The Apache Tika Project Team would like to inform you that the Apache Tika 1.x branch is now in security-only maintenance until September 30, 2022. After that date, we will not make updates or releases from our 1.x branch. We will continue to make security fixes and security-related dependency upgrades in our 1.x branch as necessary until September 30, 2022.
We initially announced this on our website on December 16, 2021 with the release of Tika 2.2.0: https://tika.apache.org/ Questions and Answers: With the announcement of Tika 1.x EoL, what happens to Tika 1.x resources? All resources will stay where they are. Users will still be able to download source code from our branch_1x branch via github[1]; and published artifacts will remain available on maven central and in the Apache archives[2]. [1] https://github.com/apache/tika/tree/branch_1x [2] https://archive.apache.org/dist/tika/ Is there an immediate need to upgrade to Tika 2.x in my projects? As of today, there aren't known critical vulnerabilities affecting the soon-to-be-released Tika 1.28.1. However, considering that there are several breaking changes in the 2.x branch, we encourage making the migration soon to allow time to adjust your client code as necessary. For up-to-date documentation on migrating to 2.x, see [3]. [3] https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/TIKA/Migrating+to+Tika+2.0.0 My friends / colleagues and I would like to see Tika 1.x being maintained after September 30, 2022. What can we do? You may fork the existing source and support it on your own. Kind regards - The Apache Tika Team
