On Wed, Aug 12, 2026 at 10:03 AM Mark Thomas <[email protected]> wrote:
> The proposed Apache Tomcat 11.0.25 release is now available for voting. > > The notable changes compared to 11.0.24 include: > > - Add a new attribute to the Context, urlPatternsProvidedInDecodedForm. > This attribute controls whether URLs and URL patterns provided in the > deployment descriptor (web.xml), annotations and/or their programmatic > equivalents are treated as being provided in URL-encoded form (i.e. > using %nn encoding) or in decoded form. The Servlet specification > requires that they are provided in decoded form. However, Tomcat has > historically treated them as if they are provided in encoded form. In > Tomcat 12, they will always be treated as if they are provided in > decoded form. This setting enables migration from encoded form to > decoded form on an application by application basis. This attribute > will be removed in Tomcat 12 where it will effectively be hard-coded > to true. > - Require every HTTP/2 request to provide an authority (either an > :authority pseudo header or a Host header) > - Change the default encryptionAlgorithm for the EncryptInterceptor to > AES/GCM/NoPadding. This is a breaking change for the > EncryptInterceptor. > > For full details, see the change log: > https://nightlies.apache.org/tomcat/tomcat-11.0.x/docs/changelog.html > > Applications that run on Tomcat 9 and earlier will not run on Tomcat 11 > without changes. Java EE applications designed for Tomcat 9 and earlier > may be placed in the $CATALINA_BASE/webapps-javaee directory and Tomcat > will automatically convert them to Jakarta EE and copy them to the > webapps directory. Applications using deprecated APIs may require > further changes. > > It can be obtained from: > https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/tomcat/tomcat-11/v11.0.25/ > > The Maven staging repo is: > https://repository.apache.org/content/repositories/orgapachetomcat-1600 > The tag is: > https://github.com/apache/tomcat/tree/11.0.25 > cbe6e15ee81e2fc6232954292a80cca5d1e84009 > > The proposed 11.0.25 release is: > [ ] -1 Broken - do not release > [x] +1 Stable - go ahead and release as 11.0.25 > LGTM! > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > >
