[ANNOUNCE] Apache Log4j `2.24.2` released

The Apache Log4j team is pleased to announce the `2.24.2`
release. Apache Log4j is a versatile, industrial-strength
Java logging framework composed of an API, its implementation,
and components to assist the deployment for various use cases.
For further information (support, download, etc.) see the project
website[1].

[1] https://logging.apache.org/log4j/2.x/index.html

== Release Notes

This release fixes a critical bug in Log4j API initialization code, 
which can
  cause `LogManager.getLogger()` to return `null` under certain conditions.
See #3143[1] for details.

[1] https://github.com/apache/logging-log4j2/issues/3143

=== Fixed

* Fix key removal issues in Thread Context (#3048)
* Use hard references to ``Logger``s in `LoggerRegistry`. (#3143)
* Fix `ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException` in JSON Template Layout truncated
   exception resolver (#3216)