boostorg/beast

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HTTP and WebSocket built on Boost.Asio in C++11

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Dominant language: C++
License: BSL-1.0
Last GitHub push: Sep 9, 2026
Latest indexed: Sep 14, 2026
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98 open issues indexed

Check permessage-deflate offer when reading response Open

Bug

boostorg/beast#240 · 1 comment · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026
More documentation for message::body Open

Doc

boostorg/beast#301 · 28 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026
Client should close with 1010 if permessage-deflate offer is rejected Open

Bug

boostorg/beast#313 · 2 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026
Document rationale for smaller design choices Open

Doc

boostorg/beast#569 · 1 comment · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026
Add Security Considerations section (HTTP) Open

Doc

boostorg/beast#579 · 1 comment · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026
WebSocket doc tidy Open

Doc

boostorg/beast#601 · 0 comments · 0 reactions · 1 assignee · Indexed Sep 14, 2026
Constants for HTTP-version Open

API Change

boostorg/beast#610 · 0 comments · 1 reaction · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026
message::base() needs better docs Open

Doc

boostorg/beast#621 · 2 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026
Document "filtering" case for websocket accept Open

Doc

boostorg/beast#628 · 0 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026
http::parse_error Open

API Change

boostorg/beast#643 · 1 comment · 1 reaction · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026
websocket no-alloc guarantee Open

Doc

boostorg/beast#661 · 0 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026
skip empty buffers in buffers_suffix Open

Bug Feature

boostorg/beast#665 · 2 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026
Respect keep-alive, teardown on websocket accept Open

Feature

boostorg/beast#685 · 1 comment · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026
P0083r3 for basic_fields Open

Feature

boostorg/beast#701 · 6 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026
http_server_fast (http server file range support) Open

API Change Feature

boostorg/beast#723 · 9 comments · 0 reactions · 1 assignee · Indexed Sep 14, 2026
Add "retrieving information" section to the doc about HTTP messages Open

Doc

boostorg/beast#732 · 1 comment · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026
Verbose HTTP error messages Open

Feature

boostorg/beast#829 · 3 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026
Fields concept documentation needs tidying Open

Doc

boostorg/beast#839 · 0 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026
Documentation does not mention stack requirements Open

Design Doc

boostorg/beast#844 · 6 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026
basic_fields returned string_view invalidation Open

Doc

boostorg/beast#852 · 0 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026
Implement beast::istream() Open

Feature

boostorg/beast#883 · 3 comments · 1 reaction · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026
Handle WebSocket permessage-deflate blocks with BFINAL=1 Open

Bug

boostorg/beast#923 · 0 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026
executor wording Open

Doc

boostorg/beast#977 · 0 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026
Consider message::reset Open

Design

boostorg/beast#1048 · 3 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026
SSL websocket: after async_close(), read handler got cancellation error code instead of error::closed Open

Design

boostorg/beast#1071 · 9 comments · 1 reaction · 1 assignee · Indexed Sep 14, 2026
http-crawl example hangs Open

Bug

boostorg/beast#1078 · 3 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026
basic_file_body buffer size and ::sendfile optimization Open

Design Feature

boostorg/beast#1094 · 7 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026
Feature: websocket force-close Open

Feature

boostorg/beast#1122 · 16 comments · 2 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026
websocket::stream::write overloads for dynamic buffer Open

Feature

boostorg/beast#1132 · 1 comment · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026
Movable HTTP messages, parsers, serializers, and corresponding stream algorithms Open

Design

boostorg/beast#1139 · 10 comments · 1 reaction · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026
`http::basic_fields::equal_range` should return `boost::range::iterator_range` Open

Feature

boostorg/beast#1184 · 4 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026
Websocket PRNG is not fork-safe Open

Doc

boostorg/beast#1185 · 14 comments · 0 reactions · 1 assignee · Indexed Sep 14, 2026
option to disable utf8-validation Open

Feature Optimization

boostorg/beast#1201 · 4 comments · 0 reactions · 1 assignee · Indexed Sep 14, 2026
feature request: file_body::value_type::reset() with file_size argument Open

Design Feature

boostorg/beast#1243 · 8 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026
Documentation Around Parsing Validation Is Vague Open

Doc

boostorg/beast#1250 · 0 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026
http::write_some_file_body, http::async_write_some_file_body Open

Design

boostorg/beast#1390 · 1 comment · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026
Example of explicit, graceful shutdown Open

Example

boostorg/beast#1394 · 5 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026
Cookies: getting, setting, generating Open

Design Feature

boostorg/beast#1425 · 34 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026
async_read_header needs documentation and example code Open

Doc

boostorg/beast#1432 · 6 comments · 0 reactions · 1 assignee · Indexed Sep 14, 2026
docs identify composed operations Open

Doc

boostorg/beast#1441 · 2 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026
Better websocket handshake workflow for the server Open

Design

boostorg/beast#1442 · 1 comment · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026
file_win32 ops not used with beast::basic_stream Open

Design

boostorg/beast#1516 · 0 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026
transfer-encoding and content-length header parsing conflict Open

Design Spec

boostorg/beast#1610 · 3 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026
websocket read members could have better docs Open

Doc

boostorg/beast#1623 · 0 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026
Parser Stream Operations documentation references wrong Stream types Open

Doc

boostorg/beast#1625 · 1 comment · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026
How to clear recveive buffer after read when buffer is reused. Open

Design

boostorg/beast#1656 · 3 comments · 1 reaction · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026
http::parser should be reusable Open

Design

boostorg/beast#1681 · 0 comments · 4 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026
boost/beast: idle timeout of websocket can be delivered to caller by async_write? Open

Doc

boostorg/beast#1712 · 2 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026
Allow gzip in zlib port (or steps to implement it) Open

Feature

boostorg/beast#1719 · 22 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026
Better explanation of tcp_stream timeouts and websocket interaction Open

Doc

boostorg/beast#1726 · 7 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 14, 2026

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