OpenSSL Rejects QUIC API: A Setback for HTTP/3 Adoption?

OpenSSL, the most popular TLS library, has rejected adding a QUIC API to its upcoming releases, posing a significant hurdle for widespread HTTP/3 adoption. Despite a community pull request (PR8797) offering the necessary APIs, the OpenSSL management committee decided to build a complete QUIC stack from scratch, a process expected to take several years. This decision has sparked community frustration, as mature QUIC libraries already exist. Microsoft and Akamai created quictls, an OpenSSL fork with the QUIC API, as a workaround. However, this isn't a sustainable solution, leaving the future of HTTP/3 adoption uncertain due to OpenSSL's choice.