log4js-node Changelog

6.9.1

fix(7922e82): regex for stacktrace - thanks @lamweili
- addresses #1377 which has a regression since 6.8.0 from #1363 at commit 7922e82

6.9.0

feat: support for idempotent logging on browser - thanks @aellerton
- addresses #968, #1270, #1288, #1372
docs: added that log4js.getLogger() may call log4js.configure() - thanks @lamweili

6.8.0

feat: added log4js.isConfigured() API - thanks @lamweili
- docs: added log4js.isConfigured() - thanks @lamweili
feat(layout): support a specifier on %m - thanks @lamweili
fix: tilde expansion for windows - thanks @lamweili
docs: updated typescript usage - thanks @lamweili
test: improved test for fileAppender - thanks @lamweili
ci: generate coverage report in both text and html - thanks @lamweili
ci: replaced deprecated github set-output - thanks @lamweili
chore(deps): updated dependencies - thanks @lamweili
- chore(deps): bump streamroller from 3.1.3 to 3.1.5
- chore(deps): updated package-lock.json
chore(deps-dev): updated dependencies - thanks @lamweili
- chore(deps-dev): bump @commitlint/cli from 17.3.0 to 17.4.4
- chore(deps-dev): bump @commitlint/config-conventional from 17.3.0 to 17.4.4
- chore(deps-dev): bump eslint from 8.28.0 to 8.34.0
- chore(deps-dev): bump eslint-config-prettier from 8.5.0 to 8.6.0
- chore(deps-dev): bump eslint-import-resolver-node from 0.3.6 to 0.3.7
- chore(deps-dev): bump eslint-plugin-import from 2.26.0 to 2.27.5
- chore(deps-dev): bump fs-extra from 10.1.0 to 11.1.0
- chore(deps-dev): bump husky from 8.0.2 to 8.0.3
- chore(deps-dev): bump prettier from 2.8.0 to 2.8.4
- chore(deps-dev): bump tap from 16.3.2 to 16.3.4
- chore(deps-dev): bump typescript from 4.9.3 to 4.9.5
- chore(deps-dev): updated package-lock.json
chore(deps-dev): bump json5 from 1.0.1 to 1.0.2 - thanks @Dependabot

6.7.1

type: updated Configuration.levels type to allow for custom log levels - thanks @lamweili
docs: fixed typo in layouts.md - thanks @dtslvr
chore(deps-dev): updated dependencies - thanks @lamweili
- chore(deps-dev): bump @commitlint/cli from 17.1.2 to 17.3.0
- chore(deps-dev): bump @commitlint/config-conventional from 17.1.0 to 17.3.0
- chore(deps-dev): bump eslint from 8.24.0 to 8.28.0
- chore(deps-dev): bump husky from 8.0.1 to 8.0.2
- chore(deps-dev): bump prettier from 2.7.1 to 2.8.0
- chore(deps-dev): bump tap from 16.3.0 to 16.3.2
- chore(deps-dev): bump typescript from 4.8.4 to 4.9.3
- chore(deps-dev): updated package-lock.json

6.7.0

feat(log4js): if cb is passed to shutdown(), it must be a function or it will throw error immediately - thanks @lamweili
feat: patternLayout function name, class name and function alias - thanks @l0ner
- refactor(#1316): code flow and readability (%C:class, %M:function, %A:alias, %F:full - in order) - thanks @lamweili
feat: add ability to use passed in Errors for callstacks and adjust how deeply you want to look for information - thanks @ZachHaber
fix(LoggingEvent): serde for NaN, Infinity, -Infinity, undefined - thanks @lamweili
fix: make shutdown return value consistent - thanks @richardhinkamp
- refactor(#1082): removed return value for log4js.shutdown() - thanks @lamweili
test: adjusted timeout interval for OS operations - thanks @lamweili
refactor(LoggingEvent): loop through location keys instead of hard-coding one-by-one - thanks @lamweili
docs(noLogFilter): fix heading (Category Filter --> No-Log Filter) - thanks @gkalpak
docs(migration-guide): fix typo (have been remove --> have been removed) - thanks @gkalpak
docs: added quotes for just-errors JSON property key - thanks @lamweili
ci: skip prettier on older Node.js (8.x, 10.x, 12.x) - thanks @lamweili
ci: manually downgrade dev dependencies for older versions - thanks @lamweili
ci: removed scheduled job from codeql and separated npm audit - thanks @lamweili
chore(deps): bump typescript from 4.8.3 to 4.8.4 - thanks @lamweili
chore(deps-dev): updated dependencies - thanks @lamweili
- chore(deps-dev): bump nyc from 14.1.1 to 15.1.0
- chore(deps-dev): bump tap from 14.11.0 to 16.3.0
- chore(deps-dev): bump eslint-plugin-prettier from 3.4.1 to 4.2.1
- chore(deps-dev): bump prettier from 1.19.1 to 2.7.1
- chore(deps-dev): updated package-lock.json
chore(deps): updated dependencies - thanks @lamweili
- chore(deps-dev): bump @commitlint/cli from 17.0.3 to 17.1.2
- chore(deps-dev): bump @commitlint/config-conventional from 17.0.3 to 17.1.0
- chore(deps-dev): bump eslint from 6.8.0 to 8.24.0
- chore(deps-dev): bump eslint-config-airbnb-base from 14.2.1 to 15.0.0
- chore(deps-dev): bump eslint-config-prettier from 6.15.0 to 8.5.0
- chore(deps-dev): bump fs-extra from 8.1.0 to 10.1.0
- chore(deps-dev): bump typescript from 4.7.4 to 4.8.3
- chore(deps): bump date-format from 4.0.13 to 4.0.14
- chore(deps): bump flatted from 3.2.6 to 3.2.7
- chore(deps): bump streamroller from 3.1.2 to 3.1.3
- chore(deps): updated package-lock.json

6.6.1

fix: connectlogger nolog function - thanks @eyoboue
type: corrected AppenderModule interface and Recording interface - thanks @lamweili
test: extended timeout interval for OS operations - thanks @lamweili
- test: #1306
- test: #1297
test: support older Node.js versions - thanks @lamweili
ci: added tests for Node.js 8.x - thanks @lamweili
ci: added tests for Node.js 10.x, 18.x - thanks @lamweili
ci: updated codeql from v1 to v2 - thanks @lamweili
chore(deps-dev): bump lodash from 4.17.19 to 4.17.21 - thanks @Dependabot
chore(deps-dev): bump path-parse from 1.0.6 to 1.0.7 - thanks @Dependabot
chore(deps-dev): downgraded nyc from 15.1.0 to 14.1.1 - thanks @lamweili
chore(deps): updated dependencies - thanks @lamweili
- chore(deps): bump date-format from 4.0.11 to 4.0.13
- chore(deps): bump flatted from 3.2.5 to 3.2.6
- chore(deps): bump streamroller from 3.1.1 to 3.1.2
- chore(deps-dev): bump @commitlint/cli from 17.0.2 to 17.0.3
- chore(deps-dev): bump @commitlint/config-conventional from 17.0.2 to 17.0.3
- chore(deps-dev): bump eslint from 8.16.0 to 8.20.0
- chore(deps-dev): bump eslint-plugin-prettier from 4.0.0 to 4.2.1
- chore(deps-dev): bump prettier from 2.6.0 to 2.7.1
- chore(deps-dev): bump tap from 16.2.0 to 16.3.0
- chore(deps-dev): bump typescript from 4.7.2 to 4.7.4
- chore(deps): updated package-lock.json

6.6.0

feat: adding function(req, res) support to connectLogger nolog - thanks @eyoboue
fix: ability to load CJS appenders (through .cjs extension) for ESM packages - thanks @lamweili
type: consistent typing for Logger - thanks @taozi0818
type: Make Appender Type extensible from other modules and the user - thanks @ZachHaber
refactor: clearer logic for invalid level and LOG synonym - thanks @lamweili
style: ran prettier and requires prettier for ci - thanks @ZachHaber
docs: renamed peteriman to lamweili in changelog - thanks @lamweili
ci: replaced validate-commit-msg, fixed husky config, removed codecov - thanks @ZachHaber
chore(deps): updated dependencies - thanks @lamweili
- chore(deps-dev): bump typescript from 4.6.4 to 4.7.2
- chore(deps): bump date-format from 4.0.10 to 4.0.11
- chore(deps): updated package-lock.json

6.5.2

type: add LogEvent.serialise - thanks @marrowleaves

6.5.1

fix: fs.appendFileSync should use flag instead of flags - thanks @lamweili
chore(deps): updated dependencies - thanks @lamweili
- chore(deps): bump streamroller from 3.1.0 to 3.1.1
- chore(deps): updated package-lock.json

6.5.0

feat: logger.log() to be synonym of logger.info() - thanks @lamweili
feat: tilde expansion for filename - thanks @lamweili
fix: better file validation - thanks @lamweili
fix: fallback for logger.log outputs nothing - thanks @lamweili
docs: updated fileAppender maxLogSize documentation - thanks @lamweili
ci: enforced 100% test coverage tests - thanks @lamweili
chore(deps): updated dependencies - thanks @lamweili
- chore(deps-dev): bump eslint from 8.15.0 to 8.16.0
- chore(deps): bump streamroller from 3.0.9 to 3.1.0
- chore(deps): updated package-lock.json

6.4.7

fix: dateFileAppender unable to use units in maxLogSize - thanks @lamweili
type: added fileNameSep for FileAppender and DateFileAppender - thanks @lamweili
docs: updated usage of units for maxLogSize - thanks @lamweili
docs: updated comments in typescript def - thanks @lamweili
chore(deps): updated dependencies - thanks @lamweili
- chore(deps-dev): bump eslint from 8.14.0 to 8.15.0
- chore(deps-dev): bump husky from 7.0.4 to 8.0.1
- chore(deps-dev): bump tap from 16.1.0 to 16.2.0
- chore(deps-dev): bump typescript from 4.6.3 to 4.6.4
- chore(deps): bump date-format from 4.0.9 to 4.0.10
- chore(deps): bump streamroller from 3.0.8 to 3.0.9
- chore(deps): updated package-lock.json
chore(deps): updated dependencies - thanks @lamweili
- chore(deps-dev): bump tap from 16.0.1 to 16.1.0
- chore(deps-dev): updated package-lock.json

6.4.6

chore(deps): updated dependencies - thanks @lamweili
- chore(deps-dev): bump eslint from 8.13.0 to 8.14.0
- chore(deps): bump date-format from 4.0.7 to 4.0.9
- chore(deps): bump streamroller from 3.0.7 to 3.0.8
  - fix: #1216 where promise rejection is not handled (streamroller@3.0.8 changelog)
- chore(deps): updated package-lock.json
chore(deps): updated dependencies - thanks @lamweili
- chore(deps): bump fs-extra from 10.0.1 to 10.1.0
- chore(deps): updated package-lock.json

6.4.5

fix: deserialise for enableCallStack features: filename, lineNumber, columnNumber, callStack - thanks @lamweili
fix: fileDepth for ESM - thanks @lamweili
refactor: replace deprecated String.prototype.substr() - thanks @CommanderRoot
type: LogEvent types - thanks @lamweili
docs: updated typescript usage - thanks @lamweili
chore(deps): updated dependencies - thanks @lamweili
- chore(deps): bump date-format from 4.0.6 to 4.0.7
- chore(deps): bump streamroller from 3.0.6 to 3.0.7
  - fix: #1225 where fs-extra throws error when fs.realpath.native is undefined (streamroller@3.0.7 changelog)
- chore(deps): updated package-lock.json
chore(deps): updated dependencies - thanks @lamweili
- chore(deps-dev): bump eslint from 8.11.0 to 8.13.0
- chore(deps-dev): bump eslint-plugin-import from 2.25.4 to 2.26.0
- chore(deps-dev): bump tap from 16.0.0 to 16.0.1
- chore(deps-dev): bump typescript from 4.6.2 to 4.6.3
- chore(deps-dev): updated package-lock.json
chore(deps-dev): bump minimist from 1.2.5 to 1.2.6 - thanks @Dependabot

6.4.4

fix: set logger.level on runtime will no longer wrongly reset useCallStack - thanks @lamweili
docs: updated docs for broken links and inaccessible pages - thanks @lamweili
docs: broken link to gelf appender - thanks @mattalexx
docs: updated docs for appenders module loading - thanks @leonimurilo
chore(deps): updated dependencies - thanks @lamweili
- chore(deps): bump streamroller from 3.0.5 to 3.0.6
- chore(deps): bump debug from 4.3.3 to 4.3.4
- chore(deps): bump date-format from 4.0.5 to 4.0.6
- chore(deps-dev): bump prettier from 2.5.1 to 2.6.0
- chore(deps): updated package-lock.json

6.4.3

fix: added filename validation - thanks @lamweili
refactor: do not initialise default appenders as it will be done again by configure() - thanks @lamweili
refactor: defensive coding for cluster=null if require('cluster') fails in try-catch - thanks @lamweili
refactor: removed redundant logic in tcp-serverAppender - thanks @lamweili
refactor: removed redundant logic in multiprocessAppender - thanks @lamweili
test: 100% test coverage - thanks @lamweili
- test: part 1 of 3: #1200
- test: part 2 of 3: #1204
- test: part 3 of 3: #1205
- test: improved test cases
docs: updated README.md with badges - thanks @lamweili
docs: added docs for istanbul ignore - thanks @lamweili
docs: updated logger api docs - thanks @lamweili
docs: updated file and fileSync appender docs - thanks @lamweili
chore(lint): improve eslint rules - thanks @lamweili
chore(deps): updated dependencies - thanks @lamweili
- chore(deps-dev): bump eslint from 8.10.0 to 8.11.0
- chore(deps-dev): bump eslint-config-airbnb-base from 13.2.0 to 15.0.0
- chore(deps-dev): bump eslint-config-prettier from 8.4.0 to 8.5.0
- chore(deps-dev): bump tap from 15.1.6 to 16.0.0
- chore(deps): bump date-format from 4.0.4 to 4.0.5
- chore(deps): bump streamroller from 3.0.4 to 3.0.5
- chore(deps): updated package-lock.json

6.4.2

fix: fileSync appender to create directory recursively - thanks @lamweili
fix: serialise() for NaN, Infinity, -Infinity and undefined - thanks @lamweili
fix: connectLogger not logging on close - thanks @lamweili
refactor: defensive coding - thanks @lamweili
type: fixed Logger constructor - thanks @lamweili
test: improve test coverage - thanks @lamweili
test: refactor and replaced tap deprecation in preparation for tap v15 - thanks @lamweili
test: added e2e test for multiprocess Appender - thanks @nicojs
docs: updated file appender docs - thanks @lamweili
docs: updated dateFile appender docs - thanks @lamweili
docs: corrected typo in sample code for multiFile appender - thanks @lamweili
chore(deps): updated deps-dev - thanks @lamweili
- chore(deps): bump date-format from 4.0.3 to 4.0.4
- chore(deps): bump streamroller from 3.0.2 to 3.0.4
  - fix: #1189 for an compatibility issue with directory creation for NodeJS < 10.12.0 (streamroller@3.0.3 changelog)
- chore(deps-dev): bump eslint from 8.8.0 to 8.10.0
- chore(deps-dev): bump eslint-config-prettier from 8.3.0 to 8.4.0
- chore(deps-dev): bump fs-extra from 10.0.0 to 10.0.1
- chore(deps-dev): bump typescript from 4.5.5 to 4.6.2
chore(deps): updated deps-dev - thanks @lamweili
- chore(deps): bump flatted from 3.2.4 to 3.2.5
- chore(deps-dev): bump eslint from 8.7.0 to 8.8.0
chore(deps): updated package-lock.json - thanks @lamweili
chore(deps-dev): bump tap from 14.10.7 to 15.1.6 - thanks @lamweili

6.4.1

fix: startup multiprocess even when no direct appenders - thanks @nicojs
- refactor: fixed eslint warnings - thanks @lamweili
refactor: additional alias for date patterns - thanks @lamweili
refactor: added emitWarning for deprecation - thanks @lamweili
type: Fixed wrong types from 6.4.0 regression - thanks @glasser
docs: changed author to contributors in package.json - thanks @lamweili
chore(deps): bump node-fetch from 2.6.6 to 2.6.7 - thanks @Dependabot
chore(deps-dev): bump typescript from 4.5.4 to 4.5.5 - thanks @lamweili

6.4.0 - BREAKING CHANGE 💥

New default file permissions may cause external applications unable to read logs. A manual code/configuration change is required.

feat: added warnings when log() is used with invalid levels before fallbacking to INFO - thanks @abernh
feat: exposed Recording - thanks @polo-language
fix: default file permission to be 0o600 instead of 0o644 - thanks ranjit-git and @lamweili
- docs: updated fileSync.md and misc comments - thanks @lamweili
fix: file descriptor leak if repeated configure() - thanks @lamweili
fix: MaxListenersExceededWarning from NodeJS - thanks @lamweili
- test: added assertion for increase of SIGHUP listeners on log4js.configure() - thanks @lamweili
fix: missing TCP appender with Webpack and Typescript - thanks @techmunk
fix: dateFile appender exiting NodeJS on error - thanks @4eb0da
- refactor: using writer.writable instead of alive for checking - thanks @lamweili
fix: TCP appender exiting NodeJS on error - thanks @jhonatanTeixeira
fix: multiprocess appender exiting NodeJS on error - thanks @harlentan
test: update fakeFS.read as graceful-fs uses it - thanks @lamweili
test: update fakeFS.realpath as fs-extra uses it - thanks @lamweili
test: added tap.tearDown() to clean up test files
- test: #1143 - thanks @lamweili
- test: #1022 - thanks @abetomo
type: improved @types for AppenderModule - thanks @nicobao
type: Updated fileSync appender types - thanks @lamweili
type: Removed erroneous type in file appender - thanks @vdmtrv
type: Updated Logger.log type - thanks @ZLundqvist
type: Updated Logger._log type - thanks @lamweili
type: Updated Logger.level type - thanks @lamweili
type: Updated Levels.getLevel type - thanks @saulzhong
chore(deps): bump streamroller from 3.0.1 to 3.0.2 - thanks @lamweili
chore(deps): bump date-format from 4.0.2 to 4.0.3 - thanks @lamweili
chore(deps-dev): bump eslint from from 8.6.0 to 8.7.0 - thanks @lamweili
chore(deps-dev): bump nyc from 14.1.1 to 15.1.0 - thanks @lamweili
chore(deps-dev): bump eslint from 5.16.0 to 8.6.0 - thanks @lamweili
chore(deps): bump flatted from 2.0.2 to 3.2.4 - thanks @lamweili
chore(deps-dev): bump fs-extra from 8.1.0 to 10.0.0 - thanks @lamweili
chore(deps): bump streamroller from 2.2.4 to 3.0.1 - thanks @lamweili
- fix: compressed file ignores dateFile appender "mode" - thanks @rnd-debug
- fix: #1039 where there is an additional separator in filename (streamroller@3.0.0 changelog)
- fix: #1035, #1080 for daysToKeep naming confusion (streamroller@3.0.0 changelog)
- refactor: migrated from daysToKeep to numBackups due to streamroller@^3.0.0 - thanks @lamweili
- feat: allows for zero backups - thanks @lamweili
chore(deps): bump date-format from 3.0.0 to 4.0.2 - thanks @lamweili
chore(deps): updated dependencies - thanks @lamweili
- chore(deps-dev): bump eslint-config-prettier from 6.15.0 to 8.3.0
- chore(deps-dev): bump eslint-plugin-prettier from 3.4.1 to 4.0.0
- chore(deps-dev): bump husky from 3.1.0 to 7.0.4
- chore(deps-dev): bump prettier from 1.19.0 to 2.5.1
- chore(deps-dev): bump typescript from 3.9.10 to 4.5.4
chore(deps-dev): bump eslint-config-prettier from 6.15.0 to 8.3.0 - thanks @lamweili
chore(deps): updated dependencies - thanks @lamweili
- chore(deps-dev): bump codecov from 3.6.1 to 3.8.3
- chore(deps-dev): bump eslint-config-prettier from 6.5.0 to 6.15.0
- chore(deps-dev): bump eslint-import-resolver-node from 0.3.2 to 0.3.6
- chore(deps-dev): bump eslint-plugin-import" from 2.18.2 to 2.25.4
- chore(deps-dev): bump eslint-plugin-prettier from 3.1.1 to 3.4.1
- chore(deps-dev): bump husky from 3.0.9 to 3.1.0
- chore(deps-dev): bump prettier from 1.18.2 to 1.19.1
- chore(deps-dev): bump typescript from 3.7.2 to 3.9.10
chore(deps): bump path-parse from 1.0.6 to 1.0.7 - thanks @Dependabot
chore(deps): bump glob-parent from 5.1.1 to 5.1.2 - thanks @Dependabot
chore(deps): bump hosted-git-info from 2.7.1 to 2.8.9 - thanks @Dependabot
chore(deps): bump lodash from 4.17.14 to 4.17.21 - thanks @Dependabot
chore(deps): bump y18n from 4.0.0 to 4.0.1 - thanks @Dependabot
chore(deps): bump node-fetch from 2.6.0 to 2.6.1 - thanks @Dependabot
chore(deps): bump yargs-parser from 13.1.1 to 13.1.2 - thanks @Dependabot
chore(deps-dev): bump codecov from 3.6.5 to 3.7.1 - thanks @Dependabot

6.3.0

Add option to file appender to remove ANSI colours - thanks @BlueCocoa
Do not create appender if no categories use it - thanks @rnd-debug
Docs: better categories inheritance description - thanks @rnd-debug
Better jsdoc docs - thanks @wataash
Typescript: access category field in Logger - thanks @rtvd
Docs: influxdb appender - thanks @rnd-debug
Support for fileSync appender in webpack - thanks @lauren-li
Docs: UDP appender - thanks @iassasin
Style: spaces and tabs - thanks @abetomo

6.2.1

Update streamroller to 2.2.4 to fix incorrect filename matching during log rotation

6.2.0

Add custom message end token to TCP appender - thanks @rnd-debug
Update acorn (dev dep of a dep) - thanks Github Robots.

6.1.2

Handle out-of-order appender loading - thanks @mvastola

6.1.1

Add guards for undefined shutdown callback - thanks @aaron-edwards
Ignore .bob files - thanks @cesine
Add mark method to type definitions - thanks @techmunk

6.1.0

Add pause event to dateFile appender - thanks @shayantabatabaee
Add pause event to file appender - thanks @shayantabatabaee
Add pause/resume event to docs

6.0.0

5.3.0

Padding and truncation changes

5.2.2

Update streamroller to fix overwriting old files when using date rolling

5.2.1

Update streamroller to fix numToKeep not working with dateFile pattern that is all digits

5.2.0

Update streamroller to 2.2.0 (copy and truncate when file is busy)

5.1.0

Update streamroller to 2.1.0 (windows fixes)

5.0.0

4.5.1

Update streamroller 1.0.5 -> 1.0.6 (to fix overwriting old backup log files)
Dependency update: lodash 4.17.4 (dependency of a dependency, not log4js) - thanks Github Automated Security Thing.
Dependency update: lodash 4.4.0 -> 4.5.0 (dependency of a dependency, not log4js) - thanks Github Automated Security Thing.

4.5.0

Override call stack parsing - thanks @rommni
patternLayout filename depth token - thanks @rommni

4.4.0

4.3.2

Types for enableCallStack - thanks @citrusjunoss

4.3.1

Fix for maxLogSize in dateFile appender

4.3.0

4.2.0

Feature: add appender and level inheritance - thanks @pharapiak
Feature: add response to context for connectLogger - thanks @leak4mk0
Fix for broken sighup handler
Add missing types for Level - thanks @Ivkaa
Typescript fixes for connect logger context - thanks @leak4mk0
Upgrade to streamroller-1.0.5 to fix log rotation bug

4.1.1

Various test fixes for node v12
Fix layout problem in node v12 - thanks @bjornstar
Add missing types for addLevels - thanks @Ivkaa
Allow any return type for layout function - thanks @xinbenlv

4.1.0

Updated streamroller to 1.0.4, to fix a bug where the inital size of an existing file was ignored when appending
Updated streamroller to 1.0.3, to fix a crash bug if the date pattern was all digits.
Updated dependencies

Previous versions

Change information for older versions can be found by looking at the milestones in github.

Package detail

log4js-node Changelog

6.4.0 - BREAKING CHANGE 💥

Previous versions