To: dev@logging.apache.org
Title: [VOTE] Release Apache Log4j 2.23.1

This is a vote to release the Apache Log4j 2.23.1.

Website: https://logging.staged.apache.org/log4j
GitHub: https://github.com/apache/logging-log4j2
Commit: 9e3aaef7647358df479df504218e280cbc859943
Distribution: https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/logging/log4j
Nexus: https://repository.apache.org/content/repositories/orgapachelogging-1113
Signing key: 0x077e8893a6dcc33dd4a4d5b256e73ba9a0b592d0

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[ ] +1, release the artifacts
[ ] -1, don't release, because...

This vote is open for 72 hours and will pass unless getting a
net negative vote count. All votes are welcome and we encourage
everyone to test the release, but only the Logging Services PMC
votes are officially counted.

== Release Notes

This release contains several small fixes and some dependency updates.


[#release-notes-2-23-1-changed]
=== Changed

* Improve performance of `CloseableThreadContext#closeMap()` (#2296)

[#release-notes-2-23-1-fixed]
=== Fixed

* Fix handling of `LoggerContextAware` lookups (#2309)
* Fix NPE in `PatternProcessor` for a `UNIX_MILLIS` pattern (#2346)
* Fix that parameterized message formatting doesn't throw an exception when there are insufficient number of parameters (#2343)
* Fix `StatusLogger` log level filtering when debug mode is enabled (#2337)
* Add `log4j2.StatusLogger.dateFormatZone` system property to set the time-zone `StatusLogger` uses to format `java.time.Instant`. Without this, formatting patterns accessing to time-zone-specific fields (e.g., year-of-era) cause failures. (#2322)
* Fix `StatusLogger` to correctly read `log4j2.StatusLogger.properties` resource (#2354)
* Fix stack overflow in `StatusLogger` (#2322)

[#release-notes-2-23-1-updated]
=== Updated

* Update `jakarta.activation:jakarta.activation-api` to version `2.1.3` (#2335)
* Update `jakarta.mail:jakarta.mail-api` to version `2.1.3` (#2348)
* Update `org.apache.commons:commons-compress` to version `1.26.0` (#2304)
* Update `org.apache.commons:commons-dbcp2` to version `2.12.0` (#2344)
* Update `org.apache.kafka:kafka-clients` to version `3.7.0` (#2326)
* Update `org.eclipse.angus:angus-activation` to version `2.0.2` (#2336)
* Update `org.eclipse.angus:jakarta.mail` to version `2.0.3` (#2349)