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new 592d18de Reduce silent log event loss during XmlConfigurator
reconfiguration (#287)
592d18de is described below
commit 592d18de651ebd330416ea68851c145660b68dc0
Author: Abdullah hamza <[email protected]>
AuthorDate: Fri Apr 10 10:35:51 2026 +0300
Reduce silent log event loss during XmlConfigurator reconfiguration (#287)
* feat(Logger): add ReplaceAppenders for atomic appender swap
Add method to atomically replace all appenders with a new collection.
* Enable diagnostics by resetting Emfix(Hierarchy): reset
EmittedNoAppenderWarning in XmlConfigurator
Reset the warning flag to allow diagnostics during reconfiguration.
* fix(XmlHierarchyConfigurator): collect appenders before swap to minimize
null window
Previously, ParseChildrenOfLoggerElement called RemoveAllAppenders()
before adding new ones one-by-one, creating a window (equal to the full
XML parse duration, typically 10-50 ms) during which the logger had no
appenders and log events were silently dropped.
This change resolves the race by:
1. Collecting all incoming appenders into a local List<IAppender> first.
2. Calling Logger.ReplaceAppenders() to perform the swap in a single
writer lock, reducing the zero-appender window to microseconds.
* Fix: resolve flaky SmtpPickupDirAppenderTest.TestOutputContainsSentDate
in CI
---
.../Appender/SmtpPickupDirAppenderTest.cs | 7 +--
src/log4net.Tests/Hierarchy/LoggerTest.cs | 62 ++++++++++++++++++++++
.../Hierarchy/XmlHierarchyConfiguratorTest.cs | 1 +
src/log4net/Repository/Hierarchy/Hierarchy.cs | 2 +-
src/log4net/Repository/Hierarchy/Logger.cs | 35 +++++++++++-
.../Hierarchy/XmlHierarchyConfigurator.cs | 62 ++++++++++++++--------
6 files changed, 142 insertions(+), 27 deletions(-)
diff --git a/src/log4net.Tests/Appender/SmtpPickupDirAppenderTest.cs
b/src/log4net.Tests/Appender/SmtpPickupDirAppenderTest.cs
index da1eb3b9..2817f6dc 100644
--- a/src/log4net.Tests/Appender/SmtpPickupDirAppenderTest.cs
+++ b/src/log4net.Tests/Appender/SmtpPickupDirAppenderTest.cs
@@ -163,6 +163,7 @@ public void TestOutputContainsSentDate()
SilentErrorHandler sh = new();
SmtpPickupDirAppender appender = CreateSmtpPickupDirAppender(sh);
ILogger log = CreateLogger(appender);
+ DateTime beforeLog = DateTime.UtcNow;
log.Log(GetType(), Level.Info, "This is a message", null);
log.Log(GetType(), Level.Info, "This is a message 2", null);
DestroyLogger();
@@ -177,9 +178,9 @@ public void TestOutputContainsSentDate()
{
string datePart = line.Substring(dateHeaderStart.Length);
DateTime date = DateTime.ParseExact(datePart, "r",
System.Globalization.CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);
- double diff = Math.Abs((DateTime.UtcNow - date).TotalMilliseconds);
- Assert.That(diff, Is.LessThanOrEqualTo(1000),
- "Times should be equal, allowing a diff of one second to make test
robust");
+ double diff = Math.Abs((date - beforeLog).TotalMilliseconds);
+ Assert.That(diff, Is.LessThanOrEqualTo(5000),
+ "Times should be equal, allowing a diff of five seconds to make test
robust");
hasDateHeader = true;
}
}
diff --git a/src/log4net.Tests/Hierarchy/LoggerTest.cs
b/src/log4net.Tests/Hierarchy/LoggerTest.cs
index dd10b463..40728894 100644
--- a/src/log4net.Tests/Hierarchy/LoggerTest.cs
+++ b/src/log4net.Tests/Hierarchy/LoggerTest.cs
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
using System;
using System.Collections;
+using System.Threading;
using log4net.Appender;
using log4net.Core;
using log4net.Repository.Hierarchy;
@@ -342,4 +343,65 @@ public void TestHierarchy1()
Logger a1 = (Logger)h.GetLogger("a");
Assert.That(a1, Is.SameAs(a0));
}
+
+ /// <summary>
+ /// Tests the ReplaceAppenders method to ensure it replaces existing
appenders
+ /// </summary>
+ [Test]
+ public void TestReplaceAppenders()
+ {
+ Logger log = (Logger)LogManager.GetLogger("ReplaceAppendersTest").Logger;
+ CountingAppender a1 = new() { Name = "testAppender1" };
+ log.AddAppender(a1);
+ Assert.That(log.Appenders, Has.Count.EqualTo(1));
+
+ CountingAppender a2 = new() { Name = "testAppender2" };
+ log.ReplaceAppenders(new IAppender[] { a2 });
+ Assert.That(log.Appenders, Has.Count.EqualTo(1));
+ Assert.That(log.GetAppender("testAppender1"), Is.Null);
+ Assert.That(log.GetAppender("testAppender2"), Is.SameAs(a2));
+ }
+
+ /// <summary>
+ /// Tests that ReplaceAppenders never leaves the logger in an appender-free
state
+ /// that could cause silent log event loss during reconfiguration.
+ /// A reader thread continuously checks that the appender count never drops
to zero
+ /// while the writer thread calls ReplaceAppenders.
+ /// </summary>
+ [Test]
+ public void TestReplaceAppendersIsAtomic()
+ {
+ Logger log =
(Logger)LogManager.GetLogger("ReplaceAppendersAtomicTest").Logger;
+ CountingAppender initial = new() { Name = "initial" };
+ log.AddAppender(initial);
+
+ bool sawZeroAppenders = false;
+ bool stop = false;
+
+ // Reader thread: continuously observe the appender count
+ Thread reader = new(() =>
+ {
+ while (!stop)
+ {
+ if (log.Appenders.Count == 0)
+ {
+ sawZeroAppenders = true;
+ }
+ }
+ });
+ reader.Start();
+
+ // Writer thread: perform many rapid replacements
+ for (int i = 0; i < 1000; i++)
+ {
+ CountingAppender next = new() { Name = $"appender{i}" };
+ log.ReplaceAppenders(new IAppender[] { next });
+ }
+
+ stop = true;
+ reader.Join();
+
+ Assert.That(sawZeroAppenders, Is.False,
+ "ReplaceAppenders must never leave the logger with zero appenders
(atomicity violation)");
+ }
}
diff --git a/src/log4net.Tests/Hierarchy/XmlHierarchyConfiguratorTest.cs
b/src/log4net.Tests/Hierarchy/XmlHierarchyConfiguratorTest.cs
index 13b31f29..6fdb5d7d 100644
--- a/src/log4net.Tests/Hierarchy/XmlHierarchyConfiguratorTest.cs
+++ b/src/log4net.Tests/Hierarchy/XmlHierarchyConfiguratorTest.cs
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
using NUnit.Framework;
using log4net.Repository.Hierarchy;
+using HierarchyClass = log4net.Repository.Hierarchy.Hierarchy;
namespace log4net.Tests.Hierarchy;
diff --git a/src/log4net/Repository/Hierarchy/Hierarchy.cs
b/src/log4net/Repository/Hierarchy/Hierarchy.cs
index 24be509d..452b5d7f 100644
--- a/src/log4net/Repository/Hierarchy/Hierarchy.cs
+++ b/src/log4net/Repository/Hierarchy/Hierarchy.cs
@@ -775,4 +775,4 @@ public override string ToString()
/// </remarks>
internal void AddProperty(PropertyEntry propertyEntry)
=> Properties[propertyEntry.Key.EnsureNotNull()] =
propertyEntry.EnsureNotNull().Value;
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/src/log4net/Repository/Hierarchy/Logger.cs
b/src/log4net/Repository/Hierarchy/Logger.cs
index 3fd13cc6..db52b68a 100644
--- a/src/log4net/Repository/Hierarchy/Logger.cs
+++ b/src/log4net/Repository/Hierarchy/Logger.cs
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
#endregion
using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
using log4net.Appender;
using log4net.Util;
@@ -594,4 +595,36 @@ protected virtual void ForcedLog(LoggingEvent logEvent)
CallAppenders(logEvent);
}
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+
+ /// <summary>
+ /// Atomically replaces all appenders with the provided collection.
+ /// </summary>
+ /// <param name="appenders">The new set of appenders to attach.</param>
+ /// <remarks>
+ /// <para>
+ /// This method removes the existing appenders and attaches all new
+ /// appenders inside a single writer lock, minimizing the window
+ /// during which the logger has no appenders. This reduces silent log
+ /// event loss during reconfiguration.
+ /// </para>
+ /// </remarks>
+ public virtual void ReplaceAppenders(IEnumerable<IAppender> appenders)
+ {
+ _appenderLock.AcquireWriterLock();
+ try
+ {
+ _appenderAttachedImpl?.RemoveAllAppenders();
+ _appenderAttachedImpl = null;
+
+ foreach (IAppender appender in appenders.EnsureNotNull())
+ {
+ _appenderAttachedImpl ??= new();
+ _appenderAttachedImpl.AddAppender(appender);
+ }
+ }
+ finally
+ {
+ _appenderLock.ReleaseWriterLock();
+ }
+ }
+}
diff --git a/src/log4net/Repository/Hierarchy/XmlHierarchyConfigurator.cs
b/src/log4net/Repository/Hierarchy/XmlHierarchyConfigurator.cs
index 0e2f45eb..c65b719b 100644
--- a/src/log4net/Repository/Hierarchy/XmlHierarchyConfigurator.cs
+++ b/src/log4net/Repository/Hierarchy/XmlHierarchyConfigurator.cs
@@ -146,6 +146,9 @@ public void Configure(XmlElement? element)
LogLog.Debug(_declaringType, "Configuration reset before reading
config.");
}
+ // A configuration is about to happen, so we can emit the warning again
+ hierarchy.EmittedNoAppenderWarning = false;
+
/* Building Appender objects, placing them in a local namespace
for future reference */
@@ -389,43 +392,58 @@ protected void ParseRoot(XmlElement rootElement)
/// <para>
/// Parse the child elements of a <logger> element.
/// </para>
+ /// <para>
+ /// Appenders are collected from XML first, then applied atomically via
+ /// <see cref="Logger.ReplaceAppenders"/>, minimizing the window during
+ /// which the logger has no appenders and silent log event loss can occur.
+ /// </para>
/// </remarks>
protected void ParseChildrenOfLoggerElement(XmlElement catElement, Logger
log, bool isRoot)
{
- // Remove all existing appenders from log. They will be
- // reconstructed if need be.
- log.EnsureNotNull().RemoveAllAppenders();
+ log.EnsureNotNull();
+ catElement.EnsureNotNull();
- foreach (XmlNode currentNode in catElement.EnsureNotNull().ChildNodes)
+ // Phase 1: resolve all new appenders from XML *before* touching the
+ // live logger. This avoids the window where the logger has no appenders.
+ List<IAppender> newAppenders = new();
+
+ foreach (XmlNode currentNode in catElement.ChildNodes)
{
- if (currentNode.NodeType == XmlNodeType.Element)
+ if (currentNode.NodeType != XmlNodeType.Element)
{
- XmlElement currentElement = (XmlElement)currentNode;
+ continue;
+ }
- if (currentElement.LocalName == AppenderRefTag)
- {
- string refName = currentElement.GetAttribute(RefAttr);
- if (FindAppenderByReference(currentElement) is IAppender appender)
- {
- LogLog.Debug(_declaringType, $"Adding appender named [{refName}]
to logger [{log.Name}].");
- log.AddAppender(appender);
- }
- else
- {
- LogLog.Error(_declaringType, $"Appender named [{refName}] not
found.");
- }
- }
- else if (currentElement.LocalName is LevelTag or PriorityTag)
+ XmlElement currentElement = (XmlElement)currentNode;
+
+ if (currentElement.LocalName == AppenderRefTag)
+ {
+ string refName = currentElement.GetAttribute(RefAttr);
+ if (FindAppenderByReference(currentElement) is IAppender appender)
{
- ParseLevel(currentElement, log, isRoot);
+ LogLog.Debug(_declaringType, $"Resolved appender [{refName}] for
logger [{log.Name}].");
+ newAppenders.Add(appender);
}
else
{
- SetParameter(currentElement, log);
+ LogLog.Error(_declaringType, $"Appender named [{refName}] not
found.");
}
}
+ else if (currentElement.LocalName is LevelTag or PriorityTag)
+ {
+ ParseLevel(currentElement, log, isRoot);
+ }
+ else
+ {
+ SetParameter(currentElement, log);
+ }
}
+ // Phase 2: atomic swap — replace all appenders in one writer lock so
+ // the logger is never in a zero-appender state for longer than it takes
+ // to acquire and release the lock (microseconds, not milliseconds).
+ log.ReplaceAppenders(newAppenders);
+
if (log is IOptionHandler optionHandler)
{
optionHandler.ActivateOptions();
