CHANGELOG.md

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Change Log

V4.6.7 (2019/08/25)

Features

• #3531 Added ${object-path} / ${exception:objectpath=PropertyName}, for rendering a property of an object (e.g. an exception) (#3531) (@304NotModified)
• #3560 WhenMethodFilter - Support dynamic filtering using lambda (#3560) (@snakefoot)
• #3184 Added support for dynamic layout renderer in log level filters (e.g. minLevel, maxLevel) (#3184) (@snakefoot)
• #3558 ExceptionLayoutRenderer - Added Source as new format parameter. (@snakefoot)
• #3523 ColoredConsoleTarget - Added DetectOutputRedirected to skip coloring on redirect (@snakefoot)

Improvements

• #3541 MessageTemplateParameters - Improve validation of parameters when isPositional (#3541) (@snakefoot)
• #3546 NetworkTarget - HttpNetworkSender no longer sends out-of-order (@snakefoot)
• #3522 NetworkTarget - Fix InternalLogger.Trace to include Target name (#3522) (@snakefoot)
• #3562 XML config - Support ThrowConfigExceptions=true even when xml is invalid (@snakefoot)
• #3532 Fix summary of NoRawValueLayoutRendererWrapper class (#3532) (@304NotModified)

Performance

• #3540 MessageTemplateParameters - Skip object allocation when no parameters (@snakefoot)
• #3527 XmlLayout - Defer allocation of ObjectReflectionCache until needed (#3527) (@snakefoot)

V4.6.6 (2019/07/14)

Features

• #3514 Added XmlLoggingConfiguration(XmlReader reader) ctor, improved docs and annotations (@dmitrychilli, @304NotModified)
• #3513 AutoFlushTargetWrapper - Added FlushOnConditionOnly property (@snakefoot)

Performance

• #3492 FileTarget - improvements when ConcurrentWrites=false (@snakefoot)

V4.6.5 (2019/06/13)

Bugfixes

• #3476 Fix broken XSD schema - NLog.Schema package (@snakefoot, @304NotModified)

Features

• #3478 XSD: Support in (@304NotModified)
• #3477 ${AppSetting} - Added support for ConnectionStrings Lookup (@snakefoot)
• #3469 LogLevel - Added support for TypeConverter (@snakefoot)
• #3453 Added null terminator line ending for network target (@Kahath)
• #3442 Log4JXmlEventLayout - Added IncludeCallSite + IncludeSourceInfo (@snakefoot)

Improvements

• #3482 Fix typos in docs and comments (@304NotModified)

Performance

• #3444 RetryingMultiProcessFileAppender - better init BufferSize (@snakefoot)

V4.6.4 (2019/05/28)

Bugfixes

• #3392 NLog.Schema: Added missing defaultAction attribute on filters element in XSD (@304NotModified)
• #3415 AsyncWrapper in Blocking Mode can cause deadlock (@snakefoot)

Features

• #3430 Added "Properties" property on Logger for reading and editing properties.(@snakefoot, @304NotModified)
• #3423 ${all-event-properties}: Added IncludeEmptyValues option (@304NotModified)
• #3394 ${when}, support for non-string values (@304NotModified)
• #3398 ${whenEmpty} support for non-string values (@snakefoot, @304NotModified)
• #3391 Added ${environment-user} (@snakefoot)
• #3389 Log4JXmlEventLayout - Added support for configuration of Parameters (@snakefoot)
• #3411 LoggingConfigurationParser - Recognize LoggingRule.RuleName property (@snakefoot)

Improvements

• #3393 Update package descriptions to note the issues with (@304NotModified)
• #3409 Various XSD improvements (NLog.Schema package) (@304NotModified)

Performance

• #3398 ${whenEmpty} faster rendering of string values (@snakefoot, @304NotModified)
• #3405 FilteringTargetWrapper: Add support for batch writing (@snakefoot, @304NotModified)
• #3405 PostFilteringTargetWrapper: performance optimizations (@snakefoot, @304NotModified)
• #3435 Async / buffering wrapper: Improve performance when blocking (@snakefoot)
• #3434 ObjectReflectionCache - Skip property-reflection for IFormattable (@snakefoot)

V4.6.3 (2019/04/30)

Bugfixes

• #3345 Fixed potential memory issue and message duplication with large strings (@snakefoot)
• #3316 TargetWithContext - serialize MDC and MDLC values properly (@304NotModified)

Features

• #3298 Added WithProperty and SetProperty on Logger (@snakefoot)
• #3329 ${EventProperties} - Added ObjectPath for rendering nested property (@snakefoot, @304NotModified)
• #3337 ${ShortDate} added support for IRawValue + IStringValueRenderer (@snakefoot)
• #3328 Added truncate ambient property, e.g. ${message:truncate=80} (@snakefoot)
• #3278 ConsoleTarget & ColoredConsoleTarget - Added AutoFlush and improve default flush behavior (@snakefoot)

Improvements

• #3322 FileTarget - Introduced EnableFileDeleteSimpleMonitor without FileSystemWatcher for non-Windows (@snakefoot)
• #3332 LogFactory - GetLogger should validate name of logger (@snakefoot)
• #3320 FallbackGroupTarget - Fixed potential issue with WINDOWS_PHONE (@snakefoot)
• #3261 NLog config file loading: use process name (e.g. applicationname.exe.nlog) when app.config is not available (@snakefoot)

Performance

• #3311 Split string - avoid allocation of object array. Added StringHelpers.SplitAndTrimTokens (@snakefoot)
• #3305 AppSettingLayoutRenderer - Mark as ThreadSafe and ThreadAgnostic (@snakefoot)

Misc

• #3338 Update docs of various context classes (@304NotModified)
• #3288 Move NLogPackageLoaders for better unittest debugging experience of NLog (@304NotModified)
• #3274 Make HttpNetworkSender mockable, add unit test, introduce NSubsitute (@304NotModified)
• 10 pull requests with refactorings (@snakefoot, @304NotModified)

V4.6.2 (2019/04/02)

Bugfixes

• #3260 Fix escaping nested close brackets when parsing layout renderers (@lobster2012-user)
• #3271 NLog config - Fixed bug where empty xml-elements were ignored (@snakefoot, @jonreis)

V4.6.1 (2019/03/29)

Bugfixes

• #3199 LoggingConfigurationParser - Fixed bug in handling of extensions prefix (@snakefoot)
• #3253 Fix wrong warnings on <nlog> element (only wrong warnings) (#3253) (@snakefoot, @304NotModified)
• #3195 SimpleStringReader: fix DebuggerDisplay value (#3195) (@lobster2012-user)
• #3198 XmlLayout - Fixed missing encode of xml element value (@snakefoot)
• #3191 VariableLayoutRenderer - Fixed format-string for internal logger warning (@snakefoot, @lobster2012-user)
• #3258 Fix error with Embedded Assembly in LogAssemblyVersion (@snakefoot)

Improvements

• #3255 Auto-flush on process exit improvements (@snakefoot)
• #3189 AsyncTaskTarget - Respect TaskDelayMilliseconds on low activity (@snakefoot)

Performance

• #3256 ${NDLC} + ${NDC} - Faster checking when TopFrames = 1 (@snakefoot)
• #3201 ${GDC} reading is now lockfree (#3201) (@snakefoot)

V4.6

Features

• #2363 + #2899 + #3085 + #3091 Database target: support for DbType for parameters (including SqlDbType) - (@hubo0831,@ObikeDev,@sorvis, @304NotModified, @snakefoot)
• #2610 AsyncTargetWrapper with LogEventDropped- + LogEventQueueGrow-events (@Pomoinytskyi)
• #2670 + #3014 XmlLayout - Render LogEventInfo.Properties as XML (@snakefoot)
• #2678 NetworkTarget - Support for SSL & TLS (@snakefoot)
• #2709 XML Config: Support for constant variable in level attributes (level, minlevel, etc) (@304NotModified)
• #2848 Added defaultAction for (@304NotModified)
• #2849 IRawValue-interface and ${db-null} layout renderer (@304NotModified)
• #2902 JsonLayout with support for System.Dynamic-objects (@304NotModified)
• #2907 New Substring, Left & Right Wrappers (@304NotModified)
• #3098 support for one or more '*' and '?' wildcards and in any position (@beppemarazzi)
• #2909 AsyncTaskTarget - BatchSize + RetryCount (@snakefoot)
• #3018 ColoredConsoleTarget - Added EnableAnsiOutput option (VS Code support) (@jp7677 + @snakefoot)
• #3031 + #3092 Support ${currentdir},${basedir},${tempdir} and Environment Variables for internalLogFile when parsing nlog.config (@snakefoot)
• #3050 Added IncludeGdc property in JsonLayout (@casperc89)
• #3071 ${HostName} Layout Renderer for full computer DNS name (@amitsaha)
• #3053 ${AppSetting} Layout Renderer (app.config + web.config) moved from NLog.Extended for NetFramework (@snakefoot)
• #3060 TargetWithContext - Support for PropertyType using IRawValue-interface (@snakefoot)
• #3124 NetworkTarget - Added support for KeepAliveTimeSeconds (@snakefoot)
• #3129 ConfigSetting - Preregister so it can be accessed without extension registration (#3129) (@snakefoot)

• #3165 Added noRawValue layout wrapper (@snakefoot)

Enhancements

• #2989 JsonLayout includes Type-property when rendering Exception-object (@snakefoot)
• #2891 LoggingConfigurationParser - Extracted from XmlLoggingConfiguration (Prepare for appsettings.json) (@snakefoot)
• #2910 Added support for complex objects in MDLC and NDLC on Net45 (@snakefoot)
• #2918 PerformanceCounter - Improve behavior for CPU usage calculation (@snakefoot)
• #2941 TargetWithContext - Include all properties even when duplicate names (@snakefoot)
• #2974 Updated resharper annotations for better validation (@imanushin)
• #2979 Improve default reflection support on NetCore Native (@snakefoot)
• #3017 EventLogTarget with better support for MaximumKilobytes configuration (@Coriolanuss)
• #3039 Added Xamarin PreserveAttribute for the entire Assembly to improve AOT-linking (@snakefoot)
• #3045 Create snupkg packages and use portable PDB (@snakefoot)
• #3048 KeepFileOpen + ConcurrentWrites on Xamarin + UWP - #3079 (@304NotModified)
• #3082 + #3100 WebService Target allow custom override of SoapAction-header for Soap11 (@AlexeyRokhin)
• #3162 ContextProperty with IncludeEmptyValue means default value for ValueType (#3162) (@snakefoot)
• #3159 AppSettingLayoutRenderer - Include Item for NLog.Extended (@snakefoot)
• #3187 AsyncTaskTarget - Fixed unwanted delay caused by slow writer (@snakefoot)
• Various refactorings (19 pull requests) (@beppemarazzi, @304NotModified, @snakefoot)

Performance

• #2650 AsyncTargetWrapper using ConcurrentQueue for NetCore2 for better thread-concurrency (@snakefoot)
• #2890 AsyncTargetWrapper - TimeToSleepBetweenBatches changed default to 1ms (@snakefoot)
• #2897 InternalLogger performance optimization when LogLevel.Off (@snakefoot)
• #2935 InternalLogger LogLevel changes to LogLevel.Off by default unless being used. (@snakefoot)
• #2934 CsvLayout - Allocation optimizations and optional skip quoting-check for individual columns. (@snakefoot)
• #2949 MappedDiagnosticsLogicalContext - SetScoped with IReadOnlyList (Prepare for MEL BeginScope) (@snakefoot)
• #2973 IRenderString-interface to improve performance for Layout with single LayoutRenderer (@snakefoot)
• #3103 StringBuilderPool - Reduce memory overhead until required (@snakefoot)

LibLog Breaking change

• damianh/LibLog#181 - Sub-components using LibLog ver. 5.0.3 (or newer) will now use MDLC + NDLC (Instead of MDC + NDC) when detecting application is using NLog ver. 4.6. Make sure to update NLog.config to match this change. Make sure that all sub-components have upgraded to LibLog ver. 5.0.3 (or newer) if they make use of OpenNestedContext or OpenMappedContext.

See also NLog 4.6 Milestone

V4.5.11 (2018/11/06)

Enhancements

• #2985 LogBuilder - Support fluent assignment of message-template after properties (@snakefoot)
• #2983 JsonSerializer - Use ReferenceEquals instead of object.Equals when checking for cyclic object loops (#2983) (@snakefoot)
• #2988 NullAppender - Added missing SecuritySafeCritical (@snakefoot)

Fixes

• #2987 JSON encoding should create valid JSON for non-string dictionary-keys (@snakefoot)

V4.5.10 (2018/09/17)

Fixes

• #2883 Fix LoadConfiguration for not found config file (@snakefoot, @304NotModified)

v4.5.9 (2018/08/24)

Fixes

• #2865 JSON encoding should create valid JSON for special double values (@snakefoot)

Enhancements

• #2846 Include Entry Assembly File Location when loading candidate NLog.config (@snakefoot)

v4.5.8 (2018/08/05)

Features

• #2809 MethodCallTarget - Support for Lamba method (@snakefoot)
• #2816 MessageTemplates - Support rendering of alignment + padding (@snakefoot)

Fixes

• #2827 FileTarget - Failing to CreateArchiveMutex should not stop logging (@snakefoot)
• #2830 Auto loading of assemblies was broken in some cases (@snakefoot)

Enhancements

• #2814 LoggingConfiguration - Improves CheckUnusedTargets to handle target wrappers (@snakefoot)

Performance

• #2817 Optimize LayoutRendererWrappers to reduce string allocations (#2817) (@snakefoot)

v4.5.7 (2018/07/19)

Features

• #2792 OutputDebugStringTarget - Support Xamarin iOS and Android (@snakefoot)
• #2776 FileTarget - Introduced OpenFileFlushTimeout to help when AutoFlush = false (@snakefoot)

Fixes

• #2761 ${Callsite} fix class naming when includeNamespace=false and cleanNamesOfAnonymousDelegates=true (@Azatey)
• #2752 JSON: Fixes issue where char types are not properly escaped (#2752) (@smbecker)

Enhancements

• #2804 FileTarget - Do not trust Last File Write TimeStamp when AutoFlush=false (@snakefoot)
• #2763 Throw better error when target name is null (@masters3d)
• #2788 ${Assembly-version} make GetAssembly protected and virtual (@alexangas)
• #2756 LongDateLayoutRenderer: Improve comments (@stic)
• #2749 NLog.WindowsEventLog: Update dependency System.Diagnostics.EventLog to RTM version (@304NotModified)

Performance

• #2797 Better performance with Activator.CreateInstance (@tangdf)

v4.5.6 (2018/05/29)

Fixes

• #2747 JsonSerializer - Generate valid Json when hitting the MaxRecursionLimit (@snakefoot)
• Fixup for NLog.WindowsEventLog package

Enhancements

• #2745 FileTarget - Improve support for Linux FileSystem without BirthTime (@snakefoot)

Performance

• #2744 LogEventInfo - HasProperties should allocate PropertiesDicitonary when needed (@snakefoot)
• #2743 JsonLayout - Reduce allocations when needing to escape string (44% time improvement) (@snakefoot)

v4.5.5 (2018/05/25)

Fixes

• #2736 FileTarget - Calculate correct archive date when multiple file appenders (@snakefoot)

Features

• #2726 WhenRepeated - Support logging rules with multiple targets (@snakefoot)
• #2727 Support for custom targets that implements IUsesStackTrace (@snakefoot)
• #2719 DatabaseTarget: use parameters on install (@Jejuni)

Enhancements

• #2718 JsonLayout - Always stringify when requested (@snakefoot)
• #2739 Target.WriteAsyncLogEvents(IList) to public

Performance

• #2704 Allocation improvement in precalculating layouts (@snakefoot)

v4.5.4 (2018/05/05)

Fixes

• #2688 Faulty invalidate of FormattedMessage when getting PropertiesDictionary (@snakefoot)
• #2687 Fix: NLog.config build-action and copy for non-core projects, it's now "copy if newer" (@304NotModified)
• #2698 FileTarget - Calculate correct archive date, when using Monthly archive (@snakefoot)

Enhancements

• #2673 TargetWithContext - Easier to use without needing to override ContextProperties (@snakefoot)
• #2684 DatabaseTarget - Skip static assembly lookup for .Net Standard (@snakefoot)
• #2689 LogEventInfo - Structured logging parameters are not always immutable (@snakefoot)
• #2679 Target.WriteAsyncThreadSafe should always have exception handler (@snakefoot)
• #2586 Target.MergeEventProperties is now obsolete (@snakefoot)
• Sonar warning fixes: #2691, #2694, #2693, #2690, #2685, #2683, #2696 (@snakefoot, @304NotModified)

v4.5.3 (2018/04/16)

Fixes

• #2662 FileTarget - Improve handling of archives with multiple active files (@snakefoot)

Enhancements

• #2587 Internal Log - Include target type and target name in the log messages (@snakefoot)
• #2651 Searching for NLog Extension Files should handle DirectoryNotFoundException (@snakefoot)

Performance

• #2653 LayoutRenderer ThreadSafe Attribute introduced to allow lock free Precalculate + other small performance improvements (@snakefoot)

v4.5.2 (2018/04/06)

Features

• #2648 ${processtime} and ${time} added invariant option (@snakefoot)

Fixes

• #2643 UWP with NetStandard2 on Net Native does not support Assembly.CodeBase + Handle native methods in StackTrace (#2643) (@snakefoot)
• #2644 FallbackGroupTarget: handle async state on fallback correctly (@snakefoot)

Performance

• #2645 Minor performance optimization of some layoutrenderers (@snakefoot)
• #2642 FileTarget - InitializeFile should skip dictionary lookup when same file (@snakefoot)

v4.5.1 (2018/04/03)

Fixes

• #2637 Fix IndexOutOfRangeException in NestedDiagnosticsLogicalContext (@snakefoot)
• #2638 Handle null values correctly in LogReceiverSecureService (@304NotModified)

Performance

• #2639 MessageTemplates - Optimize ParseHole for positional templates (@snakefoot)
• #2640 FileTarget - InitializeFile no longer need justData parameter + dispose fileapenders earlier (@snakefoot)
• #2628 RoundRobinGroupTarget - Replaced lock with Interlocked for performance (@snakefoot)

v4.5 RTM (2018/03/25)

NLog 4.5 adds structured logging and .NET Standard support/UPW without breaking changes! Also a lot features has been added!

List of important changes in NLog 4.5

Features

• Support for .Net Standard 2.0 #2263 + #2402 (@snakefoot)
• Support for .Net Standard 1.5 #2341 (@snakefoot)
• Support for .Net Standard 1.3 (and UWP) #2441 + #2597 (Remember to manually flush on app suspend). (@snakefoot)
• Introduced Structured logging #2208 + #2262 + #2244 + #2544 (@snakefoot, @304NotModified, @jods4, @nblumhardt) - see https://github.com/NLog/NLog/wiki/How-to-use-structured-logging
• Json conversion also supports object properties #2179, #2555 (@snakefoot, @304NotModified)
• event-properties layout-renderer can now render objects as json #2241 (@snakefoot, @304NotModified)
• exception layout-renderer can now render exceptions as json #2357 (@snakefoot)
• Default file archive logic is now easier to use #1993 (@snakefoot)
• Introduced InstallationContext.ThrowExceptions #2214 (@rbarillec)
• WebServiceTarget - Allow configuration of proxy address #2375 (@snakefoot)
• WebServiceTarget - JsonPost with JsonLayout without being wrapped in parameter #2590 (@snakefoot)
• ${guid}, added GeneratedFromLogEvent #2226 (@snakefoot)
• TraceTarget RawWrite to always perform Trace.WriteLine independent of LogLevel #1968 (@snakefoot)
• Adding OverflowAction options to BufferingTargetWrapper #2276 (@mikegron)
• WhenRepeatedFilter - Filtering of identical LogEvents #2123 + #2297 (@snakefoot)
• ${callsite} added CleanNamesOfAsyncContinuations option #2292 (@tkhaugen, @304NotModified)
• ${ndlctiming} allows timing of ndlc-scopes #2377 (@snakefoot)
• NLogViewerTarget - Enable override of the Logger-name #2390 (@snakefoot)
• ${sequenceid} added #2411 (@MikeFH)
• Added "regex-matches" for filtering #2437 (@MikeFH)
• ${gdc}, ${mdc} & {mdlc} - Support Format parameter #2500 (@snakefoot)
• ${currentDir} added #2491 (@UgurAldanmaz)
• ${AssemblyVersion}: add type (File, Assembly, Informational) option #2487 (@alexangas)
• FileTarget: Support byte order mark #2456 (@KYegres)
• TargetWithContext - Easier to create custom NLog targets with support for MDLC and NDLC #2467 (@snakefoot)
• ${callname-filename} - Without line number #2591 (@brunotag)
• MDC + MDLC with SetScoped property support #2592 (@MikeFH)
• LoggingConfiguration AddRule includes final-parameter #2612 (@893949088)

Fixes

• Improve archive stability during concurrent file access #1889 (@snakefoot)
• FallbackGroup could lose log events #2265 (@frabar666)
• ${exception} - only include separator when items are available #2257 (@jojosardez)
• LogFactory - Fixes broken EventArgs for ConfigurationChanged #1897 (@snakefoot)
• Do not report wrapped targets as unused targets #2290 (@thesmallbang)
• Added IIncludeContext, implemented missing properties #2117 (@304NotModified)
• Improve logging of callsite linenumber for async-methods #2386 (@snakefoot)
• NLogTraceListener - DisableFlush is enabled by default when AutoFlush=true #2407 (@snakefoot)
• NLogViewer - Better defaults for connection limits #2404 (@304NotModified)
• LoggingConfiguration.LoggingRules is not thread safe #2393, #2418
• Fix XmlLoggingConfiguration reloading #2475 (@snakefoot)
• Database Target now supports EntityFramework ConnectionStrings #2510 (@Misiu, @snakefoot)
• LoggingConfiguration.RemoveTarget now works while actively logging #2549 (@jojosardez, @snakefoot)
• FileTarget does not fail on platforms without global mutex support #2604 (@snakefoot)
• LoggingConfiguration does not fail when AutoReload is not possible on the platforms without FileWatcher #2603 (@snakefoot)

Performance

• More targets has OptimizeBufferReuse enabled by default #1913 + #1923 + #1912 + #1911 + #1910 + #1909 + #1908 + #1907 + #2560 (@snakefoot)
• StringBuilderPool - Improved Layout Render Performance by reusing StringBuilders #2208 (@snakefoot)
• JsonLayout - Improved Layout Performance, by optimizing use of StringBuilder #2208 (@snakefoot)
• FileTarget - Faster byte-encoding of log messsages, by using crude Encoding.GetMaxByteCount() instead of exact Encoding.GetByteCount() #2208 (@snakefoot)
• Target - Precalculate Layout should ignore sub-layouts for complex layout (Ex Json) #2378 (@snakefoot)
• MessageLayoutRenderer - Skip string.Format allocation (for caching) when writing to a single target, instead format directly into output buffer. #2507 (@snakefoot)

Changes since rc 07:

• #2621 Single Target optimization logic refactored to reuse optimization approval (@snakefoot)
• #2622 NetworkTarget - Http / Https should not throw on async error response (@snakefoot)
• #2619 NetworkTarget - Reduce allocation when buffer is less than MaxMessageSize (@snakefoot)
• #2616 LogManager.Shutdown - Should disable file watcher and avoid auto reload (@snakefoot)
• #2620 Single Target optimization should only be done when parseMessageTemplate = null (@snakefoot)

v4.5-rc07 (2018/03/07)

• #2614 NLog 4.5 RC7 changelog & version (@304NotModified)
• #2612 add final param to AddRule Methods (#2612) (@893949088)
• #2590 WebServiceTarget - JsonPost with support for single nameless parameter (@snakefoot)
• #2604 FileTarget - Failing to CreateArchiveMutex should not stop logging (#2604) (@snakefoot)
• #2592 Make Set methods of MDC and MDLC return IDisposable (#2592) (@MikeFH)
• #2591 callsite-filename renderer (#2591) (@brunotag)
• #2597 Replace WINDOWS_UWP with NETSTANDARD1_3 to support UWP10 shared libraries (@snakefoot)
• #2599 TryImplicitConversion should only check object types (@snakefoot)
• #2595 IsSafeToDeferFormatting - Convert.GetTypeCode is faster and better (@snakefoot)
• #2609 NLog - Fix Callsite when wrapping ILogger in Microsoft Extension Logging (@snakefoot)
• #2613 Attempt to make some unit-tests more stable (@snakefoot)
• #2603 MultiFileWatcher - Improve error handling if FileSystemWatcher fails (@snakefoot)

v4.5-rc06 (2018/02/20)

• #2585 NLog 4.5 rc6 version and changelog (#2585) (@304NotModified)
• #2581 MessageTemplateParameter(s) ctors to internal (@304NotModified)
• #2576 Fix possible infinite loop in message template parser + better handling incorrect templates (@304NotModified)
• #2580 ColoredConsoleTarget.cs: Fix typo (@perlun)

v4.5-rc05 (2018/02/13)

• #2571 4.5 rc5 version and release notes (@304NotModified)
• #2572 copyright 2018 (@304NotModified)
• #2570 Update nuspec NLog.Config and NLog.Schema (@304NotModified)
• #2542 Added TooManyStructuredParametersShouldKeepBeInParamList testcase (@304NotModified)
• #2467 TargetWithContext - Easier to capture snapshot of MDLC and NDLC context (#2467) (@snakefoot)
• #2555 JsonLayout - Added MaxRecursionLimit and set default to 0 (@snakefoot)
• #2568 WebServiceTarget - Rollback added Group-Layout (@snakefoot)
• #2544 MessageTemplate renderer with support for mixed mode templates (@snakefoot)
• #2538 Renamed ValueSerializer to ValueFormatter (@snakefoot)
• #2554 LogBuilder - Check level before allocation of Properties-dictionary (@snakefoot)
• #2550 DefaultJsonSerializer - Reflection should skip index-item-properties (@snakefoot)
• #2549 LoggingConfiguration - FindTargetByName should also find target + fix for logging on a target even after removed (@snakefoot)
• #2548 IAppDomain.FriendlyName should also work on NetStandard15 (@snakefoot)
• #2563 WebService-Target fails internally with PlatformNotSupportedException on NetCore (@snakefoot)
• #2560 Network/NLogViewer/Chainsaw Target - Enabled OptimizeBufferReuse by default, but not for sub classes (@snakefoot)
• #2551 Blackhole LoggingRule without targets (@snakefoot)
• #2534 Docs for DefaultJsonSerializer/(i)ValueSerializer (#2534) (@304NotModified)
• #2519 RegisterItemsFromAssembly - Include assemblies from nuget packages (Strict) (@304NotModified, @snakefoot)
• #2524 FileTarget - Dynamic archive mode with more strict file-mask for cleanup (@snakefoot)
• #2518 DatabaseTarget - Added DbProvider System.Data.SqlClient for NetStandard (@snakefoot)
• #2514 Added missing docgen for different options (Less noise in appveyor) (@snakefoot)

v4.5-rc04 (2018/01/15)

• #2490 LogEventInfo.MessageTemplateParameters as class instead of interface (#2490) (@snakefoot)
• #2510 Database target entity framework connection string (@snakefoot)
• #2513 Update docs for [AppDomainFixedOutput], remove [AppDomainFixedOutput] on ${currentDir} (@NLog)
• #2512 LogManager.LoadConfiguration - Support relative paths by default (@snakefoot)
• #2507 Reduce string allocations for logevents with single target destination (@snakefoot)
• #2491 Added ${currentDir} (#2491) (@UgurAldanmaz)
• #2500 ${gdc}, ${mdc} & {mdlc} - Support Format parameter (@snakefoot)
• #2497 RegisterItemsFromAssembly - Include assemblies from nuget packages (Fix) (@snakefoot)
• #2472 LogManager.LoadConfiguration - Prepare for custom config file readers (@snakefoot)
• #2486 JsonConverter- Sanitize Exception.Data dictionary keys option (on by default) (@snakefoot)
• #2495 MultiFileWatcher - Detach from FileSystemWatcher before disposing (@snakefoot)
• #2493 RegisterItemsFromAssembly - Include assemblies from nuget packages (@snakefoot)
• #2487 Adds version types to AssemblyVersion layout renderer (#2487) (@alexangas)
• #2464 Add methods to enabling/disabling LogLevels (@MikeFH)
• #2477 fix typo (@heldersepu)
• #2485 FileTarget - Dispose Archive-Mutex after completing file-archive (@snakefoot)
• #2475 Fix XmlLoggingConfiguration reloading (@MikeFH)
• #2471 TreatWarningsAsErrors = true (@snakefoot)
• #2462 AsyncLogEventInfo - Removed private setter (@snakefoot)

v4.5-rc03 (2017/12/11)

• #2460 NLog 4.5 rc3 version and changelog (@304NotModified)
• #2459 StringBuilderExt.CopyToStream - Optimize MemoryStream allocation (@snakefoot)
• #2456 FileTarget: Support byte order mark (optional) (#2456) (@KYegres)
• #2453 NestedDiagnosticsContext - Only allocate Stack-object on Write (@snakefoot)
• #2458 Document and (minor) refactor on MruCache class (@ie-zero)
• #2452 ThreadLocalStorageHelper - NetStandard only allocate when needed (@snakefoot)

v4.5-rc02 (2017/12/04)

• #2444 NLog 4.5 RC2 version and changelog (@304NotModified)
• #2450 No need to call type(T) (@304NotModified)
• #2451 FileTarget - Improved and less internal logging (@snakefoot)
• #2449 Refactor: fix comment, remove unused, cleanup, String -> string etc (#2449) (@304NotModified)
• #2447 CallSiteInformation - Prepare for fast classname lookup from filename and linenumber (@snakefoot)
• #2446 Refactor - split methodes, remove duplicates (#2446) (@304NotModified)
• #2437 Create regex-matches condition method (#2437) (@MikeFH)
• #2441 Support for UWP platform (@snakefoot)
• #2439 Better config Better Code Hub (@304NotModified)
• #2431 NetCoreApp - Improve auto loading of NLog extension dlls (@snakefoot)
• #2418 LoggingConfiguration - Modify and clone LoggingRules under lock (@snakefoot)
• #2422 Avoid unnecessary string-allocation, skip unnecessary lock (@snakefoot)
• #2419 Logger - Added missing MessageTemplateFormatMethodAttribute + removed obsolete internal method (@snakefoot)
• #2421 Changed IIncludeContext to internal interface until someone needs it (@snakefoot)
• #2417 IsMono - Cache Type.GetType to avoid constant AppDomain.TypeResolve events (@snakefoot)
• #2420 Merged CallSite Test from PR1812 (@snakefoot)

v4.5-rc01 (2017/11/23)

• #2414 Revert breaking change of NestedDiagnosticsLogicalContext.Pop() (@304NotModified)
• #2415 NetStandard15 - Moved dependency System.Xml.XmlSerializer to NLog.Wcf (@snakefoot)
• #2413 NestedDiagnosticsLogicalContext - Protect against double dispose (@snakefoot)
• #2412 MessageTemplate - Render test of DateTime, TimeSpan, DateTimeOffset (@snakefoot)
• #2411 Create SequenceIdLayoutRenderer (@MikeFH)
• #2409 Revert "Avoid struct copy on readonly field access" (@snakefoot)
• #2403 NLog 4.5 beta 8 (@304NotModified)
• #2406 From [StringFormatMethod] to [MessageTemplateFormatMethod] (@304NotModified)
• #2402 Introduced NLog.Wcf and Nlog.WindowsIdentity for .NET standard (@snakefoot)
• #2404 Updated NLog viewer target defaults (@304NotModified)
• #2405 Added unit test for JsonLayout - serialize of objects (@304NotModified)
• #2407 NLogTraceListener - set DisableFlush true by default (@snakefoot)
• #2401 MailTarget is supported by NetStandard2.0 (but without SmtpSection) (@snakefoot)
• #2398 Log4JXml - Fixed initalization of XmlWriterSettings for IndentXml (@snakefoot)
• #2386 LogEventInfo.StackTrace moved into CallSiteInformation (@snakefoot)
• #2399 Avoid struct copy on readonly field access (@snakefoot)
• #2389 Fixed Sonar Lint code analysis warnings (@snakefoot)
• #2396 Update xunit and Microsoft.NET.Test.Sdk (@304NotModified)
• #2387 JsonConverter - Do not include static properties by default (@snakefoot)
• #2392 Removed unneeded default references like System.Drawing for NetFramework (@snakefoot)
• #2390 NLogViewerTarget - Enable override of the Logger-name (@snakefoot)
• #2385 FileTarget - ArchiveMutex only created when needed (@snakefoot)
• #2378 Target - Precalculate Layout should ignore sub-layouts for complex layouts (@snakefoot)
• #2388 PropertiesDictionary - Removed obsolete (private) method (@snakefoot)
• #2384 InternalLogger should work when NetCore loads NetFramework DLL (@snakefoot)
• #2377 NDLC - Perform low resolution scope timing (@snakefoot)
• #2372 Log4JXmlEventLayoutRenderer - Minor platform fixes for IncludeNdlc (@snakefoot)
• #2371 FileTarget - Enable archive mutex for Unix File Appender (if available) (@snakefoot)
• #2375 WebServiceTarget - Allow configuration of proxy address (@snakefoot)
• #2362 NLog - NETSTANDARD1_5 (Cleanup package references) (@snakefoot)
• #2361 Use expression-bodied members (@c0shea)

v4.5-beta07 (2017/10/15)

• #2359 WrapperLayoutRendererBase - Transform with access to LogEventInfo (@snakefoot)
• #2357 ExceptionLayoutRenderer - Support Serialize Format (@snakefoot)
• #2358 WrapperLayoutRendererBuilderBase - Transform with access to LogEventInfo (@snakefoot)
• #2314 Refactor InternalLogger class (@304NotModified, @ie-zero)
• #2356 NLog - MessageTemplates - Renamed config to parseMessageTemplates (@snakefoot)
• #2353 remove old package.config (@304NotModified)
• #2354 NLog - NETSTANDARD1_5 (revert breaking change) (@snakefoot)
• #2342 Remove redundant qualifiers (#2342) (@c0shea)
• #2349 NLog - NETSTANDARD1_5 (Fix uppercase with culture) (@snakefoot)
• #2341 NLog - NETSTANDARD1_5 (@snakefoot)

v4.5-beta06 (2017/10/12)

• #2346 Add messageTemplateParser to XSD (@304NotModified)
• #2348 NLog MessageTemplateParameter with CaptureType (@snakefoot)

v4.5-beta05 (2017/10/12)

• #2340 NLog - MessageTemplateParameters - Always parse when IsPositional (@304NotModified, @snakefoot)
• #2337 Use string interpolation (@c0shea)
• #2327 Naming: consistent private fields (@304NotModified)

v4.5-beta04 (2017/10/10)

• #2318 NLog 4.5 beta 4 (@304NotModified)
• #2326 NLog - ValueSerializer - Faster integer and enum (@snakefoot)
• #2328 fix xunit warning (@304NotModified)
• #2117 Added IIncludeContext, implemented missing properties, added includeNdlc, sync NDLC and NDC (@304NotModified)
• #2317 More explicit side effect (@304NotModified)
• #2290 Do not report wrapped targets as unused targets (#2290) (@thesmallbang)
• #2319 NLog - MessageTemplateParameter - IsReservedFormat (@snakefoot)
• #2316 LogManager.LogFactory public (@304NotModified)
• #2208 Added Structured events / Message Templates (@snakefoot)
• #2312 Improve stability of unstable test on Travis: BufferingTargetWrapperA… (@304NotModified)
• #2309 2017 copyright in T4 files (@304NotModified)
• #2292 ${callsite} added CleanNamesOfAsyncContinuations option (#2292) (@304NotModified)
• #2310 Upgrade xUnit to 2.3.0 RTM (@304NotModified)
• #2313 Removal of old package.config files (@304NotModified)
• #1872 FileTarget: more internal logging (@304NotModified)
• #1897 LogFactory - Fixed EventArgs for ConfigurationChanged (@snakefoot)
• #2301 Docs, rename and refactor of PropertiesDictionary/MessageTemplateParameters (@304NotModified)
• #2302 Copyright to 2017 (@304NotModified)
• #2262 LogEventInfo.MessageTemplate - Subset of LogEventInfo.Properties (@snakefoot)
• #2300 Fixed title (@304NotModified)

v4.5-beta03 (2017/09/30)

• #2298 Search also for lowercase nlog.config (@304NotModified)
• #2297 WhenRepeatedFilter - Log after timeout (@snakefoot)

v4.5-beta01 (2017/09/16)

• #2263 Support .NET Standard 2.0 and move to VS 2017 (@snakefoot)

v4.4.13 (2018/02/28)

Fixes

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

v4.4.12 (2017/08/08)

Fixes

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

v4.4.11 (2017/06/17)

Fixes

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

v4.4.10 (2017/05/31)

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: after 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)

v4.4.9

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)

v4.4.8 (2017/04/28)

Features

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

v4.4.7 (2017/04/25)

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)

v4.4.6 (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)

v4.4.5 (2017/03/28)

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)

4.4.4 (2017/03/10)

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)

4.4.3 (2017/02/17)

Fixes

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

4.4.2 (2017/02/06)

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)

v4.4.1 (2016/12/24)

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)

v4.4 (2016/12/14)

Features

• #1583 Don't stop logging when there is an invalid layoutrenderer in the layout. (@304NotModified)
• #1740 WebServiceTarget support for JSON & Injecting JSON serializer into NLog (#1740) (@tetrodoxin)
• #1754 JsonLayout: JsonLayout: add includeAllProperties & excludeProperties (@aireq)
• #1439 Allow comma separated values (List) for Layout Renderers in nlog.config (@304NotModified)
• #1782 Improvement on #1439: Support Generic (I)List and (I)Set for Target/Layout/Layout renderers properties in nlog.config (@304NotModified)
• #1769 Optionally keeping variables during configuration reload (@nazim9214)
• #1514 Add LimitingTargetWrapper (#1514) (@Jeinhaus)
• #1581 Registering Layout renderers with func (one line needed), easier registering layout/layoutrender/targets (@304NotModified)
• #1735 UrlHelper - Added standard support for UTF8 encoding, added support for RFC2396 & RFC3986 (#1735) (@snakefoot)
• #1768 ExceptionLayoutRenderer - Added support for AggregateException (@snakefoot)
• #1752 Layout processinfo with support for custom Format-string (@snakefoot)
• #1836 Callsite: add includeNamespace option (@304NotModified)
• #1817 Added condition to AutoFlushWrappper (@nazim9214)

Improvements

• #1732 Handle duplicate attributes (error or using first occurence) in nlog.config (@nazim9214)
• #1778 ConsoleTarget - DetectConsoleAvailable - Disabled by default (@snakefoot)
• #1585 More clear internallog when reading XML config (@304NotModified)
• #1784 ProcessInfoLayoutRenderer - Applied usage of LateBoundMethod (@snakefoot)
• #1771 FileTarget - Added extra archive check is needed, after closing stale file handles (@snakefoot)
• #1779 Improve performance of filters (2-3 x faster) (@snakefoot)
• #1780 PropertiesLayoutRenderer - small performance improvement (@snakefoot)
• #1776 Don't crash on an invalid (xml) app.config by default (@304NotModified)
• #1763 JsonLayout - Performance improvements (@snakefoot)
• #1755 General performance improvement (@snakefoot)
• #1756 WindowsMultiProcessFileAppender (@snakefoot, @AndreGleichner)

v4.3.11 (2016/11/07)

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)

v4.3.10 (2016/10/11)

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)

v4.3.9 (2016/09/18)

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)

v4.3.8 (2016/09/05)

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)

v4.3.7 (2016/08/06)

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)

v4.3.6 (2016/07/24)

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)

v4.3.5 (2016/06/13)

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)

v4.3.4 (2016/05/16)

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)

v4.3.3 (2016/04/28)

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

v4.3.2 (2016/04/26)

• #1404 FileTarget cleanup: move to background thread. (@304NotModified)
• #1403 Fix filetarget: Thread was being aborted (#2) (@304NotModified)
• #1402 Getting the 'From' when UseSystemNetMailSettings is true (@MoaidHathot)
• #1401 Allow target configuration to support a hierachy of XML nodes (#1401) (@304NotModified)
• #2 Fix filetarget: Thread was being aborted (#2) (@304NotModified)
• #1394 Make test methods public (#1394) (@luigiberrettini)
• #1393 Remove test dependency on locale (@luigiberrettini)

v4.3.1 (2016/04/20)

• #1386 Fix "allLayouts is null" exception (@304NotModified)
• #1387 Fix filetarget: Thread was being aborted (@304NotModified)
• #1383 Fix configuration usage in ${var} renderer (@bhaeussermann, @304NotModified)

v4.3.0 (2016/04/16)

• #1211 Update nlog.config for 4.3 (@304NotModified)
• #1368 Update license (@304NotModified)

v4.3.0-rc3 (2016/04/09)

• #1348 Fix nullref + fix relative path for file archive (@304NotModified)
• #1352 Fix for writing log file to root path (@304NotModified)
• #1357 autoload NLog.config in assets folder (Xamarin Android) (@304NotModified)
• #1358 no-recusive logging in internallogger. (@304NotModified)
• #1364 Fix stacktraceusage with more than 1 rule (@304NotModified)

v4.3.0-rc2 (2016/03/26)

• #1335 Fix all build warnings (@304NotModified)
• #1336 Throw NLogConfigurationException if TimeToSleepBetweenBatches <= 0 (@vincechan)
• #1333 Fix ${callsite} when loggerType can't be found due to inlining (@304NotModified)
• #1329 Update SHFB (@304NotModified)

v4.3.0-rc1 (2016/03/22)

• #1323 Add TimeStamp options to XML, Appsetting and environment var (@304NotModified)
• #1286 Easier api: AddRule methods, fix AllTargets crash, fix IsLevelEnabled(off) crash, refactor internal (@304NotModified)
• #1317 don't require ProviderName attribute when using (app.config etc) (@304NotModified)
• #1316 Fix scan for stacktrace usage (bug never released) (@304NotModified)
• #1299 Also use logFactory for ThrowConfigExceptions (@304NotModified)
• #1309 Added nested json from xml unit test (@pysco68, @304NotModified)
• #1310 Fix threadsafe issue of GetLogger / GetCurrentClassLogger (+improve performance) (@304NotModified)
• #1313 Added the NLog.Owin.Logging badges to README packages list (@pysco68)
• #1222 internalLogger, write to System.Diagnostics.Debug / System.Diagnostics.Trace #1217 (@bryjamus)
• #1303 Fix threadsafe issue of ScanProperties3 (@304NotModified)
• #1273 Added the ability to allow virtual paths for SMTP pickup directory (@michaeljbaird)
• #1298 NullReferenceException fix for VariableLayoutRenderer (@neris)
• #1295 Fix Callsite render bug introducted in 4.3 beta (@304NotModified)
• #1285 Fix: {$processtime} has incorrect milliseconds formatting (@304NotModified)
• #1296 CachedLayoutRender: allow ClearCache as (ambient) property (@304NotModified)
• #1294 Fix thread-safe issue ScanProperties (@304NotModified)
• #1281 FileTargetTests: Fix runtime overflow-of-minute issue in DateArchive_SkipPeriod. (@bhaeussermann)
• #1274 FileTarget: Fix archive does not work when date in file name. (@bhaeussermann)
• #1275 Less logging for unstable unit tests (and also probably too much) (@304NotModified)
• #1270 Added testcase (NestedJsonAttrTest) (@304NotModified)
• #1279 Fix tests to ensure all AsyncTargetWrapper's are closed. (@bhaeussermann)
• #1238 Control throwing of NLogConfigurationExceptions (LogManager.ThrowConfigExceptions) (@304NotModified)
• #1265 More thread-safe method (@304NotModified)
• #1260 try read nlog.config in ios/android (@304NotModified)
• #1253 Added docs for UrlEncode (@304NotModified)
• #1252 improve InternalLoggerTests unit test (@304NotModified)
• #1259 Internallogger improvements (@304NotModified)
• #1258 fixed typo in NLog.config (@icnocop)
• #1256 Badges Shields.io -> Badge.fury.io (@304NotModified)
• #1225 XmlLoggingConfiguration: Set config values on correct LogFactory object (@bhaeussermann, @304NotModified)
• #1 Fix ambiguity in cref in comments. (@304NotModified)
• #1254 Remove SubversionScc / AnkhSVN info from solutions (@304NotModified)
• #1247 Init version issue template (@304NotModified)
• #1245 Add Logger.Swallow(Task task) (@breyed)
• #1246 added badges UWP / web.ASPNET5 (@304NotModified)
• #1227 LogFactory: Add generic-type versions of GetLogger() and GetCurrentClassLogger() (@bhaeussermann)
• #1242 Improve unit test (@304NotModified)
• #1213 Log more to InternalLogger (@304NotModified)
• #1240 Added StringHelpers + StringHelpers.IsNullOrWhiteSpace (@304NotModified)
• #1239 Fix unstable MDLC Unit test + MDLC free dataslot (@304NotModified, @MikeFH)
• #1236 Bugfix: Internallogger creates folder, even when turned off. (@eduardorascon)
• #1232 Fix HttpGet protocol for WebService (@MikeFH)
• #1223 Fix deadlock on Factory (@304NotModified)

v4.3.0-beta2 (2016/02/04)

• #1220 FileTarget: Add internal logging for archive date. (@bhaeussermann)
• #1214 Better unit test cleanup between tests + fix threadsafe issue ScanProperties (@304NotModified)
• #1212 Support reading nlog.config from Android assets folder (@304NotModified)
• #1215 FileTarget: Archiving not working properly with AsyncWrapper (@bhaeussermann)
• #1216 Added more docs to InternalLogger (@304NotModified)
• #1207 FileTarget: Fix Footer for archiving. (@bhaeussermann)
• #1210 Added extra unit test (@304NotModified)
• #1191 Throw exception when base.InitializeTarget() is not called + inline GetAllLayouts() (@304NotModified)
• #1208 FileTargetTests: Supplemented ReplaceFileContentsOnEachWriteTest() to test with and without header and footer (@bhaeussermann)
• #1197 Improve XML Docs (@304NotModified)
• #1200 Added unit test for K datetime format (@304NotModified)

4.3.0-beta1 (2016/01/27)

• #1143 Consistent Exception handling v3 (@304NotModified)
• #1195 FileTarget: added ReplaceFileContentsOnEachWriteTest (@304NotModified)
• #925 RegistryLayoutRenderer: Support for layouts, RegistryView (32, 64 bit) and all root key names (HKCU/HKLM etc) (@304NotModified, @Niklas-Peter)
• #1157 FIx (xml-) config classes for thread-safe issues (@304NotModified)
• #1183 FileTarget: Fix compress archive file not working when using concurrentWrites="True" and keepFileOpen="True" (@bhaeussermann)
• #1187 MethodCallTarget: allow optional parameters, no nullref exceptions. +unit tests (@304NotModified)
• #1171 Coloredconsole not compiled regex by default (@304NotModified)
• #1173 Unit test added for Variable node (@UgurAldanmaz)
• #1138 Callsite fix for async methods (@304NotModified)
• #1126 Fix and test archiving when writing to same file from different processes (@bhaeussermann)
• #1170 LogBuilder: add StringFormatMethod Annotations (@304NotModified)
• #1127 Max message length option for Eventlog target (@UgurAldanmaz)
• #1149 Fix crash during delete of old archives & archive delete optimization (@brutaldev)
• #1154 Fix nuget for Xamarin.iOs (@304NotModified)
• #1159 README-developers.md: Added pull request checklist. (@bhaeussermann)
• #1131 Reducing memory allocations in ShortDateLayoutRenderer by caching the formatted date. (@epignosisx)
• #1141 Remove code dup of InternalLogger (T4) (@304NotModified)
• #1144 add doc (@304NotModified)
• #1142 PropertyHelper: rename to readable names (@304NotModified)
• #1139 Reduce Memory Allocations in LongDateLayoutRenderer (@epignosisx)
• #1112 ColoredConsoleTarget performance improvements. (@bhaeussermann)
• #1135 FileTargetTests: Fix DateArchive_SkipPeriod test. (@bhaeussermann)
• #1119 FileTarget: Use last-write-time for archive file name (@bhaeussermann)
• #1089 Support For Relative Paths in the File Targets (@Page-Not-Found)
• #1068 Overhaul ExceptionLayoutRenderer (@Page-Not-Found)
• #1125 FileTarget: Fix continuous archiving bug. (@bhaeussermann)
• #1113 Bugfix: EventLogTarget OnOverflow=Split writes always to Info level (@UgurAldanmaz)
• #1116 Config: Implemented inheritance policy for autoReload in included config files (@bhaeussermann)
• #1100 FileTarget: Fix archive based on time does not always archive. (@bhaeussermann)
• #1110 Fix: Deadlock in NetworkTarget (@kt1996)
• #1109 FileTarget: Fix archiving for ArchiveFileName without a pattern. (@bhaeussermann)
• #1104 Merge from 4.2.3 (Improve performance of FileTarget, performance GDC) (@304NotModified, @epignosisx)
• #1095 Fix find calling method on stack trace (@304NotModified)
• #1099 Added extra callsite unit tests (@304NotModified)
• #1084 Log unused targets to internal logger (@UgurAldanmaz)

4.2.3 (2015/12/12)

• #1083 Changed the heading in Readme file (@Page-Not-Found)
• #1081 Update README.md (@UgurAldanmaz)
• #4 Update from base repository (@304NotModified, @bhaeussermann, @ie-zero, @epignosisx, @stefandevo, @nathan-schubkegel)
• #1066 Add AllLevels and AllLoggingLevels to LogLevel.cs. (@rellis-of-rhindleton)
• #1062 Fix Xamarin Build in PR (and don't fail in fork) (@304NotModified)
• #1061 skip xamarin-dependent steps in appveyor PR builds (@nathan-schubkegel)
• #1040 Xamarin (iOS, Android) and Windows Phone 8 (@304NotModified, @stefandevo)
• #1041 EventLogTarget: Add overflow action for too large messages (@epignosisx)

4.2.2 (2015/11/21)

• #1054 LogReceiverWebServiceTarget.CreateLogReceiver() should be virtual (@304NotModified)
• #1048 Var layout renderer improvements (@304NotModified)
• #1043 Moved sourcecode tests to separate tool (@304NotModified)

4.2.1-RC1 (2015/11/13)

• #1031 NetworkTarget: linkedlist + configure max connections (@304NotModified)
• #1037 Added FilterResult tests (@304NotModified)
• #1036 Logbuilder tests + fix passing Off (@304NotModified)
• #1035 Added tests for Conditional logger (@304NotModified)
• #1033 Databasetarget: restored 'UseTransactions' and print warning if used (@304NotModified)
• #1032 Filetarget: Added tests for the 2 kind of slashes (@304NotModified)
• #1027 Reduce memory allocations in Logger.Log when using CsvLayout and JsonLayout (@epignosisx)
• #1020 Reduce memory allocations in Logger.Log by avoiding GetEnumerator. (@epignosisx)
• #1019 Issue #987: Filetarget: Max archives settings sometimes removes to many files (@bhaeussermann)
• #1021 Fix #2 ObjectGraphScanner.ScanProperties: Collection was modified (@304NotModified)
• #994 Introduce FileAppenderCache class (@ie-zero)
• #968 Fix: LogFactoryTests remove Windows specific values (@ie-zero)
• #999 Unit Tests added to LogFactory class (@ie-zero)
• #1000 Fix methods' indentation in LogManager class (@ie-zero)
• #1001 Dump() now uses InternalLogger.Debug() consistent (@ie-zero)

4.2.0 (2015/10/24)

• #996 ColoredConsoleTarget: Fixed broken WholeWords option of highlight-word. (@bhaeussermann)
• #995 ArchiveFileCompression: auto add .zip to compressed filename when archiveName isn't specified (@bhaeussermann)
• #993 changed to nuget appveyor account (@304NotModified)
• #992 added logo (@304NotModified)
• #988 Unit test for proving max-archive bug of #987 (@304NotModified)
• #991 Document FileTarget inner properties/methods (@ie-zero)
• #986 Added more unit tests for max archive with dates in files. (@304NotModified)
• #984 Fixes #941. Add annotations for custom string formatting methods (@bhaeussermann)
• #985 Fix: file archiving DateAndSequence & FileArchivePeriod.Day won't work always (wrong switching day detected) (@304NotModified)
• #982 Document FileTarget inner properties/methods (@ie-zero)
• #983 Remove obsolete code from FileTarget (@ie-zero)
• #981 More tests inner parse + docs (@304NotModified)
• #952 Fixes #931. FileTarget: Log info concerning archiving to internal logger (@bhaeussermann)
• #976 Fix SL4/SL5 warnings by adding/editing XML docs (@304NotModified)
• #973 More fluent unit tests (@304NotModified)
• #975 Fix parse of inner layout (@304NotModified)
• #3 Update (@304NotModified, @UgurAldanmaz, @vbfox, @kevindaub, @Niklas-Peter, @bhaeussermann, @breyed, @wrangellboy)
• #974 Small Codecoverage improvement (@304NotModified)
• #966 Fix: Exception is thrown when archiving is enabled (@304NotModified)
• #939 Bugfix: useSystemNetMailSettings=false still uses .config settings + feature: PickupDirectoryLocation from nlog.config (@dnlgmzddr)
• #972 Added Codecov.io (@304NotModified)
• #971 Removed unneeded System.Drawing references (@304NotModified)
• #967 Getcurrentclasslogger documentation / error messages improvements (@304NotModified)
• #963 FIx: Collection was modified - GetTargetsByLevelForLogger (@304NotModified)
• #954 Issue 941: Add annotations for customer string formatting messages (@wrangellboy)
• #940 Documented default fallback value and RanToCompletion (@breyed)
• #947 Fixes #319. Added IncrementValue property. (@bhaeussermann)
• #945 Added Travis Badge (@304NotModified)
• #944 Skipped some unit tests for Mono (@304NotModified)
• #938 Issue #913: Log NLog version to internal log. (@bhaeussermann)
• #937 Added more registry unit tests (@304NotModified)
• #933 Issue #612: Cached Layout Renderer is reevaluated when LoggingConfiguration is changed (@bhaeussermann)
• #2 Support object vals for mdlc (@UgurAldanmaz)
• #927 Comments change in LogFactory (@Niklas-Peter)
• #926 Assure automatic re-configuration after configuration change (@Niklas-Peter)

4.1.2 (2015/09/20)

• #920 Added AssemblyFileVersion as property to build script (@304NotModified)
• #912 added fluent .properties, fix/add fluent unit tests (@304NotModified)
• #909 added ThreadAgnostic on AllEventPropertiesLayoutRenderer (@304NotModified)
• #910 Fixes "Collection was modified" crash with ReconfigExistingLoggers (@304NotModified)
• #906 added some extra tests (@304NotModified)

4.1.1 (2015/09/12)

• #900 fix generated code after change .tt (#894) (@304NotModified)
• #901 Safe autoload (@304NotModified)
• #894 fix generated code after change .tt (#894) (@304NotModified)
• #896 Support object vals for mdlc (@UgurAldanmaz)
• #898 Resolves Internal Logging With Just Filename (@kevindaub)
• #1 Update from base repository (@304NotModified, @UgurAldanmaz, @vbfox)
• #892 Remove unused windows.forms stuff (@304NotModified)
• #894 Obsolete attribute doesn't specify the correct replacement (@vbfox)

4.1.0 (2015/08/30)

• #884 Changes at MDLC to support .Net 4.0 and .Net 4.5 (@UgurAldanmaz)
• #881 Change GitHub for Windows to GitHub Desktop (@campbeb)
• #874 Wcf receiver client (@kevindaub, @304NotModified)
• #871 ${event-properties} - Added culture and format properties (@304NotModified)
• #861 LogReceiverServiceTests: Added one-way unit test (retry) (@304NotModified)
• #866 FileTarget.DeleteOldDateArchive minor fix (@remye06)
• #872 Updated appveyor.yml (unit test CMD) (@304NotModified)
• #743 Support object values for GDC, MDC and NDC contexts. (@williamb1024)
• #773 Fixed DateAndSequence archive numbering mode + bugfix no max archives (@remye06)
• #858 Fixed travis build with unit tests (@kevindaub, @304NotModified)
• #856 Revert "LogReceiverServiceTests: Added one-way unit test" (@304NotModified)
• #854 LogReceiverServiceTests: Added one-way unit test (@304NotModified)
• #855 Update appveyor.yml (@304NotModified)
• #853 Update appveyor config (@304NotModified)
• #850 Archive files delete right order (@304NotModified)
• #848 Refactor file archive unittest (@304NotModified)
• #820 fix unloaded appdomain with xml auto reload (@304NotModified)
• #789 added config option for breaking change (Exceptions logging) in NLog 4.0 [WIP] (@304NotModified)
• #833 Move MDLC and Traceactivity from Contrib + handle missing dir in filewachter (@304NotModified, @kichristensen)
• #818 Updated InternalLogger to Create Directories If Needed (@kevindaub)
• #844 Fix ThreadAgnosticAttributeTest unit test (@304NotModified)
• #834 Fix SL5 (@304NotModified)
• #827 added test: Combine archive every day and archive above size (@304NotModified)
• #811 Easier API (@304NotModified)
• #816 Overhaul NLog variables (@304NotModified)
• #788 Fix: exception is not correctly logged when calling without message [WIP] (@304NotModified)
• #814 Bugfix: needs to be the first element in the config (@304NotModified)
• #813 Added unit test: reload after replace (@304NotModified)
• #812 Unit tests: added some extra time for completion (@304NotModified)
• #800 Replace NewLines Layout Renderer Wrapper (@flower189)
• #805 Fix issue #804: Logging to same file from multiple processes misses messages (@bhaeussermann)
• #797 added switch to JsonLayout to suppress the extra spaces (@tmusico)
• #809 Improve docs ICreateFileParameters (@304NotModified)
• #808 Added logrecievertest with ServiceHost (@304NotModified)
• #780 Call site line number layout renderer - fix (@304NotModified)
• #776 added SwallowAsync(Task) (@breyed)
• #774 FIxed ArchiveOldFileOnStartup with layout renderer used in ArchiveFileName (@remye06)
• #750 Optional encoding for JsonAttribute (@grbinho)
• #742 Fix monodevelop build. (@txdv)
• #781 All events layout renderer: added IncludeCallerInformation option. (@304NotModified)
• #794 Support for auto loading UNC paths (@mikeobrien)
• #786 added unit test for forwardscomp (@304NotModified)

4.0.1 (2015/06/18)

• #762 Improved config example (@304NotModified)
• #760 Autoload fix for ASP.net + better autoloading logging (@304NotModified)
• #763 Fixed reference for Siverlight (broken and fixed in 4.0.1) (@304NotModified)
• #759 Check if directory watched exists (@kichristensen)
• #755 Fix unneeded breaking change with requirement of MailTarget.SmtpServer (@304NotModified)
• #758 Correct obsolete text (@kichristensen)
• #754 Optimized references (@304NotModified)
• #753 Fix autoflush (@304NotModified)
• #744 Alternate fix for #730 (@williamb1024)
• #751 Fix incorrect loglevel obsolete message (@SimonCropp)
• #747 Correct race condition in AsyncTargetWrapperExceptionTest (@williamb1024)
• #746 Fix for #736 (@akamyshanov)
• #736 fixes issue (#736) when the NLog assembly is loaded from memory (@akamyshanov)
• #715 Message queue target test check if queue exists (@304NotModified)

4.0.0 (2015/05/26)

• #583 .gitattributes specifies which files should be considered as text (@ilya-g)

4.0-RC (2015/05/26)

• #717 Improved description and warning. (@304NotModified)
• #718 GOTO considered harmful (@304NotModified)
• #689 Make alignment stay consistent when fixed-length truncation occurs.(AlignmentOnTruncation property) (@logiclrd)
• #716 Flush always explicit (@304NotModified)
• #714 added some docs for the ConditionalXXX methods (@304NotModified)
• #712 nuspec: added author + added NLog tag (@304NotModified)
• #707 Introduce auto flush behaviour again (@kichristensen)
• #705 EventLogTarget.Source layoutable & code improvements to EventLogTarget (@304NotModified)
• #704 Thread safe: GetCurrentClassLogger test + fix (@304NotModified)
• #703 Added 'lost messages' Webservice unittest (@304NotModified)
• #692 added Encoding property for consoleTarget + ColorConsoleTarget (@304NotModified)
• #699 Added Webservice tests with REST api. (@304NotModified)
• #654 Added unit test to validate the [DefaultValue] attribute values + update DefaultAttributes (@304NotModified)
• #671 Bugfix: Broken xml stops logging (@304NotModified)
• #697 V3.2.1 manual merge (@304NotModified, @kichristensen)
• #698 Fixed where log files couldn't use the same name as archive file (@BrandonLegault)
• #691 Right way to log exceptions (@304NotModified)
• #670 added unit test: string with variable get expanded (@304NotModified)
• #547 Fix use of single archive in file target (@kichristensen)
• #674 Add a Gitter chat badge to README.md (@gitter-badger)
• #629 BOM option/fix for WebserviceTarget + code improvements (@304NotModified)
• #650 fix default value of Commandtype (@304NotModified)
• #651 init TimeStamp and SequenceID in all ctors (@304NotModified)
• #657 Fixed quite a few typos (@sean-gilliam)

v3.2.1 (2015/03/26)

• #600 Looks good (@kichristensen)
• #645 Stacktrace broken fix 321 (@304NotModified)
• #606 LineEndingMode type in xml configuration and xsd schema (@ilya-g)
• #608 Archiving system runs when new log file is created #390 (@awardle)
• #584 Stacktrace broken fix (@304NotModified, @ilya-g)
• #601 Mailtarget allow empty 'To' and various code improvements (@304NotModified)
• #618 Handle .tt in .csproj better (@304NotModified)
• #619 Improved badges (@304NotModified)
• #616 Added DEBUG-Conditional trace and debug methods #2 (@304NotModified)
• #10 Manual merge with master (@304NotModified, @kichristensen, @YuLad, @ilya-g, @MartinTherriault, @aelij)
• #602 Logger overloads generated by T4 (@304NotModified)
• #613 Treat warnings as errors (@304NotModified)
• #9 304 not modified stacktrace broken fix (@304NotModified, @kichristensen, @YuLad, @ilya-g, @MartinTherriault, @aelij)
• #610 Fixed NLog#609 (@dodexahedron)
• #8 Refactoring + comments (@ilya-g)
• #4 HiddenAssemblies list is treated like immutable. (@ilya-g)
• #6 Sync back (@304NotModified, @kichristensen, @YuLad, @ilya-g, @MartinTherriault, @aelij)
• #512 FileTarget uses time from the current TimeSource for date-based archiving (@ilya-g)
• #560 Archive file zip compression (@aelij)
• #576 Instance property XmlLoggingConfiguration.DefaultCultureInfo should not change global state (@ilya-g)
• #585 improved Cyclomatic complexity of ConditionTokenizer (@304NotModified)
• #598 Added nullref checks for MailTarget.To (@304NotModified)
• #582 Fix NLog.proj build properties (@ilya-g)
• #5 Extend stack trace frame skip condition to types derived from the loggerType (@ilya-g)
• #575 Event Log Target unit tests improvement (@ilya-g)
• #556 Enable the counter sequence parameter to take layouts (@304NotModified)
• #559 Eventlog audit events (@304NotModified)
• #565 Set the service contract for LogReceiverTarget as one way (@MartinTherriault)
• #563 Added info sync projects + multiple .Net versions (@304NotModified)
• #542 Delete stuff moved to NLog.Web (@kichristensen)
• #543 Auto load extensions to allow easier integration with extensions (@kichristensen)
• #555 SMTP Closing connections fix (@304NotModified)
• #3 Sync back (@kichristensen, @304NotModified, @YuLad, @ilya-g)
• #544 Escape closing bracket in AppDomainLayoutRenderer test (@kichristensen)
• #546 Update nuget packages project url (@kichristensen)
• #545 Merge exception tests (@kichristensen)
• #540 Added CONTRIBUTING.md and schields (@304NotModified)
• #2 sync back (@kichristensen, @304NotModified, @YuLad, @ilya-g)
• #535 App domain layout renderer (@304NotModified)
• #519 Fluent API available for ILogger interface (@ilya-g)
• #523 Fix for issue #507: NLog optional or empty mail recipient (@YuLad)
• #497 Remove Windows Forms targets (@kichristensen)
• #530 Added Stacktrace layout renderer SkipFrames (@304NotModified)
• #490 AllEventProperties Layout Renderer (@vladikk)
• #517 Fluent API uses the same time source for timestamping as the Logger. (@ilya-g)
• #503 Add missing tags to Nuget packages (@kichristensen)
• #496 Fix monodevelop build (@dmitry-shechtman)
• #489 Add .editorconfig (@damageboy)
• #491 LogFactory Class Refactored (@ie-zero)
• #422 Run logging code outside of transaction (@Giorgi)
• #474 [Fix] ArchiveFileOnStartTest was failing (@ie-zero)
• #479 LogManager class refactored (@ie-zero)
• #478 Get[*]Logger() return Logger instead of ILogger (@ie-zero)
• #481 JsonLayout (@vladikk)
• #473 LineEndingMode Changed to Immutable Class (@ie-zero)
• #469 Corrects a copy-pasted code comment. (@JoshuaRogers)
• #467 LoggingRule.Final only suppresses matching levels. (@ilya-g)
• #465 Fix #283: throwExceptions ="false" but Is still an error (@YuLad)
• #464 Added 'enabled' attribute to the logging rule element. (@ilya-g)

v3.2.0.0 (2014/12/21)

• #463 Pluggable time sources support in NLog.xsd generator utility (@ilya-g)
• #460 Add exception to NLogEvent (@kichristensen)
• #457 Unobsolete XXXExceptions methods (@kichristensen)
• #449 Added new archive numbering mode (@1and1-webhosting-infrastructure)
• #450 Added support for hidden/blacklisted assemblies (@1and1-webhosting-infrastructure)
• #454 DateRenderer now includes milliseconds (@ilivewithian)
• #448 Added unit test to identify work around when using colons within when layout renderers (@reedyrm)
• #447 Change GetCandidateFileNames() to also yield appname.exe.nlog when confi... (@jltrem)
• #443 Implement Flush in LogReceiverWebServiceTarget (@kichristensen)
• #430 Make ExceptionLayoutRenderer more extensible (@SurajGupta)
• #442 BUG FIX: Modification to LogEventInfo.Properties While Iterating (@tsconn23)
• #439 Fix for UDP broadcast (@dmitriyett)
• #415 Fixed issue (#414) with AutoFlush on FileTarget. (@richol)
• #409 Fix loss of exception info when reading Exception.Message property throw... (@wilbit)
• #407 Added some missing [StringFormatMethod]s (@roji)
• #405 Close channel (@kichristensen)
• #404 Correctly delete first line i RichTextBox (@kichristensen)
• #402 Add property to stop scanning properties (@kichristensen)
• #401 Pass correct parameters into ConfigurationReloaded (@kichristensen)
• #397 Improve test run time (@kichristensen)
• #398 Remove obsolete attribute from ErrorException (@kichristensen)
• #395 Speed up network target tests (@kichristensen)
• #394 Always return exit code 0 from test scripts (@kichristensen)
• #393 Avoid uneccassary reflection (@kichristensen)
• #392 Remove EnumerableHelpers (@kichristensen)
• #369 Add of archiveOldFileOnStartup parameter in FileTarget (@cvanbergen)
• #377 Apply small performance patch (@pgatilov)
• #382 contribute fluent log builder (@pwelter34)

v3.1.0 (2014/06/23)

• #371 Use merging of event properties in async target wrapper to fix empty collection issue (@tuukkapuranen)
• #357 Extended ReplaceLayoutRendererWrapper and LayoutParser to support more advanced Regex replacements and more escape codes (@DannyVarod)
• #359 Fix #71 : Removing invalid filename characters from created file (@cvanbergen)
• #366 Fix for #365: Behaviour when logging null arguments (@cvanbergen)
• #372 Fix #370: EventLogTarget source and log name case insensitive comparison (@cvanbergen)
• #358 Made EndpointAddress virtual (@MikeChristensen)
• #353 Configuration to disable expensive flushing in NLogTraceListener (@robertvazan)
• #351 Obsolete added to LogException() method in Logger class. (@ie-zero)
• #352 Remove public constructors from LogLevel (@ie-zero)
• #349 Changed all ReSharper annotations to internal (issue 292) (@MichaelLogutov)

v3.0 (2014/06/02)

• #346 Fix: #333 Delete archived files in correct order (@cvanbergen)
• #347 Fixed #281: Don't create empty batches when event list is empty (@robertvazan)
• #246 Additional Layout Renderer "Assembly-Name" (@Slowpython)
• #344 Replacement for [LogLevel]Exception methods (@ie-zero)
• #337 Fixes an exception that occurs on startup in apps using NLog. AFAIK shou... (@activescott)
• #338 Fix: File target doesn't duplicate header in archived files #245 (@cvanbergen)
• #341 SpecialFolderLayoutRenderer honor file and dir (@arjoe)
• #345 Default value added in EnviromentLayoutRender (@ie-zero)
• #335 Fix/callsite incorrect (@JvanderStad)
• #334 Fixes empty "properties" collection. (@erwinwolff)
• #336 Fix for invalid XML characters in Log4JXmlEventLayoutRenderer (@JvanderStad)
• #329 ExceptionLayoutRenderer extension (@tjandras)
• #323 Update DatabaseTarget.cs (@GunsAkimbo)
• #315 Dispose of dequeued SocketAsyncEventArgs (@gcschorer)
• #300 Avoid NullReferenceException when environment variable not set. (@bkryl)
• #305 Redirects Logger.Log(a, b, ex) to Logger.LogException(a, b, ex) (@arangas)
• #321 Avoid NullArgumentException when running in a Unity3D application (@mattyway)
• #285 Changed modifier of ProcessLogEventInfo (@cincuranet)
• #270 Integrate JetBrains Annotations (@damageboy)

2.1.0 (2013/10/07)

• #257 Fixed SL5 compilation error (@emazv72)
• #241 Date Based File Archiving (@mkaltner)
• #239 Add layout renderer for retrieving values from AppSettings. (@mpareja)
• #227 Pluggable time sources (@robertvazan)
• #226 Shared Mutex Improvement (@cjberg)
• #216 Optional ConditionMethod arguments, ignoreCase argument for standard condition methods, EventLogTarget enhancements (@tg73)
• #219 Avoid Win32-specific file functions in Mono where parts not implemented. (@KeithLRobertson)
• #215 Revert "Fix writing NLog properties in Log4JXmlEvent" (@kichristensen)
• #206 Correctly use comments in NLog.Config package (@kichristensen)

v2.0.1 (2013/04/08)

• #197 Better request queue logging (@kichristensen)
• #192 Allow Form Control Target to specify append direction (@simongh)
• #182 Fix locks around layoutCache (@brutaldev)
• #178 Anonymous delegate class and method name cleanup (@aalex675)
• #168 Deadlock in NLog library using Control-Target (WinForms) (@falstaff84)
• #176 Fix for #175 NLogTraceListener not using LogFactory (@HakanL)
• #163 #110 Exceptions swallowed in custom target (@johnrey1)
• #12 AppDomain testability (@kichristensen)
• #11 Updated code to not log exception double times (@ParthDesai)
• #10 Improved Fix Code for issue 6575 (@ParthDesai)
• #7 Fixed Issue in Code For Invalid XML (@ParthDesai)
• #6 Fix For Issue #7031 (@ParthDesai)
• #5 Codeplex BUG 6227 - LogManager.Flush throws... (@kichristensen)
• #4 Adding a test for pull request #1 which fixes bug 6370 from Codeplex (@sebfischer83)
• #3 TraceTarget no longer blocks on error messages. Fixes Codeplex bug 2599 (@kichristensen)
• #1 Codeplex Bug 6370 (@sebfischer83)

NLog-1.0-RC1 (2006/07/10)

• #27 added Debugger target (#27), fixed Database ${callsite} (#26) (@jkowalski)
• #27 added Debugger target (#27), fixed Database ${callsite} (#26) (@jkowalski)