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Version 2.3.2 of Apache JMeter has been released. For details of new features and fixes, please see the JMeter web site. Download JMeter

HttpClient 3.1 has been released. This release finalizes support for the RFC 2965 cookie management (also known as Cookie2 or port sensitive cookies) and adds a number of improvements to the HTTP connection management. HttpClient 3.1 is likely to be the last non-bug fixing release of the HttpClient 3.x codeline. Downloads: Download - http://jakarta.apache.org/site/downloads/downloads_commons-httpclient-3.x.cgi Release notes - http://www.apache.org/dist/jakarta/httpcomponents/commons-httpclient-3.x/RELEASE_NOTES.txt For more information on HttpClient 3.1, please see the HttpClient 3.1 web site.

HttpComponents has moved to a TLP at its new address http://hc.apache.org/ HttpComponents is a set of components for building HTTP-aware client and server applications.

The Jakarta Slide project is retired. Due to the lack of a developer community, the codebase was no longer actively maintained and security issues could not be addressed by bugfix releases. The Jakarta PMC therefore had no other choice but to retire Slide. If you are looking for a WebDAV client or a server-side Content Repository, please consider the Apache Jackrabbit project as an alternative.

Version 1.8.0 of Apache Cactus has been released. For details of new features and fixes, please see the cactus web site. Download Cactus

Version 2.3.1 final of Apache JMeter has been released. For details of new features and fixes, please see the changes file. Download JMeter

HttpComponents HttpClient 4.0-alpha2 has been released. This release is another milestone in the redesign of HttpClient. It includes a number of improvements since ALPHA1, among which are improved connection pooling, support for proxy chains, redesigned HTTP state and authentication credentials management API, improved RFC 2965 cookie specification More information can be found at the HttpComponents project site. Downloads can be found here

HttpComponents HttpCore 4.0-alpha6 has been released. HttpCore provides a set of low level components, which can be used to build custom client and server side HTTP services. The sixth ALPHA version sports an improved message parsing and formatting API in the base module and lots of incremental improvements and bug fixes in the NIO and NIOSSL modules. Based on the improved API, it is now possible to send and receive SIP messages with HttpCore. Please check it out and let the HttpComponents team know what you think. HttpCore is now feature complete and we are planning to freeze the public APIs as of the next release (BETA1). More information can be found at the HttpComponents project site. Downloads can be found here

Version 2.3 final of Apache JMeter has been released. This release fixes the bugs reported against 2.3RC4. Please read the changes file carefully as there are some minor incompatibilities version 2.2. Download JMeter

HttpComponents HttpClient 4.0-alpha1 has been released. HttpClient 4.0 represents a complete, ground-up redesign and almost a complete rewrite of the HttpClient 3.x codeline. This release finally addresses several design flaws that existed since the 1.0 release and could not be fixed without a major code overhaul and breaking API compatibility. The HttpClient 4.0 API is still very experimental and is bound to change in the course of the ALPHA development phase. Several important features have not yet been ported to the new API. Architectural changes Redesign of the HttpClient internals addressing all known major architectural shortcomings of the 3.x codeline Cleaner, more flexible and expressive API Better performance and smaller memory footprint due to a more efficient HTTP transport based on HttpCore. HttpClient 4.0 is expected to be 10% to 25% faster than HttpClient 3.x codeline More modular structure Pluggable redirect and authentication handlers Support for protocol interceptors Improved connection management Improved support for sending requests via a proxy or a chain of proxies Improved handling redirects of entity enclosing requests More flexible SSL context customization Reduced intermediate garbage in the process of generating HTTP requests and parsing HTTP responses More information can be found at the HttpComponents project site. Downloads can be found here

Version 2.3RC3 of Apache JMeter has been released. This release includes new functionality and corrects many outstanding bugs. Please read the changes file carefully as there are some minor incompatibilities with the previous version. Download JMeter

Commons CLI 1.1 has been released. Commons CLI provides an API for processing command line interfaces. This is a bugfix release, containing the last 5 years of bugfixes and minor improvements to the CLI codebase. The Release notes are available online and in the downloads. Commons CLI 1.1 is available from the CLI Downloads page.

HttpComponents HttpCore 4.0-alpha5 has been released. HttpCore provides a set of low level components, which can be used to build custom client and server side HTTP services. The ALPHA5 version delivers a number of incremental improvements across the board in all modules and adds several performance oriented features such as ability to transfer data directly between a file and a socket NIO channels. Please check it out and let the HttpComponents team know what you think. This is likely to be the last ALPHA release of the HttpCore 4.0 branch. HttpCore is is expected to enter the BETA development phase with the next release. More information can be found at the HttpComponents project site. Downloads can be found here

Commons IO 1.3.2 has been released. Commons IO provides low level utilities, file filters and streams that probably should be in the JDK. This is a bugfix release which introduces a scopable version of the FileCleaner. The Release notes are available online and in the downloads. Commons IO 1.3.2 is available from the IO Downloads page.

Jakarta Commons JCI 1.0 is now available. JCI is a java compiler interface. It can be used to either compile java (or any other language that can be compiled to java classes like e.g. groovy or javascript) to java. It is well integrated with a FAM (FilesystemAlterationMonitor) that can be used with the JCI compiling/reloading classloader. All the currently supported compilers (even javac before java6) feature in-memory compilation. It currently supports compilers like eclipse, janino, groovy, rhino and javac. Apache Jakarta Commons JCI is available in either binary or source form from the JCI downloads page or your favorite maven repository mirror.

POI has moved to a TLP at its new address, http://poi.apache.org. POI is a Java API for accessing Microsoft format files.

Turbine has moved to a TLP at its new address, http://turbine.apache.org. Turbine is a Java Servlet Web Application Framework and associated component library.

Jakarta JCS 1.3 is now available. JCS is a distributed caching system written in Java. This release is the first official release of JCS under the Jakarta Project. Apache Jakarta JCS is available in either binary or source form from the JCS download page.

Jakarta POI 3.0 is now available. This release contains numerous bug fixes, as well as new features such as Excel formula evaluation and initial PowerPoint support. A list of changes since the previous release can be found in the change log. Apache Jakarta POI is available in either binary or source form from the POI downloads page.

Version 2.3RC4 of Apache JMeter has been released. This release fixes the bugs reported against 2.3RC3, as well as some other long-standing bugs. Please read the changes file carefully as there are some minor incompatibilities version 2.2. Download JMeter