From 4bdd412fd8c14e6df44968b40d270c5f9351b73a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: capistrant <lucas.capistrant@imply.io>
Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2025 16:24:38 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 1/3] Provide ability to give http client builder a base web
 options config when using vertx builder

---
 .../client/vertx/VertxHttpClientBuilder.java  | 21 ++++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/httpclient-vertx/src/main/java/io/fabric8/kubernetes/client/vertx/VertxHttpClientBuilder.java b/httpclient-vertx/src/main/java/io/fabric8/kubernetes/client/vertx/VertxHttpClientBuilder.java
index 7ea942dec07..72b1ccbdf2b 100644
--- a/httpclient-vertx/src/main/java/io/fabric8/kubernetes/client/vertx/VertxHttpClientBuilder.java
+++ b/httpclient-vertx/src/main/java/io/fabric8/kubernetes/client/vertx/VertxHttpClientBuilder.java
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ public class VertxHttpClientBuilder<F extends HttpClient.Factory>
 
   final Vertx vertx;
   private final boolean closeVertx;
+  private WebClientOptions customWebClientOptions;
 
   public VertxHttpClientBuilder(F clientFactory, Vertx sharedVertx) {
     this(
@@ -64,13 +65,31 @@ public VertxHttpClientBuilder(F clientFactory, Vertx sharedVertx) {
     this.closeVertx = closeVertx;
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Use the provided {@link WebClientOptions} as the base options for the client.
+   * <p>
+   *   Note: The Builder overrides some options to ensure the client works properly with the Kubernetes API server.
+   *   These options that the Builder controls will override the values you set in the provided
+   *   {@link WebClientOptions}.
+   * </p>
+   */
+  public VertxHttpClientBuilder<F> withCustomWebClientOptions(WebClientOptions options) {
+    this.customWebClientOptions = options;
+    return this;
+  }
+
   @Override
   public VertxHttpClient<F> build() {
     if (this.client != null) {
       return new VertxHttpClient<>(this, this.client.getClosed(), this.client.getClient(), closeVertx);
     }
 
-    WebClientOptions options = new WebClientOptions();
+    WebClientOptions options;
+    if (customWebClientOptions == null) {
+      options = new WebClientOptions();
+    } else {
+      options = new WebClientOptions(customWebClientOptions);
+    }
 
     options.setMaxPoolSize(MAX_CONNECTIONS);
     options.setMaxWebSockets(MAX_CONNECTIONS);

From 508b0f5d5ceee313d91ea777ba1a47f25016e7b0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: capistrant <lucas.capistrant@imply.io>
Date: Fri, 26 Sep 2025 13:19:08 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 2/3] UT to confirm HttpClient build doesn't blow up when using
 customWebOptions

---
 .../vertx/VertxHttpClientBuilderTest.java     | 21 +++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 21 insertions(+)

diff --git a/httpclient-vertx/src/test/java/io/fabric8/kubernetes/client/vertx/VertxHttpClientBuilderTest.java b/httpclient-vertx/src/test/java/io/fabric8/kubernetes/client/vertx/VertxHttpClientBuilderTest.java
index f42ec8b8b2c..87f099e601e 100644
--- a/httpclient-vertx/src/test/java/io/fabric8/kubernetes/client/vertx/VertxHttpClientBuilderTest.java
+++ b/httpclient-vertx/src/test/java/io/fabric8/kubernetes/client/vertx/VertxHttpClientBuilderTest.java
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 import io.fabric8.kubernetes.client.http.HttpClient;
 import io.vertx.core.Vertx;
 import io.vertx.core.impl.VertxImpl;
+import io.vertx.ext.web.client.WebClientOptions;
 import org.assertj.core.api.InstanceOfAssertFactories;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 
@@ -81,4 +82,24 @@ void closesVertxInstanceWhenClientIsClosed() {
         .asInstanceOf(InstanceOfAssertFactories.type(VertxImpl.class))
         .returns(true, vi -> vi.closeFuture().isClosed());
   }
+
+  @Test
+  void buildsSuccessfullyWithCustomWebClientOptions() {
+    WebClientOptions customOptions = new WebClientOptions()
+        .setKeepAlive(false)
+        .setTcpNoDelay(false)
+        .setUserAgent("custom-agent");
+
+    VertxHttpClientFactory factory = new VertxHttpClientFactory();
+    VertxHttpClientBuilder<?> builder = factory.newBuilder();
+
+    try (HttpClient client = builder.withCustomWebClientOptions(customOptions).build()) {
+      assertThat(client)
+          .isInstanceOf(VertxHttpClient.class)
+          .isNotNull();
+
+      assertThat(client.newHttpRequestBuilder().uri("http://localhost").build())
+          .isNotNull();
+    }
+  }
 }

From d32998bbf566916a7ff8174f370ea75f26f993d8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: capistrant <lucas.capistrant@imply.io>
Date: Fri, 26 Sep 2025 21:56:10 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 3/3] add changelog

---
 CHANGELOG.md | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 7e7b526389f..7708eef361c 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 #### Dependency Upgrade
 
 #### New Features
+* Fix #7252: Allow VertxHttpClientBuilder to be seeded with a base WebClientOptions object, allowing more customization of the Vertx HTTP Client
 
 #### _**Note**_: Breaking changes