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[#release-notes-2-24-2]
== 2.24.2

Release date:: 2024-11-18

This release fixes a critical bug in Log4j API initialization code, which can cause `LogManager.getLogger()` to return `null` under certain conditions.
See
https://github.com/apache/logging-log4j2/issues/3143[#3143]
for details.


[#release-notes-2-24-2-fixed]
=== Fixed

* Fix key removal issues in Thread Context (https://github.com/apache/logging-log4j2/pull/3048[3048])
* Use hard references to ``Logger``s in `LoggerRegistry`. (https://github.com/apache/logging-log4j2/issues/3143[3143])
* Fix `ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException` in JSON Template Layout truncated exception resolver (https://github.com/apache/logging-log4j2/pull/3216[3216])
