HttpComponents Project Status

HttpComponents HttpClient 5.6.x

HttpClient 5.5.x branch is considered stable and production ready. It is being actively maintained and supported. The 5.6.x release series improves HTTP/2 protocol support by ensuring conformance to the latest HTTP specification (RFC 9113), adds support for Unix domain sockets and transparent content decompression for the async transport, also provides experimental SCRAM-SHA-256 authentication scheme.

HttpComponents HttpCore 5.4.x

HttpCore 5.4.x branch is the current stable and production ready. The 5.4.x release series improves HTTP/2 protocol support by ensuring conformance to the latest HTTP specification (RFC 9113), adds support for Unix domain sockets, and also redesigns the classic over async API compatibity bridge.

HttpComponents HttpClient 4.5.x

HttpClient 4.5.x branch is considered stable and production ready. Please note the 4.x release series will be receiving fixes for major defects and security issues only.

Users of HttpClient 4.x are strongly encouraged to migrate to HttpClient 5.x

HttpComponents HttpCore 4.4.x (EOL)

HttpCore NIO in the 4.4.x branch is at End of Life. It is no longer being developed or supported. HttpCore Classic in the 4.4.x branch will be receiving fixes for major defects and security issues only.

Users of HttpCore 4.x are strongly encouraged to migrate to HttpCore 5.x

HttpComponents HttpAsyncClient 4.1.x (EOL)

HttpAsyncClient 4.1.x branch is at the End of Life. It is no longer being developed or supported.

Users of HttpAsyncClient 4.x are strongly encouraged to migrate to HttpClient 5.x

Commons HttpClient 3.1.x (EOL)

The 3.1 branch of Commons HttpClient is at the end of life. No more public releases are expected.