NLog 4.6.0-rc1

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dotnet add package NLog --version 4.6.0-rc1
NuGet\Install-Package NLog -Version 4.6.0-rc1
This command is intended to be used within the Package Manager Console in Visual Studio, as it uses the NuGet module's version of Install-Package. 
<PackageReference Include="NLog" Version="4.6.0-rc1" />
For projects that support PackageReference, copy this XML node into the project file to reference the package. 
paket add NLog --version 4.6.0-rc1
#r "nuget: NLog, 4.6.0-rc1"
#r directive can be used in F# Interactive and Polyglot Notebooks. Copy this into the interactive tool or source code of the script to reference the package. 
// Install NLog as a Cake Addin
#addin nuget:?package=NLog&version=4.6.0-rc1&prerelease

// Install NLog as a Cake Tool
#tool nuget:?package=NLog&version=4.6.0-rc1&prerelease

NLog is a logging platform for .NET with rich log routing and management capabilities.
NLog supports traditional logging, structured logging and the combination of both.

Supported platforms:

- .NET Framework 3.5, 4, 4.5, 4.6 & 4.7
- .NET Standard 1.3+ and 2.0+;
- .NET Framework 4 client profile
- Xamarin Android, Xamarin iOs
- UWP
- Windows Phone 8
- Silverlight 4 and 5
- Mono 4

For ASP.NET Core, check: NLog.Web.AspNetCore

Product Compatible and additional computed target framework versions.
.NET net5.0 was computed.  net5.0-windows was computed.  net6.0 was computed.  net6.0-android was computed.  net6.0-ios was computed.  net6.0-maccatalyst was computed.  net6.0-macos was computed.  net6.0-tvos was computed.  net6.0-windows was computed.  net7.0 was computed.  net7.0-android was computed.  net7.0-ios was computed.  net7.0-maccatalyst was computed.  net7.0-macos was computed.  net7.0-tvos was computed.  net7.0-windows was computed.  net8.0 was computed.  net8.0-android was computed.  net8.0-browser was computed.  net8.0-ios was computed.  net8.0-maccatalyst was computed.  net8.0-macos was computed.  net8.0-tvos was computed.  net8.0-windows was computed. 
.NET Core netcoreapp1.0 was computed.  netcoreapp1.1 was computed.  netcoreapp2.0 was computed.  netcoreapp2.1 was computed.  netcoreapp2.2 was computed.  netcoreapp3.0 was computed.  netcoreapp3.1 was computed. 
.NET Standard netstandard1.3 is compatible.  netstandard1.4 was computed.  netstandard1.5 is compatible.  netstandard1.6 was computed.  netstandard2.0 is compatible.  netstandard2.1 was computed. 
.NET Framework net35 is compatible.  net40 was computed.  net40-client is compatible.  net403 was computed.  net45 is compatible.  net451 was computed.  net452 was computed.  net46 was computed.  net461 was computed.  net462 was computed.  net463 was computed.  net47 was computed.  net471 was computed.  net472 was computed.  net48 was computed.  net481 was computed. 
MonoAndroid monoandroid was computed.  monoandroid44 is compatible. 
MonoMac monomac was computed. 
MonoTouch monotouch was computed. 
Silverlight sl4 is compatible.  sl5 is compatible. 
Tizen tizen30 was computed.  tizen40 was computed.  tizen60 was computed. 
Universal Windows Platform uap was computed.  uap10.0 was computed. 
Windows Phone wp8 is compatible.  wp81 was computed. 
Xamarin.iOS xamarinios was computed.  xamarinios10 is compatible. 
Xamarin.Mac xamarinmac was computed. 
Xamarin.TVOS xamarintvos was computed. 
Xamarin.WatchOS xamarinwatchos was computed. 
Compatible target framework(s)
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NLog.Extensions.Logging The ID prefix of this package has been reserved for one of the owners of this package by NuGet.org.

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NLog.Config The ID prefix of this package has been reserved for one of the owners of this package by NuGet.org.

NLog.config file to get started with configuring NLog. This package is not mandatory to get started with NLog: the configuration file can created manually (read specs here: https://github.com/NLog/NLog/wiki/Configuration-file) or the configuration can be created programmatically. (read more here: https://github.com/NLog/NLog/wiki/Configuration-API) Note: Unfortunately this package won't work well when using <PackageReference> Advised to: - download manually: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/NLog/NLog/v4.4/src/NuGet/NLog.Config/content/NLog.config - set "Copy To Output Directory" to "Copy if newer"
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Application Insights NLog Target is a custom target allowing you to send NLog log messages to Application Insights. Application Insights will collect your logs from multiple sources and provide rich powerful search capabilities. Privacy statement: https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=512156
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NLog logging for ASP.NET and ASP.NET MVC. Includes targets and layout renderers for websites and web applications. This package is for ASP.NET 3.5+ For ASP.NET Core: Check https://www.nuget.org/packages/NLog.Web.AspNetCore
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NLog.Extended.dll provides MSMQ target and AppSetting renderer

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Version Downloads Last updated
5.2.8 3,065,719 12/29/2023
5.2.7 994,319 11/28/2023
5.2.6 381,239 11/19/2023
5.2.5 1,895,530 10/15/2023
5.2.4 1,752,727 9/6/2023
5.2.3 1,626,005 8/5/2023
5.2.2 2,380,853 7/4/2023
5.2.1 151,262 7/1/2023
5.2.0 2,581,836 5/30/2023
5.1.5 276,292 5/25/2023
5.1.4 1,148,327 4/29/2023
5.1.3 2,782,528 3/28/2023
5.1.2 3,249,199 2/17/2023
5.1.1 4,205,604 12/29/2022
5.1.0 2,840,931 11/27/2022
5.0.5 3,316,736 10/25/2022
5.0.4 4,641,547 9/1/2022
5.0.3 154,295 8/31/2022
5.0.2 1,172,167 8/12/2022
5.0.1 4,164,865 6/12/2022
5.0.0 4,634,589 5/16/2022
4.7.15 8,322,671 3/26/2022
4.7.14 2,445,386 2/23/2022
4.7.13 6,024,418 12/5/2021
4.7.12 3,845,532 10/24/2021
4.7.11 13,419,323 8/18/2021
4.7.10 8,792,699 5/14/2021
4.7.9 7,623,333 3/24/2021
4.7.8 4,079,782 2/25/2021
4.7.7 3,185,344 1/20/2021
4.7.6 5,421,858 12/6/2020
4.7.5 6,865,951 9/27/2020
4.7.4 4,998,068 8/22/2020
4.7.3 1,807,297 7/31/2020
4.7.2 15,431,253 5/18/2020
4.7.1 166,447 5/15/2020
4.7.0 5,899,139 3/20/2020
4.6.8 19,195,336 11/4/2019
4.6.7 13,362,817 8/25/2019
4.6.6 3,634,466 7/14/2019
4.6.5 4,172,549 6/14/2019
4.6.4 3,060,175 5/28/2019
4.6.3 3,390,193 4/30/2019
4.6.2 2,579,175 4/2/2019
4.6.1 325,002 3/29/2019
4.6.0 983,113 3/21/2019
4.5.11 21,513,858 11/6/2018
4.5.10 6,354,360 9/17/2018
4.5.9 1,680,424 8/24/2018
4.5.8 2,501,285 8/5/2018
4.5.7 1,309,715 7/19/2018
4.5.6 3,690,957 5/29/2018
4.5.5 930,401 5/25/2018
4.5.4 4,533,579 5/5/2018
4.5.3 2,103,340 4/16/2018
4.5.2 1,208,726 4/6/2018
4.5.1 389,167 4/3/2018
4.5.0 9,964,195 3/25/2018
4.4.13 937,125 2/27/2018
4.4.12 7,683,975 8/8/2017
4.4.11 2,501,592 6/17/2017
4.4.10 501,515 5/31/2017
4.4.9 1,175,247 5/5/2017
4.4.8 230,720 4/28/2017
4.4.7 153,374 4/25/2017
4.4.6 393,821 4/15/2017
4.4.5 568,807 3/28/2017
4.4.4 665,086 3/10/2017
4.4.3 818,277 2/17/2017
4.4.2 496,469 2/6/2017
4.4.1 2,019,520 12/24/2016
4.4.0 374,193 12/14/2016
4.3.11 1,290,774 11/7/2016
4.3.10 1,049,789 10/11/2016
4.3.9 549,648 9/18/2016
4.3.8 799,533 9/5/2016
4.3.7 745,323 8/6/2016
4.3.6 321,403 7/23/2016
4.3.5 1,028,162 6/12/2016
4.3.4 905,904 5/16/2016
4.3.3 510,950 4/28/2016
4.3.2 115,283 4/26/2016
4.3.1 128,219 4/20/2016
4.3.0 175,228 4/16/2016
4.2.3 2,259,823 12/20/2015
4.2.2 404,106 12/2/2015
4.2.1 981,063 11/21/2015
4.2.0 531,434 10/24/2015
4.1.2 1,123,412 9/20/2015
4.1.1 191,074 9/12/2015
4.1.0 265,745 8/31/2015
4.0.1 1,140,549 6/18/2015
4.0.0 1,469,346 6/9/2015
3.2.1 1,132,324 4/24/2015
3.2.0 2,098,346 1/2/2015
3.1.0 1,983,221 6/24/2014
3.0.0 297,251 6/2/2014
2.1.0 3,276,643 10/10/2013
2.0.1.2 1,575,789 4/8/2013
2.0.0.2000 3,427,088 7/18/2011
1.0.0.505 960,364 1/7/2011

**Features:**

* #2363 + #2899 + #3085 + #3091 Database target: support for DbType for parameters (including SqlDbType) -  (@hubo0831,@ObikeDev,@sorvis, @304NotModified, @snakefoot)
* #2610 AsyncTargetWrapper with LogEventDropped- + LogEventQueueGrow-events (@Pomoinytskyi)
* #2670 + #3014 XmlLayout - Render LogEventInfo.Properties as XML (@snakefoot)
* #2678 NetworkTarget - Support for SSL & TLS (@snakefoot)
* #2709 XML Config: Support for constant variable in level attributes (level, minlevel, etc) (@304NotModified)
* #2848 Added defaultAction for <filter> (@304NotModified)
* #2849 IRawValue-interface and ${db-null} layout renderer (@304NotModified)
* #2902 JsonLayout with support for System.Dynamic-objects (@304NotModified)
* #2907 New Substring, Left & Right Wrappers (@304NotModified)
* #3098 <rule> support for one or more '*' and '?' wildcards and in any position  (@beppemarazzi)
* #2909 AsyncTaskTarget - BatchSize + RetryCount (@snakefoot)
* #3018 ColoredConsoleTarget - Added EnableAnsiOutput option (VS Code support) (@jp7677 + @snakefoot)
* #3031 + #3092 Support ${currentdir},${basedir},${tempdir} and Environment Variables for internalLogFile when parsing nlog.config (@snakefoot)
* #3050 Added IncludeGdc property in JsonLayout (@casperc89)
* #3071 ${HostName} Layout Renderer for full computer DNS name (@amitsaha)
* #3053 ${AppSetting} Layout Renderer (app.config + web.config) moved from NLog.Extended for NetFramework (@snakefoot)
* #3060 TargetWithContext - Support for PropertyType using IRawValue-interface (@snakefoot)

**Enhancements:**

* #2989 JsonLayout includes Type-property when rendering Exception-object (@snakefoot)
* #2891 LoggingConfigurationParser - Extracted from XmlLoggingConfiguration (Prepare for appsettings.json)  (@snakefoot)
* #2910 Added support for complex objects in MDLC and NDLC on Net45  (@snakefoot)
* #2918 PerformanceCounter - Improve behavior for CPU usage calculation  (@snakefoot)
* #2941 TargetWithContext - Include all properties even when duplicate names  (@snakefoot)
* #2974 Updated resharper annotations for better validation (@imanushin)
* #2979 Improve default reflection support on NetCore Native (@snakefoot)
* #3017 EventLogTarget with better support for MaximumKilobytes configuration (@Coriolanuss)
* #3039 Added Xamarin PreserveAttribute for the entire Assembly to improve AOT-linking (@snakefoot)
* #3045 Create snupkg packages and use portable PDB (@snakefoot)
* #3048 KeepFileOpen + ConcurrentWrites on Xamarin + UWP - #3079 (@304NotModified)
* #3082 + #3100  WebService Target allow custom override of SoapAction-header for Soap11 (@AlexeyRokhin)
* Various refactorings (15 pull requests) (@beppemarazzi, @304NotModified, @snakefoot)

**Performance:**

* #2650 AsyncTargetWrapper using ConcurrentQueue for NetCore2 for better thread-concurrency (@snakefoot)
* #2890 AsyncTargetWrapper - TimeToSleepBetweenBatches changed default to 1ms (@snakefoot)
* #2897 InternalLogger performance optimization when LogLevel.Off (@snakefoot)
* #2935 InternalLogger LogLevel changes to LogLevel.Off by default unless being used. (@snakefoot)
* #2934 CsvLayout - Allocation optimizations and optional skip quoting-check for individual columns. (@snakefoot)
* #2949 MappedDiagnosticsLogicalContext - SetScoped with IReadOnlyList (Prepare for MEL BeginScope) (@snakefoot)
* #2973 IRenderString-interface to improve performance for Layout with single LayoutRenderer (@snakefoot)
* #3103 StringBuilderPool - Reduce memory overhead until required (@snakefoot)

**LibLog Breaking change**

* [damianh/LibLog#181](https://github.com/damianh/LibLog/pull/181) - Sub-components using LibLog ver. 5.0.3 (or newer) will now use MDLC + NDLC (Instead of MDC + NDC) when detecting application is using NLog ver. 4.6. Make sure to update NLog.config to match this change. Make sure that all sub-components have upgraded to LibLog ver. 5.0.3 (or newer) if they make use of `OpenNestedContext` or `OpenMappedContext`.

See also [NLog 4.6 Milestone](https://github.com/NLog/NLog/milestone/44?closed=1)

Full changelog: https://github.com/NLog/NLog/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md

Supported can be found on https://nlog-project.org/config/