apple/swift-http-api-proposal

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This repository contains a proposal for standardized HTTP client and server APIs for the Swift ecosystem

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Dominant language: Swift
License: Apache-2.0
Last GitHub push: Sep 15, 2026
Latest indexed: Sep 14, 2026
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Make middlewares work with result builders Open

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apple/swift-http-api-proposal#186 · 3 comments · Opened Aug 17, 2026
MiddlewareServer only invokes the last middleware, but never propagates the request to the previous ones Open

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 70/100

apple/swift-http-api-proposal#185 · Opened Aug 13, 2026
HTTP server protocol specification Open

http-server status/needs-design

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apple/swift-http-api-proposal#182 · 1 comment · Opened Jul 20, 2026
Add `HTTPVersion` type Open

kind/feature

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apple/swift-http-api-proposal#180 · Opened Jul 3, 2026
Add a `PeerCertificate` server capability Open

kind/feature

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apple/swift-http-api-proposal#179 · Opened Jul 3, 2026
Add a `ConnectionInfo` server capability Open

kind/feature

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apple/swift-http-api-proposal#178 · 1 reaction · Opened Jul 3, 2026
Support informational responses in HTTPClient Open

http-client

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apple/swift-http-api-proposal#147 · 4 comments · Opened Apr 2, 2026
Feature detection mechanism for HTTPClient Open

http-client status/needs-design

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

apple/swift-http-api-proposal#141 · 1 comment · Opened Mar 30, 2026
[HTTPAPIs] Should HTTPServer.serve be mutating? Open

http-server

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 35/100

apple/swift-http-api-proposal#134 · Opened Mar 19, 2026
Ability to emit a specific HTTP stream error code to the client Open

http-server

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 30/100

apple/swift-http-api-proposal#120 · Opened Feb 27, 2026
HTTPServerRequestHandler.handle shouldn't throw Open

http-server

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 35/100

apple/swift-http-api-proposal#119 · 9 comments · Opened Feb 27, 2026
Fix one/zero byte request body issues in URLSession Open

http-client

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 30/100

apple/swift-http-api-proposal#112 · Opened Feb 24, 2026
Should options be a non-optional parameter Open

http-client

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 30/100

apple/swift-http-api-proposal#98 · Opened Feb 13, 2026
Provide a "minimal" version of makeDefaultOptions for libraries Open

http-client

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apple/swift-http-api-proposal#95 · 13 comments · Opened Feb 12, 2026
HTTP client protocol specification Open

http-client

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apple/swift-http-api-proposal#67 · 2 comments · Opened Jan 25, 2026
Create a compliance test suite Open

http-client

apple/swift-http-api-proposal#66 · 2 comments · 1 assignee · Opened Jan 25, 2026
A second abstract "buffered" HTTP client protocol Open

http-client

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apple/swift-http-api-proposal#65 · 25 comments · Opened Jan 25, 2026
[HTTPClient] Connection pool configuration properties Open

http-client

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

apple/swift-http-api-proposal#63 · Opened Jan 24, 2026
[AsyncStreaming] `AsyncWriter.write` has no length hint Open

async-streaming

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 30/100

apple/swift-http-api-proposal#61 · Opened Jan 23, 2026
[HTTPClient] RequestBody can not be declared without knowing about the specific implementation Open

http-client kind/usability

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 38/100

apple/swift-http-api-proposal#56 · Opened Jan 9, 2026
[HTTPClient] HTTPClient can not be used as an existential Open

http-client kind/usability

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 50/100

apple/swift-http-api-proposal#55 · 2 comments · Opened Jan 9, 2026
[AsyncStreaming] The expected behavior of `ConcludingAsyncReader.consumeAndConclude`'s body returning without reading to the end Open

async-streaming

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

apple/swift-http-api-proposal#53 · 6 comments · Opened Dec 12, 2025
[AsyncStreaming] How can we tell whether the span in `collect(upTo:body:)` is truncated or not? Open

async-streaming

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 30/100

apple/swift-http-api-proposal#52 · 2 comments · Opened Dec 12, 2025
[HTTPAPIs] Does HTTPClientRequestBody need to be Sendable? Open

http-client

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

apple/swift-http-api-proposal#44 · 3 comments · Opened Dec 5, 2025
[HTTPAPIs] Non-restartable HTTP client body representation Open

http-client

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

apple/swift-http-api-proposal#42 · 9 comments · Opened Dec 5, 2025
Move SocketAddress type from HTTP Server repo into this (or some other) repo Open

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

apple/swift-http-api-proposal#41 · Opened Dec 5, 2025
[HTTPAPIs] Introduce a concrete type for the client `responseHandler` Open

http-client kind/enhancement status/needs-design

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 35/100

apple/swift-http-api-proposal#30 · 1 reaction · Opened Dec 1, 2025
[HTTPAPIs] Consider dropping the `Concluding` from the async readers and writers associated types Open

async-streaming kind/usability

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

apple/swift-http-api-proposal#29 · 1 reaction · Opened Dec 1, 2025
[HTTPAPIs] Explore using a `[Output]Span<RigidArray<UInt8>>` for the reader and writer Open

async-streaming kind/enhancement status/needs-design

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 30/100

apple/swift-http-api-proposal#28 · Opened Nov 28, 2025
Add Codable conveniences for JSON request and response bodies Open

http-client kind/usability status/needs-design

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

apple/swift-http-api-proposal#27 · 5 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Nov 28, 2025
[HTTPClient/HTTPServer] Evaluate if the platform default should be `Copyable`, `Escapable`, `Sendable` Open

http-client kind/usability

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

apple/swift-http-api-proposal#26 · 2 comments · Opened Nov 28, 2025
[HTTPAPIs] Explore additional properties for `RequestOptions` Open

http-client kind/enhancement status/needs-design

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 35/100

apple/swift-http-api-proposal#24 · Opened Nov 28, 2025
[HTTPAPIs] Explore how to expose dynamic properties during request execution Open

http-client kind/usability status/needs-design

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 35/100

apple/swift-http-api-proposal#23 · 2 comments · Opened Nov 28, 2025
[HTTPAPIs] Evaluate if we need a `ResponseContext` in the client Open

http-client kind/enhancement status/needs-design

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

apple/swift-http-api-proposal#20 · 1 comment · Opened Nov 28, 2025
[HTTPAPIs] Explore making the closure based `serve` method take a non-escaping closure Open

http-server

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

apple/swift-http-api-proposal#19 · 1 reaction · Opened Nov 28, 2025
[HTTPAPIs] Explore how to expose cross-platform Security APIs Open

http-client kind/enhancement status/needs-design

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

apple/swift-http-api-proposal#18 · 1 reaction · Opened Nov 28, 2025
[AsyncStreaming] Explore using a `[Write/Read]Result` instead of an `EitherError` Open

async-streaming kind/usability status/needs-design

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

apple/swift-http-api-proposal#16 · Opened Nov 28, 2025
Evaluate if we should allow the reader & writer for the client and server protocols to be `~Escapable` Open

async-streaming kind/usability status/needs-design

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

apple/swift-http-api-proposal#13 · 1 comment · Opened Nov 28, 2025
Explore how developers can access implementation specific context of the request/response Open

http-client http-server kind/feature status/needs-design

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

apple/swift-http-api-proposal#5 · 1 comment · Opened Nov 26, 2025

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