Apache CXF 4.1.4 Release Notes

1. Overview

The 4.1.x versions of Apache CXF is a significant new version of CXF
that provides several new features and enhancements.  

New features include:
    * The release is based on JakartaEE 10
    * Support of Spring Framework 6.1 / Spring Boot 3.3 /  Spring Security 6.3
    * Support of OpenZipkin Brave 6.0
    * Jetty 12
    * Weld 5
    * Spring LDAP 3.2
    * Hazelcast 5.4.0
    * Woodstox 7.0.0
    * Hibernate 6.5
    * Hibernate Validator 8
    * AsyncHttpClient (AHC) 3.0.0

Important notes:
* CXF 4.1 now requires Java 17 as minimum

Users are encouraged to review the migration guide at:
https://cxf.apache.org/docs/41-migration-guide.html
for further information and requirements for upgrading from earlier
versions of CXF.


4.1.4 fixes over 13 JIRA issues reported by users and the community.


2. Installation Prerequisites 

Before installing Apache CXF, make sure the following products,
with the specified versions, are installed on your system:

    * Java 17 Development Kit
    * Apache Maven 3.x to build the samples


3.  Integrating CXF Into Your Application

If you use Maven to build your application, you need merely add
appropriate dependencies. See the pom.xml files in the samples.

If you don't use Maven, you'll need to add one or more jars to your
classpath. The file lib/WHICH_JARS should help you decide which 
jars you need.

4. Building the Samples

Building the samples included in the binary distribution is easy. Change to
the samples directory and follow the build instructions in the README.txt file 
included with each sample.

5. Reporting Problems

If you have any problems or want to send feedback of any kind, please e-mail the
CXF dev list, dev@cxf.apache.org.  You can also file issues in JIRA at:

http://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CXF

6. Migration notes:

See the migration guide at:
http://cxf.apache.org/docs/41-migration-guide.html
for caveats when upgrading.

7. Specific issues, features, and improvements fixed in this version

** Bug
    * [CXF-8691] - Logging Feature - Sensitive element with arrays
    * [CXF-8938] - CXF forces XOP for SwA SOAP services
    * [CXF-9136] - Add EntityPart MessageBodyReader / MessageBodyWriter support
    * [CXF-9152] - Adding @Timed annotation to JaxWS WebService class breaks Micrometer integration
    * [CXF-9160] - Add support for JBoss Remoting protocols in JNDI
    * [CXF-9162] - Reusing a Client with a HttpClientHTTPConduit is not threadsafe in regards to finalization
    * [CXF-9168] - No Micrometer Metric for requests failing schema validation on jax-ws endpoints
    * [CXF-9170] - Server requests counted twice after fixing CXF-9168
    * [CXF-9171] - DelayedCachedOutputStreamCleaner thread accumulation after CVE-2025-23184 fix
    * [CXF-9173] - Default SO_LINGER induce TCP RST on each connection closure




** Improvement
    * [CXF-9157] - remove jetty server from rs-sse-undertow
    * [CXF-9165] - Remove unnecessary JDK 8 hacks


** Wish
    * [CXF-9159] - Support spring boot SSL bundles




** Improvement
    * [CXF-9145] - Inconcise handling of logging features logMulitpart and logBinary
    * [CXF-9151] - use io.github.littleproxy:littleproxy instead of org.littleshoot:littleproxy



** Task
    * [CXF-9142] - Change async tracing tests to be order-agnostic



