# Net-http-persistent 1.2 Released

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/net-http-persistent-1-2-released/188962>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [May 21, 2010, 5:02am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/net-http-persistent-1-2-released/188962 "2010-05-21T05:02:57Z")\
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**Author:** ![miracleofmagick](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/71c47a/32.png) [@miracleofmagick](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/miracleofmagick)\
**Post date:** [May 21, 2010, 5:02am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/net-http-persistent-1-2-released/188962/1 "2010-05-21T05:02:57Z")

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net-http-persistent version 1.2 has been released!

- [http://seattlerb.rubyforge.org/net-http-persistent](http://seattlerb.rubyforge.org/net-http-persistent)

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

Changes:

### 1.2 / 2010-05-20

- Minor Enhancements
  - Net::HTTP#read\_timeout is now supported
  - Net::HTTP#open\_timeout is now supported
  - Net::HTTP::Persistent#request now supports a block like  
Net::HTTP#request