[logback-dev] [JIRA] Updates for LOGBACK-1555: Logback-access %B is not 0 when HTTP status code is 204 No Content

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Logback-access %B is not 0 when HTTP status code is 204 No Content

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Dongfeng Lu created this issue on 30/Mar/21 7:13 PM
Summary:              Logback-access %B is not 0 when HTTP status code is 204 No Content
Issue Type:           Bug
Affects Versions:     1.2.3
Assignee:             Logback dev list
Attachments:          rest.zip
Components:           logback-access
Created:              30/Mar/21 7:13 PM
Environment:          Java 11, Gradle 6.8.3
Priority:             Major
Reporter:             Dongfeng Lu
Description:
  [https://tomcat.apache.org/tomcat-8.0-doc/config/valve.html] says
  {code:java}
  %b - Bytes sent, excluding HTTP headers, or '-' if zero
  %B - Bytes sent, excluding HTTP headers
  {code}
  That is, %B returns number 0, instead of '-' if content-length is 0. We expected the same behavior from logback-access. However, this does not seem to be the case.
  
  I created a simple Spring Boot project with only "spring-boot-starter-web" and "logback-access:1.2.3", with simple configuration for logback-access.xml. Related to the ticket LOGBACK-1554, I knew %b and %B works only for String object. I created 4 simple REST APIs, all returning String object, but with non-empty string, empty string, null string, and null string with HTTP 204 status code.
  {code:java}
  http://localhost:8080/string
  http://localhost:8080/empty
  http://localhost:8080/null
  http://localhost:8080/noContent
  {code}
  I configured the app to use both Tomcat Access log and Logback-access log, the corresponding results are
  
  Spring Boot Tomcat Access Log
  {code:java}
  0:0:0:0:0:0:0:1 - - [30/Mar/2021:11:27:13 -0500] "GET /string HTTP/1.1" 200 6 6 8
  0:0:0:0:0:0:0:1 - - [30/Mar/2021:11:27:15 -0500] "GET /empty HTTP/1.1" 200 - 0 1
  0:0:0:0:0:0:0:1 - - [30/Mar/2021:11:27:16 -0500] "GET /null HTTP/1.1" 200 - 0 2
  0:0:0:0:0:0:0:1 - - [30/Mar/2021:11:27:19 -0500] "GET /noContent HTTP/1.1" 204 - 0 1
  {code}
  Logback-access Log
  {code:java}
  Logback-access 0:0:0:0:0:0:0:1 - - 30/Mar/2021:11:27:13 -0500 "GET /string HTTP/1.1" 200 6 6 8
  Logback-access 0:0:0:0:0:0:0:1 - - 30/Mar/2021:11:27:15 -0500 "GET /empty HTTP/1.1" 200 0 0 1
  Logback-access 0:0:0:0:0:0:0:1 - - 30/Mar/2021:11:27:16 -0500 "GET /null HTTP/1.1" 200 0 0 2
  Logback-access 0:0:0:0:0:0:0:1 - - 30/Mar/2021:11:27:19 -0500 "GET /noContent HTTP/1.1" 204 - - 1
  {code}
  You can see %B in Tomcat access log is 0 when HTTP status is 204. However, it is '-' in logback-access log.
  
  I attached my simple project for you to reproduce it. You can unzip it, and run "gradlew clean bootRun". Please let me know if any additional information is needed. Thanks.


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