NotXContentException about log4j2-elasticsearch HOT 8 CLOSED

@sathomps I've stumbled upon this error once. Very long time ago. I never actually nailed down the issue. I just deleted the index and it worked on next run.
How did you get this error? Did you push non-buffered logs (<JestHttp>) to this index before? Do you have any scenario that I can follow to reproduce it?

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I got this out of the box with the latest version of elasticsearch. As mentioned, I tried several different configs for this plugin, deleting all indexes in ES, still the same exception.

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I've unzipped ES 7.1.1 and your config worked with my latest release (1.3.4). I can't get it to throw NotXContentException.
What's your exact setup? OS, Java version, project deps? Could you send me a minimal project that reproduces it?

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I stripped the application down and found a way to reproduce the issue in one config.

If a <PatternLayout> is supplied within <Elasticsearch> ES will throw NotXContentException.

Going back to the config posted above, I was unable to create the exception with a new index.

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@sathomps I don't know how to interpret this one:

If a is supplied within ES

What has to be supplied within ES?

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Updated my comment - forgot to add ticks to start/close angle brackets.

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Ok, now it makes sense - PatternLayout doesn't produce a valid JSON, resulting in this exception on ingestion in ES.
Since you don't get this error with the config posted above, can we consider this issue solved?

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Yep this is good. Thanks for responding

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