Version 5.0.0 (LTS)

Corvusoft Restbed Changelog

16-02-2026 - Version 5.0.0 (LTS)

⚠ BREAKING CHANGES

Added:

• Public exposure of asio::io_context.

Changed:

• C++23 is now mandatory.
• Directory structure updated to follow standard Unix layout.
• Byte now uses std::byte.
• Project versioning now follows Semantic Versioning.
• Even-numbered major releases are designated as LTS (10+ years support).
• Repository now follows Conventional Commit structure.

Removed:

• HTTP client.
• Service restart functionality.
• Service rules engine.
• Service schedule (use asio directly).
• Service signal handling (use asio::io_context directly).
• Resource rules engine.
• Uri::encode(Bytes).
• Uri::decode(Bytes).
• Session Manager.
• Session::get_id / set_id (use request/response headers).
• Session key/value context storage (use request/response headers).
• String::format (use std::format).
• Automatic string transformation on response (use std::format).
• Built-in signal handlers (use asio::io_context directly).
• Resource filters (filter directly in method handlers):
  • Resource::set_method_handler
  • Resource::set_failed_filter_validation_handler
  • Service::set_failed_filter_validation_handler

Unix Domain sockets, assorted bug fixes and depedency updates.

4.8

Resolved issue (#445) with empty query parameter values.

Major bug fixes and refactoring.

4.7

Major bug fixes and refactoring.

Version 4.6

Minor bug fixes and refactoring.

Version 4.5

Merge branch 'master' of https://github.com/corvusoft/restbed