This is a vote to release Log4j 2.13.1, the next version of the Log4j 2 project.
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Changes in this release include:
New Features
• LOG4J2-2748: Implement ISO8601_PERIOD_MICROS fixed date format
matching ISO8601_PERIOD with support for microsecond precision.
Fixed Bugs
• LOG4J2-2717: Slow initialization on Windows due to accessing network
interfaces.
• LOG4J2-2756: Prevent LoggerContext from being garbage collected while
being created.
• LOG4J2-2769: Do not log an error if Files.move does not work.
• LOG4J2-2039: Rollover fails when file matches pattern but index is
too large.
• LOG4J2-2784: Counter stuck at 10 and overwriting files when leading
zeros used in the file pattern count.
• LOG4J2-2746: ClassLoaderContextSelector was not locating the
LoggerContext during shutdown.
• LOG4J2-2652: JSON output wrong when using additonal fields.
• LOG4J2-2649: GraalVM does not allow use of MethodHandles.
• LOG4J2-2211: Allow Lookup keys with leading dashes by using a slash
as an escape character.
• LOG4J2-2781: ServletContainerInitializer was obtaining the
StatusLogger too soon. Thanks to qxo.
• LOG4J2-2676: PluginProcessor should use Messager instead of
System.out. Thanks to Gregg Donovan.
• LOG4J2-2703: MapMessage.getFormattedMesssage() would incorrectly
format objects. Thanks to Volkan Yazici.
• LOG4J2-2760: Always write header on a new OutputStream. Thanks to
Christoph Kaser.
• LOG4J2-2776: An error message in RollingFileAppender uses a
placeholder for the name but does not specify the name argument in the logging
call Thanks to Christoph Kaser.
• LOG4J2-2758: NullPointerException when using a custom
DirectFileRolloverStrategy without a file name. Thanks to Christoph Kaser.
• LOG4J2-2768: Add mulit-parameter overloads to LogBuilder. Thanks to
Marius Volkhart.
• LOG4J2-2770: Fixed NullPointerException after reconfiguring via JMX.
Thanks to Bill Kuker.
• LOG4J2-2759: RollingFileAppender was not rolling on startup if
createOnDemand was set to true.
• LOG4J2-2767: Warn if pattern is missing on Routes element. Use
default route.
• LOG4J2-2415: Fix lock contention in the classloader using new
versions of slf4j without EventData on slf4j logger creation. Thanks to Andrey
Turbanov.
• LOG4J2-2677: Rollover handles parallel file deletion gracefully.
• LOG4J2-2744: Remove unnecessary EventLogger references from
log4j-slf4j18-impl due to removal from slf4j.
• LOG4J2-2747: Fix a memory leak using fully asynchronous logging when
the queue is full using the 'discard' asynchronous queue full strategy.
• LOG4J2-2739: 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.
• LOG4J2-2735: PluginCache output is reproducible allowing the
annotation processor to produce deterministic results. Thanks to Andy Wilkinson.
• LOG4J2-2751: Fix StackLocator.getCallerClass performance in cases
where Reflection.getCallerClass is not accessible.
• LOG4J2-2752: MutableLogEvent and RingBufferLogEvent avoid
StringBuffer and parameter array allocation unless reusable messages are used.
• LOG4J2-2754: LoaderUtil.getClassLoaders may discover additional
loaders and no longer erroneously returns a result with a null element in some
environments.
• LOG4J2-2575: CronExpression.getBeforeTime() would sometimes return
incorrect result. Thanks to Nathan Friess.
• LOG4J2-2762: [JDBC] MS-SQL Server JDBC driver throws
SQLServerException when inserting a null value for a VARBINARY column.
• LOG4J2-2770: NullPointerException after reconfiguring via JMX. Thanks
to Bill Kuker.
Changes
• LOG4J2-2789: Conditionally perform status logging calculations in
PluginRegistry. Thanks to Marius Volkhart.
• LOG4J2-2782: Use LinkedBlockingQueue instead of synchronized
collction in StatusConfiguration.
• LOG4J2-2777: Add a retry count attribute to the KafkaAppender. Thanks
to joongs4.
• LOG4J2-2745: Update log4j-slf4j18-impl slf4j version to 1.8.0-beta4
from 1.8.0-alpha2.
• LOG4J2-2763: Update dependencies.
Tag:
a) for a new copy do "git clone https://github.com/apache/logging-log4j2.git";
and then "git checkout tags/log4j-2.13.1-rc1”
b) for an existing working copy to “git pull” and then “git checkout
tags/log4j-2.13.1-rc1”
Web Site: http://rgoers.github.io/log4j2-site/index.html.
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Ralph
