[LOG4J2-3627] PatternLayout: %xEx{ [ "short" | depth]} not working

• Type: Bug
• Status: Open
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Unresolved
• Affects Version/s: 2.11.0, 2.11.1, 2.11.2, 2.12.0, 2.12.1, 2.13.0, 2.13.1, 2.13.2, 2.14.0, 2.13.3, 2.14.1, 2.15.0, 2.16.0, 2.17.1, 2.17.0, 2.12.3, 2.12.2, 2.18.0, 2.12.4, 2.17.2, 2.19.0
• Component/s: Layouts
• Assignee: Volkan Yazici
• Reporter: Thorsten Heit
• Created: 07/Nov/22 20:46
• Updated: 08/May/23 09:20

Description

According to the documentation the patterns %xEx{short} or %xEx{<num>} should limit the number of lines of a stack trace that is logged. This doesn't work; instead, the complete stack trace is logged (always!). This is in contrary to the patterns %ex or %rEx where this works.

In commit 9ff63b2e50be754ae394feda2c33d9e64fd0ab3a (2018-01-25) a change was implemented because of LOG4J2-2195 (according to the commit message) that removed the option of limiting the number of lines to output.

Therefore all versions since 2.11.0 should be affected.

Issue Links

• links to: GitHub Pull Request #1137