HttpClient 5.2.x branch is considered stable and production ready. It is being actively maintained and supported. The 5.2.x release series provides comprehensive support for HTTP/1.1 and HTTP/2 protocol, full conformance with mandatory requirements of RFC 7230, RFC 7231, RFC 7540 and RFC 7541 and conditional conformance to RFC 3986
HttpCore 5.2.x branch is considered stable and production ready. It is being actively maintained and supported. The 5.2.x release series provides comprehensive support for HTTP/1.1 and HTTP/2 protocol, full conformance with mandatory requirements of RFC 7230, RFC 7231, RFC 7540 and RFC 7541 and conditional conformance to RFC 3986.
HttpCore 4.4.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 HttpCore 4.x are strongly encouraged to migrate to HttpCore 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
HttpAsyncClient 4.1.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 HttpAsyncClient 4.x are strongly encouraged to migrate to HttpClient 5.x
The 3.1 branch of Commons HttpClient is at the end of life. No more public releases are expected.