Merge branch 'master' into cyclonedx

NOTICE

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 Apache Ivy (TM)
-Copyright 2007-2025 The Apache Software Foundation
+Copyright 2007-2026 The Apache Software Foundation
 
 This product includes software developed at
 The Apache Software Foundation (http://www.apache.org/).

asciidoc/dev/makerelease.adoc

@@ -29,7 +29,10 @@ Requirements for making a release are similar to the requirements for building f
 
 On the master, check that files which require update for the release are up to date.
 This includes particularly:
-`asciidoc/release-notes.adoc`
+
+- `asciidoc/release-notes.adoc`
+- `version.properties` (`target.ivy.bundle.version.qualifier` shoud be `final`)
+- `ivy.xml` (`status` should be `release`)
 
 ==== 2. Check out a clean copy of the branch
 

test/java/org/apache/ivy/util/url/BasicURLHandlerTest.java

@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ import org.junit.Test;
 
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertFalse;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
+import static org.junit.Assume.assumeTrue;
 
 /**
  * Test BasicURLHandler
@@ -67,6 +68,7 @@ public class BasicURLHandlerTest {
 
     @Test
     public void testContentEncoding() throws Exception {
+        assumeTrue(handler.isReachable(new URL("http://carsten.codimi.de/"), 5000));
         assertDownloadOK(new URL("http://carsten.codimi.de/gzip.yaws/daniels.html"), new File(
                 testDir, "gzip.txt"));
         assertDownloadOK(new URL(

test/java/org/apache/ivy/util/url/HttpClientHandlerTest.java

@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertFalse;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertThrows;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
+import static org.junit.Assume.assumeTrue;
 
 public class HttpClientHandlerTest {
 
@@ -98,6 +99,7 @@ public class HttpClientHandlerTest {
 
     @Test
     public void testContentEncoding() throws Exception {
+        assumeTrue(handler.isReachable(new URL("http://carsten.codimi.de/"), 5000));
         assertDownloadOK(new URL("http://carsten.codimi.de/gzip.yaws/daniels.html"), new File(
                 testDir, "gzip.txt"));
         assertDownloadOK(new URL(