This is a vote to release Log4j 2.18.0, the next version of the Log4j 2 project.
Please download, test, and cast your votes on the log4j developers list.
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are required.
Changes in this version include:
New Features
• LOG4J2-3495: Add MutableThreadContextMapFilter.
• LOG4J2-3472: Add support for custom LMAX disruptor WaitStrategy
configuration.
• LOG4J2-3419: Add support for custom Log4j 1.x levels.
• LOG4J2-3440: Add support for adding and retrieving appenders in Log4j
1.x bridge.
• LOG4J2-3362: Add support for Jakarta Mail API in the SMTP appender.
• LOG4J2-3483: Add support for Apache Extras' RollingFileAppender in
Log4j 1.x bridge.
• LOG4J2-3538: Add support for 24 colors in highlighting Thanks to
Pavel_K.
Fixed Bugs
• LOG4J2-3339: DirectWriteRolloverStrategy should use the current time
when creating files.
• LOG4J2-3534: Fix LevelRangeFilterBuilder to align with log4j1's
behavior.
• LOG4J2-3527: Don't use Paths.get() to avoid circular file systems.
• LOG4J2-3490: The DirectWriteRolloverStrategy was not detecting the
correct index to use during startup.
• LOG4J2-3432: SizeBasedTriggeringPolicy would fail to rename files
properly when integer pattern contained a leading zero.
• LOG4J2-3491: Async Loggers were including the location information by
default. Thanks to Avihai Marchiano.
• LOG4J2-1376: Allow enterprise id to be an OID fragment.
• LOG4J2-3493: ClassArbiter's newBuilder method referenced the wrong
class. Thanks to Dmytro Voloshyn.
• LOG4J2-3481: HttpWatcher did not pass credentials when polling.
• LOG4J2-3482: UrlConnectionFactory.createConnection now accepts an
AuthorizationProvider as a parameter.
• LOG4J2-3477: Add the missing context stack to JsonLayout template.
Thanks to filipc.
• LOG4J2-3393: Improve JsonTemplateLayout performance.
• LOG4J2-3424: Properties defined in configuration using a value
attribute (as opposed to element) are read correctly.
• LOG4J2-3413: Fix resolution of non-Log4j properties.
• LOG4J2-3423: JAR file containing Log4j configuration isn't closed.
Thanks to Radim Tlusty.
• LOG4J2-3425: Syslog appender lacks the SocketOptions setting. Thanks
to Jiří Smolík.
• : Improve validation and reporting of configuration errors.
• : Log4j 1.2 bridge should generate Log4j 2.x messages based on the
parameter runtime type.
• LOG4J2-3426: Log4j 1.2 bridge should not wrap components
unnecessarily. Thanks to Pooja Pandey.
• LOG4J2-3418: Fixes Spring Boot logging system registration in a
multi-application environment.
• LOG4J2-3040: Avoid ClassCastException in JeroMqManager with custom
LoggerContextFactory #791. Thanks to LF-Lin.
• : Fix minor typo #792. Thanks to LF-Lin.
• LOG4J2-3439: Fixes default SslConfiguration, when a custom keystore
is used. Thanks to Jayesh Netravali.
• LOG4J2-3447: Fixes appender concurrency problems in Log4j 1.x bridge.
Thanks to Pooja Pandey.
• LOG4J2-3452: Fix and test for race condition in FileUtils.mkdir().
Thanks to Stefan Vodita.
• LOG4J2-3458: LocalizedMessage logs misleading errors on the console.
• LOG4J2-3359: Fixes the syslog appender in Log4j 1.x bridge, when used
with a custom layout. Thanks to Tukesh.
• LOG4J2-3359: log4j-1.2-api 2.17.2 throws NullPointerException while
removing appender with name as null. Thanks to Rajesh.
• LOG4J2-2872: Fix problem with non-uppercase custom levels. Thanks to
Alla Gofman.
• LOG4J2-3475: Add missing message parameterization in RegexFilter.
Thanks to Jeremy Lin.
• LOG4J2-3428: Update 3rd party dependencies for 2.18.0.
• LOG4J2-3531: Fix parsing error, when XInclude is disabled. Thanks to
Simo Nikula.
• LOG4J2-3537: Fixes problem with wrong ANSI escape code for bright
colors Thanks to Pavel_K.
Changes
• LOG4J2-3536: Upgrade the Flume Appender to Flume 1.10.0
• LOG4J2-3516: Move perf tests to log4j-core-its
• LOG4J2-3506: Support Spring 2.6.x.
• LOG4J2-3473: Make the default disruptor WaitStrategy used by Async
Loggers garbage-free.
• LOG4J2-3476: Do not throw UnsupportedOperationException when JUL
ApiLogger::setLevel is called.
• LOG4J2-3427: Improves ServiceLoader support on servlet containers.
Tag:
a) for a new copy do "git clone https://github.com/apache/logging-log4j2.git
and then "git checkout tags/log4j-2.18.0-rc1” or just "git clone -b
log4j-2.18.0-rc1 https://github.com/apache/logging-log4j2.git";
b) for an existing working copy to “git pull” and then “git checkout
tags/log4j-2.18.0-rc1”
Web Site: https://logging.staged.apache.org/log4j/2.x/index.html.
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Ralph
