Index: src/liblogger/TAsyncMultiLogger.cpp
===================================================================
diff -u -N -ra4635addad389b9e117679437a3e1b64a739ea96 -rdf9de596aad09b008aa076f8e5bb479f19c77259
--- src/liblogger/TAsyncMultiLogger.cpp	(.../TAsyncMultiLogger.cpp)	(revision a4635addad389b9e117679437a3e1b64a739ea96)
+++ src/liblogger/TAsyncMultiLogger.cpp	(.../TAsyncMultiLogger.cpp)	(revision df9de596aad09b008aa076f8e5bb479f19c77259)
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 #include <thread>
 #include <boost/numeric/conversion/cast.hpp>
 #include <atltrace.h>
+#include <boost/format.hpp>
 
 namespace logger
 {
@@ -64,6 +65,8 @@
 	TLogFileDataPtr TAsyncMultiLogger::CreateLoggerData(PCTSTR pszLogPath, const TMultiLoggerConfigPtr& spLoggerConfig)
 	{
 		TLogFileDataPtr spLogFileData = std::make_shared<TLogFileData>(pszLogPath, spLoggerConfig, m_spGlobalRotationInfo);
+		if(!m_bLoggingEnabled)
+			spLogFileData->DisableLogging();
 
 		boost::unique_lock<boost::shared_mutex> lock(m_mutex);
 		m_setLoggerData.insert(spLogFileData);
@@ -97,14 +100,14 @@
 
 		try
 		{
-			std::vector<HANDLE> vHandles;
-
 			bool bStopProcessing = false;
 			do
 			{
+				std::vector<HANDLE> vHandles;
+				std::wstring strError;
+
 				{
 					boost::unique_lock<boost::shared_mutex> lock(pAsyncLogger->m_mutex);
-					vHandles.clear();
 					vHandles.push_back(pAsyncLogger->m_spStopEvent.get());
 
 					std::transform(pAsyncLogger->m_setLoggerData.begin(), pAsyncLogger->m_setLoggerData.end(), std::back_inserter(vHandles), [](const TLogFileDataPtr& rData) { return rData->GetEntriesEvent().get(); });
@@ -116,7 +119,17 @@
 					bStopProcessing = true;
 					break;
 				}
+				if(dwWaitResult == WAIT_FAILED)
+				{
+					DWORD dwLastError = GetLastError();
+					_ASSERTE(dwLastError == ERROR_SUCCESS);
 
+					strError = boost::str(boost::wformat(L"Asynchronous logger critical failure: waiting failed with error %1%. Logging will be disabled until the application will be restarted.") % dwLastError);
+					pAsyncLogger->m_bLoggingEnabled = false;
+
+					bStopProcessing = true;
+				}
+
 				std::vector<TLogFileDataPtr> vLogs;
 				{
 					boost::shared_lock<boost::shared_mutex> lock(pAsyncLogger->m_mutex);
@@ -127,6 +140,13 @@
 				{
 					try
 					{
+						// append emergency message
+						if(!strError.empty())
+						{
+							spLogData->PushLogEntry(strError);
+							spLogData->DisableLogging();
+						}
+
 						spLogData->StoreLogEntries();
 						spLogData->CloseUnusedFile();
 					}
Index: src/liblogger/TAsyncMultiLogger.h
===================================================================
diff -u -N -rd9527df01ee91b35d9a5fdccb80ded25a9c8265f -rdf9de596aad09b008aa076f8e5bb479f19c77259
--- src/liblogger/TAsyncMultiLogger.h	(.../TAsyncMultiLogger.h)	(revision d9527df01ee91b35d9a5fdccb80ded25a9c8265f)
+++ src/liblogger/TAsyncMultiLogger.h	(.../TAsyncMultiLogger.h)	(revision df9de596aad09b008aa076f8e5bb479f19c77259)
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@
 
 		TLoggerRotationInfoPtr m_spGlobalRotationInfo;
 #pragma warning(pop)
+		bool m_bLoggingEnabled = true;
 	};
 }
 
Index: src/liblogger/TLogFileData.cpp
===================================================================
diff -u -N -re98c03b108baad889dfd7c7fbb1a49f5ea5a55d8 -rdf9de596aad09b008aa076f8e5bb479f19c77259
--- src/liblogger/TLogFileData.cpp	(.../TLogFileData.cpp)	(revision e98c03b108baad889dfd7c7fbb1a49f5ea5a55d8)
+++ src/liblogger/TLogFileData.cpp	(.../TLogFileData.cpp)	(revision df9de596aad09b008aa076f8e5bb479f19c77259)
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@
 		{
 			rLoggerPaths.Add(strPath.c_str());
 		}
+
 		rLoggerPaths.Add(m_spLogFile->GetLogPath().c_str());
 	}
 
@@ -68,9 +69,14 @@
 		return m_spHasEntriesEvent;
 	}
 
+	void TLogFileData::DisableLogging()
+	{
+		m_bLoggingEnabled = false;
+	}
+
 	void TLogFileData::PushLogEntry(std::wstring strLine)
 	{
-		if(m_spLogFile)
+		if(m_spLogFile && m_bLoggingEnabled)
 		{
 			boost::unique_lock<boost::shared_mutex> lock(m_mutex);
 			m_listEntries.push_back(strLine);
@@ -92,6 +98,8 @@
 
 			m_spLogFile->Write(listEntries);
 		}
+		else
+			ResetEvent(m_spHasEntriesEvent.get());
 	}
 
 	void TLogFileData::CloseUnusedFile()
Index: src/liblogger/TLogFileData.h
===================================================================
diff -u -N -re98c03b108baad889dfd7c7fbb1a49f5ea5a55d8 -rdf9de596aad09b008aa076f8e5bb479f19c77259
--- src/liblogger/TLogFileData.h	(.../TLogFileData.h)	(revision e98c03b108baad889dfd7c7fbb1a49f5ea5a55d8)
+++ src/liblogger/TLogFileData.h	(.../TLogFileData.h)	(revision df9de596aad09b008aa076f8e5bb479f19c77259)
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@
 
 	private:
 		void PushLogEntry(std::wstring strLine);
+		void DisableLogging();
 
 		std::shared_ptr<void> GetEntriesEvent() const;
 		void StoreLogEntries();
@@ -61,6 +62,8 @@
 		std::unique_ptr<internal::TLogFile> m_spLogFile;
 #pragma warning(pop)
 
+		bool m_bLoggingEnabled = true;
+
 		friend class TLogRecord;
 		friend class TAsyncMultiLogger;
 	};