From: Jakub Jirutka <jakub@jirutka.cz>
Date: Sun, 04 May 2025 19:29:25 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Add usable defaults for syslog logger

diff --git a/lib/util/settings.ts b/lib/util/settings.ts
index f122fed68f3..b93a7739ece 100644
--- a/lib/util/settings.ts
+++ b/lib/util/settings.ts
@@ -94,7 +94,11 @@ export const defaults = {
         log_file: "log.log",
         log_level: /* v8 ignore next */ process.env.DEBUG ? "debug" : "info",
         log_namespaced_levels: {},
-        log_syslog: {},
+        log_syslog: {  // XXX-Patched: syslog defaults
+            facility: "daemon",
+            path: "/dev/log",
+            protocol: "unix",
+        } as KeyValue,
         log_debug_to_mqtt_frontend: false,
         log_debug_namespace_ignore: "",
         log_directories_to_keep: 10,
diff --git a/test/extensions/bridge.test.ts b/test/extensions/bridge.test.ts
index a3983de3f78..a681d637123 100644
--- a/test/extensions/bridge.test.ts
+++ b/test/extensions/bridge.test.ts
@@ -120,7 +120,11 @@ describe("Extension: Bridge", () => {
                         log_console_json: false,
                         log_rotation: true,
                         log_symlink_current: false,
-                        log_syslog: {},
+                        log_syslog: {  // XXX-Patched: syslog defaults
+                            facility: "daemon",
+                            path: "/dev/log",
+                            protocol: "unix",
+                        },
                         log_directories_to_keep: 10,
                         output: "json",
                         pan_id: 6754,