https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/8db7693bbff55f5ed4bfc194c77c561e714... commit: 8db7693bbff55f5ed4bfc194c77c561e71471bf3 branch: main author: Vinay Sajip <vinay_sajip@yahoo.co.uk> committer: vsajip <vinay_sajip@yahoo.co.uk> date: 2022-08-25T08:27:30+01:00 summary: gh-91070: Add note about SysLogHandler on macOS 12.x (Monterey). (GH-94803) files: M Doc/library/logging.handlers.rst diff --git a/Doc/library/logging.handlers.rst b/Doc/library/logging.handlers.rst index 0dc05255db9..f125dfe64a0 100644 --- a/Doc/library/logging.handlers.rst +++ b/Doc/library/logging.handlers.rst @@ -629,6 +629,12 @@ supports sending logging messages to a remote or local Unix syslog. application needs to run on several platforms). On Windows, you pretty much have to use the UDP option. + .. note:: On macOS 12.x (Monterey), Apple has changed the behaviour of their + syslog daemon - it no longer listens on a domain socket. Therefore, you cannot + expect :class:`SysLogHandler` to work on this system. + + See :gh:`91070` for more information. + .. versionchanged:: 3.2 *socktype* was added.