Software Update: Apache Tomcat 10.0.2/9.0.43 / 8.5.63 / 7.0.108

Apache Tomcat is a Web container developed by the Apache Software Foundation. Tomcat runs Java Servlets and JavaServer Pages, and provides an http web environment on which Java code can be run directly. For more information, please refer to this page. The developers have released versions 10.0.2, 9.0.43, 8.5.63, and 7.0.108 with the following announcements:

Tomcat 10.0.2 Released

The Apache Tomcat Project is proud to announce the release of version 10.0.2 of Apache Tomcat. This release is the first stable release in the 10.0.x series and is targeted at Jakarta EE 9.

Users of Tomcat 10 onwards should be aware that, as a result of the move from Java EE to Jakarta EE as part of the transfer of Java EE to the Eclipse Foundation, the primary package for all implemented APIs has changed from javax.* to jakarta .*. This will almost certainly require code changes to enable applications to migrate from Tomcat 9 and earlier to Tomcat 10 and later. A migration tool is under development to aid this process.

The notable changes in this release are:

• Add support for using Unix domain sockets for NIO when running on Java 16 or later.
• Add a new StringInterpreter interface that allows applications to provide customized string attribute value to type conversion within JSPs. This allows applications to provide a conversion implementation that is optimized for the application.
• Add peerAddress to coyote request, which contains the IP address of the direct connection peer. If a reverse proxy sits in front of Tomcat and the RemoteIp(Valve|Filter) is used, the peerAddress is likely to differ from the remoteAddress. The remoteAddress is likely to contain the address of the client in front of the reverse proxy, not the address of the proxy itself.

Full details of these changes, and all the other changes, are available in the Tomcat 10 changelog.

Tomcat 9.0.43 Released

The Apache Tomcat Project is proud to announce the release of version 9.0.43 of Apache Tomcat. The notable changes compared to 9.0.41 include:

• Add support for using Unix domain sockets for NIO when running on Java 16 or later.
• Add a new StringInterpreter interface that allows applications to provide customized string attribute value to type conversion within JSPs. This allows applications to provide a conversion implementation that is optimized for the application.
• Add peerAddress to coyote request, which contains the IP address of the direct connection peer. If a reverse proxy sits in front of Tomcat and the RemoteIp(Valve|Filter) is used, the peerAddress is likely to differ from the remoteAddress. The remoteAddress is likely to contain the address of the client in front of the reverse proxy, not the address of the proxy itself.

Full details of these changes, and all the other changes, are available in the Tomcat 9 changelog.

Tomcat 8.5.63 Released

The Apache Tomcat Project is proud to announce the release of version 8.5.63 of Apache Tomcat. Apache Tomcat 8.5.x replaces 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 8.5.61 include:

• Add a new StringInterpreter interface that allows applications to provide customized string attribute value to type conversion within JSPs. This allows applications to provide a conversion implementation that is optimized for the application.
• Add peerAddress to coyote request, which contains the IP address of the direct connection peer. If a reverse proxy sits in front of Tomcat and the RemoteIp(Valve|Filter) is used, the peerAddress is likely to differ from the remoteAddress. The remoteAddress is likely to contain the address of the client in front of the reverse proxy, not the address of the proxy itself.
• Escape elements in the access log that need to be escaped for the access log to be parsed unambiguously.

Full details of these changes, and all the other changes, are available in the Tomcat 8.5 changelog.

Tomcat 7.0.108 Released

The Apache Tomcat Project is proud to announce the release of version 7.0.108 of Apache Tomcat. This release contains a number of bug fixes and improvements compared to version 7.0.107.

• Fix a potential file descriptor leak when WebSocket connections are attempted and fail. Patch provided by Maurizio Adami.

Full details of these changes, and all the other changes, are available in the Tomcat 7 changelog. Note: End of life date for Apache Tomcat 7.0.x has been announced.