1 APACHE 2.4 STATUS: -*- mode: text; coding: utf-8 -*-
2 Last modified at [$Date$]
4 The current version of this file can be found at:
6 * http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/httpd/httpd/branches/2.4.x/STATUS
8 Documentation status is maintained separately and can be found at:
10 * docs/STATUS in this source tree, or
11 * http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/httpd/httpd/branches/2.4.x/docs/STATUS
13 The current development branch of this software can be found at:
15 * http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/httpd/httpd/trunk
17 Consult the following STATUS files for information on related projects:
19 * http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/apr/apr/trunk/STATUS
20 * http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/apr/apr/branches/1.4.x/STATUS
21 * http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/apr/apr-util/branches/1.4.x/STATUS
22 * http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/apr/apr/branches/1.5.x/STATUS
23 * http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/apr/apr-util/branches/1.5.x/STATUS
25 Patches considered for backport are noted in their branches' STATUS:
27 * http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/httpd/httpd/branches/2.0.x/STATUS
28 * http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/httpd/httpd/branches/2.2.x/STATUS
29 * http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/httpd/httpd/branches/2.4.x/STATUS
34 [NOTE that x.{odd}.z versions are strictly Alpha/Beta releases,
35 while x.{even}.z versions are Stable/GA releases.]
37 2.4.19 : In development.
38 2.4.18 : Tagged on December 8, 2015. Released on Decmber 14, 2015.
39 2.4.17 : Tagged on October 9, 2015. Released October 13, 2015.
40 2.4.16 : Tagged on July 9, 2015. Released July 15, 2015
41 2.4.15 : Tagged on June 19, 2015. Not released.
42 2.4.14 : Tagged on June 11, 2015. Not released.
43 2.4.13 : Tagged on June 4, 2015. Not released.
44 2.4.12 : Tagged on January 22, 2015. Released Jan 29, 2015
45 2.4.11 : Tagged on January 15, 2015. Not released.
46 2.4.10 : Tagged on July 15, 2014. Released July 21, 2014
47 2.4.9 : Tagged on March 13, 2014. Released on March 17, 2014
48 2.4.8 : Tagged on March 11, 2014. Not released.
49 2.4.7 : Tagged on November 19, 2013. Released on Nov 25, 2013
50 2.4.6 : Tagged on July 15, 2013. Released July, 22, 2013
51 2.4.5 : Tagged on July 11, 2013, not released.
52 2.4.4 : Tagged on February 18, 2013. Released Feb 25, 2013
53 2.4.3 : Tagged on August 17, 2012. Released Aug 18, 2012
54 2.4.2 : Tagged on April 5, 2012. Released Apr 17, 2012.
55 2.4.1 : Tagged on February 13, 2012. Released Feb 21, 2012.
56 2.4.0 : Tagged on January 16, 2012, not released.
57 2.3.16 : Tagged on December 15, 2011.
58 2.3.15 : Tagged on November 8, 2011. Released Nov. 15, 2011.
59 2.3.14 : Tagged on August 1, 2011. Released Aug. 9, 2011.
60 2.3.13 : Tagged on June 28, 2011, not released.
61 2.3.12 : Tagged on May 11, 2011. Released May 23, 2011.
62 2.3.11 : Released as Beta on March 7, 2011.
63 2.3.10 : Tagged on December 13, 2010. Released Dec 21, 2010.
64 2.3.9 : Tagged on November 23, 2010, not released.
65 2.3.8 : Tagged on August 24, 2010.
66 2.3.7 : Tagged on August 19, 2010, not released.
67 2.3.6 : Released on June 21, 2010.
68 2.3.5 : Released on January 26, 2010.
69 2.3.4 : Released on December 8, 2009.
70 2.3.3 : Tagged on November 11, 2009, not released.
71 2.3.2 : Tagged on March 23, 2009, not released.
72 2.3.1 : Tagged on January 2, 2009, not released.
73 2.3.0 : Tagged on December 6, 2008, not released.
75 Contributors looking for a mission:
77 * Just do an egrep on "TODO" or "XXX" in the source.
79 * Review the bug database at: http://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/
81 * Review the "PatchAvailable" bugs in the bug database:
83 https://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/buglist.cgi?bug_status=NEW&bug_status=ASSIGNED&bug_status=REOPENED&product=Apache+httpd-2&keywords=PatchAvailable
85 After testing, you can append a comment saying "Reviewed and tested".
87 * Open bugs in the bug database.
89 * See also the STATUS file in the docs/ directory, which lists documentation-specific TODO items.
92 CURRENT RELEASE NOTES:
94 * Forward binary compatibility is expected of Apache 2.4.x releases, such
95 that no MMN major number changes will occur after 2.4.1. Such changes can
96 only be made in the trunk.
98 * All commits to branches/2.4.x must be reflected in SVN trunk,
99 as well, if they apply. Logical progression is commit to trunk
100 then merge into branches/2.4.x, as applicable.
102 * Current exceptions for RTC for this branch:
107 . non-Unix, single-platform code
109 RELEASE SHOWSTOPPERS:
112 PATCHES ACCEPTED TO BACKPORT FROM TRUNK:
113 [ start all new proposals below, under PATCHES PROPOSED. ]
115 *) mod_ssl: Add SSLOCSPProxyURL to add the possibility to do all queries
116 to OCSP responders through a HTTP proxy.
117 Trunk version of patch:
118 http://svn.apache.org/r1726881
119 http://svn.apache.org/r1727111
120 Backport version for 2.4.x of patch:
121 Trunk version of patch works modulo CHANGES
122 +1: rpluem, jim, ylavic
125 PATCHES PROPOSED TO BACKPORT FROM TRUNK:
126 [ New proposals should be added at the end of the list ]
128 *) mod_ssl: Free dhparams when getting DH params. This fixes issue when
129 SSLCryptoDevice does not get unregistered because of non-zero refcount
130 during the mod_ssl unload happening on httpd startup.
131 trunk patch: http://svn.apache.org/r1720129
132 2.4.x patch: http://jkaluza.fedorapeople.org/httpd-2.4.x-dhparams-free.patch
134 ylavic: +1 with r1723295 (likewise for ecparams).
135 rpluem says: Can we get an updated 2.4.x proposal that includes r1723295?
136 ylavic: working on it...
138 *) mod_proxy_hcheck: Dynamic reverse proxy backend health check module
139 Trunk version of patch: <various>
140 Backport version for 2.4.x of patch:
141 http://home.apache.org/~jim/patches/hcheck-2.4.patch
144 ylavic: Needs r1732957 for empty APLOGNO()s.
145 ylavic: Looks like the changes on struct proxy_worker_shared would break
146 startup with "BalancerPersist on" due to the strict checks on
147 the sizes of existing slotmems (slotmem_create/attach)?
149 *) core: Track the useragent_host per-request when mod_remoteip or similar
150 modules track a per-request useragent_ip. Modules should be updated
151 to inquire for ap_get_useragent_host() in place of ap_get_remote_host().
152 Trunk version of patch:
153 http://svn.apache.org/r1729929
154 Trunk patch to core.c/http_core.h applies, modulo CHANGES & ap_mmn.h
155 Note: httpd.h comment r.e. realiging bit fields must be omitted.
158 *) hostname: Test and log useragent_host per-request across various modules,
159 including the scoreboard, expression and rewrite engines, setenvif,
160 authz_host, access_compat, custom logging, ssl and REMOTE_HOST variables.
161 PR55348 [William Rowe]
162 Trunk version of patch:
163 http://svn.apache.org/r1729930
164 http://svn.apache.org/r1729931
165 Trunk patch r1729930 applies, modulo CHANGES
166 Backport patch to r1729931 is noted in the commit log message
167 Requires r1729929 to be applied.
170 *) Use pre_connection hook in event.c to properly setup connection state
171 of slave connections (eliminates hacks in mod_http2).
173 http://svn.apache.org/r1727603
175 Trunk version of patch works modulo CHANGES
178 *) Save a few bytes in conf pool when parsing some directives
180 http://svn.apache.org/r1732252
181 http://svn.apache.org/r1732353
182 http://svn.apache.org/r1732369
184 Trunk version of patch works
185 +1: jailletc36, ylavic
187 *) proxy_util: Add missing APLOGNO()s from r1732266 (already backported
189 trunk patch: http://svn.apache.org/r1732954
190 2.4.x patch: trunk works (modulo docs/log-message-tags)
193 *) core: Add missing APLOGNO() from r1729495 (somehow r1725395 was
194 backported in r1729495 but without this "server/core.c" change)
195 trunk patch: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/httpd/httpd/trunk/server/core.c?r1=1725395&r2=1725394&pathrev=1725395&view=patch
196 2.4.x patch: trunk above works
200 PATCHES/ISSUES THAT ARE BEING WORKED
202 * core: Fix crash in ap_mpm_pod_check call caused by NULL dereference of
203 its parameter when starting httpd as single process (httpd -X).
204 trunk patch: http://svn.apache.org/r1711479
205 2.4.x patch: trunk works
207 minfrin: Needs extra parens to suppress a warning:
208 prefork.c:1319:16: note: place parentheses around the assignment
209 to silence this warning
210 jailletc36: This has been done in r1711919
211 ylavic: Also, I don't think the changes on worker/event are needed,
212 only prefork requires the accept mutex in ONE_PROCESS mode.
214 *) http: Don't remove the Content-Length of zero from a HEAD response if
215 it comes from an origin server, module or script. Allow the previous
216 behaviour (for legacy/buggy modules only, not origin) by also backporting
217 the HttpContentLengthHeadZero directive (and also HttpExpectStrict which
218 comes for free with the same commit).
219 trunk patch: http://svn.apache.org/r1554303
220 http://svn.apache.org/r1678215
221 2.4.x patch: http://people.apache.org/~ylavic/httpd-2.4.x-preserve_head_cl_zero.patch
223 ylavic: r1554303 issued a major MMN bump, but since the ABI change is two
224 ints added at the end of core_server_config, the proposed merge
225 does a minor bump only.
226 minfrin: Two new directives need to be documented.
228 * mod_proxy_http: Don't establish or reuse a backend connection before pre-
229 fetching the request body, so to minimize the delay between it is supposed
230 to be alive and the first bytes sent: this is a best effort to prevent the
231 backend from closing because of idle or keepalive timeout in the meantime.
232 Also, handle a new "proxy-flushall" environment variable which allows to
233 flush any forwarded body data immediately. PR 56541+37920.
234 trunk patch: http://svn.apache.org/r1656259
235 http://svn.apache.org/r1656359 (CHANGES entry)
236 2.4.x patch: trunk works (modulo CHANGES, docs/log-message-tags)
238 -0: jim: This seems to be a hit to normal performance, to handle an
239 error and/or non-normal condition. The pre-fetch is
240 expensive, and is always done, even before we know that
241 the backend is available to rec' it. I understand the
242 error described, but is the fix actually worth it (plus
243 it seems to allow for a DDoS vector).
244 ylavic: It seems to me that the problem is real since we reuse the
245 connection before prefetching 16K (either controlled by the
246 client, or by an input filter), we currently always prefetch
247 these bytes already. Regarding performance I don't see any
248 difference (more cycles) compared with the current code.
249 However I think I failed to rebuild the header_brigade when
250 the proxy loop is retried (ping), so I need to rework this.
251 Do you think we'd better remove the prefetch, or maybe just
252 make it nonblocking (by default)?
253 jim: Non-blocking seems the best way to handle...
255 PATCHES/ISSUES THAT ARE STALLED
257 * core: Add ap_errorlog_provider to make ErrorLog logging modular. This
258 backport keeps syslog logging as part of httpd core and only adds
259 API to allow other modules to be used for error logging.
260 trunk patch: http://svn.apache.org/r1525597
261 http://svn.apache.org/r1525664
262 http://svn.apache.org/r1525845
263 http://svn.apache.org/r1527003
264 http://svn.apache.org/r1527005
265 http://svn.apache.org/r1532344
266 http://svn.apache.org/r1539988
267 http://svn.apache.org/r1541029
268 http://svn.apache.org/r1543979
269 http://svn.apache.org/r1544156
270 http://svn.apache.org/r1626978
271 2.4.x patch: http://people.apache.org/~jkaluza/patches/httpd-2.4.x-errorlog_provider.patch
273 +1: covener w/ doc or code to fix syntax (providername:providerarg not supported like syslog or socacheproviders,
274 needs 2 args which is not valid in ErrorLog manual)
275 trawick: nit: fix "writing" in "/* NULL if we are writting to syslog */"
276 (sorry, haven't finished reviewing completely)
277 jim: What is the status of this??
279 * mod_proxy: Add ap_proxy_define_match_worker() and use it for ProxyPassMatch
280 and ProxyMatch section to distinguish between normal workers and workers
281 with regex substitutions in the name. Implement handling of such workers
282 in ap_proxy_get_worker(). Fixes the bug when regex workers were not
283 matched and used for request. PR 43513.
284 trunk patch: http://svn.apache.org/r1609680
285 http://svn.apache.org/r1609688
286 http://svn.apache.org/r1641381
287 ylavic: Merge patch provided (reusing new->real to avoid double de_socketfy() call).
288 Also added missing r1609688 to the patchset.
289 2.4.x patch: http://people.apache.org/~ylavic/httpd-2.4.x-ap_proxy_define_match_worker.patch
291 -0: covener tried to review this one in Austin with Jeff. Does the added match function
292 really cover a very narrow set of parameters with the way it skips over backreferences?
293 Also, why a new API vs. just setting the field inline?
295 * mod_systemd: New module, for integration with systemd on Linux.
296 trunk patch: http://svn.apache.org/r1393976
297 http://svn.apache.org/r1393997
298 http://svn.apache.org/r1484554
299 http://svn.apache.org/r1528032
300 http://svn.apache.org/r1528034
301 http://svn.apache.org/r1614821
302 http://svn.apache.org/r1618579
303 http://svn.apache.org/r1618588
304 2.4.x patch: http://people.apache.org/~jkaluza/patches/mod_systemd/httpd-2.4.x-mod_systemd.patch
306 sf comments: The IdleShutdown logic seems broken. Consider a single
307 active connection that is stalled for 10 seconds. That
308 connection will be broken after GracefulShutdownTimeout.
309 A better logic would be to check if there is any open
310 connection that is not in keep-alive state.
312 * mod_journald: Add new module mod_journald to log error logs into journald.
313 This patch needs changes done in mod_systemd patch (already
315 trunk patch: http://svn.apache.org/r1610339
316 http://svn.apache.org/r1621806
317 2.4.x patch: http://people.apache.org/~jkaluza/patches/httpd-2.4.x-mod_journald.patch
319 rjung, minfrin: Not understanding "This patch needs changes done in
320 mod_systemd patch", am I right in understanding this patch is
322 jkaluza: No, that patch is not committed yet. It is in STALLED section.
323 The link for that patch is: http://people.apache.org/~jkaluza/patches/mod_systemd/httpd-2.4.x-mod_systemd.patch
325 * core: Add support for systemd socket activation.
326 trunk patch: http://svn.apache.org/r1511033
327 http://svn.apache.org/r1608686
328 http://svn.apache.org/r1608694
329 http://svn.apache.org/r1608703
330 http://svn.apache.org/r1608721
331 http://svn.apache.org/r1608744
332 2.4.x patch: http://people.apache.org/~jkaluza/patches/mod_systemd/httpd-2.4.x-socket-activation.patch
335 * mod_proxy: Ensure network errors detected by the proxy are returned as
336 504 Gateway Timout as opposed to 502 Bad Gateway
337 trunk patch: https://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1480058
338 2.4.x patch: trunk patch works modulo CHANGES
340 -1: rpluem: This change is still disputed. See
341 http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/httpd-dev/201305.mbox/%3C1B16B9E3-87BA-4EEF-939C-7C7313B54714%40gbiv.com%3E
343 * cross-compile: allow to provide CC_FOR_BUILD so that gen_test_char will be
344 compiled by the build compiler instead of the host compiler.
345 Also set CC_FOR_BUILD to 'cc' when cross-compilation is detected.
346 Trunk patches: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1327907
347 http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1328390
348 http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1328714
349 2.4 patch: http://people.apache.org/~fuankg/diffs/httpd-2.4.x-cross_compile.diff
350 fuankg: on hold until we agree for a better and more simple solution ...
352 * Makefile.win: Added copying of .vbs / .wsf CGIs to Windows install target.
353 Moved fixing of shebang to separate target so that it is
354 no longer executed by default and all CGIs remain inactive.
355 trunk patch: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1387984
356 http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1421203
357 http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1421591
358 2.4.x patch: http://people.apache.org/~fuankg/diffs/httpd-2.4.x-Makefile.win.diff
361 This commit is essentially deciding that an httpd install on
362 Windows now has printenv/testcgi written in 2 more languages.
363 To the extent that the usefulness is that it shows how to make scripts
364 of these types executable by httpd, I believe that the documentation
365 is the proper place to solve that. To the extent that the usefullness
366 is to show how to implement a CGI in these particular languages, I believe
367 that the httpd distribution and documentation in general is not the
368 place for that. Historically these types of scripts have caused problems
369 for downstream vendorsas well as newbies (and sometimes the intersection
370 of those two groups) who don't understand that these are information leaks
371 once they are enabled, and the subtlety of the way they are disabled ("Apache
372 messed up the first line; let me fix that") contributes to that.
373 fuankg notes: I've just added a big warning to all CGI scripts which should now
374 make absolutely clear that these CGIs are for testing purpose only - so those
375 who enable those scripts with inserting the right shebang should be 100% aware
376 of any risks (this should cover your last point).
377 jim: trawick, does the above address your concerns?
378 trawick: to some extent (somebody reading the script gets an idea)
379 Why isn't the configuration requirement documented instead
380 of described indirectly in a sample?
381 Why are these new samples added to the install without three
382 votes? (I didn't veto it; put your name next to the two
383 existing ones and I'll be satisified that enough people
384 considered this addition as an appropriate solution for a
385 real httpd usability problem.)
386 wrowe: I'd agree with trawick, and suggest that these scripts can begin
387 their life somewhere in the manual/ tree. This really seems like
388 the place where /usr/share/httpd/examples/ would be useful, but
389 there isn't an ordinary directory for that. Since we want none
390 of the scripts to function 'out of the box', what about a new
391 cgi-examples/ dir alongside cgi-bin/? Otherwise manual/cgi/examples