On Wed, 2025-07-23 at 10:22 -0700, Ryan Schmitt wrote: > I saw that this was just announced: > > https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/developer/preview-release-of-theaws-sdk-java-2-x-http-client-built-on-apache-httpclient-5-5-x/ > > Currently, both versions of the AWS Java SDK still default to > HttpClient 4.x, except for async clients in V2 which default to > Netty. > It looks like the improved support for virtual threads in 5.x is the > main reason they're finally offering an upgraded Apache client. >
Is this a good thing for us? I am not sure. Ultimately, this looks like a painful reminder that sooner or later we, as a project, will get crushed between JRE HTTP client and Netty. We might still have a few years of good time ahead of us, though. Oleg --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@hc.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@hc.apache.org
