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Updated NLog from 5.4.0 to 6.0.3.

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6.0.3

  • #​5952 FileTarget - Close old files when reaching OpenFileCacheSize. (@​snakefoot)
  • #​5948 FileTarget - Closing on OpenFileCacheTimeout apply least recently used. (@​snakefoot)
  • #​5947 FileTarget - Improved file-archive exception handling when KeepFileOpen=false. (@​snakefoot)
  • #​5954 ColoredConsoleTarget - Added Words-property for easy highlighting of many words without RegEx. (@​snakefoot)
  • #​5955 LogMessageTemplateFormatter - Also use IValueFormatter for positional templates. (@​snakefoot)
  • #​5953 NLog.Targets.Network - Updated links in README.md for nuget-package. (@​snakefoot)
  • #​5945 NLog.Targets.AtomicFile - Added README.md for nuget-package. (@​snakefoot)
  • #​5940 SplunkTarget - Support SplunkFields-property. (@​snakefoot)

6.0.2

  • #​5930 XmlParser - Handle XML comments after root-end-tag. (@​snakefoot)
  • #​5929 XmlLoggingConfiguration - Improve handling of invalid XML. (@​snakefoot)
  • #​5933 Handle invalid message template when skipping parameters array. (@​snakefoot)
  • #​5915 ReplaceNewLinesLayoutRendererWrapper - Replace more line ending characters. (@​oikku)
  • #​5911 NLog.Targets.GZipFile - Improve support for ArchiveAboveSize. (@​snakefoot)
  • #​5921 FileTarget - Activate legacy ArchiveFileName when ArchiveSuffixFormat contains legacy placeholder. (@​snakefoot)
  • #​5924 AsyncTargetWrapper - Updated FullBatchSizeWriteLimit default value from 5 to 10. (@​snakefoot)
  • #​5937 Mark Assembly loading with RequiresUnreferencedCodeAttribute for AOT. (@​snakefoot)
  • #​5938 Logger - Align WriteToTargets with WriteToTargetsWithSpan. (@​snakefoot)
  • #​5909 ConfigurationItemFactory - Added extension hints for webservice and activityid. (@​snakefoot)
  • #​5918 Log4JXmlTarget - Removed alias NLogViewer as conflicts with other nuget-packages. (@​snakefoot)
  • #​5926 SplunkTarget - NetworkTarget with SplunkLayout. (@​snakefoot)
  • #​5927 GelfLayout - Align with SplunkLayout. (@​snakefoot)
  • #​5913 NLog.Targets.Network - Updated nuget-package README.md. (@​snakefoot)
  • #​5912 NLog.Targets.Trace - Updated nuget-package README.md. (@​snakefoot)
  • #​5919 XML docs for Targets and Layouts with remarks about default value. (@​snakefoot)
  • #​5922 XML docs for LayoutRenderers with remarks about default value. (@​snakefoot)
  • #​5925 XML docs for Target Wrappers with remarks about default value. (@​snakefoot)
  • #​5935 Improve NLog XSD Schema with better handling of typed Layout. (@​snakefoot)
  • #​5923 Updated unit-tests from NET6 to NET8. (@​snakefoot)

6.0.1

Improvements

  • #​5898 Changed ConditionExpression to be nullable by default since no Condition means no filtering. (@​snakefoot)
  • #​5906 Include ConditionExpression in the static type registration. (@​snakefoot)
  • #​5895 Fixed the new XML parser to handle XML comments just before end-tag. (@​snakefoot)
  • #​5905 Fixed the new XML parser to allow InnerText with greater-than characters. (@​snakefoot)
  • #​5891 Updated NLog.Targets.AtomicFile to support net8.0-windows without dependency on Mono.Posix.NETStandard. (@​snakefoot)

6.0.0

Major changes:

  • Support Ahead-of-Time (AOT) builds without warnings
  • Support Nullable references
  • Support ReadOnlySpan to reduce memory allocations
  • LogFactory supports FlushAsync and IDisposableAsync
  • FileTarget removed support for ConcurrentWrites
  • FileTarget refactored file-archive-logic with ArchiveSuffixFormat

NLog v6 has reduced its footprint by extracting features into separate nuget-packages:

List of all NLog 6.0 Pull Requests

See also List of major changes in NLog v6 for more details.

Thanks to all contributers: @​ana1250, @​Pavan8374, @​smnsht, @​RomanSoloweow, @​wadebaird, @​hangy, @​lavige777, @​jokoyoski, @​saltukkos, @​nih0n, @​michaelplavnik, @​Aaronmsv, @​ShadowDancer, @​Orace, @​tvogel-nid, @​martinzding, @​kurnakovv, @​dance, @​JohnVerheij

6.0.0-rc4

Improvements

  • Mark struct as readonly to allow compiler optimization
  • RegisterObjectTransformation to preserve public properties
  • Log4JXmlEventLayout - Enforce MaxRecursionLimit = 0
  • DatabaseTarget with support for AOT (@​JohnVerheij)
  • DatabaseTarget only assign ConnectionString when specified (@​JohnVerheij)

6.0.0-rc3

Improvements

  • Log4JXmlEventLayout - Fixed IncludeEmptyValue for Parameters

6.0.0-rc2

Improvements

  • Fixed NLog XmlParser to support XML comments within XML processing instructions.
  • NLog.Targets.Network now also supports NET35.
  • Updated structs to be readonly to allow compiler optimizations.
  • Updated interface ILoggingConfigurationElement to support nullable Values.
  • Updated all projects to include <IsAotCompatible>
  • Optimized ConsoleTarget to not use Console.WriteLine, and introduced option ForceWriteLine
  • Added new LogEventInfo constructor that supports ReadOnlySpan<MessageTemplateParameter>
  • Updated NLog.Schema nuget-package to include targets-file to copy NLog.xsd to project-folder.
  • Improved configuration-file loading to advise about NLog nuget-packages for missing types.

6.0.0-rc1

Improvements

  • Updated NLog API with <Nullable>enable</Nullable> and introduced Layout.Empty
  • Marked [RequiredParameter] as obsolete, and replaced with explicit option validation during initialization.
  • Marked LogEventInfo.SequenceID and ${sequenceid} as obsolete, and instead use ${counter:sequence=global}.
  • Added support for params ReadOnlySpan when using C# 13
  • Prioritize generic Logger-methods by marking legacy methods with [OverloadResolutionPriority(-1)] when using C# 13
  • Skip LogEventInfo.Parameters-array-allocation when unable to defer message-template formatting.
  • Renamed ChainsawTarget to Log4JXmlTarget to match Log4JXmlEventLayout
  • Updated NLog.Schema to include intellisense for multiple NLog-assemblies.

Unless something bad is discovered, then this will be the last preview build, before the final release of NLog v6.0

Updated NLog v6.0 release notes: https://nlog-project.org/2025/04/29/nlog-6-0-major-changes.html

6.0.0-preview1

Major Changes

  • Support AOT builds without build warnings.
  • New FileTarget without ConcurrentWrites support, but still support KeepFileOpen (true/false).
  • Moved old FileTarget into the new nuget-package NLog.Targets.ConcurrentFile.
  • Created new nuget-package NLog.Targets.AtomicFile that supports ConcurrentWrites for NET8 on both Windows / Linux.
  • Created new nuget-package NLog.Targets.GZipFile that uses GZipStream for writing directly to compressed files.
  • Moved MailTarget into the new nuget-package NLog.Targets.Mail.
  • Moved NetworkTarget into the new nuget-package NLog.Targets.Network.
  • New GelfTarget introduced for the new nuget-package NLog.Targets.Network.
  • New SyslogTarget introduced for the new nuget-package NLog.Targets.Network.
  • Moved TraceTarget and NLogTraceListener into the new nuget-package NLog.Targets.Trace.
  • Moved WebServiceTarget into the new nuget-package NLog.Targets.WebService
  • Removed dependency on System.Text.RegularExpressions and introduced new nuget-package NLog.RegEx.
  • Removed dependency on System.Xml.XmlReader by implementing own internal basic XML-Parser.

NLog v6.0 release notes: https://nlog-project.org/2025/04/29/nlog-6-0-major-changes.html

List of all NLog 6.0 Pull Requests

Thanks to all contributers: @​ana1250, @​Pavan8374, @​smnsht, @​RomanSoloweow, @​wadebaird, @​hangy, @​lavige777, @​jokoyoski, @​saltukkos, @​nih0n, @​michaelplavnik, @​Aaronmsv, @​ShadowDancer, @​Orace, @​tvogel-nid, @​martinzding, @​kurnakovv

5.5.1

  • #​5858 ConsoleTarget - Added ForceWriteLine to match NLog v6 Schema (@​snakefoot)
  • #​5866 Layout.FromLiteral to match NLog v6 (@​snakefoot)
  • #​5888 ChainsawTarget with type-alias Log4JXml to match NLog v6 (@​snakefoot)
  • #​5883 AsyncTargetWrapper - LogEventDropped and EventQueueGrow events fixes (@​dance)
  • #​5890 StringBuilderExt - Change Append2DigitsZeroPadded to array-lookup (@​snakefoot)
  • #​5936 XmlLayout - Support MaxRecursionLimit == 0 (@​snakefoot)
  • #​5936 RegisterObjectTransformation so build trimming will keep public properties (@​snakefoot)

5.5.0

Improvements

  • #​5710 Restored LogFactory.Setup().SetupFromEnvironmentVariables() as not obsolete (#​5710) @​snakefoot
  • #​5717 Avoid using MakeGenericType for Dictionary enumeration when AOT (#​5717) @​snakefoot
  • #​5730 Stop using obsolete Assembly.CodeBase for NetStandard (#​5730) @​snakefoot
  • #​5742 ExceptionLayoutRenderer - Handle Exception properties like StackTrace can throw with AOT (#​5742) @​snakefoot
  • #​5743 ExceptionLayoutRenderer - Handle Data-collection-item ToString can throw with AOT (#​5743) @​snakefoot
  • #​5763 ExceptionLayoutRenderer - Handle Exception-properties can throw with AOT (#​5763) @​snakefoot
  • #​5756 ServiceRepository - Improve exception-handling when resolving service-types while disposing (#​5756) @​snakefoot
  • #​5759 LayoutRenderer - Optimize performance by skipping cache result from render Inner Layout (#​5759) @​snakefoot
  • #​5795 ConditionLayoutExpression - Optimize performance by skipping cache result from render Inner Layout (#​5795) @​snakefoot
  • #​5731 Mark IFactory RegisterType as obsolete, since it will be removed with NLog v6 (#​5731) @​snakefoot
  • #​5766 Mark JsonLayout EscapeForwardSlash as obsolete, since disabled with NLog v6 (#​5766) @​snakefoot
  • #​5823 Mark ExceptionLayoutRenderer Formats-List as obsolete, since immutable with NLog v6 (#​5823) @​snakefoot
  • #​5769 Updated API-code examples to not depend on obsolete SimpleConfigurator (#​5769) @​snakefoot
  • #​5776 ObjectReflectionCache - Handle PropertyValue can throw with AOT (#​5776) @​snakefoot
  • #​5780 NetworkTarget - Introduced option NoDelay to disable delayed ACK (#​5780) @​snakefoot
  • #​5788 Fix InternalLogger noise about reflection for FuncLayoutRenderer (#​5788) @​snakefoot
  • #​5792 TargetWithContext - Reduce allocation for RenderLogEvent when SimpleLayout (#​5792) @​snakefoot
  • #​5810 Refactoring to improve null value handling (#​5810) @​snakefoot
  • #​5812 Refactoring to improve null value handling (#​5812) @​snakefoot
  • #​5817 LoggingConfigurationParser - Prioritize LoggingRules from current config (#​5817) @​snakefoot
  • #​5825 WhenEmptyLayoutRendererWrapper - Optimize IStringValueRenderer Logic (#​5825) @​snakefoot

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