Roadmap

Version 3.0

• Embrace latest web API innovations
  • Transition HTTP connectivity from Jetty to Netty
  • Add support for Server-Sent Events
  • Add support for WebSocket
  • HTTPS virtual hosting via SNI
  • Add support for HTTP QUERY method
  • Add support for OpenAPI Specc 3.2
  • Integrate with Swagger Codegen to generate Restlet code
  • Improve HTTP client resiliency (see post)
• Embrace latest Java innovations
  • Upgrade Java to version 25 LTS
  • Virtual threads for improved scalability
  • Jackson 3.0 upgrade, aligned with Spring Framework
• Evolve Restlet API
  • Remove reliance on configuration properties and service loader pattern for deterministic Java configuration
  • Limit reliance on dynamic class loader to facilitate native compilation
• Optimize for AI and cloud native
  • Enable AI use cases via MCP
  • Support OpenTelemetry
• Reboot web site and documentation
  • Transition website from restlet.talend.com to restlet.github.io then to restlet.org
  • Brand new website and documentation
  • Further embrace GitHub for project management

3.0 Milestone 2 (in progress)

• Upgrade Java to version 25 LTS
• Virtual threads for improved scalability
• Jackson 3.0 upgrade, aligned with Spring Framework
• Transition HTTP connectivity from Jetty to Netty
• Add support for Server-Sent Events
• Add support for WebSocket
• Add support for MCP
• Add support for gRPC
• Add support for Smithy
• ...