Hi everyone,

The second milestone for the next major release has been released to Maven Central yesterday.

• Enhancements
  • Added support for graceful shutdown to the Jetty server.
  • Updated default configuration of Jetty connector and fixed unit tests.
• Misc
  • Deprecated internal HTTP connector that will be removed in favor of Jetty in 2.7/3.0 version.
  • Deprecated the GWT edition that will be removed in 2.7/3.0 version.
  • Refactored unit tests to follow standard Maven location and removed "org.restlet.test" module.
  • Moved "org.restlet.examples" module into separate repository
  • Updated FreeMarker library to version 2.3.34.
  • Updated GSON library to version 2.12.1.
  • Updated Jackson library to version 2.17.3.
  • Updated JODA Time library to version 2.13.1.
  • Updated JSON library to version 20250107.
  • Updated JUnit library to version 5.11.4.
  • Updated Spring Framework dependency to version 6.2.3.

The stability of the Jetty connectors has been improved but we welcome additional tests from the community as we plan for a release candidate mid-March and 2.6.0 release at the end of the month.

Best regards,
Jerome Louvel
Thierry Boileau

PS: The roadmap for version 2.6, 2.7 and 3.0 version is maintained here, feedback welcome