[ANNOUNCEMENT] Log4j 2.13.3 Released

The Apache Log4j 2 team is pleased to announce the Log4j 2.13.3 release!

Apache Log4j is a well known framework for logging application behavior. =
Log4j 2 is an upgrade to Log4j that provides significant improvements =
over its predecessor, Log4j 1.x, and provides many other modern features =
such as support for Markers, lambda expressions for lazy logging, =
property substitution using Lookups, multiple patterns on a =
PatternLayout and asynchronous Loggers. Another notable Log4j 2 feature =
is the ability to be "garbage-free" (avoid allocating temporary objects) =
while logging. In addition, Log4j 2 will not lose events while =
reconfiguring.

The artifacts may be downloaded from =
https://logging.apache.org/log4j/2.x/download.html.

This release contains a fix for bug LOG4J2-2838.

Due to a break in compatibility in the SLF4J binding, Log4j now ships =
with two versions of the SLF4J to Log4j adapters. log4j-slf4j-impl =
should be used with SLF4J 1.7.x and earlier and log4j-slf4j18-impl =
should be used with SLF4J 1.8.x and later.

Note that the default XML, JSON and YAML formats changed in the 2.11.0 =
release: they no longer have the "timeMillis" attribute and instead have =
an "Instant" element with "epochSecond" and "nanoOfSecond" attributes. =
If the previous behavior is desired the "includeTimeMillis" attribute =
may be set to true on each of the respective Layouts.

The Log4j 2.13.3 API, as well as many core components, maintains binary =
compatibility with previous releases.

GA Release 2.13.3

Changes in this version include:

Fixed Bugs

	=E2=80=A2 LOG4J2-2838: Fix NullPointerException in =
ThreadContextDataInjector.

Apache Log4j 2.13.3 requires a minimum of Java 8 to build and run. Log4j =
2.3 was the last release that supported Java 6 and Log4j 2.12.1 is the =
last release to support Java 7.

For complete information on Apache Log4j 2, including instructions on =
how to submit bug reports, patches, or suggestions for improvement, see =
the Apache Apache Log4j 2 website:

https://logging.apache.org/log4j/2.x/=