arangodb · rashtao · May 29, 2025 · May 29, 2025 · May 29, 2025 · May 29, 2025
diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -111,9 +111,6 @@ commands:
           command: mvn -s .circleci/maven-release-settings.xml -Dmaven.test.skip deploy
 
 executors:
-  j17:
-    docker:
-      - image: 'cimg/openjdk:17.0'
   j21:
     docker:
       - image: 'cimg/openjdk:21.0'
@@ -418,7 +415,7 @@ jobs:
       - store_cache
 
   deploy:
-    executor: 'j17'
+    executor: 'j21'
     steps:
       - timeout:
           duration: '30m'
@@ -500,16 +497,13 @@ workflows:
           matrix:
             parameters:
               jdk:
-                - 'j17'
                 - 'j21'
                 - 'j25'
           filters:
             tags:
               only: /^v.*/
             branches:
-              only:
-                - main
-                - next
+              ignore: /.*/
       - test:
           name: test-jackson-<<matrix.args>>
           matrix:
@@ -529,9 +523,7 @@ workflows:
             tags:
               only: /^v.*/
             branches:
-              only:
-                - main
-                - next
+              ignore: /.*/
       - test:
           name: test-native-ssl=<<matrix.ssl>>-<<matrix.graalvm-version>>
           matrix:
@@ -550,9 +542,7 @@ workflows:
             tags:
               only: /^v.*/
             branches:
-              only:
-                - main
-                - next
+              ignore: /.*/
       - test-shaded:
           name: test-native-shaded-ssl=<<matrix.ssl>>-<<matrix.graalvm-version>>
           matrix:

diff --git a/ChangeLog.md b/ChangeLog.md
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](http://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/) a
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+- updated Vert.x to version 5.0
+
 ## [7.25.0] - 2026-01-14
 
 - added SSL configuration from files (#623, DE-505)

diff --git a/core/pom.xml b/core/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>com.arangodb</groupId>
         <artifactId>arangodb-java-driver-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>7.25.0</version>
+        <version>8.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
 
     <name>core</name>

diff --git a/core/src/main/java/com/arangodb/ArangoCollection.java b/core/src/main/java/com/arangodb/ArangoCollection.java
@@ -625,19 +625,6 @@ <T> MultiDocumentEntity<DocumentDeleteEntity<T>> deleteDocuments(
      */
     IndexEntity ensureGeoIndex(Iterable<String> fields, GeoIndexOptions options);
 
-    /**
-     * Creates a fulltext index for the collection, if it does not already exist.
-     *
-     * @param fields  A list of attribute paths
-     * @param options Additional options, can be null
-     * @return information about the index
-     * @see <a href="https://docs.arango.ai/arangodb/stable/develop/http-api/indexes/fulltext/#create-a-full-text-index">API
-     * Documentation</a>
-     * @deprecated since ArangoDB 3.10, use ArangoSearch or Inverted indexes instead.
-     */
-    @Deprecated
-    IndexEntity ensureFulltextIndex(Iterable<String> fields, FulltextIndexOptions options);
-
     /**
      * Creates a ttl index for the collection, if it does not already exist.
      *
@@ -649,21 +636,6 @@ <T> MultiDocumentEntity<DocumentDeleteEntity<T>> deleteDocuments(
      */
     IndexEntity ensureTtlIndex(Iterable<String> fields, TtlIndexOptions options);
 
-    /**
-     * Creates a ZKD multi-dimensional index for the collection, if it does not already exist.
-     * Note that zkd indexes are an experimental feature in ArangoDB 3.9.
-     *
-     * @param fields  A list of attribute paths
-     * @param options Additional options, can be null
-     * @return information about the index
-     * @see <a href="https://docs.arango.ai/arangodb/stable/develop/http-api/indexes/multi-dimensional/#create-a-multi-dimensional-index">API Documentation</a>
-     * @since ArangoDB 3.9
-     * @deprecated since ArangoDB 3.12, use {@link #ensureMDIndex(Iterable, MDIndexOptions)} or
-     * {@link #ensureMDPrefixedIndex(Iterable, MDPrefixedIndexOptions)} instead.
-     */
-    @Deprecated
-    IndexEntity ensureZKDIndex(Iterable<String> fields, ZKDIndexOptions options);
-
     /**
      * Creates a multi-dimensional index for the collection, if it does not already exist.
      *

diff --git a/core/src/main/java/com/arangodb/ArangoCollectionAsync.java b/core/src/main/java/com/arangodb/ArangoCollectionAsync.java
@@ -292,26 +292,11 @@ <T> CompletableFuture<MultiDocumentEntity<DocumentDeleteEntity<T>>> deleteDocume
      */
     CompletableFuture<IndexEntity> ensureGeoIndex(Iterable<String> fields, GeoIndexOptions options);
 
-    /**
-     * Asynchronous version of {@link ArangoCollection#ensureFulltextIndex(Iterable, FulltextIndexOptions)}
-     */
-    @Deprecated
-    CompletableFuture<IndexEntity> ensureFulltextIndex(Iterable<String> fields, FulltextIndexOptions options);
-
     /**
      * Asynchronous version of {@link ArangoCollection#ensureTtlIndex(Iterable, TtlIndexOptions)}
      */
     CompletableFuture<IndexEntity> ensureTtlIndex(Iterable<String> fields, TtlIndexOptions options);
 
-    /**
-     * Asynchronous version of {@link ArangoCollection#ensureZKDIndex(Iterable, ZKDIndexOptions)}
-     *
-     * @deprecated since ArangoDB 3.12, use {@link #ensureMDIndex(Iterable, MDIndexOptions)} or
-     * {@link #ensureMDPrefixedIndex(Iterable, MDPrefixedIndexOptions)} instead.
-     */
-    @Deprecated
-    CompletableFuture<IndexEntity> ensureZKDIndex(Iterable<String> fields, ZKDIndexOptions options);
-
     /**
      * Asynchronous version of {@link ArangoCollection#ensureMDIndex(Iterable, MDIndexOptions)}
      */

diff --git a/core/src/main/java/com/arangodb/ArangoDB.java b/core/src/main/java/com/arangodb/ArangoDB.java
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@
 import javax.annotation.concurrent.ThreadSafe;
 import javax.net.ssl.SSLContext;
 import java.util.*;
-import java.util.concurrent.Executor;
 
 /**
  * Central access point for applications to communicate with an ArangoDB server.
@@ -70,8 +69,7 @@ public interface ArangoDB extends ArangoSerdeAccessor {
     void shutdown();
 
     /**
-     * Updates the JWT used for requests authorization. It does not change already existing VST connections, since VST
-     * connections are authenticated during the initialization phase.
+     * Updates the JWT used for requests authorization.
      *
      * @param jwt token to use
      */
@@ -613,18 +611,7 @@ public Builder verifyHost(final Boolean verifyHost) {
         }
 
         /**
-         * Sets the chunk size when {@link Protocol#VST} is used.
-         *
-         * @param chunkSize size of a chunk in bytes
-         * @return {@link ArangoDB.Builder}
-         */
-        public Builder chunkSize(final Integer chunkSize) {
-            config.setChunkSize(chunkSize);
-            return this;
-        }
-
-        /**
-         * Set whether to use requests pipelining in HTTP/1.1 ({@link Protocol#HTTP_JSON} or {@link Protocol#HTTP_VPACK}).
+         * Set whether to use requests pipelining in HTTP/1.1 ({@link Protocol#HTTP_1_1}).
          *
          * @param pipelining {@code true} if enabled
          * @return {@link ArangoDB.Builder}
@@ -664,11 +651,8 @@ public Builder initialWindowSize(final Integer initialWindowSize) {
          * </p>
          *
          * <pre>
-         * {@link Protocol#VST} == 1
-         * {@link Protocol#HTTP_JSON} == 20
-         * {@link Protocol#HTTP_VPACK} == 20
-         * {@link Protocol#HTTP2_JSON} == 1
-         * {@link Protocol#HTTP2_VPACK} == 1
+         * {@link Protocol#HTTP_1_1} == 20
+         * {@link Protocol#HTTP_2} == 1
          * </pre>
          *
          * @param maxConnections max number of connections
@@ -692,25 +676,10 @@ public Builder connectionTtl(final Long connectionTtl) {
         }
 
         /**
-         * Set the keep-alive interval for VST connections. If set, every VST connection will perform a no-op request
-         * every {@code keepAliveInterval} seconds, to avoid to be closed due to inactivity by the server (or by the
-         * external environment, eg. firewall, intermediate routers, operating system).
-         *
-         * @param keepAliveInterval interval in seconds
-         * @return {@link ArangoDB.Builder}
-         */
-        public Builder keepAliveInterval(final Integer keepAliveInterval) {
-            config.setKeepAliveInterval(keepAliveInterval);
-            return this;
-        }
-
-        /**
-         * Whether the driver should acquire a list of available coordinators in an ArangoDB cluster or a single
-         * server with active failover. In case of Active-Failover deployment set to {@code true} to enable automatic
-         * master discovery.
+         * Whether the driver should acquire a list of available coordinators in an ArangoDB cluster.
          *
          * <p>
-         * The host list will be used for failover and load balancing.
+         * The host list will be used for load balancing.
          * </p>
          *
          * @param acquireHostList whether automatically acquire a list of available hosts (default: false)
@@ -733,8 +702,7 @@ public Builder acquireHostListInterval(final Integer acquireHostListInterval) {
         }
 
         /**
-         * Sets the load balancing strategy to be used in an ArangoDB cluster setup. In case of Active-Failover
-         * deployment set to {@link LoadBalancingStrategy#NONE} or not set at all, since that would be the default.
+         * Sets the load balancing strategy to be used in an ArangoDB cluster setup.
          *
          * @param loadBalancingStrategy the load balancing strategy to be used (default:
          *                              {@link LoadBalancingStrategy#NONE}
@@ -790,20 +758,6 @@ public Builder serdeProviderClass(final Class<? extends ArangoSerdeProvider> ser
             return this;
         }
 
-        /**
-         * Sets the downstream async executor that will be used to consume the responses of the async API, that are returned
-         * as {@link java.util.concurrent.CompletableFuture}
-         *
-         * @param executor async downstream executor
-         * @return {@link ArangoDB.Builder}
-         * @deprecated for removal. To consume the responses in a custom executor use async CompletableFuture methods.
-         */
-        @Deprecated
-        public Builder asyncExecutor(final Executor executor) {
-            config.setAsyncExecutor(executor);
-            return this;
-        }
-
         /**
          * Sets the {@code content-encoding} and {@code accept-encoding} to use for HTTP requests and the related
          * algorithm to encode and decode the transferred data. (default: {@link Compression#NONE})
@@ -896,8 +850,7 @@ protected HostHandler createHostHandler(@UnstableApi final HostResolver hostReso
             }
 
             LOG.debug("HostHandler is {}", hostHandler.getClass().getSimpleName());
-
-            return new DirtyReadHostHandler(hostHandler, new RoundRobinHostHandler(hostResolver));
+            return hostHandler;
         }
 
         @UnstableApi

diff --git a/core/src/main/java/com/arangodb/ArangoDBAsync.java b/core/src/main/java/com/arangodb/ArangoDBAsync.java
@@ -40,8 +40,7 @@ public interface ArangoDBAsync extends ArangoSerdeAccessor {
     void shutdown();
 
     /**
-     * Updates the JWT used for requests authorization. It does not change already existing VST connections, since VST
-     * connections are authenticated during the initialization phase.
+     * Updates the JWT used for requests authorization.
      *
      * @param jwt token to use
      */

diff --git a/core/src/main/java/com/arangodb/ArangoDBException.java b/core/src/main/java/com/arangodb/ArangoDBException.java
@@ -57,39 +57,6 @@ public ArangoDBException(final String message, final Integer responseCode) {
         this.requestId = null;
     }
 
-    /**
-     * @deprecated use {@link com.arangodb.ArangoDBException#of(java.lang.Throwable)} instead
-     */
-    @Deprecated
-    public ArangoDBException(final Throwable cause) {
-        super(cause);
-        this.entity = null;
-        this.responseCode = null;
-        this.requestId = null;
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * @deprecated use {@link com.arangodb.ArangoDBException#of(String, Throwable)} instead
-     */
-    @Deprecated
-    public ArangoDBException(final String message, final Throwable cause) {
-        super(message, cause);
-        this.entity = null;
-        this.responseCode = null;
-        this.requestId = null;
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * @deprecated use {@link com.arangodb.ArangoDBException#of(Throwable, Long)} instead
-     */
-    @Deprecated
-    public ArangoDBException(Throwable cause, long requestId) {
-        super(cause);
-        this.entity = null;
-        this.responseCode = null;
-        this.requestId = requestId;
-    }
-
     private ArangoDBException(
             String message,
             Throwable cause,