v9.0.0

What's Changed

• fix link by @SimonCropp in #105
• Added appsettings.json example for Seq dynamic log level switch by @mason-mcglothlin in #109
• fixing repository url by @MaximRouiller in #112
• Fixed URLs, updated package image/screenshot by @nblumhardt in #120
• Add a netstandard2.0 target to clean up dependencies by @nblumhardt in #124
• General code refresh by @nblumhardt in #132
• Retire the old "raw" event format by @nblumhardt in #133
• Update to the .NET 5 SDK, add net5.0 target by @nblumhardt in #145
• Update System.Net.Http by @nblumhardt in #147
• More robust event formatting when writing to durable sink buffer files by @nblumhardt in #157
• Housekeeping by @nblumhardt in #159
• Extract HTTP ingestion API interactions and refactor by @nblumhardt in #160
• Ensure CLEF files are considered more recent than JSON files when upg… by @nblumhardt in #165
• Update GitHub credentials for release tagging by @nblumhardt in #170
• Bump Newtonsoft.Json from 12.0.3 to 13.0.1 in /test/Serilog.Sinks.Seq.Tests by @dependabot in #176
• Limit the default pooled connection lifetime on .NET 5 and greater by @nblumhardt in #180
• Update dependencies by @nblumhardt in #182
• Add IAsyncDisposable support to DurableSeqSink; bump dependency versions by @nblumhardt in #179
• Don't crash on Blazor, where PooledConnectionLifetime can't be specified by @nblumhardt in #189
• Update sample to target .NET 6 by @nblumhardt in #188
• Switch to using RuntimeInformation.ProcessArchitecture for Blazor detection by @nblumhardt in #191
• Include a large event body sample when generating oversized event placeholders by @nblumhardt in #193
• Avoid using an obsolete source-compatible overload of WriteTo.Sink() … by @nblumhardt in #196
• Update dependencies to ensure trace/span ids are propagated when available by @nblumhardt in #200
• Accept an ITextFormatter to customize payload formatting by @nblumhardt in #201
• Update Serilog.Sinks.PeriodicBatching and other dependencies by @nblumhardt in #206
• Automatically recognize SpanStartTimestamp, ParentSpanId, and SpanKind from SerilogTracing by @nblumhardt in #209
• Default the sink to not tracing its own outbound requests, when possible by @nblumhardt in #210
• Update to pull in the final 4.0.0 version of Serilog.Sinks.PeriodicBatching by @nblumhardt in #211
• Fix SeqIngestionApi not calling TryIngestAsync with ConfigureAwait(false) by @lordmilko in #215
• Update Serilog.Sinks.PeriodicBatching to pull in fix for idle-state memory leak by @nblumhardt in #217
• Update to Serilog.Sinks.PeriodicBatching 4.1.0 by @nblumhardt in #218
• Update to Serilog 4 (prerelease) by @nblumhardt in #220
• Link to SerilogTracing by @liammclennan in #221
• Update to match fixed namespace for BatchingOptions by @nblumhardt in #222
• Convert dotted property names into nested values when Serilog v4's experimental AppContext switch is set by @nblumhardt in #223
• Serilog 4 RTM by @nblumhardt in #225
• Accept a non-default IFormatProvider and use it for message rendering by @liammclennan in #228
• Back out message pre-rendering by @nblumhardt in #229
• Don't write a spurious SelfLog event when disposing an unused sink in durable mode by @nblumhardt in #231
• Default to nesting (un-flattening) dotted property names by @nblumhardt in #232
• Use Actions build, .NET 9 SDK by @nblumhardt in #234
• Serilog 4.2 RTM by @KodrAus in #237

New Contributors

• @SimonCropp made their first contribution in #105
• @mason-mcglothlin made their first contribution in #109
• @MaximRouiller made their first contribution in #112
• @dependabot made their first contribution in #176
• @lordmilko made their first contribution in #215
• @liammclennan made their first contribution in #221

Full Changelog: v152...v9.0.0

v8.0.0

• #220, #222, #225 — update to Serilog 4 (@nblumhardt)
• #221 — link SerilogTracing from README.md (@liammclennan)
• #223 — convert dotted property names into nested values when Serilog 4's corresponding feature flag is set (@nblumhardt)

v7.0.1

• #215 - add a missing ConfigureAwait(false) (@lordmilko)
• #217, #218 - update Serilog.Sinks.PeriodicBatching to 4.1.0 to fix idle-state memory leak (@nblumhardt)

v7.0.0

• #211 - update to Serilog.Sinks.PeriodicBatching v4.0.0 (@nblumhardt)

• #210 - default to not propagating traceparent in batched log requests (@nblumhardt)

• #209 - recognize and ingest traces from SerilogTracing* (@nblumhardt)

• Note that until Seq 2024.2 ships, span kinds will appear in Seq as @Properties['@sk'].

v6.0.0

• #200 - propagate Serilog 3.1's trace and span id fields into @sp and @tr for Seq (@nblumhardt)
• #201 - accept an ITextFormatter to allow customization of payload content (@nblumhardt)

v5.2.3

• #193 - include event body sample when generating oversized event placeholder (@nblumhardt)

v5.2.2

• #189 - don't crash on Blazor, where PooledConnectionLifetime is not supported (@nblumhardt)

v5.2.1

• #185 - dependency update only - update to Serilog.Sinks.PeriodicBatching for better compatibility with other sinks (@nblumhardt)

v5.2.0

• #179 - support IAsyncDisposable and bump dependency on Serilog.Sinks.PeriodicBatching to 3.0.0 to prevent deadlocks when flushing on AWS Lambda (@nblumhardt)
• #180 - limit the default pooled HTTP connection lifetime on .NET 5 and later runtimes (@nblumhardt)
• #182 - update dependencies including Serilog.Sinks.File (@nblumhardt)

v5.1.1

• #165 - fix migration from the old durable buffer file format to the new one (@nblumhardt)