Everythind that looks like an http(s) url will be rendered as hyperlink and ansi-color escapes are now supported. In order to have ansi-colors in the file output you need to set a custom pattern. e.g.: logging.pattern.file="%clr(%d{yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss.SSS}){faint} %clr(%5p) %clr(${PID}){magenta} %clr(---){faint} %clr([%15.15t]){faint} %clr(%-40.40logger{39}){cyan} %clr(:){faint} %m%n%wEx" closes #670