NLog

Fixes

• #2600 Fix 'System.ReadOnlySpan`1[System.Char]' cannot be converted to type 'System.String' (@snakefoot)

Fixes

• #2229 Fix: ReconfigExistingLoggers sometimes throws an Exception (@jpdillingham)

Fixes

• #2164 JsonLayout - Don't mark ThreadAgnostic when IncludeMdc or IncludeMdlc is enabled (@snakefoot)

Features

• #2110 NdlcLayoutRenderer - Nested Diagnostics Logical Context (@snakefoot)
• #2114 EventlogTarget: Support for MaximumKilobytes (@304NotModified, @ajitpeter)
• #2109 JsonLayout - IncludeMdc and IncludeMdlc (@snakefoot)

Fixes

• #2138 ReloadConfigOnTimer - fix potential NullReferenceException (@snakefoot)
• #2113 BugFix: <targets> after <rules> won't work (@304NotModified, @Moafak)
• #2131 Fix : LogManager.ReconfigureExistingLoggers() could throw InvalidOperationException (@304NotModified, @jpdillingham)

Improvements

• #2137 NLogTraceListener - Reduce overhead by checking LogLevel (@snakefoot)
• #2112 LogReceiverWebServiceTarget - Ensure PrecalculateVolatileLayouts (@snakefoot)
• #2103 Improve Install of targets / crash Install on Databasetarget. (@M4ttsson)
• #2101 LogFactory.Shutdown - Add warning on target flush timeout (@snakefoot)

Features

• #2090 ${log4jxmlevent} - Added IncludeAllProperties option (@snakefoot)
• #2090 Log4JXmlEvent Layout - Added IncludeAllProperties, IncludeMdlc and IncludeMdc option (@snakefoot)

Fixes

• #2090 Log4JXmlEvent Layout - Fixed bug with empty nlog:properties (@snakefoot)
• #2093 Fixed bug to logging by day of week (@RussianDragon)
• #2095 Fix: include ignoreErrors attribute not working for non-existent file (@304NotModified, @ghills)

Features

• #2078 Include MDLC in log4j renderer (option) (@thoemmi)

Features

• #2063 JsonLayout - Added JsonAttribute property EscapeUnicode (@snakefoot)

Improvements

• #2075 StackTraceLayoutRenderer with Raw format should display source FileName (@snakefoot)
• #2067 ${EventProperties}, ${newline}, ${basedir} & ${tempdir} as ThreadAgnostic (performance improvement) (@snakefoot)
• #2061 MethodCallTarget - Fixed possible null-reference-exception on initialize (@snakefoot)

Version 4.4.6 (2017/04/11)

Features

• #2006 Added AsyncTaskTarget - Base class for using async methods (@snakefoot)
• #2051 Added LogMessageGenerator overloads for exceptions (#2051) (@c0shea)
• #2034 ${level} add format option (full, single char and ordinal) (#2034) (@c0shea)
• #2042 AutoFlushTargetWrapper - Added AsyncFlush property (@snakefoot)

Improvements

• #2048 Layout - Ensure StackTraceUsage works for all types of Layout (@snakefoot)
• #2041 Reduce memory allocations (AsyncContinuation exceptionHandler) & refactor (@snakefoot)
• #2040 WebServiceTarget - Avoid re-throwing exceptions in async completion method (@snakefoot)

Fixes

• #2010 LogFactory - Ensure to flush and close on shutdown - fixes broken logging (@snakefoot)
• #2017 WebServiceTarget - Fix boolean parameter conversion for Xml and Json (lowercase) (@snakefoot)

Improvements

• #2017 Merged the JSON serializer code into DefaultJsonSerializer (@snakefoot)

Features

• #2000 Add weekly archival option to FileTarget (@dougthor42)
• #2009 Load assembly event (@304NotModified)
• #1917 Call NLogPackageLoader.Preload (static) for NLog packages on load (@304NotModified)

Improvements

• #2007 Target.Close() - Extra logging to investigate shutdown order (@snakefoot)
• #2003 Update XSD for <NLog> options (@304NotModified)
• #1977 update xsd template (internallogger) for 4.4.3 version (@AuthorProxy)
• #1956 Improve docs ThreadAgnosticAttribute (#1956) (@304NotModified)
• #1992 Fixed merge error of XML documentation for Target Write-methods (@snakefoot)

Fixes

• #1995 Proper apply default-target-parameters to nested targets in WrappedTargets (@nazim9214)

Fixes

• #1966 System.UriFormatException on load (Mono) (@JustArchi)
• #1960 EventLogTarget: Properly parse and set EventLog category (@marinsky)

Features

• #1799 FileTarget: performance improvement: 10-70% faster, less garbage collecting (3-4 times less) by reusing buffers (@snakefoot, @AndreGleichner)
• #1919 Func overloads for InternalLogger (@304NotModified)
• #1915 allow wildcard (*) in <include> (@304NotModified)
• #1914 basedir: added option processDir=true (@304NotModified)
• #1906 Allow Injecting basedir (@304NotModified)

Improvements

• #1927 InternalLogger - Better support for multiple threads when using file (@snakefoot)
• #1871 Filetarget - Allocations optimization (#1871) (@nazim9214)
• #1931 FileTarget - Validate File CreationTimeUtc when non-Windows (@snakefoot)
• #1942 FileTarget - KeepFileOpen should watch for file deletion, but not every second (@snakefoot)
• #1876 FileTarget - Faster archive check by caching the static file-create-time (60-70% improvement) (#1876) (@snakefoot)
• #1878 FileTarget - KeepFileOpen should watch for file deletion (#1878) (@snakefoot)
• #1932 FileTarget - Faster rendering of filepath, when not ThreadAgnostic (@snakefoot)
• #1937 LogManager.Shutdown - Verify that active config exists (@snakefoot)
• #1926 RetryingWrapper - Allow closing target, even when busy retrying (@snakefoot)
• #1925 JsonLayout - Support Precalculate for async processing (@snakefoot)
• #1816 EventLogTarget - don't crash with invalid Category / EventId (@304NotModified)
• #1815 Better parsing for Layouts with int/bool type. (@304NotModified, @rymk)
• #1868 WebServiceTarget - FlushAsync - Avoid premature flush (#1868) (@snakefoot)
• #1899 LogManager.Shutdown - Use the official method for closing down (@snakefoot)

Fixes

• #1886 FileTarget - Archive should not fail when ArchiveFileName matches FileName (@snakefoot)
• #1893 FileTarget - MONO doesn't like using the native Win32 API (@snakefoot)
• #1883 LogFactory.Dispose - Should always close down created targets (@snakefoot)

Summary:

• Fixes for medium trust (@snakefoot, @304notmodified)
• Performance multiple improvements for flush events (@snakefoot)
• FileTarget: Improvements for archiving (@snakefoot)
• FileTarget - Reopen filehandle when file write fails (@snakefoot)
• ConsoleTarget: fix crash when console isn't available (@snakefoot)
• NetworkTarget - UdpNetworkSender should exercise the provided Close-callback (@snakefoot)

Detail:

• #1874 Fixes for medium trust (@snakefoot, @304notmodified)
• #1873 PartialTrustDomain - Handle SecurityException to allow startup and logging (#1873) (@snakefoot)
• #1859 FileTarget - MONO should also check SupportsSharableMutex (#1859) (@snakefoot)
• #1853 AsyncTargetWrapper - Flush should start immediately without waiting (#1853) (@snakefoot)
• #1858 FileTarget - Reopen filehandle when file write fails (#1858) (@snakefoot)
• #1867 FileTarget - Failing to delete old archive files, should not stop logging (@snakefoot)
• #1865 Compile MethodInfo into LateBoundMethod-delegate (ReflectedType is deprecated) (@snakefoot)
• #1850 ConsoleTarget - Apply Encoding on InitializeTarget, if Console available (#1850) (@snakefoot)
• #1862 SHFB config cleanup & simplify (@304NotModified)
• #1863 Minor cosmetic changes on FileTarget class (@ie-zero)
• #1861 Helper class ParameterUtils removed (@ie-zero)
• #1847 LogFactory.Dispose() fixed race condition with reloadtimer (#1847) (@snakefoot)
• #1849 NetworkTarget - UdpNetworkSender should exercise the provided Close-callback (@snakefoot)
• #1857 Fix immutability of LogLevel properties (@ie-zero)
• #1860 FileAppenderCache implements IDisposable (@ie-zero)
• #1848 Standarise implementation of events (@ie-zero)
• #1844 FileTarget - Mono2 runtime detection to skip using named archive-mutex (@snakefoot)

Improvements

• #1700 Improved concurrency when multiple Logger threads are writing to async Target (@snakefoot)
• #1750 Log payload for NLogViewerTarget/NetworkTarget to Internal Logger (@304NotModified)
• #1745 FilePathLayout - Reduce memory-allocation for cleanup of filename (@snakefoot)
• #1746 DateLayout - Reduce memory allocation when low time resolution (@snakefoot)
• #1719 Avoid (Internal)Logger-boxing and params-array-allocation on Exception (@snakefoot)
• #1683 FileTarget - Faster async processing of LogEvents for the same file (@snakefoot)
• #1730 Conditions: Try interpreting first as non-string value (@304NotModified)
• #1814 Improve [Obsolete] warnings - include the Nlog version when it became obsolete (#1814) (@ie-zero)
• #1809 FileTarget - Close stale file handles outside archive mutex lock (@snakefoot)

Fixes

• #1749 Try-catch for permission when autoloading - fixing Android permission issue (@304NotModified)
• #1751 ExceptionLayoutRenderer: prevent nullrefexception when exception is null (@304NotModified)
• #1706 Console Target Automatic Detect if console is available on Mono (@snakefoot)

Features

• #1680 Append to existing archive file (@304NotModified)
• #1669 AsyncTargetWrapper - Allow TimeToSleepBetweenBatches = 0 (@snakefoot)
• #1668 Console Target Automatic Detect if console is available (@snakefoot)

Improvements

• #1697 Archiving should never fail writing (@304NotModified)
• #1695 Performance: Counter/ProcessId/ThreadId-LayoutRenderer allocations less memory (@snakefoot)
• #1693 Performance (allocation) improvement in Aysnc handling (@snakefoot)
• #1694 FilePathLayout - CleanupInvalidFilePath - Happy path should not allocate (@snakefoot)
• #1675 unseal databasetarget and make BuildConnectionString protected (@304NotModified)
• #1690 Fix memory leak in AppDomainWrapper (@snakefoot)
• #1702 Performance: InternalLogger should only allocate params-array when needed (@snakefoot)

Fixes

• #1676 Fix FileTarget on Xamarin: Remove mutex usage for Xamarin 'cause of runtime exceptions (@304NotModified)
• #1591 Count operation on AsyncRequestQueue is not thread-safe (@snakefoot)

Features

• #1641 FileTarget: Add WriteFooterOnArchivingOnly parameter. (@bhaeussermann)
• #1628 Add ExceptionDataSeparator option for ${exception} (@FroggieFrog)
• #1626 cachekey option for cache layout wrapper (@304NotModified)

Improvements

• #1643 Pause logging when the race condition occurs in (Colored)Console Target (@304NotModified)
• #1632 Prevent possible crash when archiving in folder with non-archived files (@304NotModified)

Fixes

• #1646 FileTarget: Fix file archive race-condition. (@bhaeussermann)
• #1642 MDLC: fixing mutable dictionary issue (improvement) (@vlardn)
• #1635 Fix ${tempdir} and ${nlogdir} if both have dir and file. (@304NotModified)

Features

• #1619 NetworkTarget: Added option to specify EOL (@kevindaub)

Improvements

• #1596 Performance tweak in NLog routing (@304NotModified)
• #1593 FileTarget: large performance improvement - back to 1 million/sec (@304NotModified)
• #1621 FileTarget: writing to non-existing drive was slowing down NLog a lot (@304NotModified)

Fixes

• #1616 FileTarget: Don't throw an exception if a dir is missing when deleting old files on startup (@304NotModified)

Features

• #1469 Allow overwriting possible nlog configuration file paths (@304NotModified)
• #1578 Add support for name parameter on ${Assembly-version} (@304NotModified)
• #1580 Added option to not render empty literals on nested json objects (@johnkors)

Improvements

• #1558 Callsite layout renderer: improve string comparison test (performance) (@304NotModified)
• #1582 FileTarget: Performance improvement for CleanupInvalidFileNameChars (@304NotModified)

Fixes

• #1556 Bugfix: Use the culture when rendering the layout (@304NotModified)

Features

• #1531 Support Android 4.4 (@304NotModified)
• #1551 Addded CompoundLayout (@luigiberrettini)

Fixes

• #1548 Bugfix: Can't update EventLog's Source property (@304NotModified, @Page-Not-Found)
• #1553 Bugfix: Throw configException when registering invalid extension assembly/type. (@304NotModified, @Jeinhaus)
• #1547 LogReceiverWebServiceTarget is leaking communication channels (@MartinTherriault)

Features

• #1471 Add else option to ${when} (@304NotModified)
• #1481 get items for diagnostic contexts (DiagnosticsContextes, GetNames() method) (@tiljanssen)

Fixes

• #1504 Fix ${callsite} with async method with return value (@PELNZ)

Features

• #1423 Injection of zip-compressor for fileTarget (@AndreGleichner)
• #1434 Added constructors with name argument to the target types (@304NotModified, @flyingcroissant)
• #1400 Added WrapLineLayoutRendererWrapper (@mathieubrun)

Improvements

• #1456 FileTarget: Improvements in FileTarget archive cleanup. (@bhaeussermann)
• #1417 FileTarget prevent stackoverflow after setting FileName property on init (@304NotModified)

Fixes

• #1454 Fix LoggingRule.ToString (@304NotModified)
• #1453 Fix potential nullref exception in LogManager.Shutdown() (@304NotModified)
• #1450 Fix duplicate Target after config Initialize (@304NotModified)
• #1446 FileTarget: create dir if CreateDirs=true and replacing file content (@304NotModified)
• #1432 Check if directory NLog.dll is detected in actually exists (@gregmac)

Other

• #1440 Added extra unit tests for context classes (@304NotModified)

• #1411 MailTarget: fix "From" errors (bug introduced in NLog 4.3.2) (@304NotModified)