HttpClient: Releases, patches & end-of-life
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Lifecycle guide for HttpClient from Apache

All releases, patches, maintenance and support periods at a glance

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📅 Last update on 2026-08-08

What is HttpClient?

Automate product release and end-of-life managementApache HttpClient is a Java-based tool used for sending HTTP requests and receiving HTTP responses. It’s part of the Apache HttpComponents project, which provides libraries for working with HTTP at a low level.
 

The entire lifecycle of HttpClient

The following figure shows you the visualised product life cycle of HttpClient. You can see all releases with the latest patch version, the long-term support characteristics (orange flag in the green circle, the periods for version provision, maintenance and support.
HttpClient (Apache) release, version and end-of-life information
XHttpClient (Apache) release, version and end-of-life information
Figure: Release, patch and end-of-life cycle of product HttpClient (Apache)
 

Facts and figures about HttpClient

Product
HttpClient
Vendor
Apache
Latest version
5.6.3
Number of releases
2
Number of versions
213
Number of unstable versions
146
Number of versions affected by CVE
43
Licence
Apache 2.0
Licence details
https://github.com/apache/httpcomponents-core?tab=Apache-2.0-1-ov-file#readme
 
 

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