Hi List,
Prior to 2.13.0 I was shutting down Log4J2 using: LogManager.shutdown(); I had to do this to release files during a unit testing to release locks on files. After upgrading to 2.13.0 this broken some unit tests which were now failing because test pre-conditions could not delete files due to them having active locks. I was able to resolve this by replacing the above with the following: LogManager.shutdown(LogManager.getContext(false)); I was able to determine that this change was introduced by LOG4J2-2716 (253ada6ff2fb6c6a0dcfee8ed432372215f2ef78). Is this change an intended consequence of LOG4J2-2716, or an unforeseen side effect? Will the FAQ need to be updated (https://logging.apache.org/log4j/2.0/faq.html#shutdown)? Brett Walker