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Announcements 2019

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14 January 2019 - Struts 2.5.20 General Availability

The Apache Struts group is pleased to announce that Struts 2.5.20 is available as a “General Availability” release. The GA designation is our highest quality grade.

Apache Struts 2 is an elegant, extensible framework for creating enterprise-ready Java web applications. The framework is designed to streamline the full development cycle, from building, to deploying, to maintaining applications over time.

Below is a full list of all changes:

  • s:include tag fails with truncated content in certain circumstances
  • NullPointerException in DefaultStaticContentLoader#findStaticResource
  • Fixing flaky test in Jsr168DispatcherTest and Jsr286DispatcherTest
  • Static files like css and js files in struts-core not properly served
  • Race condition reloading config results in actions not found
  • Setting Struts2 <s:select> options Css Class
  • Enhancement for s:set tag to improve tag body whitespace control.
  • Add support for Java 11
  • Upgraded commons-fileupload to version 1.4
  • Update multiple Struts 2.5.x libraries to more recent versions
  • Update OGNL versions for 2.6 and 2.5.x builds

Apache Struts 2 is an elegant, extensible framework for creating enterprise-ready Java web applications. The framework is designed to streamline the full development cycle, from building, to deploying, to maintaining applications over time.

All developers are strongly advised to perform this action.

The 2.5.x series of the Apache Struts framework has a minimum requirement of the following specification versions: Servlet API 2.4, JSP API 2.0, and Java 7.

Should any issues arise with your use of any version of the Struts framework, please post your comments to the user list, and, if appropriate, file a tracking ticket.

You can download this version from our download page.

30 December 2018 - Struts 2.3.37 General Availability

The Apache Struts group is pleased to announce that Struts 2.3.37 is available as a “General Availability” release. The GA designation is our highest quality grade.

This release addresses one backward compatibility issue:

  • Struts 2.3.36 - InvalidPathException: Illegal char <:> on JDK 9,10,11 on windows
  • Error when upgrading to struts2.3.35
  • Upgraded commons-fileupload to version 1.4

Apache Struts 2 is an elegant, extensible framework for creating enterprise-ready Java web applications. The framework is designed to streamline the full development cycle, from building, to deploying, to maintaining applications over time.

All developers are strongly advised to perform this action.

The 2.3.x series of the Apache Struts framework has a minimum requirement of the following specification versions: Servlet API 2.4, JSP API 2.0, and Java 6.

Should any issues arise with your use of any version of the Struts framework, please post your comments to the user list, and, if appropriate, file a tracking ticket.

You can download this version from our download page.