(tomcat) branch 9.0.x updated: Fix handling of login-config merge conflict

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The following commit(s) were added to refs/heads/9.0.x by this push:
     new 75339c48a0 Fix handling of login-config merge conflict
75339c48a0 is described below

commit 75339c48a0236135d244ed730fa4d561d80b372d
Author: Mark Thomas <[email protected]>
AuthorDate: Mon Jul 6 11:21:54 2026 +0100

    Fix handling of login-config merge conflict
---
 java/org/apache/tomcat/util/descriptor/web/WebXml.java | 1 +
 webapps/docs/changelog.xml                             | 8 ++++++++
 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+)

diff --git a/java/org/apache/tomcat/util/descriptor/web/WebXml.java b/java/org/apache/tomcat/util/descriptor/web/WebXml.java
index 2d3c7cda5e..3417f54a70 100644
--- a/java/org/apache/tomcat/util/descriptor/web/WebXml.java
+++ b/java/org/apache/tomcat/util/descriptor/web/WebXml.java
@@ -2207,6 +2207,7 @@ public class WebXml extends XmlEncodingBase implements DocumentProperties.Charse
                     } else {
                         log.error(
                                 sm.getString("webXml.mergeConflictLoginConfig", fragment.getName(), fragment.getURL()));
+                        return false;
                     }
                 }
             }
diff --git a/webapps/docs/changelog.xml b/webapps/docs/changelog.xml
index 5d8207eb93..c4f877216c 100644
--- a/webapps/docs/changelog.xml
+++ b/webapps/docs/changelog.xml
@@ -108,6 +108,14 @@
   issues do not "pop up" wrt. others).
 -->
 <section name="Tomcat 9.0.121 (remm)" rtext="in development">
+  <subsection name="Catalina">
+    <changelog>
+      <fix>
+        Ensure that a <code>login-config</code> conflict when merging web.xml
+        fragments triggers a deployment failure. (markt)
+      </fix>
+    </changelog>
+  </subsection>
   <subsection name="Coyote">
     <changelog>
       <update>