Spring Framework 6 introduces JdkClientHttpConnector, a ClientHttpConnector based on the JDK HttpClient. Would be nice if Spring Boot would support an auto-configuration for it. With this you could use the WebClient out of the box, without Netty, Apache HttpClient, etc.

Comment From: aooohan

Hi @mhalbritter , can this issue be assigned to me?

Comment From: mhalbritter

Yup, go ahead.

Comment From: aooohan

Yup, go ahead.

I have fixed this issue, please review my PR, thanks. #31709

Comment From: mhalbritter

Closing in favor of the PR.