We have a JdkClientHttpConnector for use with the reactive WebClient, so we should have a JDK HttpClient-based ClientHttpRequestFactory as well.

Comment From: vpavic

FWIW, a PR was opened for this not so long ago by @mdeinum:

  • https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-framework/pull/30478

In any case, nice to see this landing in Spring Framework.

Comment From: poutsma

Thanks for pointing that out!

Comment From: poutsma

Closing this issue in favor of #30478