diff --git a/ZB.MOM.WW.Telemetry/src/ZB.MOM.WW.Telemetry.Serilog/ZbSerilogExtensions.cs b/ZB.MOM.WW.Telemetry/src/ZB.MOM.WW.Telemetry.Serilog/ZbSerilogExtensions.cs
index 11b850a..8150434 100644
--- a/ZB.MOM.WW.Telemetry/src/ZB.MOM.WW.Telemetry.Serilog/ZbSerilogExtensions.cs
+++ b/ZB.MOM.WW.Telemetry/src/ZB.MOM.WW.Telemetry.Serilog/ZbSerilogExtensions.cs
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ using ZB.MOM.WW.Telemetry;
namespace ZB.MOM.WW.Telemetry.Serilog;
///
-/// Extension point for configuring the shared Serilog two-stage bootstrap on an
+/// Extension point for configuring the shared Serilog application logger on an
/// . Wires config-driven sinks
/// (ReadFrom.Configuration), an explicit minimum level (Serilog:MinimumLevel,
/// default ), and the shared enricher/redaction/OTel-export
@@ -14,39 +14,44 @@ namespace ZB.MOM.WW.Telemetry.Serilog;
/// AddZbTelemetry in the core package for that.
///
///
-/// Stage 1 (bootstrap): sets to a console-only logger before
-/// Build() is called, capturing any startup exceptions that occur before the DI
-/// container is ready.
+/// This method intentionally does not set the process-global
+/// (via CreateBootstrapLogger or otherwise). Mutating
+/// process-global state in a shared library causes "logger is already frozen" exceptions
+/// when multiple hosts are built in the same process (integration tests, multi-host apps).
///
///
-/// Stage 2 (application): wires the full Serilog pipeline via
-///
-/// once the host builds, replacing the bootstrap logger with the configuration-driven one.
+/// Apps that need a pre-Build() bootstrap logger to capture early startup exceptions
+/// should set themselves in Program.cs before calling
+/// AddZbSerilog:
+///
+/// Log.Logger = new LoggerConfiguration().WriteTo.Console().CreateBootstrapLogger();
+/// // ... then build the host ...
+/// builder.AddZbSerilog(o => { ... });
+///
+/// This keeps global-state mutation firmly in the application, not the library.
///
///
public static class ZbSerilogExtensions
{
///
- /// Registers Serilog on the host with a two-stage bootstrap:
- ///
- /// -
- ///
- /// Stage 1 — immediately sets to a console-only bootstrap logger
- /// so that startup exceptions before Build() are captured.
- ///
- ///
- /// -
- ///
- /// Stage 2 — registers the full pipeline via AddSerilog: configuration-driven sinks
- /// (ReadFrom.Configuration), a code default of
- /// that config can override via Serilog:MinimumLevel or namespace overrides, plus
- /// the identity enrichers (SiteId/NodeRole from ,
- /// NodeHostname = ).
- ///
- ///
- ///
- /// The delegate receives the same
- /// used by AddZbTelemetry — typically share one options-population lambda across both.
+ /// Registers the Serilog application logger in DI. Wires configuration-driven sinks
+ /// (ReadFrom.Configuration), a code default of
+ /// that config can override via Serilog:MinimumLevel or namespace overrides, plus
+ /// the identity enrichers (SiteId/NodeRole from ,
+ /// NodeHostname = ).
+ ///
+ ///
+ /// This method does not set the process-global .
+ /// preserveStaticLogger: true is passed to AddSerilog so the static logger
+ /// is left entirely untouched — safe to call multiple times in the same process (integration
+ /// tests, multi-host scenarios) without hitting "logger is already frozen".
+ ///
+ ///
+ /// If early-startup bootstrap logging is required (before Build()), set
+ /// Log.Logger = new LoggerConfiguration().WriteTo.Console().CreateBootstrapLogger();
+ /// in Program.cs before calling this method. That decision belongs to the
+ /// application, not the shared library.
+ ///
///
/// The host application builder.
/// Populates the .
@@ -60,20 +65,19 @@ public static class ZbSerilogExtensions
var options = new ZbTelemetryOptions();
configure(options);
- // Stage 1: bootstrap logger captures startup exceptions before Build().
- Log.Logger = new LoggerConfiguration()
- .WriteTo.Console()
- .CreateBootstrapLogger();
+ // Register the application logger in DI only. preserveStaticLogger: true ensures
+ // AddSerilog does NOT freeze or replace Log.Logger — critical for multi-host
+ // processes (integration tests etc.) where AddZbSerilog may be called more than once.
+ builder.Services.AddSerilog(
+ (serviceProvider, loggerConfiguration) =>
+ {
+ loggerConfiguration
+ .MinimumLevel.Is(LogEventLevel.Information)
+ .ReadFrom.Configuration(builder.Configuration);
- // Stage 2: full application logger — code default first, then config overrides.
- builder.Services.AddSerilog((serviceProvider, loggerConfiguration) =>
- {
- loggerConfiguration
- .MinimumLevel.Is(LogEventLevel.Information)
- .ReadFrom.Configuration(builder.Configuration);
-
- ZbSerilogConfig.Apply(loggerConfiguration, options, serviceProvider);
- });
+ ZbSerilogConfig.Apply(loggerConfiguration, options, serviceProvider);
+ },
+ preserveStaticLogger: true);
return builder;
}
diff --git a/ZB.MOM.WW.Telemetry/tests/ZB.MOM.WW.Telemetry.Serilog.Tests/MultiHostTests.cs b/ZB.MOM.WW.Telemetry/tests/ZB.MOM.WW.Telemetry.Serilog.Tests/MultiHostTests.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..faa84d5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ZB.MOM.WW.Telemetry/tests/ZB.MOM.WW.Telemetry.Serilog.Tests/MultiHostTests.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,102 @@
+using Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting;
+using Serilog;
+using ZB.MOM.WW.Telemetry;
+using ZB.MOM.WW.Telemetry.Serilog;
+
+namespace ZB.MOM.WW.Telemetry.Serilog.Tests;
+
+///
+/// Regression tests for the process-global-state hazard: AddZbSerilog must not set or
+/// freeze Log.Logger. When multiple hosts are built in the same process (integration
+/// tests, multi-host apps) AddZbSerilog must be callable repeatedly without throwing
+/// "The logger is already frozen".
+///
+public sealed class MultiHostTests
+{
+ [Fact]
+ public void AddZbSerilog_called_twice_in_same_process_does_not_throw()
+ {
+ // Arrange + Act: build two completely independent hosts in the same test process.
+ // Prior to the fix, the second call to AddZbSerilog would crash with
+ // "The logger is already frozen" because Stage-1 set the process-global Log.Logger.
+ var exception = Record.Exception(() =>
+ {
+ var builder1 = Host.CreateApplicationBuilder();
+ builder1.AddZbSerilog(o =>
+ {
+ o.ServiceName = "host-one";
+ o.SiteId = "s1";
+ o.NodeRole = "central";
+ });
+ using var host1 = builder1.Build();
+
+ var builder2 = Host.CreateApplicationBuilder();
+ builder2.AddZbSerilog(o =>
+ {
+ o.ServiceName = "host-two";
+ o.SiteId = "s2";
+ o.NodeRole = "site";
+ });
+ using var host2 = builder2.Build();
+ });
+
+ Assert.Null(exception);
+ }
+
+ [Fact]
+ public void AddZbSerilog_does_not_mutate_global_Log_Logger()
+ {
+ // Capture whatever the static logger is before calling AddZbSerilog.
+ var loggerBefore = Log.Logger;
+
+ var builder = Host.CreateApplicationBuilder();
+ builder.AddZbSerilog(o =>
+ {
+ o.ServiceName = "no-global-state";
+ });
+ using var host = builder.Build();
+
+ // AddZbSerilog must leave Log.Logger exactly as it was found.
+ // (ReferenceEquals is the right check — it must be the *same* instance, not
+ // just an equivalent one, so we know the library never touched the static field.)
+ Assert.True(
+ ReferenceEquals(loggerBefore, Log.Logger),
+ "AddZbSerilog must not replace or freeze the global Log.Logger");
+ }
+
+ [Fact]
+ public void AddZbSerilog_each_host_resolves_its_own_DI_ILogger()
+ {
+ // Both hosts must resolve a working Serilog ILogger from DI independently —
+ // neither host's logger is the process-global Log.Logger.
+ var builder1 = Host.CreateApplicationBuilder();
+ builder1.AddZbSerilog(o => { o.ServiceName = "host-a"; });
+ using var host1 = builder1.Build();
+
+ var builder2 = Host.CreateApplicationBuilder();
+ builder2.AddZbSerilog(o => { o.ServiceName = "host-b"; });
+ using var host2 = builder2.Build();
+
+ var logger1 = host1.Services.GetRequiredService();
+ var logger2 = host2.Services.GetRequiredService();
+
+ // Both are non-null and independently functional.
+ Assert.NotNull(logger1);
+ Assert.NotNull(logger2);
+
+ // They are distinct instances (each host has its own application logger).
+ Assert.False(
+ ReferenceEquals(logger1, logger2),
+ "each host must have its own DI-registered ILogger instance");
+
+ // Neither matches the global Log.Logger — the library must not have promoted
+ // a DI logger to process-global state.
+ Assert.False(
+ ReferenceEquals(logger1, Log.Logger),
+ "host-a's DI logger must not be the global Log.Logger");
+ Assert.False(
+ ReferenceEquals(logger2, Log.Logger),
+ "host-b's DI logger must not be the global Log.Logger");
+ }
+}
diff --git a/components/observability/shared-contract/ZB.MOM.WW.Telemetry.md b/components/observability/shared-contract/ZB.MOM.WW.Telemetry.md
index f0a9604..bd5c6ff 100644
--- a/components/observability/shared-contract/ZB.MOM.WW.Telemetry.md
+++ b/components/observability/shared-contract/ZB.MOM.WW.Telemetry.md
@@ -148,22 +148,30 @@ public static class ZbMetricsEndpointExtensions
```csharp
namespace ZB.MOM.WW.Telemetry.Serilog;
-/// Extension point for configuring the Serilog two-stage bootstrap on an IHostApplicationBuilder.
+/// Extension point for registering the Serilog application logger in DI on an IHostApplicationBuilder.
public static class ZbSerilogExtensions
{
- /// Two-stage Serilog bootstrap:
- /// Stage 1 — minimal console-only bootstrap logger (for startup errors before IConfiguration).
- /// Stage 2 — application logger wired from IConfiguration (ReadFrom.Configuration reads
- /// Serilog:WriteTo sinks + Serilog:MinimumLevel from "Serilog:MinimumLevel") with
- /// fixed enrichers: SiteId + NodeRole from ZbTelemetryOptions; NodeHostname from
- /// Environment.MachineName (auto — not a caller-supplied option); TraceContextEnricher;
- /// and RedactionEnricher (applied only when ILogRedactor is registered).
+ /// Registers the Serilog application logger in DI. Wires configuration-driven sinks
+ /// (ReadFrom.Configuration reads Serilog:WriteTo sinks + Serilog:MinimumLevel) with
+ /// fixed enrichers: SiteId + NodeRole from ZbTelemetryOptions; NodeHostname from
+ /// Environment.MachineName (auto — not a caller-supplied option); TraceContextEnricher;
+ /// and RedactionEnricher (applied only when ILogRedactor is registered).
///
/// MinimumLevel: AddZbSerilog reads "Serilog:MinimumLevel" from IConfiguration. Callers that
/// bind MinimumLevel from a different config key (e.g. ScadaBridge's
/// "ScadaBridge:Logging:MinimumLevel") apply that override themselves before or after
/// calling AddZbSerilog — this remains per-project and AddZbSerilog does not read it.
///
+ /// IMPORTANT — no process-global state: AddZbSerilog does NOT set Log.Logger. It passes
+ /// preserveStaticLogger: true to AddSerilog so the static logger is left untouched.
+ /// This makes AddZbSerilog safe to call multiple times in one process (integration tests,
+ /// multi-host apps) without hitting "The logger is already frozen".
+ ///
+ /// Apps that need a pre-Build() bootstrap logger (for startup exceptions before IConfiguration
+ /// is available) should set Log.Logger themselves in Program.cs:
+ /// Log.Logger = new LoggerConfiguration().WriteTo.Console().CreateBootstrapLogger();
+ /// That is an application-level decision — not done by this library.
+ ///
/// OTel log export is wired automatically: logs flow through the OTel pipeline with the same
/// Resource as the metrics and traces (all three signals correlated in a backend).
///
@@ -247,10 +255,12 @@ The net48 x86 mxaccessgw worker is excluded from both packages. Its `IWorkerLogg
(`Directory.Packages.props`).
3. **`RedactionEnricher` DI timing:** `RedactionEnricher` resolves `ILogRedactor` from
- `IServiceProvider` on first use (lazy, to avoid a circular-DI problem during Serilog's
- two-stage bootstrap). Validate that the service provider is fully built by the time the
- first post-startup log event fires. If MxGateway's `GatewayLogRedactor` has dependencies
- that are not available at stage-1 bootstrap time, the lazy-resolve pattern protects it.
+ `IServiceProvider` on first use (lazy, to avoid a circular-DI problem at host-build time).
+ Validate that the service provider is fully built by the time the first post-startup log
+ event fires. If MxGateway's `GatewayLogRedactor` has dependencies that are not yet
+ available when the DI container is being composed, the lazy-resolve pattern protects it.
+ (Note: the library no longer sets a Stage-1 bootstrap logger, so there is no Stage-1 vs.
+ Stage-2 logger lifetime to reason about — only the single DI-registered application logger.)
4. **`SiteId` / `NodeRole` null handling:** `AddZbTelemetry` and `AddZbSerilog` silently
omit null `SiteId`/`NodeRole` from the Resource and enricher set. Confirm this is the
diff --git a/components/observability/spec/SPEC.md b/components/observability/spec/SPEC.md
index f86bfab..208cc9b 100644
--- a/components/observability/spec/SPEC.md
+++ b/components/observability/spec/SPEC.md
@@ -108,13 +108,24 @@ three apps currently use or aspire to.
## 5. Serilog logging stack
-`AddZbSerilog` is a companion extension in the `.Serilog` package. It replaces each
-project's bespoke logging bootstrap with a shared two-stage pattern:
+`AddZbSerilog` is a companion extension in the `.Serilog` package. It registers the
+Serilog application logger in DI and applies a set of fixed enrichers:
-**Stage 1 (bootstrap logger):** a minimal `Log.Logger` for startup errors before the
-`IConfiguration` is available. Writes to console only.
+> **No process-global state.** `AddZbSerilog` does NOT set or freeze the static
+> `Log.Logger`. It passes `preserveStaticLogger: true` to `AddSerilog` so the global
+> logger is left entirely untouched. This keeps the library safe for multi-host processes
+> (integration tests, Aspire, test suites) — calling `AddZbSerilog` twice in the same
+> process must never throw "The logger is already frozen".
+>
+> The optional Stage-1 **bootstrap logger** (`CreateBootstrapLogger`) — a minimal
+> console-only `Log.Logger` for capturing startup exceptions before `IConfiguration` is
+> available — is the **application's responsibility**, not the library's. Apps that need
+> it should add this to `Program.cs` before calling `AddZbSerilog`:
+> ```csharp
+> Log.Logger = new LoggerConfiguration().WriteTo.Console().CreateBootstrapLogger();
+> ```
-**Stage 2 (application logger):** reads sinks and overrides from `IConfiguration`
+**Application logger (DI):** reads sinks and overrides from `IConfiguration`
(`ReadFrom.Configuration`) and applies a set of fixed enrichers:
| Enricher | Property name | Source |
@@ -170,9 +181,9 @@ process in log events) while making the plumbing reusable.
| Project | Current state | Primary gaps | What normalizes |
|---|---|---|---|
-| **OtOpcUa** | Full OTel SDK (`WithMetrics` + `WithTracing`); Prometheus `/metrics`; Serilog bootstrap; 7 instruments + 2 spans. | No `Resource` / `service.name` anywhere; no trace↔log correlation; no `SiteId`/`NodeRole` enrichers. | Call `AddZbTelemetry` (adds Resource; consolidates standard instrumentation); call `AddZbSerilog` (adds `TraceContextEnricher` + identity enrichers); migrate existing Serilog bootstrap to shared two-stage pattern. |
+| **OtOpcUa** | Full OTel SDK (`WithMetrics` + `WithTracing`); Prometheus `/metrics`; Serilog bootstrap; 7 instruments + 2 spans. | No `Resource` / `service.name` anywhere; no trace↔log correlation; no `SiteId`/`NodeRole` enrichers. | Call `AddZbTelemetry` (adds Resource; consolidates standard instrumentation); call `AddZbSerilog` (adds `TraceContextEnricher` + identity enrichers); remove bespoke Serilog bootstrap (if a pre-Build bootstrap logger is wanted, add `Log.Logger = new LoggerConfiguration()...CreateBootstrapLogger();` in `Program.cs`). |
| **MxGateway** | Hand-rolled `GatewayMetrics` (13 counters / 3 histograms `ms` / 4 gauges); in-memory snapshot only — no export; MEL logging with `GatewayLogScope` correlation + `GatewayLogRedactor`; no OTel SDK. | No OTel SDK; no export; `ms` histograms diverge from OTel semconv (`s`); MEL → Serilog migration; no Resource. | Call `AddZbTelemetry` (wires OTel SDK around existing `GatewayMetrics` — finally exports); call `AddZbSerilog` (replaces MEL; re-expresses `GatewayLogScope` as `LogContext.PushProperty`; moves `GatewayLogRedactor` behind `ILogRedactor`). Duration unit convergence (`ms`→`s`) tracked in GAPS. **This is the one adoption done now.** |
-| **ScadaBridge** | `OpenTelemetry.Api` ref only (dangling — CVE-patch origin, zero usage); Serilog bootstrap (`LoggerConfigurationFactory`) with `SiteId`/`NodeRole`/`NodeHostname` enrichers. | No OTel SDK; no metrics; no tracing; no export; no trace↔log correlation. ScadaBridge's enricher property names are already the target names — migration is additive. | Call `AddZbTelemetry` (adds OTel SDK + metrics + traces + export); call `AddZbSerilog` (consolidates `LoggerConfigurationFactory`; adds `TraceContextEnricher`). |
+| **ScadaBridge** | `OpenTelemetry.Api` ref only (dangling — CVE-patch origin, zero usage); Serilog bootstrap (`LoggerConfigurationFactory`) with `SiteId`/`NodeRole`/`NodeHostname` enrichers. | No OTel SDK; no metrics; no tracing; no export; no trace↔log correlation. ScadaBridge's enricher property names are already the target names — migration is additive. | Call `AddZbTelemetry` (adds OTel SDK + metrics + traces + export); call `AddZbSerilog` (consolidates `LoggerConfigurationFactory`; adds `TraceContextEnricher`); if a pre-Build bootstrap logger is wanted, set `Log.Logger = new LoggerConfiguration()...CreateBootstrapLogger();` in `Program.cs`. |
> The MxGateway logging migration (`MEL → Serilog`, re-expressing `GatewayLogRedactor`
> behind `ILogRedactor`) is the **only sister-repo touch in scope for this release**. OtOpcUa