Issue

I want to turn off the debug output on the console for my spring boot application. I expected to have a default INFO logging. But that is not the case. I tried to turn the levels off brute force with https://mkyong.com/spring-boot/spring-boot-log4j-2-example/ I dont like this a currently it does not even work. In how turn off debug log messages in spring boot this is marked as a solution. I dont think it is. I reduced my project to the minimum and get this Error for multiple kind of setups. Initially i tried to use Spring Boot 2.2.1.RELEASE with Jupiter and Log4J2. With Log4J i was able to reduce the logging but i had to set each Logger individually. The hierarchy did not seem to work. Here I present Spring Boot 2.1.1.RELEASE with Junit4 and default logging (should be logback).

pom.xml

<properties> <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding> <maven.compiler.target>1.8</maven.compiler.target> <maven.compiler.source>1.8</maven.compiler.source> <spring-boot.version>2.1.1.RELEASE</spring-boot.version> <maven-surefire-plugin.version>2.22.2</maven-surefire-plugin.version> </properties> <build> <plugins> <plugin> <artifactId>spring-boot-maven-plugin</artifactId> <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId> <version>${spring-boot.version}</version> </plugin> <plugin> <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId> <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId> <version>${maven-surefire-plugin.version}</version> </plugin> <plugin> <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId> <configuration> <source>${maven.compiler.source}</source> <target>${maven.compiler.target}</target> </configuration> </plugin> </plugins> </build> <dependencies> <dependency> <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId> <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-test</artifactId> <version>${spring-boot.version}</version> <scope>test</scope> </dependency> </dependencies> 

my code

TestClazz.java

import org.junit.Test; import org.junit.runner.RunWith; import org.springframework.boot.test.context.SpringBootTest; import org.springframework.test.context.junit4.SpringRunner; @RunWith(SpringRunner.class) @SpringBootTest public class TestClazz { @Test public void testSomething() { System.out.println("hi"); } } 

TestSpringBootApplication.java

import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.SpringBootApplication; @SpringBootApplication public class TestSpringBootApplication { } 

my configuration

application.properties

logging.level.org.springframework=OFF logging.level.root=OFF 

logback-test.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <configuration> <include resource="org/springframework/boot/logging/logback/base.xml" /> <logger name="org.springframework" level="OFF"/> </configuration> 

project structure

console output

[INFO] Scanning for projects... [WARNING] [WARNING] Some problems were encountered while building the effective model for com.fee:fdsg:jar:0.0.1-SNAPSHOT [WARNING] 'build.plugins.plugin.version' for org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-compiler-plugin is missing. @ line 30, column 12 [WARNING] [WARNING] It is highly recommended to fix these problems because they threaten the stability of your build. [WARNING] [WARNING] For this reason, future Maven versions might no longer support building such malformed projects. [WARNING] [INFO] [INFO] ----------------------------< com.fee:fdsg >---------------------------- [INFO] Building fdsg 0.0.1-SNAPSHOT ..... [INFO] Compiling 2 source files to [[CENSORED]]]\fdsg\target\test-classes [INFO] [INFO] --- maven-surefire-plugin:2.22.2:test (default-test) @ fdsg --- [INFO] [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------- [INFO] T E S T S [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------- [INFO] Running any.TestClazz 2020-04-06 22:18:07.802 DEBUG 14616 --- [ main] .c.l.ClasspathLoggingApplicationListener : Application started with classpath: [file:/C:/winapp/cygwin304/tmp/surefire101039361747353203/surefirebooter234714427829446725.jar] . ____ _ __ _ _ /\\ / ___'_ __ _ _(_)_ __ __ _ \ \ \ \ ( ( )\___ | '_ | '_| | '_ \/ _` | \ \ \ \ \\/ ___)| |_)| | | | | || (_| | ) ) ) ) ' |____| .__|_| |_|_| |_\__, | / / / / =========|_|==============|___/=/_/_/_/ :: Spring Boot :: (v2.1.1.RELEASE) 2020-04-06 22:18:07.863 DEBUG 14616 --- [ main] o.s.boot.SpringApplication : Loading source class any.TestSpringBootApplication 2020-04-06 22:18:07.877 DEBUG 14616 --- [ main] o.s.b.c.c.ConfigFileApplicationListener : Loaded config file '[[CENSORED]]]/fdsg/target/classes/application.properties' (classpath:/application.properties) 2020-04-06 22:18:08.241 DEBUG 14616 --- [ main] ConditionEvaluationReportLoggingListener : ============================ CONDITIONS EVALUATION REPORT ============================ Positive matches: ----------------- GenericCacheConfiguration matched: - Cache org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.cache.GenericCacheConfiguration automatic cache type (CacheCondition) NoOpCacheConfiguration matched: - Cache org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.cache.NoOpCacheConfiguration automatic cache type (CacheCondition) PropertyPlaceholderAutoConfiguration#propertySourcesPlaceholderConfigurer matched: - @ConditionalOnMissingBean (types: org.springframework.context.support.PropertySourcesPlaceholderConfigurer; SearchStrategy: current) did not find any beans (OnBeanCondition) SimpleCacheConfiguration matched: - Cache org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.cache.SimpleCacheConfiguration automatic cache type (CacheCondition) TaskExecutionAutoConfiguration matched: - @ConditionalOnClass found required class 'org.springframework.scheduling.concurrent.ThreadPoolTaskExecutor' (OnClassCondition) TaskExecutionAutoConfiguration#applicationTaskExecutor matched: - @ConditionalOnMissingBean (types: java.util.concurrent.Executor; SearchStrategy: all) did not find any beans (OnBeanCondition) TaskExecutionAutoConfiguration#taskExecutorBuilder matched: - @ConditionalOnMissingBean (types: org.springframework.boot.task.TaskExecutorBuilder; SearchStrategy: all) did not find any beans (OnBeanCondition) TaskSchedulingAutoConfiguration matched: - @ConditionalOnClass found required class 'org.springframework.scheduling.concurrent.ThreadPoolTaskScheduler' (OnClassCondition) TaskSchedulingAutoConfiguration#taskSchedulerBuilder matched: - @ConditionalOnMissingBean (types: org.springframework.boot.task.TaskSchedulerBuilder; SearchStrategy: all) did not find any beans (OnBeanCondition) Negative matches: ----------------- ActiveMQAutoConfiguration: Did not match: - @ConditionalOnClass did not find required class 'javax.jms.ConnectionFactory' (OnClassCondition) AopAutoConfiguration: Did not match: - @ConditionalOnClass did not find required class 'org.aspectj.lang.annotation.Aspect' (OnClassCondition) ArtemisAutoConfiguration: Did not match: - @ConditionalOnClass did not find required class 'javax.jms.ConnectionFactory' (OnClassCondition) BatchAutoConfiguration: Did not match: - @ConditionalOnClass did not find required class 'org.springframework.batch.core.launch.JobLauncher' (OnClassCondition) CacheAutoConfiguration: Did not match: - @ConditionalOnBean (types: org.springframework.cache.interceptor.CacheAspectSupport; SearchStrategy: all) did not find any beans of type org.springframework.cache.interceptor.CacheAspectSupport (OnBeanCondition) Matched: - @ConditionalOnClass found required class 'org.springframework.cache.CacheManager' (OnClassCondition) CacheAutoConfiguration.CacheManagerJpaDependencyConfiguration: Did not match: - @ConditionalOnClass did not find required class 'org.springframework.orm.jpa.LocalContainerEntityManagerFactoryBean' (OnClassCondition) - Ancestor org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.cache.CacheAutoConfiguration did not match (ConditionEvaluationReport.AncestorsMatchedCondition) CaffeineCacheConfiguration: Did not match: - @ConditionalOnClass did not find required classes 'com.github.benmanes.caffeine.cache.Caffeine', 'org.springframework.cache.caffeine.CaffeineCacheManager' (OnClassCondition) CassandraAutoConfiguration: Did not match: - @ConditionalOnClass did not find required class 'com.datastax.driver.core.Cluster' (OnClassCondition) CassandraDataAutoConfiguration: Did not match: - @ConditionalOnClass did not find required class 'com.datastax.driver.core.Cluster' (OnClassCondition) CassandraReactiveDataAutoConfiguration: Did not match: - @ConditionalOnClass did not find required class 'com.datastax.driver.core.Cluster' (OnClassCondition) CassandraReactiveRepositoriesAutoConfiguration: Did not match: - @ConditionalOnClass did not find required class 'org.springframework.data.cassandra.ReactiveSession' (OnClassCondition) CassandraRepositoriesAutoConfiguration: Did not match: - @ConditionalOnClass did not find required class 'com.datastax.driver.core.Session' (OnClassCondition) ClientHttpConnectorAutoConfiguration: Did not match: - @ConditionalOnClass did not find required class 'org.springframework.web.reactive.function.client.WebClient' (OnClassCondition) .... HazelcastCacheConfiguration: Did not match: - @ConditionalOnClass did not find required classes 'com.hazelcast.core.HazelcastInstance', 'com.hazelcast.spring.cache.HazelcastCacheManager' (OnClassCondition) HazelcastJpaDependencyAutoConfiguration: Did not match: - @ConditionalOnClass did not find required class 'com.hazelcast.core.HazelcastInstance' (OnClassCondition) HibernateJpaAutoConfiguration: Did not match: - @ConditionalOnClass did not find required class 'javax.persistence.EntityManager' (OnClassCondition) HttpEncodingAutoConfiguration: Did not match: - @ConditionalOnClass did not find required class 'org.springframework.web.filter.CharacterEncodingFilter' (OnClassCondition) HttpHandlerAutoConfiguration: Did not match: - @ConditionalOnClass did not find required class 'org.springframework.http.server.reactive.HttpHandler' (OnClassCondition) HttpMessageConvertersAutoConfiguration: Did not match: - @ConditionalOnClass did not find required class 'org.springframework.http.converter.HttpMessageConverter' (OnClassCondition) HypermediaAutoConfiguration: Did not match: - @ConditionalOnClass did not find required class 'org.springframework.hateoas.Resource' (OnClassCondition) InfinispanCacheConfiguration: Did not match: - @ConditionalOnClass did not find required class 'org.infinispan.spring.provider.SpringEmbeddedCacheManager' (OnClassCondition) InfluxDbAutoConfiguration: Did not match: - @ConditionalOnClass did not find required class 'org.influxdb.InfluxDB' (OnClassCondition) IntegrationAutoConfiguration: Did not match: - @ConditionalOnClass did not find required class 'org.springframework.integration.config.EnableIntegration' (OnClassCondition) JCacheCacheConfiguration: Did not match: - @ConditionalOnClass did not find required classes 'javax.cache.Caching', 'org.springframework.cache.jcache.JCacheCacheManager' (OnClassCondition) JacksonAutoConfiguration: Did not match: - @ConditionalOnClass did not find required class 'com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper' (OnClassCondition) JdbcRepositoriesAutoConfiguration: Did not match: - @ConditionalOnClass did not find required class 'org.springframework.data.jdbc.repository.config.JdbcConfiguration' (OnClassCondition) JdbcTemplateAutoConfiguration: Did not match: - @ConditionalOnClass did not find required class 'org.springframework.jdbc.core.JdbcTemplate' (OnClassCondition) JerseyAutoConfiguration: Did not match: - @ConditionalOnClass did not find required class 'javax.servlet.ServletRegistration' (OnClassCondition) JestAutoConfiguration: Did not match: - @ConditionalOnClass did not find required class 'io.searchbox.client.JestClient' (OnClassCondition) JmsAutoConfiguration: Did not match: - @ConditionalOnClass did not find required class 'javax.jms.Message' (OnClassCondition) JmxAutoConfiguration: Did not match: - @ConditionalOnProperty (spring.jmx.enabled=true) found different value in property 'enabled' (OnPropertyCondition) Matched: - @ConditionalOnClass found required class 'org.springframework.jmx.export.MBeanExporter' (OnClassCondition) JndiConnectionFactoryAutoConfiguration: Did not match: - @ConditionalOnClass did not find required class 'org.springframework.jms.core.JmsTemplate' (OnClassCondition) JndiDataSourceAutoConfiguration: Did not match: - @ConditionalOnClass did not find required class 'org.springframework.jdbc.datasource.embedded.EmbeddedDatabaseType' (OnClassCondition) JooqAutoConfiguration: Did not match: - @ConditionalOnClass did not find required class 'org.jooq.DSLContext' (OnClassCondition) JpaRepositoriesAutoConfiguration: Did not match: - @ConditionalOnClass did not find required class 'org.springframework.data.jpa.repository.JpaRepository' (OnClassCondition) JsonbAutoConfiguration: Did not match: - @ConditionalOnClass did not find required class 'javax.json.bind.Jsonb' (OnClassCondition) JtaAutoConfiguration: Did not match: - @ConditionalOnClass did not find required class 'javax.transaction.Transaction' (OnClassCondition) KafkaAutoConfiguration: Did not match: - @ConditionalOnClass did not find required class 'org.springframework.kafka.core.KafkaTemplate' (OnClassCondition) LdapAutoConfiguration: Did not match: - @ConditionalOnClass did not find required class 'org.springframework.ldap.core.ContextSource' (OnClassCondition) LdapRepositoriesAutoConfiguration: Did not match: - @ConditionalOnClass did not find required class 'org.springframework.data.ldap.repository.LdapRepository' (OnClassCondition) LiquibaseAutoConfiguration: Did not match: - @ConditionalOnClass did not find required class 'liquibase.change.DatabaseChange' (OnClassCondition) MailSenderAutoConfiguration: Did not match: - @ConditionalOnClass did not find required class 'javax.mail.internet.MimeMessage' (OnClassCondition) MailSenderValidatorAutoConfiguration: Did not match: - @ConditionalOnSingleCandidate did not find required type 'org.springframework.mail.javamail.JavaMailSenderImpl' (OnBeanCondition) MessageSourceAutoConfiguration: Did not match: - ResourceBundle did not find bundle with basename messages (MessageSourceAutoConfiguration.ResourceBundleCondition) MongoAutoConfiguration: Did not match: - @ConditionalOnClass did not find required class 'com.mongodb.MongoClient' (OnClassCondition) MongoDataAutoConfiguration: Did not match: - @ConditionalOnClass did not find required class 'com.mongodb.client.MongoClient' (OnClassCondition) MongoReactiveAutoConfiguration: Did not match: - @ConditionalOnClass did not find required class 'com.mongodb.reactivestreams.client.MongoClient' (OnClassCondition) MongoReactiveDataAutoConfiguration: Did not match: - @ConditionalOnClass did not find required class 'com.mongodb.reactivestreams.client.MongoClient' (OnClassCondition) MongoReactiveRepositoriesAutoConfiguration: Did not match: - @ConditionalOnClass did not find required class 'com.mongodb.reactivestreams.client.MongoClient' (OnClassCondition) MongoRepositoriesAutoConfiguration: Did not match: - @ConditionalOnClass did not find required class 'com.mongodb.MongoClient' (OnClassCondition) MultipartAutoConfiguration: Did not match: - @ConditionalOnClass did not find required class 'javax.servlet.MultipartConfigElement' (OnClassCondition) MustacheAutoConfiguration: Did not match: - @ConditionalOnClass did not find required class 'com.samskivert.mustache.Mustache' (OnClassCondition) Neo4jDataAutoConfiguration: Did not match: - @ConditionalOnClass did not find required class 'org.neo4j.ogm.session.SessionFactory' (OnClassCondition) Neo4jRepositoriesAutoConfiguration: Did not match: - @ConditionalOnClass did not find required class 'org.neo4j.ogm.session.Neo4jSession' (OnClassCondition) OAuth2ClientAutoConfiguration: Did not match: - @ConditionalOnClass did not find required class 'org.springframework.security.config.annotation.web.configuration.EnableWebSecurity' (OnClassCondition) OAuth2ResourceServerAutoConfiguration: Did not match: - @ConditionalOnClass did not find required class 'org.springframework.security.oauth2.server.resource.authentication.JwtAuthenticationToken' (OnClassCondition) PersistenceExceptionTranslationAutoConfiguration: Did not match: - @ConditionalOnClass did not find required class 'org.springframework.dao.annotation.PersistenceExceptionTranslationPostProcessor' (OnClassCondition) ProjectInfoAutoConfiguration#buildProperties: Did not match: - @ConditionalOnResource did not find resource '${spring.info.build.location:classpath:META-INF/build-info.properties}' (OnResourceCondition) ProjectInfoAutoConfiguration#gitProperties: Did not match: - GitResource did not find git info at classpath:git.properties (ProjectInfoAutoConfiguration.GitResourceAvailableCondition) QuartzAutoConfiguration: Did not match: - @ConditionalOnClass did not find required class 'org.quartz.Scheduler' (OnClassCondition) RabbitAutoConfiguration: Did not match: - @ConditionalOnClass did not find required class 'com.rabbitmq.client.Channel' (OnClassCondition) ReactiveOAuth2ClientAutoConfiguration: Did not match: - @ConditionalOnClass did not find required class 'reactor.core.publisher.Flux' (OnClassCondition) ReactiveOAuth2ResourceServerAutoConfiguration: Did not match: - @ConditionalOnClass did not find required class 'org.springframework.security.config.annotation.web.reactive.EnableWebFluxSecurity' (OnClassCondition) ReactiveSecurityAutoConfiguration: Did not match: - @ConditionalOnClass did not find required class 'reactor.core.publisher.Flux' (OnClassCondition) ReactiveUserDetailsServiceAutoConfiguration: Did not match: - @ConditionalOnClass did not find required class 'org.springframework.security.authentication.ReactiveAuthenticationManager' (OnClassCondition) ReactiveWebServerFactoryAutoConfiguration: Did not match: - @ConditionalOnClass did not find required class 'org.springframework.http.ReactiveHttpInputMessage' (OnClassCondition) ReactorCoreAutoConfiguration: Did not match: - @ConditionalOnClass did not find required class 'reactor.core.publisher.Flux' (OnClassCondition) RedisAutoConfiguration: Did not match: - @ConditionalOnClass did not find required class 'org.springframework.data.redis.core.RedisOperations' (OnClassCondition) RedisCacheConfiguration: Did not match: - @ConditionalOnClass did not find required class 'org.springframework.data.redis.connection.RedisConnectionFactory' (OnClassCondition) RedisReactiveAutoConfiguration: Did not match: - @ConditionalOnClass did not find required class 'reactor.core.publisher.Flux' (OnClassCondition) RedisRepositoriesAutoConfiguration: Did not match: - @ConditionalOnClass did not find required class 'org.springframework.data.redis.repository.configuration.EnableRedisRepositories' (OnClassCondition) RepositoryRestMvcAutoConfiguration: Did not match: - @ConditionalOnClass did not find required class 'org.springframework.data.rest.webmvc.config.RepositoryRestMvcConfiguration' (OnClassCondition) RestClientAutoConfiguration: Did not match: - @ConditionalOnClass did not find required class 'org.elasticsearch.client.RestClient' (OnClassCondition) RestTemplateAutoConfiguration: Did not match: - @ConditionalOnClass did not find required class 'org.springframework.web.client.RestTemplate' (OnClassCondition) SecurityAutoConfiguration: Did not match: - @ConditionalOnClass did not find required class 'org.springframework.security.authentication.DefaultAuthenticationEventPublisher' (OnClassCondition) SecurityFilterAutoConfiguration: Did not match: - @ConditionalOnClass did not find required class 'org.springframework.security.config.http.SessionCreationPolicy' (OnClassCondition) SecurityRequestMatcherProviderAutoConfiguration: Did not match: - @ConditionalOnClass did not find required class 'org.springframework.security.web.util.matcher.RequestMatcher' (OnClassCondition) SendGridAutoConfiguration: Did not match: - @ConditionalOnClass did not find required class 'com.sendgrid.SendGrid' (OnClassCondition) ServletWebServerFactoryAutoConfiguration: Did not match: - @ConditionalOnClass did not find required class 'javax.servlet.ServletRequest' (OnClassCondition) SessionAutoConfiguration: Did not match: - @ConditionalOnClass did not find required class 'org.springframework.session.Session' (OnClassCondition) SolrAutoConfiguration: Did not match: - @ConditionalOnClass did not find required class 'org.apache.solr.client.solrj.impl.CloudSolrClient' (OnClassCondition) SolrRepositoriesAutoConfiguration: Did not match: - @ConditionalOnClass did not find required class 'org.apache.solr.client.solrj.SolrClient' (OnClassCondition) SpringApplicationAdminJmxAutoConfiguration: Did not match: - @ConditionalOnProperty (spring.application.admin.enabled=true) did not find property 'enabled' (OnPropertyCondition) SpringDataWebAutoConfiguration: Did not match: - @ConditionalOnClass did not find required class 'org.springframework.data.web.PageableHandlerMethodArgumentResolver' (OnClassCondition) TaskSchedulingAutoConfiguration#taskScheduler: Did not match: - @ConditionalOnBean (names: org.springframework.context.annotation.internalScheduledAnnotationProcessor; SearchStrategy: all) did not find any beans named org.springframework.context.annotation.internalScheduledAnnotationProcessor (OnBeanCondition) ThymeleafAutoConfiguration: Did not match: - @ConditionalOnClass did not find required class 'org.thymeleaf.templatemode.TemplateMode' (OnClassCondition) TransactionAutoConfiguration: Did not match: - @ConditionalOnClass did not find required class 'org.springframework.transaction.PlatformTransactionManager' (OnClassCondition) UserDetailsServiceAutoConfiguration: Did not match: - @ConditionalOnClass did not find required class 'org.springframework.security.authentication.AuthenticationManager' (OnClassCondition) ValidationAutoConfiguration: Did not match: - @ConditionalOnClass did not find required class 'javax.validation.executable.ExecutableValidator' (OnClassCondition) WebClientAutoConfiguration: Did not match: - @ConditionalOnClass did not find required class 'org.springframework.web.reactive.function.client.WebClient' (OnClassCondition) WebFluxAutoConfiguration: Did not match: - @ConditionalOnClass did not find required class 'org.springframework.web.reactive.config.WebFluxConfigurer' (OnClassCondition) WebMvcAutoConfiguration: Did not match: - @ConditionalOnClass did not find required class 'javax.servlet.Servlet' (OnClassCondition) WebServiceTemplateAutoConfiguration: Did not match: - @ConditionalOnClass did not find required class 'org.springframework.oxm.Marshaller' (OnClassCondition) WebServicesAutoConfiguration: Did not match: - @ConditionalOnClass did not find required class 'org.springframework.ws.transport.http.MessageDispatcherServlet' (OnClassCondition) WebSocketMessagingAutoConfiguration: Did not match: - @ConditionalOnClass did not find required class 'org.springframework.web.socket.config.annotation.WebSocketMessageBrokerConfigurer' (OnClassCondition) WebSocketReactiveAutoConfiguration: Did not match: - @ConditionalOnClass did not find required class 'javax.servlet.Servlet' (OnClassCondition) WebSocketServletAutoConfiguration: Did not match: - @ConditionalOnClass did not find required class 'javax.servlet.Servlet' (OnClassCondition) XADataSourceAutoConfiguration: Did not match: - @ConditionalOnClass did not find required class 'javax.transaction.TransactionManager' (OnClassCondition) Exclusions: ----------- None Unconditional classes: ---------------------- org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.context.ConfigurationPropertiesAutoConfiguration org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.context.PropertyPlaceholderAutoConfiguration org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.info.ProjectInfoAutoConfiguration hi [INFO] Tests run: 1, Failures: 0, Errors: 0, Skipped: 0, Time elapsed: 1.214 s - in any.TestClazz [INFO] [INFO] Results: [INFO] [INFO] Tests run: 1, Failures: 0, Errors: 0, Skipped: 0 .......