#11135·dropwizard

Bug in Tomcat effects Dropwizard db, and hikaricp alternative is no longer maintained

Author: pexa-tnilsenCreated Apr 27, 2026Updated Apr 27, 2026

The following bug:

https://bz.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=59569

Recently also reported here: https://bz.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=70011

Is affecting Dropwizard DB, as this is using the Tomcat connection pool. The bug manifests when using Jdbi and the Postgres plugin and the AWS Advanced JDBC driver. The bug has been reported since 2021, and does not seem to be addressed by any maintainer of Tomcat.

HikariCP is an alternative Connection pool provider, which does not have this bug. But the module seems to no longer be maintained.

Is there someone in the Dropziard team who can help promote this bug in Tomcat? Or is there support for HikariCP on the way for Dropwizard 5?