[LOG4J2-3166] wrong documentation for logging with Level.OFF

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 2.14.1
• Fix Version/s: 2.15.0
• Component/s: Documentation
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Georg Sonnefeld
• Created: 24/Sep/21 14:16
• Updated: 07/Dec/21 19:32
• Resolved: 06/Dec/21 03:47

Description

The documentation states that log events of level OFF should never be logged, whereas level ALL should always be logged.
See the last table in section "LoggerConfig" here: https://logging.apache.org/log4j/2.0/manual/architecture.html

In fact the opposite is the case.
The following statement in combination with the default configuration leads to a log entry.

LogManager.getLogger().log(Level.OFF, "test");