Roadmap

Version 3.0

• Embrace latest web API innovations
  • Transition HTTP connectivity from Jetty to Netty
  • Add support for HTTP QUERY method and OAS 3.2
  • Asynchronous APIs, incl. Webhooks
  • Integrate with Swagger Codegen to generate Restlet code
• Embrace latest Java innovations
  • 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
  • GraalVM for reduced startup time (provide reflection configuration)
• Reboot web site and documentation
  • Transition website from restlet.talend.com to restlet.org
  • Brand new website and documentation
  • Further embrace GitHub for project management

3.0 Milestone 1

• Upgrade Jackson to version 3.0
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Version 3.1

• Upgrade Java to version 25 LTS
• Virtual threads for improved scalability
• HTTPS virtual hosting via SNI