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new 2f79c39696 Fix missing default `Target` value in `ConsoleAppender`
(#3852)
2f79c39696 is described below
commit 2f79c39696a998ec1530aaf12de67a3c51ee1f13
Author: Ryan Schmitt <[email protected]>
AuthorDate: Mon Aug 4 00:56:45 2025 -0700
Fix missing default `Target` value in `ConsoleAppender` (#3852)
Co-authored-by: Volkan Yazıcı <[email protected]>
---
.../apache/logging/log4j/core/appender/ConsoleAppender.java | 2 +-
src/changelog/.2.x.x/3852-default-target.xml | 12 ++++++++++++
2 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git
a/log4j-core/src/main/java/org/apache/logging/log4j/core/appender/ConsoleAppender.java
b/log4j-core/src/main/java/org/apache/logging/log4j/core/appender/ConsoleAppender.java
index 1b1bf5e2bd..d5445456d8 100644
---
a/log4j-core/src/main/java/org/apache/logging/log4j/core/appender/ConsoleAppender.java
+++
b/log4j-core/src/main/java/org/apache/logging/log4j/core/appender/ConsoleAppender.java
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ public final class ConsoleAppender extends
AbstractOutputStreamAppender<OutputSt
return newBuilder()
.setLayout(layout)
.setFilter(filter)
- .setTarget(target)
+ .setTarget(target == null ? DEFAULT_TARGET : target)
.setName(name)
.setFollow(follow)
.setDirect(direct)
diff --git a/src/changelog/.2.x.x/3852-default-target.xml
b/src/changelog/.2.x.x/3852-default-target.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ec4c28297d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/changelog/.2.x.x/3852-default-target.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<entry xmlns="https://logging.apache.org/xml/ns";
+ xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance";
+ xsi:schemaLocation="
+ https://logging.apache.org/xml/ns
+ https://logging.apache.org/xml/ns/log4j-changelog-0.xsd";
+ type="fixed">
+ <issue id="3852" link="https://github.com/apache/logging-log4j2/pull/3852"/>
+ <description format="asciidoc">
+ Fix missing default `Target` value in Console Appender.
+ </description>
+</entry>
