From f4dc8f44b12cdc7921db96c6e51998bf72b37d8d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Asif Bacchus <asif@asifbacchus.dev>
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 2026 22:49:13 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] feat(logger): Handle plain-text insufficient information

Return without logging if message, level and/or status is not supplied.
---
 logger.sh | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/logger.sh b/logger.sh
index 9198790..853cf7c 100644
--- a/logger.sh
+++ b/logger.sh
@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@ uppercase() {
 
 # modified syslog fmt: <ISO-8601 timestamp> <hostname> <tag>[pid]: [LEVEL:$2] [STATUS:$3] <MESSAGE:$1> (<OPERATION:$4>:<CODE:$5>)
 writePlainTextLog() {
-  # if no message is supplied, there is no purpose in generating a log message!
-  if [ -z "$1" ]; then
+  # not enough information to generate a meaningful log message
+  if [ -z "$1" ] || [ $# -lt 3 ]; then
     return
   fi