[LOG4J2-1209] LoggerContext.stop() hangs indefinitely if any Appender's stop() method hangs

• Type: Bug
• Status: Open
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Unresolved
• Affects Version/s: 2.4.1
• Component/s: Core
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Mikael Ståldal
• Created: 01/Dec/15 15:20
• Updated: 09/Sep/16 20:56

Description

LoggerContext.stop() hangs indefinitely if any Appender's stop() method hangs.

It is not possible to protect from this by wrapping a problematic Appender in AsyncAppender since LoggerContext.stop() will stop all appenders no matter how they are used.