NLog · snakefoot · Apr 5, 2025 · Apr 5, 2025
diff --git a/src/NLog/LayoutRenderers/Wrappers/JsonEncodeLayoutRendererWrapper.cs b/src/NLog/LayoutRenderers/Wrappers/JsonEncodeLayoutRendererWrapper.cs
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
 namespace NLog.LayoutRenderers.Wrappers
 {
    using System;
+    using System.ComponentModel;
    using System.Text;
    using NLog.Config;

@@ -70,6 +71,7 @@ public sealed class JsonEncodeLayoutRendererWrapper : WrapperLayoutRendererBase
        /// </remarks>
        /// <docgen category="Layout Options" order="10"/>
        [Obsolete("Marked obsolete with NLog 5.5. Should never escape forward slash")]
+        [EditorBrowsable(EditorBrowsableState.Never)]
        public bool EscapeForwardSlash { get; set; }

        /// <inheritdoc/>

diff --git a/src/NLog/Layouts/JSON/JsonAttribute.cs b/src/NLog/Layouts/JSON/JsonAttribute.cs
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
 namespace NLog.Layouts
 {
    using System;
+    using System.ComponentModel;
    using System.Text;
    using NLog.Config;

@@ -133,7 +134,8 @@ public string Name
        /// If not set explicitly then the value of the parent will be used as default.
        /// </remarks>
        /// <docgen category='Layout Options' order='100' />
-        [Obsolete("Marked obsolete with NLog 5.5. Should never escape forward slash")]
+        [Obsolete("Marked obsolete since forward slash are valid JSON. Marked obsolete with NLog v5.4")]
+        [EditorBrowsable(EditorBrowsableState.Never)]
        public bool EscapeForwardSlash { get; set; }

        /// <summary>

diff --git a/src/NLog/Layouts/JSON/JsonLayout.cs b/src/NLog/Layouts/JSON/JsonLayout.cs
@@ -234,6 +234,7 @@ public bool IndentJson
        /// </remarks>
        /// <docgen category='Layout Options' order='100' />
        [Obsolete("Marked obsolete with NLog 5.5. Should never escape forward slash")]
+        [EditorBrowsable(EditorBrowsableState.Never)]
        public bool EscapeForwardSlash { get; set; }

        /// <inheritdoc/>

diff --git a/src/NLog/Targets/DefaultJsonSerializer.cs b/src/NLog/Targets/DefaultJsonSerializer.cs
@@ -95,9 +95,10 @@ public string SerializeObject(object value, JsonSerializeOptions options)
            }
            else if (value is string str)
            {
+                var escapeUnicode = options.EscapeUnicode;
                foreach (var chr in str)
                {
-                    if (RequiresJsonEscape(chr, options.EscapeUnicode))
+                    if (RequiresJsonEscape(chr, escapeUnicode))
                    {
                        StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder(str.Length + 4);
                        sb.Append('"');

diff --git a/src/NLog/Targets/JsonSerializeOptions.cs b/src/NLog/Targets/JsonSerializeOptions.cs
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ public class JsonSerializeOptions
        /// Should forward slashes be escaped? If true, / will be converted to \/
        /// </summary>
        [Obsolete("Marked obsolete with NLog 5.5. Should never escape forward slash")]
+        [EditorBrowsable(EditorBrowsableState.Never)]
        public bool EscapeForwardSlash { get; set; }

        /// <summary>