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Workspace WebSphere traditional
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Created on Mar 19, 2024

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This idea has been merged into another idea. To comment or vote on this idea, please visit TWAS-I-360 Support of Servlet API 3.1 on WebSphere 8.5.5 .

WAS 8.5.5 support for Servlet API 3.1

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Our application developers are mandated to upgrade from Apache Struts 2.5.x to 6.3 due to end-of-support for 2.5 in April 2024.  Struts 6.3 requires Servlet API 3.1 or later.  WAS 8.5.5 only supports Servlet API 3.0.  A very large number of the affected applications run on WAS 8.5.5 in our environments and migrating them to WAS 9 or Liberty in the given time to end-of-support (we do not run WAS 9 in our shop and are just beginning to migrate applications from tWAS to Liberty).  We would like IBM to consider releasing an 8.5.5 fixpack with Servlet API 3.1. Thanks!

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    |     Mar 20, 2024

    WebSphere Application Server 9.0.5 includes support for the full Java EE 7 programming model, including Servlet 3.1. It would not be possible to provide Servlet 3.1 in 8.5.5 without forcing an application and configuration migration or without breaking backward compatibility. As a result customers wanting Servlet 3.1 should be planning a migration of those applications to WebSphere traditional 9.0.5 or Liberty both of which provide the Servlet 3.1 programming model. Documentation about Servlet 3.1 in WebSphere traditional 9.0.5 is here. If you would like to discuss this decision further, please contact Graham Charters <charters@uk.ibm.com>.

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