Willy Tarreau 68e9fb73fd [RELEASE] Released version 3.4-dev4
Released version 3.4-dev4 with the following main changes :
    - BUG/MEDIUM: hlua: fix invalid lua_pcall() usage in hlua_traceback()
    - BUG/MINOR: hlua: consume error object if ignored after a failing lua_pcall()
    - BUG/MINOR: promex: Detach promex from the server on error dump its metrics dump
    - BUG/MEDIUM: mux-h1: Skip UNUSED htx block when formating the start line
    - BUG/MINOR: proto_tcp: Properly report support for HAVE_TCP_MD5SIG feature
    - BUG/MINOR: config: check capture pool creations for failures
    - BUG/MINOR: stick-tables: abort startup on stk_ctr pool creation failure
    - MEDIUM: pools: better check for size rounding overflow on registration
    - DOC: reg-tests: update VTest upstream link in the starting guide
    - BUG/MINOR: ssl: Properly manage alloc failures in SSL passphrase callback
    - BUG/MINOR: ssl: Encrypted keys could not be loaded when given alongside certificate
    - MINOR: ssl: display libssl errors on private key loading
    - BUG/MAJOR: applet: Don't call I/O handler if the applet was shut
    - MINOR: ssl: allow to disable certificate compression
    - BUG/MINOR: ssl: fix error message of tune.ssl.certificate-compression
    - DOC: config: mention some possible TLS versions restrictions for kTLS
    - OPTIM: server: move queueslength in server struct
    - OPTIM: proxy: separate queues fields from served
    - OPTIM: server: get rid of the last use of _ha_barrier_full()
    - DOC: config: mention that idle connection sharing is per thread-group
    - MEDIUM: h1: strictly verify quoting in chunk extensions
    - BUG/MINOR: config/ssl: fix spelling of "expose-experimental-directives"
    - BUG/MEDIUM: ssl: fix msg callbacks on QUIC connections
    - MEDIUM: ssl: remove connection from msg callback args
    - MEDIUM: ssl: porting to X509_STORE_get1_objects() for OpenSSL 4.0
    - REGTESTS: ssl: make reg-tests compatible with OpenSSL 4.0
    - DOC: internals: cleanup few typos in master-worker documentation
    - BUG/MEDIUM: applet: Fix test on shut flags for legacy applets
    - MINOR: quic: Fix build with USE_QUIC_OPENSSL_COMPAT
    - MEDIUM: tcpcheck: add post-80 option for mysql-check to support MySQL 8.x
    - BUG/MEDIUM: threads: Atomically set TH_FL_SLEEPING and clr FL_NOTIFIED
    - BUG/MINOR: cpu-topo: count cores not cpus to distinguish core types
    - DOC: config: mention the limitation on server id range for consistent hash
    - MEDIUM: backend: make "balance random" consider req rate when loads are equal
    - BUG/MINOR: config: Fix setting of alt_proto
2026-02-04 14:59:47 +01:00

HAProxy

alpine/musl AWS-LC openssl no-deprecated Illumos NetBSD FreeBSD VTest

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HAProxy is a free, very fast and reliable reverse-proxy offering high availability, load balancing, and proxying for TCP and HTTP-based applications.

Installation

The INSTALL file describes how to build HAProxy. A list of packages is also available on the wiki.

Getting help

The discourse and the mailing-list are available for questions or configuration assistance. You can also use the slack or IRC channel. Please don't use the issue tracker for these.

The issue tracker is only for bug reports or feature requests.

Documentation

The HAProxy documentation has been split into a number of different files for ease of use. It is available in text format as well as HTML. The wiki is also meant to replace the old architecture guide.

Please refer to the following files depending on what you're looking for:

  • INSTALL for instructions on how to build and install HAProxy
  • BRANCHES to understand the project's life cycle and what version to use
  • LICENSE for the project's license
  • CONTRIBUTING for the process to follow to submit contributions

The more detailed documentation is located into the doc/ directory:

License

HAProxy is licensed under GPL 2 or any later version, the headers under LGPL 2.1. See the LICENSE file for a more detailed explanation.

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