logback Receiver - Can't handle model of type ReceiverModel with tag: receiver

Attempting Logback receiver feature I get this error: ERROR in ch.qos.logback.core.model.processor.DefaultProcessor@76b10754 - Can't handle model of type class ch.qos.logback.classic.model.ReceiverModel with tag: receiver at line 11

My setup:

Arch Linux 6.5.5 kernel
Logback 1.3.11 (also tried other versions, including 1.4.x. 1.3 is prefered since I am stuck with java 8 in prod)
SLF4J 2.0.9 (also tried 2.0.7)
Java 8,11,17 all give same result
Also tried run application in a docker-container to rule out my environment ( maven:3.5-jdk-8)

To reproduce: Structure:

./
├── pom.xml
└── src/
   └── main/
      ├── java/
      │  └── logbackreceiver/
      │     └── server/
      │        └── Main.java
      └── resources/
         └── logback.xml

Main.java:

package logbackreceiver.server;
import org.slf4j.Logger;
import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
public class Main {
  private static final Logger logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(Main.class);
  static public void main(String[] args) {
    logger.info("Starting");
  }
}

logback.xml: (I also tried the canonical style with same result)

<configuration debug="true">
    <appender name="CONSOLE" class="ch.qos.logback.core.ConsoleAppender">
        <encoder>
            <pattern>[%date]-%msg%n</pattern>
        </encoder>
    </appender>
    <root level="DEBUG">
        <appender-ref ref="CONSOLE" />
    </root>
    <receiver class="ch.qos.logback.classic.net.server.ServerSocketReceiver">
        <port>3331</port>
    </receiver>
</configuration>

pom.xml:

<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
  xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
  <groupId>home.logbackreceiver</groupId>
  <artifactId>server</artifactId>
  <packaging>jar</packaging>
  <properties>
    <maven.compiler.source>8</maven.compiler.source>
    <maven.compiler.target>8</maven.compiler.target>
  </properties>
  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
  <name>logbackreceiverserver</name>
  <url>http://maven.apache.org</url>
  <dependencies>
    <dependency>
      <groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
      <artifactId>logback-core</artifactId>
      <version>1.3.11</version>
    </dependency>
    <dependency>
      <groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
      <artifactId>logback-classic</artifactId>
      <version>1.3.11</version>
    </dependency>
    <dependency>
      <groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
      <artifactId>logback-access</artifactId>
      <version>1.3.11</version>
    </dependency>
    <dependency>
      <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
      <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
      <version>2.0.9</version>
    </dependency>
  </dependencies>
</project>

To build and run:

mvn clean compile && sudo mvn exec:java -Dexec.mainClass="logbackreceiver.server.Main"

Following the guide here: https://logback.qos.ch/manual/receivers.html I also cloned code from github (various versions here too) and run the example codes. Everything give me the same problem. I tried various versions of Logback (3.x and 4.x). I tried Java 8,11,17 I would prefer to make Logback 3.x to work since I am stuck with Java 8 in prod.

I even tried run it in a Docker-container to rule out problems in my environment.

Complete log:

12:50:25,651 |-INFO in ch.qos.logback.classic.LoggerContext[default] - This is logback-classic version 1.3.11
12:50:25,652 |-INFO in ch.qos.logback.classic.util.ContextInitializer@2e8123ad - No custom configurators were discovered as a service.
12:50:25,652 |-INFO in ch.qos.logback.classic.util.ContextInitializer@2e8123ad - Trying to configure with ch.qos.logback.classic.joran.SerializedModelConfigurator
12:50:25,652 |-INFO in ch.qos.logback.classic.util.ContextInitializer@2e8123ad - Constructed configurator of type class ch.qos.logback.classic.joran.SerializedModelConfigurator
12:50:25,664 |-INFO in ch.qos.logback.classic.LoggerContext[default] - Could NOT find resource [logback-test.scmo]
12:50:25,664 |-INFO in ch.qos.logback.classic.LoggerContext[default] - Could NOT find resource [logback.scmo]
12:50:25,664 |-INFO in ch.qos.logback.classic.util.ContextInitializer@2e8123ad - ch.qos.logback.classic.joran.SerializedModelConfigurator.configure() call lasted 12 milliseconds. ExecutionStatus=INVOKE_NEXT_IF_ANY
12:50:25,664 |-INFO in ch.qos.logback.classic.util.ContextInitializer@2e8123ad - Trying to configure with ch.qos.logback.classic.util.DefaultJoranConfigurator
12:50:25,665 |-INFO in ch.qos.logback.classic.util.ContextInitializer@2e8123ad - Constructed configurator of type class ch.qos.logback.classic.util.DefaultJoranConfigurator
12:50:25,665 |-INFO in ch.qos.logback.classic.LoggerContext[default] - Could NOT find resource [logback-test.xml]
12:50:25,665 |-INFO in ch.qos.logback.classic.LoggerContext[default] - Found resource [logback.xml] at [file:/home/x/Projects/logbackreceiver/server/target/classes/logback.xml]
12:50:25,722 |-INFO in ch.qos.logback.core.model.processor.AppenderModelHandler - Processing appender named [CONSOLE]
12:50:25,722 |-INFO in ch.qos.logback.core.model.processor.AppenderModelHandler - About to instantiate appender of type [ch.qos.logback.core.ConsoleAppender]
12:50:25,725 |-INFO in ch.qos.logback.core.model.processor.ImplicitModelHandler - Assuming default type [ch.qos.logback.classic.encoder.PatternLayoutEncoder] for [encoder] property
12:50:25,729 |-INFO in ch.qos.logback.classic.model.processor.RootLoggerModelHandler - Setting level of ROOT logger to DEBUG
12:50:25,729 |-INFO in ch.qos.logback.core.model.processor.AppenderRefModelHandler - Attaching appender named [CONSOLE] to Logger[ROOT]
12:50:25,730 |-ERROR in ch.qos.logback.core.model.processor.DefaultProcessor@270251cf - Can't handle model of type class ch.qos.logback.classic.model.ReceiverModel  with tag: receiver at line
10
12:50:25,730 |-WARN in ch.qos.logback.core.model.processor.ImplicitModelHandler - Ignoring unknown property [port] in [ch.qos.logback.classic.LoggerContext]
12:50:25,730 |-ERROR in ch.qos.logback.core.model.processor.DefaultProcessor@270251cf - Can't handle model of type class ch.qos.logback.classic.model.ReceiverModel  with tag: receiver at line
10
12:50:25,730 |-INFO in ch.qos.logback.core.model.processor.DefaultProcessor@270251cf - End of configuration.
12:50:25,730 |-INFO in ch.qos.logback.classic.joran.JoranConfigurator@49fe6dec - Registering current configuration as safe fallback point
12:50:25,730 |-INFO in ch.qos.logback.classic.util.ContextInitializer@2e8123ad - ch.qos.logback.classic.util.DefaultJoranConfigurator.configure() call lasted 65 milliseconds. ExecutionStatus=DO_NOT_INVOKE_NEXT_IF_ANY
[2023-09-29 12:50:25,731]-Starting

Sep 29 '23 11:09 raymondsvendsen

I would be happy to know if this should work. Does no one use this feature?

Oct 13 '23 17:10 raymondsvendsen

I have the very same error and opened a ticket in the old Jira tracker: https://jira.qos.ch/browse/LOGBACK-1743

PR #699 has a fix for this.

Nov 05 '23 20:11 VolkerGoetz

Thank you for the information.

Nov 07 '23 22:11 raymondsvendsen

I ran into the same issue, thanks for the PR. Would be great to get an update on whether that's considered for merging into an upcoming release. Was there a reason not to support the receiver tag or just an oversight/bug?

Mar 13 '24 11:03 meyertee

Also encountered this issue. Until a new release is available, would I have to build the logback-classic.jar myself to fix this behaviour?

Mar 18 '24 13:03 jhartelt

@ceki Any chances of addressing the issue in the near future? The bug basically makes the receiver functionality unusable but the PR posted above is a straightforward fix.

Jun 19 '24 17:06 PrometheusNox