As a workaround You can define the log level in a static file and configure java to load that at startup.
Google logging.properties. I have observed the same behaviour where a logger added in the yo is lost on restart, I've never seen it kept and didn't think this was even possible. On Jul 4, 1:57 pm, Esben Rugbjerg <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > I have a problem where the logger messages from a plugin stops showing up > in a the logger when Jenkins has been restarted. > > I am working on an SCM plugin. I have created a class where I instantiate a > logger and use it in the methods: > > package dimtestplugin; > ...... > import java.util.logging.Level; > import java.util.logging.Logger; > ....... > public class DimoScm extends SCM { > ..... > private static final Logger LOGGER = > Logger.getLogger(DimoScm.class.getName()); > ....... > @Override > public SCMRevisionState calcRevisionsFromBuild(AbstractBuild<?, ?> arg0, > Launcher arg1, TaskListener arg2) throws IOException, > InterruptedException { > DimRevisionState revisionState = new DimRevisionState(); > //Ask for the time stamp of the latest modification in the repos based on > the path > Date latestTimestamp = branch.getLastModificationDateByPath(path); > ---> LOGGER.log(Level.FINE,"calcRevisionFromBuild - latestTimeStamp: " + > latestTimestamp.toString()); > revisionState.setTimeStampOfLastModification(latestTimestamp); > //return object containing the time stamp of the latest modification. > return revisionState; > > } > ....... > } > > In Jenkins I create a logger which is connected to the specific class > 'dimtestplugin.DimoScm'. When I create the logger in Jenkins the generated > log messages start appearing in the window. So far so good. > > Now, if I restart Jenkins the log messages stop appearing in the logger. If > I then either create or delete a logger - it can be any of the loggers, it > does not necessarily need to be related to my plugin, the messages start > showing up again. I have created other loggers which for example logs > messages from the Subversion plugin. These loggers doesn't stop working > when I restart Jenkins. > > I really need this to work because I want to use the log for debugging, and > I don't want to have to recreate the logger every time I have created a new > version of my plugin and restarted Jenkins. > > Any help is much appreciated. > > Thank you. > Esben
