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       xmlns="https://logging.apache.org/xml/ns"
       xsi:schemaLocation="https://logging.apache.org/xml/ns https://logging.apache.org/xml/ns/log4j-changelog-0.xsd"
       type="changed">
  <issue id="1970" link="https://github.com/apache/logging-log4j2/pull/1970"/>
  <description format="asciidoc">
    Change default encoding of HTTP Basic Authentication to UTF-8 and add
    xref:manual/systemproperties.adoc#log4j2.configurationAuthorizationEncoding[`log4j2.configurationAuthorizationEncoding`]
    property to overwrite it.
  </description>
</entry>
