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2017-07-01 Tomcat 8.0.45 Released
The Apache Tomcat Project is proud to announce the release of version 8.0.45
of Apache Tomcat. Apache Tomcat 8.0.45 includes fixes for issues identified in
8.0.44 as well as other enhancements and changes. The notable changes
compared to 8.0.44 include:
- Add a new JULI FileHandler configuration for specifying the maximum number
of days to keep the log files. By default the log files will be kept
indefinitely.
- Improvements to enable the Manager and HostManager to work in the default
configuration when working under a security manager.
Full details of these changes, and all the other changes, are available in the
Tomcat 8
changelog.
Note: End of life date for Apache Tomcat 8.0.x is announced.
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2017-07-01 Tomcat 7.0.79 Released
The Apache Tomcat Project is proud to announce the release of version 7.0.79 of
Apache Tomcat. This release contains a number of bug fixes and improvements
compared to version 7.0.78. The notable changes compared to 7.0.78 include:
- Add a new JULI FileHandler configuration for specifying the maximum number
of days to keep the log files. By default the log files will be kept
indefinitely.
- Improvements to enable the Manager and HostManager to work in the default
configuration when working under a security manager.
Full details of these changes, and all the other changes, are available in the
Tomcat 7 changelog.
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2017-06-26 Tomcat 8.5.16 Released
The Apache Tomcat Project is proud to announce the release of version 8.5.16
of Apache Tomcat. Apache Tomcat 8.5.x is intended to replace 8.0.x and includes
new features pulled forward from Tomcat 9.0.x. The minimum Java version and
implemented specification versions remain unchanged. The notable changes
compared to 8.5.15 include:
- Add a new JULI FileHandler configuration for specifying the maximum number
of days to keep the log files. By default the log files will be kept
indefinitely.
- Improvements to enable the Manager and HostManager to work in the default
configuration when working under a security manager.
- Introduce new API o.a.tomcat.websocket.WsSession#suspend /
o.a.tomcat.websocket.WsSession#resume that can be used to suspend / resume
reading of the incoming messages.
Full details of these changes, and all the other changes, are available in the
Tomcat 8.5
changelog.
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2017-06-26 Tomcat 9.0.0.M22 (alpha) Released
The Apache Tomcat Project is proud to announce the release of version 9.0.0.M22
(alpha) of Apache Tomcat. The is a milestone release of the 9.0.x branch and has
been made to provide users with early access to the new features in Apache
Tomcat 9.0.x so that they may provide feedback. The notable changes compared to
9.0.0.M21 include:
- Add a new JULI FileHandler configuration for specifying the maximum number
of days to keep the log files. By default the log files will be kept for 90
days.
- Update the Servlet 4.0 implementation to add support for setting trailer
fields for HTTP responses.
- When pre-compiling with JspC, report all compilation errors rather than
stopping after the first error.
Full details of these changes, and all the other changes, are available in the
Tomcat 9
changelog.
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2017-04-07 Tomcat 6.0.53 Released
The Apache Tomcat Project is proud to announce the release of version 6.0.53 of
Apache Tomcat. This release includes a number of bug fixes over
Apache Tomcat 6.0.51.
Note: Apache Tomcat 6.0.x has reached end of life.
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ChangeLog for 6.0.53
2017-02-21 Tomcat Native 1.2.12 Released
The Apache Tomcat Project is proud to announce the release of version 1.2.12 of
Tomcat Native. The notable changes since 1.2.10 include:
- Windows binaries built with APR 1.5.2 and OpenSSL 1.0.2k.
- Better documentation for building on Windows including with FIPS enabled
OpenSSL.
Note that users should now be using 1.2.x in preference to 1.1.x.
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ChangeLog for 1.2.12
2016-10-05 Tomcat Connectors 1.2.42 Released
The Apache Tomcat Project is proud to announce the release of version 1.2.42 of
Apache Tomcat Connectors.
This version fixes a number of bugs found in previous releases.
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ChangeLog for 1.2.42
2015-12-15 Tomcat Native 1.1.34 Released
The Apache Tomcat Project is proud to announce the release of version 1.1.34 of
Tomcat Native. The notable changes since 1.1.33 include:
- Unconditionally disable export Ciphers
- Improve ephemeral key handling for DH and ECDH
- Various fixes to build with newer OpenSSL versions
Note that, unless a regression is discovered in 1.2.x, users should now be
using 1.2.x in preference to 1.1.x.
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ChangeLog for 1.1.34
2015-03-17 Apache Standard Taglib 1.2.5 Released
The Apache Tomcat Project is proud to announce the release of version 1.2.5 of
the Standard Taglib. This tag library provides Apache's implementation
of the JSTL 1.2 specification.
Version 1.2.5 is a minor bug fix release reverting a change made in 1.2.1 where
<c:import> modified the HTTP method during POST operations, and fixing an
issues that resulted in an AccessControlException during startup unless
permission was granted to read the accessExternalEntity property.
Please see the Taglibs section for more details.
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2013-11-11 Tomcat Maven Plugin 2.2 Released
The Apache Tomcat team is pleased to announce the release of Tomcat Maven Plugin 2.2.
Changelog available here.
The Apache Tomcat Maven Plugin provides goals
to manipulate WAR projects within the Apache Tomcat servlet container.
The binaries are available from Maven repositories. You should specify the
version in your project's plugin configuration:
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.tomcat.maven</groupId>
<artifactId>tomcat7-maven-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.2</version>
</plugin>
or
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.tomcat.maven</groupId>
<artifactId>tomcat6-maven-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.2</version>
</plugin>
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