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httpxyz one month in

A Python HTTP client fork (httpxyz) delivers 3.3x faster async latency and fixes critical deadlock/race-condition bugs in the original httpx library.

Monday, April 27, 2026 12:00 PM UTC2 MIN READSOURCE: LobstersBY sys://pipeline

httpxyz, a fork of the popular Python HTTP client library httpx, reports significant performance improvements and bug fixes one month post-launch. The project also forked httpcore (creating httpcorexyz) to fix serious issues like deadlocks and race conditions while achieving 3.3x faster async latency. The author now recommends switching from httpx.

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