove default layout from KafkaAppender. Fixes LOG4J2-2020 . | mikes |
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Fix incorrect documentation for LoggerNameLevelRewritePolicy. Fixes LOG4J2-2018 . | rpopma |
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Parameter of mdcId in SyslogAppender has no default value. Fixes LOG4J2-922 . Thanks to angus.aqlu, Paul Burrowes. | ggregory |
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StyleConverter.newInstance argument validation is incorrect. Fixes LOG4J2-2001 . Thanks to Paul Burrowes. | ggregory |
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HighlightConverter converts all unrecognized levels to DEBUG. Fixes LOG4J2-1999 . Thanks to Paul Burrowes. | ggregory |
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SslSocketManager does not apply SSLContext on TCP reconnect. Fixes LOG4J2-2013 . Thanks to Taylor Patton, Gary Gregory. | ggregory |
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Use a class' canonical name instead of name to create its logger name. Fixes LOG4J2-2023 . | ggregory |
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Allow KeyStoreConfiguration and TrustStoreConfiguration to find files as resources. Fixes LOG4J2-2015 . | ggregory |
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Replace JCommander command line parser with picocli to let users run Log4j2 utility applications without requiring an external dependency. Fixes LOG4J2-2011 . | rpopma |
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Support printing multiple StructuredData elements in RFC5424Layout. Fixes LOG4J2-2008 . | rgoers |
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Public API for parsing the output from JsonLayout/XmlLayout/YamlLayout into a LogEvent. Fixes LOG4J2-1986 . | mikes |
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Allow maxLength of StructuredData to be specified by the user. Fixes LOG4J2-1984 . | rgoers |
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Allow for bufferSize=0 in SMTP appender. Fixes LOG4J2-1071 . Thanks to Ben Ludkiewicz, Benjamin Jaton. | ggregory |
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JsonLayout, XmlLayout and YamlLayout support 0-byte termination of log events. Fixes LOG4J2-1981 . | mikes |
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Support capped collections for MongoDb appender. Fixes LOG4J2-1864 . Thanks to Matthias Kappeller. | mattsicker |
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Mark FileRenameAction as successful when using alternative ways to move files. Fixes LOG4J2-2016 . Thanks to Benjamin Jaton. | ggregory |
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No compression when using a separate drive in Linux. Fixes LOG4J2-2012 . Thanks to Benjamin Jaton. | ggregory |
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Log4j throws a java.nio.charset.UnsupportedCharsetException: cp65001. Fixes LOG4J2-1888 . Thanks to Misagh Moayyed. | ggregory |
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ConcurrentModificationException logging a parameter of type Map. Fixes LOG4J2-1990 . Thanks to Philippe Mouawad. | ggregory |
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SocketAppender will lose several events after re-connection to server. Fixes LOG4J2-1311 . Thanks to Xibing Liang. | ggregory |
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Consider the StringBuilder's capacity instead of content length when trimming. Fixes LOG4J2-1977 . Thanks to Jerry xnslong. | ggregory |
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Register log4j-core as an OSGi service. Skip tests for LOG4J2-1766 on MacOS. Use group "staff" for LOG4J2-1699 test on MacOS. Fixes LOG4J2-1971 . | rgoers |
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TcpSocketServer does not close accepted Sockets. Fixes LOG4J2-1994 . | ggregory |
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Log4J JUL Bridge and RMI Security Manager causes access denied ("java.util.logging.LoggingPermission" "control"). Fixes LOG4J2-1987 . Thanks to Andreas Felder. | ggregory |
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Log4j-config.xsd only allows one AppenderRef element for each Logger element. Fixes LOG4J2-1982 . Thanks to Christoph Lembeck. | ggregory |
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Fix default buffer size to match documentation (from 8102 to 8192 a.k.a. 8KB.). Fixes LOG4J2-1985 . Thanks to Kenneth McFarland. | ggregory |
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Log4j2 will now print all internal logging to the console if system property `log4j2.debug` is defined with any value (or no value). Fixes LOG4J2-1813 . | rpopma |
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Async Loggers no longer use deprecated LMAX Disruptor APIs. (Disruptor-3.3.3 or higher is now required.). Fixes LOG4J2-1261 . | rpopma |
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Improved error message when misconfigured with multiple incompatible appenders targeting same file. Fixes LOG4J2-1908 . | rpopma |
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Configurations with multiple root loggers now fail loudly. Fixes LOG4J2-1954 . | rpopma |
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Deprecate SerializedLayout and remove it as default. Fixes LOG4J2-1958 . | mikes |
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Disable DTD processing in XML configuration files. Fixes LOG4J2-1959 . | mikes |
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Temporary compress directory during rollover (#88). Fixes LOG4J2-1766 . Thanks to Pierrick HYMBERT. | ggregory |
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Fix docker build with jdk9 requirements (#84). Fixes LOG4J2-1950 . Thanks to Pierrick HYMBERT. | ggregory |
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Add more detail to WARN "Ignoring log event" messages printed to the console after log4j was shut down. Fixes LOG4J2-1801 . | rpopma |
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Added wrapper classes CustomLoggerGenerator and ExtendedLoggerGenerator to avoid class name with a dollar ($) character which has special meaning in many *nix command line environments. Fixes LOG4J2-1814 . | rpopma |
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Added process ID (pid) pattern converter. Fixes LOG4J2-1884 . | rpopma |
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Facilitate log4j use in Android applications: remove dependency on RMI and Management APIs from log4j-api. Fixes LOG4J2-1926 . | rpopma |
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Configurable Log File Permissions with PosixFilePermission. Fixes LOG4J2-1699 . Thanks to Demetrios Dimatos, Pierrick HYMBERT. | ggregory |
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Generate source jas for all test jars. Fixes LOG4J2-1945 . | ggregory |
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JMS Appender does not know how to recover from a broken connection. Fixes LOG4J2-1934 . | ggregory |
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JMS Appender should be able connect to a broker (later) even it is not present at configuration time. Fixes LOG4J2-1955 . | ggregory |
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JMS Appender broker password should be a char[], not a String. Fixes LOG4J2-1956 . | ggregory |
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Added methods ::writeBytes(ByteBuffer) and ::writeBytes(byte[], int, int) to ByteBufferDestination interface and use these methods in TextEncoderHelper where possible to prepare for future enhancements to reduce lock contention. Fixes LOG4J2-1874 . Thanks to Roman Leventov. | rpopma |
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CompositeConfiguration logs warning "Unable to determine URI for configuration." However, the reconfiguration is completed. Fixes LOG4J2-1912 . Thanks to R Ri. | ggregory |
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Dynamic reconfiguration does not work for filePattern of RollingFile. Fixes LOG4J2-1964 . Thanks to Pierrick HYMBERT. | ggregory |
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Reconfigure breaks DirectWriteRolloverStrategy. Fixes LOG4J2-1961 . Thanks to Christian Vent. | ggregory |
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The eventPrefix attribute was being ignored in the RFC5424Layout. Fixes LOG4J2-1943 . | rgoers |
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JndiManager is not released when the JmsAppender builder catches an exception trying to build itself. Fixes LOG4J2-1953 . | ggregory |
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Improve the documentation of the DynamicThresholdFilter. Fixes LOG4J2-1911 . | rgoers |
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EOFException with FormattedMessage. Fixes LOG4J2-1929 . Thanks to Borys Sokolov. | ggregory |
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Trim levels read from properties file to remove trailing spaces. Fixes LOG4J2-1948 . Thanks to Michael Lück. | ggregory |
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ClassCastException: org.eclipse.osgi.internal.loader.SystemBundleLoader$1 cannot be cast to java.lang.ClassLoader. Fixes LOG4J2-1971 . Thanks to liwenxian2017. | ggregory |
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Generic HTTP appender. Fixes LOG4J2-1442 . | mikes |
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Add with(String, primitive) methods to org.apache.logging.log4j.message.MapMessage. Fixes LOG4J2-1935 . | ggregory |
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Add forEach() methods to org.apache.logging.log4j.message.MapMessage. Fixes LOG4J2-1930 . | ggregory |
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Add containsKey() methods to org.apache.logging.log4j.message.MapMessage. Fixes LOG4J2-1932 . | ggregory |
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Support using java.util.ServiceLoader to locate Log4j 2 API providers. Fixes LOG4J2-1917 . | rgoers |
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Include separator option of PatternLayout in manual (and other updates). Fixes LOG4J2-1966 . Thanks to M Sazzadul Hoque. | ggregory |
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Support null byte delimiter in GelfLayout. Fixes LOG4J2-1854 . Thanks to Xavier Jodoin. | mikes |
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Add support for Java 9 StackWalker. Fixes LOG4J2-1359 . | rgoers |
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Warn when a configuration file for an inactive ConfigurationFactory is found. Fixes LOG4J2-1880 . | mikes |
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Add an optional random delay in TimeBasedTriggeringPolicy. Fixes LOG4J2-1855 . Thanks to Anthony Maire. | mattsicker |
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More reliable checking for runtime dependencies. Fixes LOG4J2-1876 . | mikes |
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Fix configuration documentation. Fixes LOG4J2-1867 . | mikes |
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Ensure the ThreadLocal StringBuilder in ParameterizedMessage won't hold excessively much memory after logging a long message. Fixes LOG4J2-1858 . | rpopma |
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Fix documentation about default additivity value for loggers. Fixes LOG4J2-1885 . | mattsicker |
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ScriptEngineManager is not available in Android and causes a NoClassDefFoundError. Fixes LOG4J2-1920 . Thanks to Ajitha. | ggregory |
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Clarify Javadoc for AbstractTriggeringPolicy. Fixes LOG4J2-1989 . Thanks to Kenneth McFarland. | ggregory |
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Fix compiler warnings in LoggerConfigTest. Fixes LOG4J2-1993 . Thanks to Kenneth McFarland. | ggregory |
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Move server components from log4j-core to new log4-server module. Fixes LOG4J2-1851 . | mikes |
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Shortcut to add Property and KeyValuePair component in ConfigurationBuilder. Fixes LOG4J2-1860 . | mikes |
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The JMS Appender should use a JMS MapMessage for a Log4j MapMessage. Fixes LOG4J2-1294 . | ggregory |
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Refactor SimpleMessage to be concise and clear (#100). Fixes LOG4J2-1991 . | ggregory |
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Update Jackson from 2.8.9 to 2.9.0. Fixes LOG4J2-2017 . | ggregory |
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Update ZeroMQ's JeroMQ from 0.3.6 to 0.4.0. Fixes LOG4J2-1868 . | ggregory |
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Update ZeroMQ's JeroMQ from 0.4.0 to 0.4.1. Fixes LOG4J2-1960 . | ggregory |
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Update ZeroMQ's JeroMQ from 0.4.1 to 0.4.2. Fixes LOG4J2-1974 . | ggregory |
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Update Kafka client from 0.10.1.1 to 0.10.2.0. Fixes LOG4J2-1869 . | ggregory |
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Update Kafka client from 0.10.2.0 to 0.11.0.0. Fixes LOG4J2-1962 . | ggregory |
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Update JavaMail from 1.5.5 to 1.5.6. Fixes LOG4J2-1872 . | ggregory |
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Update JAnsi from 1.14 to 1.15. Fixes LOG4J2-1879 . | ggregory |
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Missing documentation for Max index limit in DefaultRolloverStrategy. Fixes LOG4J2-1877 . Thanks to Chandra Tungathurthi. | ggregory |
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Add missing getters to classes in package org.apache.logging.log4j.core.net.ssl. Fixes LOG4J2-1899 . | ggregory |
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Update JAnsi from 1.15 to 1.16. Fixes LOG4J2-1900 . | ggregory |
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Update SLF4J from 1.7.24 to 1.7.25. Fixes LOG4J2- . | ggregory |
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Update Jackson from 2.8.7 to 2.8.9. Fixes LOG4J2-1938 . | ggregory |
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Update HdrHistogram from 2.1.8 to 2.1.9. Fixes LOG4J2-1970 . | rpopma |
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Update javax.persistence from 2.1.0 to 2.1.1. Fixes LOG4J2-1975 . | ggregory |
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Update org.osgi.core from 4.3.1 to 6.0.0. Fixes LOG4J2-1976 . | ggregory |
Release 2.8.2 – 2017-04-02
| Type | Changes | By |
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Fix JavaDoc on org.apache.logging.log4j.ThreadContext about inheritance. Fixes LOG4J2-1861 . | mattsicker |
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Fix JavaDoc about @Order and OrderComparator ordering. Fixes LOG4J2-1862 . Thanks to wangyuntao. | mattsicker |
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Fixed daylight savings time (DST) issue with FixedDateFormat. Fixes LOG4J2-1849 . | rpopma |
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Fix CassandraRule and unit tests on Windows. Fixes LOG4J2-1850 . Thanks to Ludovic Hochet. | mattsicker |
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Fix typo in %replace converter documentation. Fixes LOG4J2-1840 . Thanks to Pradeep Balasundaram. | mattsicker |
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Handle when LogEvent.getLoggerName() returns null in LoggerNameLevelRewritePolicy. Fixes LOG4J2-1846 . | mikes |
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Handle when LogEvent.getLoggerName() returns null in KafkaAppender. Fixes LOG4J2-1845 . | mikes |
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The default value of RandomAccessFileAppender.Builder append field is wrong. Fixes LOG4J2-1853 . Thanks to wangyuntao. | ggregory |
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Add support for filtering input in TcpSocketServer and UdpSocketServer. Fixes LOG4J2-1863 . | mattsicker |
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Add JSON encoding support to EncodingPatternConverter %encode{}. Fixes LOG4J2-1848 . | mattsicker |
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Add support for appending common suffix to each line of throwable stack trace. Fixes LOG4J2-1843 . Thanks to Zilong Song. | mattsicker |
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Add support for appending common suffix to each line of extended and root throwable stack trace. Fixes LOG4J2-1838 . Thanks to Zilong Song. | mattsicker |
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Move integration tests to their own module to speed up build. Fixes LOG4J2-1827 . | rgoers |
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Fix documentation about the licensing for JeroMQ. Fixes LOG4J2-1835 . | mattsicker |
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Update the API version to 2.6.0. Fixes LOG4J2-1836 . | rgoers |
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NullPointerException in HtmlLayout. Fixes LOG4J2-1831 . Thanks to Edward Serebrinskiy. | ggregory |
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Log4j 2.8 can lose exceptions when a security manager is present. Fixes LOG4J2-1820 . Thanks to Jason Tedor. | ggregory |
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Update Jackson from 2.8.6 to 2.8.7. Fixes LOG4J2-1856 . | ggregory |
Release 2.8.1 – 2017-02-26
| Type | Changes | By |
|---|---|---|
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Allow %i in file pattern to be preceded with characters other than just '-'. Fixes LOG4J2-1804 . Thanks to Pierrick Hymbert. | rgoers |
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Update SLF4J to 1.7.24. Fixes LOG4J2-1822 . | rgoers |
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Improved error message when log4j 2 configuration file not found. Fixes LOG4J2-1812 . | rpopma |
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Update to use Logback 1.1.10 and then Logback 1.2 for tests. Fixes LOG4J2-1810 . | rgoers |
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Update Jackson from 2.8.5 to 2.8.6. Fixes LOG4J2-1819 . | ggregory |
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Fix ClassNotFoundException org.apache.logging.log4j.core.util.ExecutorServices in OSGi tests |