# Improved Heroku App Performance with HTTP/2

DevFeed: [Improved Heroku App Performance with HTTP/2](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/improved-heroku-app-performance-with-http-2-26433.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.heroku.com/blog/heroku-http2-public-beta/>)

Author: Ethan Limchayseng

Published: 2024-05-08T00:20:00Z

Content type: release

Language: en

Sources: [Heroku](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/heroku.md>)

Topics: [HTTP](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/http.md>), [Heroku](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/heroku.md>), [Latency](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/latency.md>), [Compression](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/compression.md>), [web applications](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/web-applications.md>), [networking](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/networking.md>), [TLS (Transport Layer Security)](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/tls.md>)

Tags: [app](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/app.md>), [app-architecture](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/app-architecture.md>), [cloud-infrastructure](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cloud-infrastructure.md>), [compression](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/compression.md>), [dynos](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/dynos.md>), [heroku](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/heroku.md>), [http](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/http.md>), [latency](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/latency.md>), [networking](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/networking.md>), [news](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/news.md>), [performance-optimization](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/performance-optimization.md>), [platform](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/platform.md>), [private-spaces](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/private-spaces.md>), [release](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/release.md>), [tls](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/tls.md>)

## AI overview

Heroku announces public beta support for HTTP/2 on Common Runtime and Private Spaces. The release uses multiplexing and header compression to reduce latency and improve web application performance, while HTTP/2 terminates at the Heroku router and traffic is forwarded to apps over HTTP/1.1.

## Source excerpt

Introduction: We're excited to announce public beta support for HTTP/2 on both Heroku Common Runtime and Private Spaces. HTTP/2 support is one of the most requested and desired improvements for the Heroku platform. HTTP/2 is significantly faster than HTTP 1.1 by introducing features like multiplexing and header compression to reduce latency and therefore improve the [...] The post Improved Heroku App Performance with HTTP/2 appeared first on Heroku.