Release v0.8.3.RELEASE · reactor/reactor-netty

This is the 4th release of Reactor Netty 0.8, part of Californium-SR3 Release Train.

This is a recommended update for all Reactor Netty 0.8.x users.

✨ New features and improvements

Depending on Reactor Core v3.2.3.RELEASE see release notes (6ed883d)
Updated Netty version to 4.1.31.Final (dbb79bf)
Changed log level from WARN to DEBUG when creating TcpResources/UdpResources (#487, #510)
Lazy initialisation for NIO server/client loops (#499)

Context is now propagated to websocket handler and client handler (#488, #489)
Ensure server and client will share the loop resources when native transport (#505)
When creating client loop resources do not invoke shutdown on the ColocatedEventLoopGroup (#511)
Eliminate potential sources of ByteBuf leaks:
- Do not invoke ByteBuf.retain as the bytes are copied to the new buffer (#512)
- When close websocket event has been already sent, release the incoming CloseWebSocketFrame (#513)
- When redirecting ensure the HttpResponse is released (#515)
- Improve HttpClient#send(Publisher) for GET/HEAD: mark content length; do not use direct memory to avoid leak (#514, #516)
If the channel is not active do not continue with writing (#508, #509)
Revert "When it is the last drained element do not schedule the flush operation" (#506)
When writing full message mark the body as sent (#519)
Ensure HOST header is the real remote address not the proxy one (#490, #500)
Default TCP configuration will use SslProvider.OPENSSL when OpenSSL#isAvailable (#491, #496)