NLog/NLog v6.0.0-preview1

NLog 6.0 Preview1

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Major Changes

• Support AOT builds without build warnings.
• New FileTarget without ConcurrentWrites support, but still support KeepFileOpen true / false.
• Moved old FileTarget into the new nuget-package NLog.Targets.ConcurrentFile.
• Created new nuget-package NLog.Targets.AtomicFile that supports ConcurrentWrites for NET8 on both Windows / Linux.
• Created new nuget-package NLog.Targets.GZipFile that uses GZipStream for writing directly to compressed files.
• Moved MailTarget into the new nuget-package NLog.Targets.Mail.
• Moved NetworkTarget into the new nuget-package NLog.Targets.Network.
• New GelfTarget introduced for the new nuget-package NLog.Targets.Network.
• New SyslogTarget introduced for the new nuget-package NLog.Targets.Network.
• Moved TraceTarget and NLogTraceListener into the new nuget-package NLog.Targets.Trace.
• Moved WebServiceTarget into the new nuget-package NLog.Targets.WebService
• Removed dependency on System.Text.RegularExpressions and introduced new nuget-package NLog.RegEx.
• Removed dependency on System.Xml.XmlReader by implementing own internal basic XML-Parser.

NLog v6.0 release notes: https://nlog-project.org/2025/04/29/nlog-6-0-major-changes.html

List of all NLog 6.0 Pull Requests

• Breaking Changes

• Breaking Behavior Changes

• Features

• Improvements

• Performance