apache/dubbo

This system is a high-performance, distributed RPC framework that manages service-to-service communication through a modular cluster layer. It provides dynamic traffic routing, load balancing, and governance rules that can be updated at runtime without restarting services. The architecture supports multi-instance isolation, secure serialization, and seamless integration with Spring and service mesh environments.

This period focused on refactoring Dubbo's core infrastructure to support multi-instance and module-scoped architectures, introducing new abstractions for configuration, extension loading, and thread management. The work also standardized the codebase with comprehensive test coverage, logging, and backward compatibility layers for legacy APIs.

127 changes

This period focused on a comprehensive architectural refactoring to support multi-instance and multi-module scenarios, introducing a hierarchical lifecycle model (Application, Framework, Module) and a new configuration management system. The team also overhauled the Spring integration layer, implemented state-based routing for traffic management, and added extensive test coverage for these new structures.

111 changes

This period focused on significantly expanding Dubbo's observability and protocol support. The team introduced comprehensive metrics, tracing, and health monitoring capabilities, alongside new serialization and security features. Additionally, the framework was extended to support modern web protocols like HTTP/2, HTTP/3, and WebSocket, while also integrating with Spring Boot 3 and native image compilation.

67 changes

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