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CL_HTTP_CLIENT in SAP Cloud ERP: what replaces it?

Custom code that reads or writes CL_HTTP_CLIENT (CLAS) has to move to a released successor before it runs on SAP Cloud ERP or in ABAP Cloud. SAP names a successor concept: Communication Targets.

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Use instead of CL_HTTP_CLIENT

Successor concept named by SAP: Communication Targets

SAP successor classification: concept

Migration steps

  1. List every place your custom code reads or writes CL_HTTP_CLIENT; the ABAP Test Cockpit cloud-readiness checks report these usages.
  2. Redesign the access along the successor concept named by SAP: Communication Targets.
  3. Re-run the cloud-readiness check on the changed code against your target release.

Release state of CL_HTTP_CLIENT per edition

  • SAP BTP ABAP environment:Not releasedas of SAP BTP ABAP environment — current release
  • SAP Cloud ERP Private:Not releasedas of SAP Cloud ERP Private — latest release
  • SAP Cloud ERP:Not releasedas of SAP Cloud ERP — current release

Release history and evidence

5 release states from 6 official sources, last verified October 12, 2026.

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