From 06c82a79abf1f74f52e5152f41bbb7e69c17b0d4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Philippe Antoine <pantoine@oisf.net>
Date: Fri, 29 Aug 2025 13:18:04 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] output/alert-debug: do not return on app-layer

just continue, so that we call aft->file_ctx->Write

Ticket: 4178
---
 src/alert-debuglog.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/alert-debuglog.c b/src/alert-debuglog.c
index 4ad9d2f8ce..e3e07be2fe 100644
--- a/src/alert-debuglog.c
+++ b/src/alert-debuglog.c
@@ -285,7 +285,7 @@ static TmEcode AlertDebugLogger(ThreadVars *tv, const Packet *p, void *thread_da
             int ret;
             uint8_t flag;
             if (!(PacketIsTCP(p)) || p->flow == NULL || p->flow->protoctx == NULL) {
-                return TM_ECODE_OK;
+                continue;
             }
             /* IDS mode reverse the data */
             /** \todo improve the order selection policy */