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net-http-persistent version 2.4 has been released!

• docs.seattlerb.org/net-http-persistent

• github.com/drbrain/net-http-persistent

Manages persistent connections using Net::HTTP plus a speed fix for Ruby 1.8. It’s thread-safe too!

Using persistent HTTP connections can dramatically increase the speed of HTTP. Creating a new HTTP connection for every request involves an extra TCP round-trip and causes TCP congestion avoidance negotiation to start over.

Net::HTTP supports persistent connections with some API methods but does not handle reconnection gracefully. Net::HTTP::Persistent supports reconnection and retry according to RFC 2616.

2.4 / 2012-01-31

• Minor Enhancement

  • net-http-persistent now complains if OpenSSL::SSL::VERIFY_PEER is equal to OpenSSL::SSL::VERIFY_NONE. If you have a platform that is broken this way you must define the constant:

    I_KNOW_THAT_OPENSSL_VERIFY_PEER_EQUALS_VERIFY_NONE_IS_WRONG = nil

    at the top level of your application to disable the warning.

• Bug fix

  • Fix persisting SSL sessions through HTTP proxies. Mechanize issue #178 by Robert Poor, net-http-persistent issues #10, #11.