Description
In Log4j 2 managers are reference counted: if you have two FileAppenders writing to the same file, there will be a single FileManager with a reference count of 2.
Calling stop() on a stopped appender always calls stop() on the underlying manager. In the situation described above it is effectively possible to stop both file appender by calling stop() twice on one of them.
This a problem, because those appenders might not even be in the same configuration or attached to the same logger context.
Configuration
Version: up to 2.20.0 and 3.0.0-alpha1
Reproduction
Call stop() multiple times on a file appender. All other appenders pointing to the same file will stop logging.
Description
In Log4j 2 managers are reference counted: if you have two
FileAppenders writing to the same file, there will be a singleFileManagerwith a reference count of 2.Calling
stop()on a stopped appender always callsstop()on the underlying manager. In the situation described above it is effectively possible to stop both file appender by callingstop()twice on one of them.This a problem, because those appenders might not even be in the same configuration or attached to the same logger context.
Configuration
Version: up to 2.20.0 and 3.0.0-alpha1
Reproduction
Call
stop()multiple times on a file appender. All other appenders pointing to the same file will stop logging.