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Posted to commits@hc.apache.org by ab...@apache.org on 2025/10/05 13:15:15 UTC

(httpcomponents-client) branch master updated: Add SCRAM-SHA-256 (RFC 7804) (#718)

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The following commit(s) were added to refs/heads/master by this push:
     new 5e73e17ae Add SCRAM-SHA-256 (RFC 7804) (#718)
5e73e17ae is described below

commit 5e73e17ae6c3886b8217d026a713303fd903ca4b
Author: Arturo Bernal <ab...@apache.org>
AuthorDate: Sun Oct 5 15:15:09 2025 +0200

    Add SCRAM-SHA-256 (RFC 7804) (#718)
    
    Implements HTTP SCRAM with SCRAM-SHA-256 per RFC 7804 and SCRAM mechanics per RFC 5802/7677.
    
    Co-authored-by: Arturo Bernal <ar...@fitek.com>
---
 .../hc/client5/http/auth/StandardAuthScheme.java   |   8 +
 .../http/impl/DefaultAuthenticationStrategy.java   |   9 +-
 .../hc/client5/http/impl/ScramException.java       |  73 +++
 .../http/impl/async/H2AsyncClientBuilder.java      |   2 +
 .../http/impl/async/HttpAsyncClientBuilder.java    |   2 +
 .../apache/hc/client5/http/impl/auth/SaslPrep.java | 489 +++++++++++++++
 .../hc/client5/http/impl/auth/ScramExtension.java  |  59 ++
 .../hc/client5/http/impl/auth/ScramScheme.java     | 684 +++++++++++++++++++++
 .../client5/http/impl/auth/ScramSchemeFactory.java |  62 ++
 .../http/impl/classic/HttpClientBuilder.java       |   2 +
 .../hc/client5/http/impl/classic/ProxyClient.java  |   2 +
 .../hc/client5/http/impl/auth/SaslPrepTest.java    | 104 ++++
 .../hc/client5/http/impl/auth/TestScramScheme.java | 509 +++++++++++++++
 13 files changed, 2001 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/httpclient5/src/main/java/org/apache/hc/client5/http/auth/StandardAuthScheme.java b/httpclient5/src/main/java/org/apache/hc/client5/http/auth/StandardAuthScheme.java
index 1345282c0..4d7d34b7e 100644
--- a/httpclient5/src/main/java/org/apache/hc/client5/http/auth/StandardAuthScheme.java
+++ b/httpclient5/src/main/java/org/apache/hc/client5/http/auth/StandardAuthScheme.java
@@ -82,4 +82,12 @@ private StandardAuthScheme() {
     @Deprecated
     public static final String KERBEROS = "Kerberos";
 
+
+    /**
+     * SCRAM with SHA-256 as defined by RFC 7804 / RFC 7677.
+     *
+     * @since 5.6
+     */
+    public static final String SCRAM_SHA_256 = "SCRAM-SHA-256";
+
 }
diff --git a/httpclient5/src/main/java/org/apache/hc/client5/http/impl/DefaultAuthenticationStrategy.java b/httpclient5/src/main/java/org/apache/hc/client5/http/impl/DefaultAuthenticationStrategy.java
index 9409d6cfa..ba480f3f0 100644
--- a/httpclient5/src/main/java/org/apache/hc/client5/http/impl/DefaultAuthenticationStrategy.java
+++ b/httpclient5/src/main/java/org/apache/hc/client5/http/impl/DefaultAuthenticationStrategy.java
@@ -67,10 +67,11 @@ public class DefaultAuthenticationStrategy implements AuthenticationStrategy {
     public static final DefaultAuthenticationStrategy INSTANCE = new DefaultAuthenticationStrategy();
 
     private static final List<String> DEFAULT_SCHEME_PRIORITY =
-        Collections.unmodifiableList(Arrays.asList(
-                StandardAuthScheme.BEARER,
-                StandardAuthScheme.DIGEST,
-                StandardAuthScheme.BASIC));
+            Collections.unmodifiableList(Arrays.asList(
+                    StandardAuthScheme.BEARER,
+                    StandardAuthScheme.SCRAM_SHA_256,
+                    StandardAuthScheme.DIGEST,
+                    StandardAuthScheme.BASIC));
 
     protected List<String> getSchemePriority() {
         return DEFAULT_SCHEME_PRIORITY;
diff --git a/httpclient5/src/main/java/org/apache/hc/client5/http/impl/ScramException.java b/httpclient5/src/main/java/org/apache/hc/client5/http/impl/ScramException.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a53184c49
--- /dev/null
+++ b/httpclient5/src/main/java/org/apache/hc/client5/http/impl/ScramException.java
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+/*
+ * ====================================================================
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ * ====================================================================
+ *
+ * This software consists of voluntary contributions made by many
+ * individuals on behalf of the Apache Software Foundation.  For more
+ * information on the Apache Software Foundation, please see
+ * <http://www.apache.org/>.
+ *
+ */
+
+package org.apache.hc.client5.http.impl;
+
+import org.apache.hc.client5.http.auth.AuthenticationException;
+
+/**
+ * Represents an exception that occurs during SCRAM (Salted Challenge Response Authentication Mechanism) authentication.
+ * <p>
+ * SCRAM is a family of SASL mechanisms used for secure authentication. This exception is thrown when
+ * an error or issue is encountered during the SCRAM authentication process.
+ * </p>
+ *
+ * @since 5.6
+ */
+public class ScramException extends AuthenticationException {
+
+    private static final long serialVersionUID = 2491660491058647342L;
+
+    /**
+     * Constructs a new {@code ScramException} with {@code null} as its detail message.
+     * The cause is not initialized and may be subsequently initialized by a call to {@link #initCause}.
+     */
+    public ScramException() {
+        super();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Constructs a new {@code ScramException} with the specified detail message.
+     * The cause is not initialized and may be subsequently initialized by a call to {@link #initCause}.
+     *
+     * @param message the detail message, saved for later retrieval by the {@link #getMessage()} method.
+     */
+    public ScramException(final String message) {
+        super(message);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Constructs a new {@code ScramException} with the specified detail message and cause.
+     *
+     * @param message the detail message, saved for later retrieval by the {@link #getMessage()} method.
+     * @param cause   the cause, saved for later retrieval by the {@link #getCause()} method.
+     *                A {@code null} value indicates that the cause is nonexistent or unknown.
+     */
+    public ScramException(final String message, final Throwable cause) {
+        super(message, cause);
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/httpclient5/src/main/java/org/apache/hc/client5/http/impl/async/H2AsyncClientBuilder.java b/httpclient5/src/main/java/org/apache/hc/client5/http/impl/async/H2AsyncClientBuilder.java
index 37174b457..c171e695a 100644
--- a/httpclient5/src/main/java/org/apache/hc/client5/http/impl/async/H2AsyncClientBuilder.java
+++ b/httpclient5/src/main/java/org/apache/hc/client5/http/impl/async/H2AsyncClientBuilder.java
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@
 import org.apache.hc.client5.http.impl.auth.BasicSchemeFactory;
 import org.apache.hc.client5.http.impl.auth.BearerSchemeFactory;
 import org.apache.hc.client5.http.impl.auth.DigestSchemeFactory;
+import org.apache.hc.client5.http.impl.auth.ScramSchemeFactory;
 import org.apache.hc.client5.http.impl.auth.SystemDefaultCredentialsProvider;
 import org.apache.hc.client5.http.impl.nio.MultihomeConnectionInitiator;
 import org.apache.hc.client5.http.impl.routing.DefaultRoutePlanner;
@@ -898,6 +899,7 @@ public CloseableHttpAsyncClient build() {
                     .register(StandardAuthScheme.BASIC, BasicSchemeFactory.INSTANCE)
                     .register(StandardAuthScheme.DIGEST, DigestSchemeFactory.INSTANCE)
                     .register(StandardAuthScheme.BEARER, BearerSchemeFactory.INSTANCE)
+                    .register(StandardAuthScheme.SCRAM_SHA_256, ScramSchemeFactory.INSTANCE)
                     .build();
         }
         Lookup<CookieSpecFactory> cookieSpecRegistryCopy = this.cookieSpecRegistry;
diff --git a/httpclient5/src/main/java/org/apache/hc/client5/http/impl/async/HttpAsyncClientBuilder.java b/httpclient5/src/main/java/org/apache/hc/client5/http/impl/async/HttpAsyncClientBuilder.java
index 8a315de86..6fc1d88c1 100644
--- a/httpclient5/src/main/java/org/apache/hc/client5/http/impl/async/HttpAsyncClientBuilder.java
+++ b/httpclient5/src/main/java/org/apache/hc/client5/http/impl/async/HttpAsyncClientBuilder.java
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@
 import org.apache.hc.client5.http.impl.auth.BasicSchemeFactory;
 import org.apache.hc.client5.http.impl.auth.BearerSchemeFactory;
 import org.apache.hc.client5.http.impl.auth.DigestSchemeFactory;
+import org.apache.hc.client5.http.impl.auth.ScramSchemeFactory;
 import org.apache.hc.client5.http.impl.auth.SystemDefaultCredentialsProvider;
 import org.apache.hc.client5.http.impl.nio.PoolingAsyncClientConnectionManagerBuilder;
 import org.apache.hc.client5.http.impl.routing.DefaultProxyRoutePlanner;
@@ -1182,6 +1183,7 @@ public CloseableHttpAsyncClient build() {
                     .register(StandardAuthScheme.BASIC, BasicSchemeFactory.INSTANCE)
                     .register(StandardAuthScheme.DIGEST, DigestSchemeFactory.INSTANCE)
                     .register(StandardAuthScheme.BEARER, BearerSchemeFactory.INSTANCE)
+                    .register(StandardAuthScheme.SCRAM_SHA_256, ScramSchemeFactory.INSTANCE)
                     .build();
         }
         Lookup<CookieSpecFactory> cookieSpecRegistryCopy = this.cookieSpecRegistry;
diff --git a/httpclient5/src/main/java/org/apache/hc/client5/http/impl/auth/SaslPrep.java b/httpclient5/src/main/java/org/apache/hc/client5/http/impl/auth/SaslPrep.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..82786f618
--- /dev/null
+++ b/httpclient5/src/main/java/org/apache/hc/client5/http/impl/auth/SaslPrep.java
@@ -0,0 +1,489 @@
+/*
+ * ====================================================================
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ * ====================================================================
+ *
+ * This software consists of voluntary contributions made by many
+ * individuals on behalf of the Apache Software Foundation.  For more
+ * information on the Apache Software Foundation, please see
+ * <http://www.apache.org/>.
+ *
+ */
+
+package org.apache.hc.client5.http.impl.auth;
+
+import java.text.Normalizer;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.SortedMap;
+import java.util.TreeMap;
+
+import org.apache.hc.client5.http.impl.ScramException;
+import org.conscrypt.Internal;
+
+@Internal
+class SaslPrep {
+
+    public static final SaslPrep INSTANCE = new SaslPrep();
+
+    private static class CharClass {
+        private final List<Integer> tupleStart = new ArrayList<>();
+        private final List<Integer> tupleCount = new ArrayList<>();
+
+        private static CharClass fromList(final int[] charMap) {
+            final SortedMap<Integer, Integer> mapping = new TreeMap<>();
+            for (final int j : charMap) {
+                mapping.put(j, 1);
+            }
+
+            return new CharClass(mapping);
+        }
+
+        private static CharClass fromRanges(final int[] charMap) {
+            // There must be an even number of tuples in RANGES tables.
+            if ((charMap.length % 2) != 0) {
+                throw new IllegalArgumentException("Invalid character list size");
+            }
+            final SortedMap<Integer, Integer> mapping = new TreeMap<>();
+            for (int i = 0; i < charMap.length; i += 2) {
+                final int start = charMap[i];
+                final int end = charMap[i + 1];
+                final int count = end - start + 1;
+                mapping.put(start, count);
+            }
+
+            return new CharClass(mapping);
+        }
+
+        private static CharClass fromClasses(final CharClass... classes) {
+            final SortedMap<Integer, Integer> mapping = new TreeMap<>();
+            for (final CharClass charClass : classes) {
+                for (int i = 0; i < charClass.tupleStart.size(); ++i) {
+                    final int start = charClass.tupleStart.get(i);
+                    final int count = charClass.tupleCount.get(i);
+                    mapping.put(start, count);
+                }
+            }
+
+            return new CharClass(mapping);
+        }
+
+        private CharClass(final SortedMap<Integer, Integer> mappings) {
+            for (final Map.Entry<Integer, Integer> pair : mappings.entrySet()) {
+                final int start = pair.getKey();
+                final int count = pair.getValue();
+
+                // Coalesce overlapping ranges.
+                if (!tupleStart.isEmpty()) {
+                    final int prevIndex = tupleStart.size() - 1;
+                    final int prevStart = tupleStart.get(prevIndex);
+                    final int prevCount = tupleCount.get(prevIndex);
+                    if (prevStart + prevCount >= start) {
+                        final int endPos = start + count;
+                        final int newCount = endPos - prevStart;
+                        tupleCount.set(prevIndex, newCount);
+                        continue;
+                    }
+                }
+
+                tupleStart.add(start);
+                tupleCount.add(count);
+            }
+        }
+
+        private boolean isCharInClass(final int c) {
+            final int pos = Collections.binarySearch(tupleStart, c);
+
+            if (pos >= 0) {
+                return true;
+            }
+
+            final int insertionPoint = -pos - 1;
+
+            if (insertionPoint == 0) {
+                return false;
+            }
+
+            // Otherwise, check if `c` lies within the preceding range.
+            final int rangeIndex = insertionPoint - 1;
+
+            final int rangeStart = tupleStart.get(rangeIndex);
+            final int rangeCount = tupleCount.get(rangeIndex);
+
+            // Check if `c` lies within this range.
+            return c >= rangeStart && c < (rangeStart + rangeCount);
+        }
+    }
+
+
+    /**
+     * A.1 Unassigned code points in Unicode 3.2
+     */
+    private final CharClass A1 = CharClass.fromRanges(new int[]{
+            0x0221, 0x0221, 0x0234, 0x024F, 0x02AE, 0x02AF, 0x02EF, 0x02FF, 0x0350, 0x035F, 0x0370, 0x0373,
+            0x0376, 0x0379, 0x037B, 0x037D, 0x037F, 0x0383, 0x038B, 0x038B, 0x038D, 0x038D, 0x03A2, 0x03A2,
+            0x03CF, 0x03CF, 0x03F7, 0x03FF, 0x0487, 0x0487, 0x04CF, 0x04CF, 0x04F6, 0x04F7, 0x04FA, 0x04FF,
+            0x0510, 0x0530, 0x0557, 0x0558, 0x0560, 0x0560, 0x0588, 0x0588, 0x058B, 0x0590, 0x05A2, 0x05A2,
+            0x05BA, 0x05BA, 0x05C5, 0x05CF, 0x05EB, 0x05EF, 0x05F5, 0x060B, 0x060D, 0x061A, 0x061C, 0x061E,
+            0x0620, 0x0620, 0x063B, 0x063F, 0x0656, 0x065F, 0x06EE, 0x06EF, 0x06FF, 0x06FF, 0x070E, 0x070E,
+            0x072D, 0x072F, 0x074B, 0x077F, 0x07B2, 0x0900, 0x0904, 0x0904, 0x093A, 0x093B, 0x094E, 0x094F,
+            0x0955, 0x0957, 0x0971, 0x0980, 0x0984, 0x0984, 0x098D, 0x098E, 0x0991, 0x0992, 0x09A9, 0x09A9,
+            0x09B1, 0x09B1, 0x09B3, 0x09B5, 0x09BA, 0x09BB, 0x09BD, 0x09BD, 0x09C5, 0x09C6, 0x09C9, 0x09CA,
+            0x09CE, 0x09D6, 0x09D8, 0x09DB, 0x09DE, 0x09DE, 0x09E4, 0x09E5, 0x09FB, 0x0A01, 0x0A03, 0x0A04,
+            0x0A0B, 0x0A0E, 0x0A11, 0x0A12, 0x0A29, 0x0A29, 0x0A31, 0x0A31, 0x0A34, 0x0A34, 0x0A37, 0x0A37,
+            0x0A3A, 0x0A3B, 0x0A3D, 0x0A3D, 0x0A43, 0x0A46, 0x0A49, 0x0A4A, 0x0A4E, 0x0A58, 0x0A5D, 0x0A5D,
+            0x0A5F, 0x0A65, 0x0A75, 0x0A80, 0x0A84, 0x0A84, 0x0A8C, 0x0A8C, 0x0A8E, 0x0A8E, 0x0A92, 0x0A92,
+            0x0AA9, 0x0AA9, 0x0AB1, 0x0AB1, 0x0AB4, 0x0AB4, 0x0ABA, 0x0ABB, 0x0AC6, 0x0AC6, 0x0ACA, 0x0ACA,
+            0x0ACE, 0x0ACF, 0x0AD1, 0x0ADF, 0x0AE1, 0x0AE5, 0x0AF0, 0x0B00, 0x0B04, 0x0B04, 0x0B0D, 0x0B0E,
+            0x0B11, 0x0B12, 0x0B29, 0x0B29, 0x0B31, 0x0B31, 0x0B34, 0x0B35, 0x0B3A, 0x0B3B, 0x0B44, 0x0B46,
+            0x0B49, 0x0B4A, 0x0B4E, 0x0B55, 0x0B58, 0x0B5B, 0x0B5E, 0x0B5E, 0x0B62, 0x0B65, 0x0B71, 0x0B81,
+            0x0B84, 0x0B84, 0x0B8B, 0x0B8D, 0x0B91, 0x0B91, 0x0B96, 0x0B98, 0x0B9B, 0x0B9B, 0x0B9D, 0x0B9D,
+            0x0BA0, 0x0BA2, 0x0BA5, 0x0BA7, 0x0BAB, 0x0BAD, 0x0BB6, 0x0BB6, 0x0BBA, 0x0BBD, 0x0BC3, 0x0BC5,
+            0x0BC9, 0x0BC9, 0x0BCE, 0x0BD6, 0x0BD8, 0x0BE6, 0x0BF3, 0x0C00, 0x0C04, 0x0C04, 0x0C0D, 0x0C0D,
+            0x0C11, 0x0C11, 0x0C29, 0x0C29, 0x0C34, 0x0C34, 0x0C3A, 0x0C3D, 0x0C45, 0x0C45, 0x0C49, 0x0C49,
+            0x0C4E, 0x0C54, 0x0C57, 0x0C5F, 0x0C62, 0x0C65, 0x0C70, 0x0C81, 0x0C84, 0x0C84, 0x0C8D, 0x0C8D,
+            0x0C91, 0x0C91, 0x0CA9, 0x0CA9, 0x0CB4, 0x0CB4, 0x0CBA, 0x0CBD, 0x0CC5, 0x0CC5, 0x0CC9, 0x0CC9,
+            0x0CCE, 0x0CD4, 0x0CD7, 0x0CDD, 0x0CDF, 0x0CDF, 0x0CE2, 0x0CE5, 0x0CF0, 0x0D01, 0x0D04, 0x0D04,
+            0x0D0D, 0x0D0D, 0x0D11, 0x0D11, 0x0D29, 0x0D29, 0x0D3A, 0x0D3D, 0x0D44, 0x0D45, 0x0D49, 0x0D49,
+            0x0D4E, 0x0D56, 0x0D58, 0x0D5F, 0x0D62, 0x0D65, 0x0D70, 0x0D81, 0x0D84, 0x0D84, 0x0D97, 0x0D99,
+            0x0DB2, 0x0DB2, 0x0DBC, 0x0DBC, 0x0DBE, 0x0DBF, 0x0DC7, 0x0DC9, 0x0DCB, 0x0DCE, 0x0DD5, 0x0DD5,
+            0x0DD7, 0x0DD7, 0x0DE0, 0x0DF1, 0x0DF5, 0x0E00, 0x0E3B, 0x0E3E, 0x0E5C, 0x0E80, 0x0E83, 0x0E83,
+            0x0E85, 0x0E86, 0x0E89, 0x0E89, 0x0E8B, 0x0E8C, 0x0E8E, 0x0E93, 0x0E98, 0x0E98, 0x0EA0, 0x0EA0,
+            0x0EA4, 0x0EA4, 0x0EA6, 0x0EA6, 0x0EA8, 0x0EA9, 0x0EAC, 0x0EAC, 0x0EBA, 0x0EBA, 0x0EBE, 0x0EBF,
+            0x0EC5, 0x0EC5, 0x0EC7, 0x0EC7, 0x0ECE, 0x0ECF, 0x0EDA, 0x0EDB, 0x0EDE, 0x0EFF, 0x0F48, 0x0F48,
+            0x0F6B, 0x0F70, 0x0F8C, 0x0F8F, 0x0F98, 0x0F98, 0x0FBD, 0x0FBD, 0x0FCD, 0x0FCE, 0x0FD0, 0x0FFF,
+            0x1022, 0x1022, 0x1028, 0x1028, 0x102B, 0x102B, 0x1033, 0x1035, 0x103A, 0x103F, 0x105A, 0x109F,
+            0x10C6, 0x10CF, 0x10F9, 0x10FA, 0x10FC, 0x10FF, 0x115A, 0x115E, 0x11A3, 0x11A7, 0x11FA, 0x11FF,
+            0x1207, 0x1207, 0x1247, 0x1247, 0x1249, 0x1249, 0x124E, 0x124F, 0x1257, 0x1257, 0x1259, 0x1259,
+            0x125E, 0x125F, 0x1287, 0x1287, 0x1289, 0x1289, 0x128E, 0x128F, 0x12AF, 0x12AF, 0x12B1, 0x12B1,
+            0x12B6, 0x12B7, 0x12BF, 0x12BF, 0x12C1, 0x12C1, 0x12C6, 0x12C7, 0x12CF, 0x12CF, 0x12D7, 0x12D7,
+            0x12EF, 0x12EF, 0x130F, 0x130F, 0x1311, 0x1311, 0x1316, 0x1317, 0x131F, 0x131F, 0x1347, 0x1347,
+            0x135B, 0x1360, 0x137D, 0x139F, 0x13F5, 0x1400, 0x1677, 0x167F, 0x169D, 0x169F, 0x16F1, 0x16FF,
+            0x170D, 0x170D, 0x1715, 0x171F, 0x1737, 0x173F, 0x1754, 0x175F, 0x176D, 0x176D, 0x1771, 0x1771,
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+            0x1F4E, 0x1F4F, 0x1F58, 0x1F58, 0x1F5A, 0x1F5A, 0x1F5C, 0x1F5C, 0x1F5E, 0x1F5E, 0x1F7E, 0x1F7F,
+            0x1FB5, 0x1FB5, 0x1FC5, 0x1FC5, 0x1FD4, 0x1FD5, 0x1FDC, 0x1FDC, 0x1FF0, 0x1FF1, 0x1FF5, 0x1FF5,
+            0x1FFF, 0x1FFF, 0x2053, 0x2056, 0x2058, 0x205E, 0x2064, 0x2069, 0x2072, 0x2073, 0x208F, 0x209F,
+            0x20B2, 0x20CF, 0x20EB, 0x20FF, 0x213B, 0x213C, 0x214C, 0x2152, 0x2184, 0x218F, 0x23CF, 0x23FF,
+            0x2427, 0x243F, 0x244B, 0x245F, 0x24FF, 0x24FF, 0x2614, 0x2615, 0x2618, 0x2618, 0x267E, 0x267F,
+            0x268A, 0x2700, 0x2705, 0x2705, 0x270A, 0x270B, 0x2728, 0x2728, 0x274C, 0x274C, 0x274E, 0x274E,
+            0x2753, 0x2755, 0x2757, 0x2757, 0x275F, 0x2760, 0x2795, 0x2797, 0x27B0, 0x27B0, 0x27BF, 0x27CF,
+            0x27EC, 0x27EF, 0x2B00, 0x2E7F, 0x2E9A, 0x2E9A, 0x2EF4, 0x2EFF, 0x2FD6, 0x2FEF, 0x2FFC, 0x2FFF,
+            0x3040, 0x3040, 0x3097, 0x3098, 0x3100, 0x3104, 0x312D, 0x3130, 0x318F, 0x318F, 0x31B8, 0x31EF,
+            0x321D, 0x321F, 0x3244, 0x3250, 0x327C, 0x327E, 0x32CC, 0x32CF, 0x32FF, 0x32FF, 0x3377, 0x337A,
+            0x33DE, 0x33DF, 0x33FF, 0x33FF, 0x4DB6, 0x4DFF, 0x9FA6, 0x9FFF, 0xA48D, 0xA48F, 0xA4C7, 0xABFF,
+            0xD7A4, 0xD7FF, 0xFA2E, 0xFA2F, 0xFA6B, 0xFAFF, 0xFB07, 0xFB12, 0xFB18, 0xFB1C, 0xFB37, 0xFB37,
+            0xFB3D, 0xFB3D, 0xFB3F, 0xFB3F, 0xFB42, 0xFB42, 0xFB45, 0xFB45, 0xFBB2, 0xFBD2, 0xFD40, 0xFD4F,
+            0xFD90, 0xFD91, 0xFDC8, 0xFDCF, 0xFDFD, 0xFDFF, 0xFE10, 0xFE1F, 0xFE24, 0xFE2F, 0xFE47, 0xFE48,
+            0xFE53, 0xFE53, 0xFE67, 0xFE67, 0xFE6C, 0xFE6F, 0xFE75, 0xFE75, 0xFEFD, 0xFEFE, 0xFF00, 0xFF00,
+            0xFFBF, 0xFFC1, 0xFFC8, 0xFFC9, 0xFFD0, 0xFFD1, 0xFFD8, 0xFFD9, 0xFFDD, 0xFFDF, 0xFFE7, 0xFFE7,
+            0xFFEF, 0xFFF8,
+            0x10000, 0x102FF, 0x1031F, 0x1031F, 0x10324, 0x1032F, 0x1034B, 0x103FF, 0x10426, 0x10427,
+            0x1044E, 0x1CFFF, 0x1D0F6, 0x1D0FF, 0x1D127, 0x1D129, 0x1D1DE, 0x1D3FF, 0x1D455, 0x1D455,
+            0x1D49D, 0x1D49D, 0x1D4A0, 0x1D4A1, 0x1D4A3, 0x1D4A4, 0x1D4A7, 0x1D4A8, 0x1D4AD, 0x1D4AD,
+            0x1D4BA, 0x1D4BA, 0x1D4BC, 0x1D4BC, 0x1D4C1, 0x1D4C1, 0x1D4C4, 0x1D4C4, 0x1D506, 0x1D506,
+            0x1D50B, 0x1D50C, 0x1D515, 0x1D515, 0x1D51D, 0x1D51D, 0x1D53A, 0x1D53A, 0x1D53F, 0x1D53F,
+            0x1D545, 0x1D545, 0x1D547, 0x1D549, 0x1D551, 0x1D551, 0x1D6A4, 0x1D6A7, 0x1D7CA, 0x1D7CD,
+            0x1D800, 0x1FFFD, 0x2A6D7, 0x2F7FF, 0x2FA1E, 0x2FFFD, 0x30000, 0x3FFFD, 0x40000, 0x4FFFD,
+            0x50000, 0x5FFFD, 0x60000, 0x6FFFD, 0x70000, 0x7FFFD, 0x80000, 0x8FFFD, 0x90000, 0x9FFFD,
+            0xA0000, 0xAFFFD, 0xB0000, 0xBFFFD, 0xC0000, 0xCFFFD, 0xD0000, 0xDFFFD, 0xE0000, 0xE0000,
+            0xE0002, 0xE001F, 0xE0080, 0xEFFFD,
+    });
+
+    /**
+     * B.1 Commonly mapped to nothing
+     */
+    private final CharClass B1 = CharClass.fromList(new int[]{
+            0x00AD, 0x034F, 0x1806, 0x180B, 0x180C, 0x180D, 0x200B, 0x200C, 0x200D, 0x2060,
+            0xFE00, 0xFE01, 0xFE02, 0xFE03, 0xFE04, 0xFE05, 0xFE06, 0xFE07, 0xFE08, 0xFE09,
+            0xFE0A, 0xFE0B, 0xFE0C, 0xFE0D, 0xFE0E, 0xFE0F, 0xFEFF,
+    });
+
+    /**
+     * C.1.1 ASCII space characters
+     */
+    private final CharClass C11 = CharClass.fromList(new int[]{
+            0x0020
+    });
+
+    /**
+     * C.1.2 Non-ASCII space characters
+     */
+    private final CharClass C12 = CharClass.fromList(new int[]{
+            0x00A0, 0x1680, 0x2000, 0x2001, 0x2002, 0x2003, 0x2004, 0x2005, 0x2006, 0x2007,
+            0x2008, 0x2009, 0x200A, 0x200B, 0x202F, 0x205F, 0x3000,
+    });
+
+    /**
+     * C.2.1 ASCII control characters
+     */
+    private final CharClass C21 = CharClass.fromList(new int[]{
+            0x0000, 0x0001, 0x0002, 0x0003, 0x0004, 0x0005, 0x0006, 0x0007, 0x0008, 0x0009,
+            0x000A, 0x000B, 0x000C, 0x000D, 0x000E, 0x000F, 0x0010, 0x0011, 0x0012, 0x0013,
+            0x0014, 0x0015, 0x0016, 0x0017, 0x0018, 0x0019, 0x001A, 0x001B, 0x001C, 0x001D,
+            0x001E, 0x001F, 0x007F
+    });
+
+    /**
+     * C.2.2 Non-ASCII control characters
+     */
+    private final CharClass C22 = CharClass.fromList(new int[]{
+            0x0080, 0x0081, 0x0082, 0x0083, 0x0084, 0x0085, 0x0086, 0x0087, 0x0088, 0x0089,
+            0x008A, 0x008B, 0x008C, 0x008D, 0x008E, 0x008F, 0x0090, 0x0091, 0x0092, 0x0093,
+            0x0094, 0x0095, 0x0096, 0x0097, 0x0098, 0x0099, 0x009A, 0x009B, 0x009C, 0x009D,
+            0x009E, 0x009F, 0x06DD, 0x070F, 0x180E, 0x200C, 0x200D, 0x2028, 0x2029, 0x2060,
+            0x2061, 0x2062, 0x2063, 0x206A, 0x206B, 0x206C, 0x206D, 0x206E, 0x206F, 0xFEFF,
+            0xFFF9, 0xFFFA, 0xFFFB, 0xFFFC,
+            0x1D173, 0x1D174, 0x1D175, 0x1D176, 0x1D177, 0x1D178, 0x1D179, 0x1D17A,
+    });
+
+    /**
+     * C.3 Private use
+     */
+    private final CharClass C3 = CharClass.fromRanges(new int[]{
+            0xE000, 0xF8FF, 0xF0000, 0xFFFFD, 0x100000, 0x10FFFD,
+    });
+
+    /**
+     * C.4 Non-character code points
+     */
+    private final CharClass C4 = CharClass.fromRanges(new int[]{
+            0xFDD0, 0xFDEF, 0xFFFE, 0xFFFF, 0x1FFFE, 0x1FFFF, 0x2FFFE, 0x2FFFF,
+            0x3FFFE, 0x3FFFF, 0x4FFFE, 0x4FFFF, 0x5FFFE, 0x5FFFF, 0x6FFFE, 0x6FFFF,
+            0x7FFFE, 0x7FFFF, 0x8FFFE, 0x8FFFF, 0x9FFFE, 0x9FFFF, 0xAFFFE, 0xAFFFF,
+            0xBFFFE, 0xBFFFF, 0xCFFFE, 0xCFFFF, 0xDFFFE, 0xDFFFF, 0xEFFFE, 0xEFFFF,
+            0xFFFFE, 0xFFFFF, 0x10FFFE, 0x10FFFF,
+    });
+
+    /**
+     * C.5 Surrogate codes
+     */
+    private final CharClass C5 = CharClass.fromRanges(new int[]{
+            0xD800, 0xDFFF,
+    });
+
+    /**
+     * C.6 Inappropriate for plain text
+     */
+    private final CharClass C6 = CharClass.fromList(new int[]{
+            0xFFF9, 0xFFFA, 0xFFFB, 0xFFFC, 0xFFFD,
+    });
+
+    /**
+     * C.7 Inappropriate for canonical representation
+     */
+    private final CharClass C7 = CharClass.fromList(new int[]{
+            0x2FF0, 0x2FF1, 0x2FF2, 0x2FF3, 0x2FF4, 0x2FF5, 0x2FF6, 0x2FF7, 0x2FF8, 0x2FF9,
+            0x2FFA, 0x2FFB,
+    });
+
+    /**
+     * C.8 Change display properties or are deprecated
+     */
+    private final CharClass C8 = CharClass.fromList(new int[]{
+            0x0340, 0x0341, 0x200E, 0x200F, 0x202A, 0x202B, 0x202C, 0x202D, 0x202E, 0x206A,
+            0x206B, 0x206C, 0x206D, 0x206E, 0x206F,
+    });
+
+    /**
+     * C.9 Tagging characters (tuples)
+     */
+    private final CharClass C9 = CharClass.fromRanges(new int[]{
+            0xE0001, 0xE0001, 0xE0020, 0xE007F,
+    });
+
+    /**
+     * D.1 Characters with bidirectional property "R" or "AL"
+     */
+    private final CharClass D1 = CharClass.fromRanges(new int[]{
+            0x05BE, 0x05BE, 0x05C0, 0x05C0, 0x05C3, 0x05C3, 0x05D0, 0x05EA, 0x05F0, 0x05F4,
+            0x061B, 0x061B, 0x061F, 0x061F, 0x0621, 0x063A, 0x0640, 0x064A, 0x066D, 0x066F,
+            0x0671, 0x06D5, 0x06DD, 0x06DD, 0x06E5, 0x06E6, 0x06FA, 0x06FE, 0x0700, 0x070D,
+            0x0710, 0x0710, 0x0712, 0x072C, 0x0780, 0x07A5, 0x07B1, 0x07B1, 0x200F, 0x200F,
+            0xFB1D, 0xFB1D, 0xFB1F, 0xFB28, 0xFB2A, 0xFB36, 0xFB38, 0xFB3C, 0xFB3E, 0xFB3E,
+            0xFB40, 0xFB41, 0xFB43, 0xFB44, 0xFB46, 0xFBB1, 0xFBD3, 0xFD3D, 0xFD50, 0xFD8F,
+            0xFD92, 0xFDC7, 0xFDF0, 0xFDFC, 0xFE70, 0xFE74, 0xFE76, 0xFEFC,
+    });
+
+    /**
+     * D.2 Characters with bidirectional property "L"
+     */
+    private final CharClass D2 = CharClass.fromRanges(new int[]{
+            0x0041, 0x005A, 0x0061, 0x007A, 0x00AA, 0x00AA, 0x00B5, 0x00B5, 0x00BA, 0x00BA, 0x00C0, 0x00D6,
+            0x00D8, 0x00F6, 0x00F8, 0x0220, 0x0222, 0x0233, 0x0250, 0x02AD, 0x02B0, 0x02B8, 0x02BB, 0x02C1,
+            0x02D0, 0x02D1, 0x02E0, 0x02E4, 0x02EE, 0x02EE, 0x037A, 0x037A, 0x0386, 0x0386, 0x0388, 0x038A,
+            0x038C, 0x038C, 0x038E, 0x03A1, 0x03A3, 0x03CE, 0x03D0, 0x03F5, 0x0400, 0x0482, 0x048A, 0x04CE,
+            0x04D0, 0x04F5, 0x04F8, 0x04F9, 0x0500, 0x050F, 0x0531, 0x0556, 0x0559, 0x055F, 0x0561, 0x0587,
+            0x0589, 0x0589, 0x0903, 0x0903, 0x0905, 0x0939, 0x093D, 0x0940, 0x0949, 0x094C, 0x0950, 0x0950,
+            0x0958, 0x0961, 0x0964, 0x0970, 0x0982, 0x0983, 0x0985, 0x098C, 0x098F, 0x0990, 0x0993, 0x09A8,
+            0x09AA, 0x09B0, 0x09B2, 0x09B2, 0x09B6, 0x09B9, 0x09BE, 0x09C0, 0x09C7, 0x09C8, 0x09CB, 0x09CC,
+            0x09D7, 0x09D7, 0x09DC, 0x09DD, 0x09DF, 0x09E1, 0x09E6, 0x09F1, 0x09F4, 0x09FA, 0x0A05, 0x0A0A,
+            0x0A0F, 0x0A10, 0x0A13, 0x0A28, 0x0A2A, 0x0A30, 0x0A32, 0x0A33, 0x0A35, 0x0A36, 0x0A38, 0x0A39,
+            0x0A3E, 0x0A40, 0x0A59, 0x0A5C, 0x0A5E, 0x0A5E, 0x0A66, 0x0A6F, 0x0A72, 0x0A74, 0x0A83, 0x0A83,
+            0x0A85, 0x0A8B, 0x0A8D, 0x0A8D, 0x0A8F, 0x0A91, 0x0A93, 0x0AA8, 0x0AAA, 0x0AB0, 0x0AB2, 0x0AB3,
+            0x0AB5, 0x0AB9, 0x0ABD, 0x0AC0, 0x0AC9, 0x0AC9, 0x0ACB, 0x0ACC, 0x0AD0, 0x0AD0, 0x0AE0, 0x0AE0,
+            0x0AE6, 0x0AEF, 0x0B02, 0x0B03, 0x0B05, 0x0B0C, 0x0B0F, 0x0B10, 0x0B13, 0x0B28, 0x0B2A, 0x0B30,
+            0x0B32, 0x0B33, 0x0B36, 0x0B39, 0x0B3D, 0x0B3E, 0x0B40, 0x0B40, 0x0B47, 0x0B48, 0x0B4B, 0x0B4C,
+            0x0B57, 0x0B57, 0x0B5C, 0x0B5D, 0x0B5F, 0x0B61, 0x0B66, 0x0B70, 0x0B83, 0x0B83, 0x0B85, 0x0B8A,
+            0x0B8E, 0x0B90, 0x0B92, 0x0B95, 0x0B99, 0x0B9A, 0x0B9C, 0x0B9C, 0x0B9E, 0x0B9F, 0x0BA3, 0x0BA4,
+            0x0BA8, 0x0BAA, 0x0BAE, 0x0BB5, 0x0BB7, 0x0BB9, 0x0BBE, 0x0BBF, 0x0BC1, 0x0BC2, 0x0BC6, 0x0BC8,
+            0x0BCA, 0x0BCC, 0x0BD7, 0x0BD7, 0x0BE7, 0x0BF2, 0x0C01, 0x0C03, 0x0C05, 0x0C0C, 0x0C0E, 0x0C10,
+            0x0C12, 0x0C28, 0x0C2A, 0x0C33, 0x0C35, 0x0C39, 0x0C41, 0x0C44, 0x0C60, 0x0C61, 0x0C66, 0x0C6F,
+            0x0C82, 0x0C83, 0x0C85, 0x0C8C, 0x0C8E, 0x0C90, 0x0C92, 0x0CA8, 0x0CAA, 0x0CB3, 0x0CB5, 0x0CB9,
+            0x0CBE, 0x0CBE, 0x0CC0, 0x0CC4, 0x0CC7, 0x0CC8, 0x0CCA, 0x0CCB, 0x0CD5, 0x0CD6, 0x0CDE, 0x0CDE,
+            0x0CE0, 0x0CE1, 0x0CE6, 0x0CEF, 0x0D02, 0x0D03, 0x0D05, 0x0D0C, 0x0D0E, 0x0D10, 0x0D12, 0x0D28,
+            0x0D2A, 0x0D39, 0x0D3E, 0x0D40, 0x0D46, 0x0D48, 0x0D4A, 0x0D4C, 0x0D57, 0x0D57, 0x0D60, 0x0D61,
+            0x0D66, 0x0D6F, 0x0D82, 0x0D83, 0x0D85, 0x0D96, 0x0D9A, 0x0DB1, 0x0DB3, 0x0DBB, 0x0DBD, 0x0DBD,
+            0x0DC0, 0x0DC6, 0x0DCF, 0x0DD1, 0x0DD8, 0x0DDF, 0x0DF2, 0x0DF4, 0x0E01, 0x0E30, 0x0E32, 0x0E33,
+            0x0E40, 0x0E46, 0x0E4F, 0x0E5B, 0x0E81, 0x0E82, 0x0E84, 0x0E84, 0x0E87, 0x0E88, 0x0E8A, 0x0E8A,
+            0x0E8D, 0x0E8D, 0x0E94, 0x0E97, 0x0E99, 0x0E9F, 0x0EA1, 0x0EA3, 0x0EA5, 0x0EA5, 0x0EA7, 0x0EA7,
+            0x0EAA, 0x0EAB, 0x0EAD, 0x0EB0, 0x0EB2, 0x0EB3, 0x0EBD, 0x0EBD, 0x0EC0, 0x0EC4, 0x0EC6, 0x0EC6,
+            0x0ED0, 0x0ED9, 0x0EDC, 0x0EDD, 0x0F00, 0x0F17, 0x0F1A, 0x0F34, 0x0F36, 0x0F36, 0x0F38, 0x0F38,
+            0x0F3E, 0x0F47, 0x0F49, 0x0F6A, 0x0F7F, 0x0F7F, 0x0F85, 0x0F85, 0x0F88, 0x0F8B, 0x0FBE, 0x0FC5,
+            0x0FC7, 0x0FCC, 0x0FCF, 0x0FCF, 0x1000, 0x1021, 0x1023, 0x1027, 0x1029, 0x102A, 0x102C, 0x102C,
+            0x1031, 0x1031, 0x1038, 0x1038, 0x1040, 0x1057, 0x10A0, 0x10C5, 0x10D0, 0x10F8, 0x10FB, 0x10FB,
+            0x1100, 0x1159, 0x115F, 0x11A2, 0x11A8, 0x11F9, 0x1200, 0x1206, 0x1208, 0x1246, 0x1248, 0x1248,
+            0x124A, 0x124D, 0x1250, 0x1256, 0x1258, 0x1258, 0x125A, 0x125D, 0x1260, 0x1286, 0x1288, 0x1288,
+            0x128A, 0x128D, 0x1290, 0x12AE, 0x12B0, 0x12B0, 0x12B2, 0x12B5, 0x12B8, 0x12BE, 0x12C0, 0x12C0,
+            0x12C2, 0x12C5, 0x12C8, 0x12CE, 0x12D0, 0x12D6, 0x12D8, 0x12EE, 0x12F0, 0x130E, 0x1310, 0x1310,
+            0x1312, 0x1315, 0x1318, 0x131E, 0x1320, 0x1346, 0x1348, 0x135A, 0x1361, 0x137C, 0x13A0, 0x13F4,
+            0x1401, 0x1676, 0x1681, 0x169A, 0x16A0, 0x16F0, 0x1700, 0x170C, 0x170E, 0x1711, 0x1720, 0x1731,
+            0x1735, 0x1736, 0x1740, 0x1751, 0x1760, 0x176C, 0x176E, 0x1770, 0x1780, 0x17B6, 0x17BE, 0x17C5,
+            0x17C7, 0x17C8, 0x17D4, 0x17DA, 0x17DC, 0x17DC, 0x17E0, 0x17E9, 0x1810, 0x1819, 0x1820, 0x1877,
+            0x1880, 0x18A8, 0x1E00, 0x1E9B, 0x1EA0, 0x1EF9, 0x1F00, 0x1F15, 0x1F18, 0x1F1D, 0x1F20, 0x1F45,
+            0x1F48, 0x1F4D, 0x1F50, 0x1F57, 0x1F59, 0x1F59, 0x1F5B, 0x1F5B, 0x1F5D, 0x1F5D, 0x1F5F, 0x1F7D,
+            0x1F80, 0x1FB4, 0x1FB6, 0x1FBC, 0x1FBE, 0x1FBE, 0x1FC2, 0x1FC4, 0x1FC6, 0x1FCC, 0x1FD0, 0x1FD3,
+            0x1FD6, 0x1FDB, 0x1FE0, 0x1FEC, 0x1FF2, 0x1FF4, 0x1FF6, 0x1FFC, 0x200E, 0x200E, 0x2071, 0x2071,
+            0x207F, 0x207F, 0x2102, 0x2102, 0x2107, 0x2107, 0x210A, 0x2113, 0x2115, 0x2115, 0x2119, 0x211D,
+            0x2124, 0x2124, 0x2126, 0x2126, 0x2128, 0x2128, 0x212A, 0x212D, 0x212F, 0x2131, 0x2133, 0x2139,
+            0x213D, 0x213F, 0x2145, 0x2149, 0x2160, 0x2183, 0x2336, 0x237A, 0x2395, 0x2395, 0x249C, 0x24E9,
+            0x3005, 0x3007, 0x3021, 0x3029, 0x3031, 0x3035, 0x3038, 0x303C, 0x3041, 0x3096, 0x309D, 0x309F,
+            0x30A1, 0x30FA, 0x30FC, 0x30FF, 0x3105, 0x312C, 0x3131, 0x318E, 0x3190, 0x31B7, 0x31F0, 0x321C,
+            0x3220, 0x3243, 0x3260, 0x327B, 0x327F, 0x32B0, 0x32C0, 0x32CB, 0x32D0, 0x32FE, 0x3300, 0x3376,
+            0x337B, 0x33DD, 0x33E0, 0x33FE, 0x3400, 0x4DB5, 0x4E00, 0x9FA5, 0xA000, 0xA48C, 0xAC00, 0xD7A3,
+            0xD800, 0xFA2D, 0xFA30, 0xFA6A, 0xFB00, 0xFB06, 0xFB13, 0xFB17, 0xFF21, 0xFF3A, 0xFF41, 0xFF5A,
+            0xFF66, 0xFFBE, 0xFFC2, 0xFFC7, 0xFFCA, 0xFFCF, 0xFFD2, 0xFFD7, 0xFFDA, 0xFFDC,
+            0x10300, 0x1031E, 0x10320, 0x10323, 0x10330, 0x1034A, 0x10400, 0x10425, 0x10428, 0x1044D,
+            0x1D000, 0x1D0F5, 0x1D100, 0x1D126, 0x1D12A, 0x1D166, 0x1D16A, 0x1D172, 0x1D183, 0x1D184,
+            0x1D18C, 0x1D1A9, 0x1D1AE, 0x1D1DD, 0x1D400, 0x1D454, 0x1D456, 0x1D49C, 0x1D49E, 0x1D49F,
+            0x1D4A2, 0x1D4A2, 0x1D4A5, 0x1D4A6, 0x1D4A9, 0x1D4AC, 0x1D4AE, 0x1D4B9, 0x1D4BB, 0x1D4BB,
+            0x1D4BD, 0x1D4C0, 0x1D4C2, 0x1D4C3, 0x1D4C5, 0x1D505, 0x1D507, 0x1D50A, 0x1D50D, 0x1D514,
+            0x1D516, 0x1D51C, 0x1D51E, 0x1D539, 0x1D53B, 0x1D53E, 0x1D540, 0x1D544, 0x1D546, 0x1D546,
+            0x1D54A, 0x1D550, 0x1D552, 0x1D6A3, 0x1D6A8, 0x1D7C9, 0x20000, 0x2A6D6, 0x2F800, 0x2FA1D,
+            0xF0000, 0xFFFFD, 0x100000, 0x10FFFD,
+    });
+
+    /**
+     * rfc4013 2.3. Prohibited Output
+     */
+    private final CharClass saslProhibited = CharClass.fromClasses(C21, C22, C3, C4, C5, C6, C7, C8, C9);
+
+
+    private String applyMapTo(final String s, final CharClass mapFrom, final String mapTo) {
+        final StringBuilder result = new StringBuilder();
+        for (int i = 0; i < s.length(); ) {
+            final int c = Character.codePointAt(s, i);
+            final int charCount = Character.charCount(c);
+            if (mapFrom.isCharInClass(c))
+                result.append(mapTo);
+            else
+                result.append(s, i, i + charCount);
+            i += charCount;
+        }
+
+        return result.toString();
+    }
+
+
+    /**
+     * Return the first character index in s which is in {@link CharClass}, or -1 if
+     * no character is in the class.
+     */
+    private int containsCharacterInClass(final String s, final CharClass charClass) {
+        for (int i = 0; i < s.length(); ) {
+            final int c = Character.codePointAt(s, i);
+            if (charClass.isCharInClass(c))
+                return i;
+
+            i += Character.charCount(c);
+        }
+        return -1;
+    }
+
+
+    private void verifyRTL(final String s) throws ScramException {
+        final int containsRAL = containsCharacterInClass(s, D1);
+        if (containsRAL != -1) {
+            if (containsCharacterInClass(s, D2) != -1) {
+                throw new ScramException("String contains both RandALCat and LCat characters, which is not allowed.");
+            }
+            if (containsRAL != 0) {
+                throw new ScramException("String contains RandALCat character but does not start with one, which is required.");
+            }
+            // FIX: last code point, not last char
+            final int lastCp = Character.codePointBefore(s, s.length());
+            if (!D1.isCharInClass(lastCp)) {
+                throw new ScramException("String contains RandALCat character but does not end with one, which is required.");
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+
+    /**
+     * Apply SASLPrep and return the result.  {@code} is treated as a stored string.
+     */
+    public String prepAsStoredString(final String s) throws ScramException {
+        final String copy = prepAsQueryString(s);
+        final int idx = containsCharacterInClass(copy, A1);
+        if (idx != -1) {
+            throw new ScramException("Stored string contains an unassigned code point at index " + idx + ".");
+        }
+        return copy;
+    }
+
+
+    public String prepAsQueryString(final String s) throws ScramException {
+        String copy = s;
+
+        // 1) Map (REQUIRED)
+        copy = applyMapTo(copy, B1, "");   // commonly mapped to nothing
+        copy = applyMapTo(copy, C12, " ");  // non-ASCII spaces → ASCII space
+
+        // 2) Normalize (REQUIRED): NFKC (Compatibility Composition)
+        if (!Normalizer.isNormalized(copy, Normalizer.Form.NFKC)) {
+            copy = Normalizer.normalize(copy, Normalizer.Form.NFKC);
+        }
+
+        // 3) Prohibit (REQUIRED)
+        final int bad = containsCharacterInClass(copy, saslProhibited);
+        if (bad != -1) {
+            throw new ScramException(
+                    "The string contains a prohibited character at index " + bad + ", which is not allowed per RFC 4013.");
+        }
+
+        // 4) BiDi (REQUIRED) — use last code point, not charAt
+        verifyRTL(copy);  // your version that uses codePointBefore()
+
+        return copy;
+    }
+
+
+}
diff --git a/httpclient5/src/main/java/org/apache/hc/client5/http/impl/auth/ScramExtension.java b/httpclient5/src/main/java/org/apache/hc/client5/http/impl/auth/ScramExtension.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1064d1fd5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/httpclient5/src/main/java/org/apache/hc/client5/http/impl/auth/ScramExtension.java
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+/*
+ * ====================================================================
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ * ====================================================================
+ *
+ * This software consists of voluntary contributions made by many
+ * individuals on behalf of the Apache Software Foundation.  For more
+ * information on the Apache Software Foundation, please see
+ * <http://www.apache.org/>.
+ *
+ */
+package org.apache.hc.client5.http.impl.auth;
+
+import org.apache.hc.client5.http.auth.AuthenticationException;
+import org.apache.hc.core5.http.protocol.HttpContext;
+
+/**
+ * Extension hook for optional SCRAM attributes.
+ *
+ * @since 5.6
+ */
+public interface ScramExtension {
+
+    /**
+     * Process an extension attribute.
+     *
+     * @param name    attribute name
+     * @param value   attribute value or {@code null}
+     * @param context HTTP context
+     * @return true if processed, false to ignore
+     * @throws AuthenticationException on processing error
+     * @since 5.6
+     */
+    boolean process(String name, String value, HttpContext context) throws AuthenticationException;
+
+    /**
+     * Whether this extension supports the given attribute name.
+     *
+     * @param name attribute name
+     * @return true if supported
+     * @since 5.6
+     */
+    boolean supports(String name);
+}
diff --git a/httpclient5/src/main/java/org/apache/hc/client5/http/impl/auth/ScramScheme.java b/httpclient5/src/main/java/org/apache/hc/client5/http/impl/auth/ScramScheme.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1c1224de5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/httpclient5/src/main/java/org/apache/hc/client5/http/impl/auth/ScramScheme.java
@@ -0,0 +1,684 @@
+/*
+ * ====================================================================
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ * ====================================================================
+ *
+ * This software consists of voluntary contributions made by many
+ * individuals on behalf of the Apache Software Foundation.  For more
+ * information on the Apache Software Foundation, please see
+ * <http://www.apache.org/>.
+ *
+ */
+package org.apache.hc.client5.http.impl.auth;
+
+import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
+import java.security.GeneralSecurityException;
+import java.security.MessageDigest;
+import java.security.Principal;
+import java.security.SecureRandom;
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.Base64;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.LinkedHashMap;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Locale;
+import java.util.Map;
+
+import javax.crypto.Mac;
+import javax.crypto.SecretKeyFactory;
+import javax.crypto.spec.PBEKeySpec;
+import javax.crypto.spec.SecretKeySpec;
+
+import org.apache.hc.client5.http.auth.AuthChallenge;
+import org.apache.hc.client5.http.auth.AuthScheme;
+import org.apache.hc.client5.http.auth.AuthScope;
+import org.apache.hc.client5.http.auth.AuthenticationException;
+import org.apache.hc.client5.http.auth.Credentials;
+import org.apache.hc.client5.http.auth.CredentialsProvider;
+import org.apache.hc.client5.http.auth.MalformedChallengeException;
+import org.apache.hc.client5.http.auth.StandardAuthScheme;
+import org.apache.hc.client5.http.auth.UsernamePasswordCredentials;
+import org.apache.hc.client5.http.protocol.HttpClientContext;
+import org.apache.hc.core5.annotation.Contract;
+import org.apache.hc.core5.annotation.Experimental;
+import org.apache.hc.core5.annotation.ThreadingBehavior;
+import org.apache.hc.core5.http.HttpHost;
+import org.apache.hc.core5.http.HttpRequest;
+import org.apache.hc.core5.http.NameValuePair;
+import org.apache.hc.core5.http.protocol.HttpContext;
+import org.apache.hc.core5.util.Args;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+
+
+/**
+ * Strict HTTP SCRAM client implementing {@code SCRAM-SHA-256} per RFC&nbsp;7804
+ * with SCRAM core per RFC&nbsp;5802/7677.
+ * <p>HTTP SCRAM uses <em>no channel binding</em> (GS2 header {@code "n,,"}; {@code c=biws}).</p>
+ * <p><strong>Experimental:</strong> This API is work in progress and may change without notice in a future release.</p>
+ *
+ * @since 5.6
+ */
+@Contract(threading = ThreadingBehavior.UNSAFE)
+@Experimental
+public final class ScramScheme implements AuthScheme {
+
+    private static final Logger LOG = LoggerFactory.getLogger(ScramScheme.class);
+
+    // RFC 7804 / RFC 5802 fixed no-CB GS2 header and its base64 value for 'c='
+    private static final String GS2_HEADER = "n,,";
+    private static final String C_BIND_B64 = "biws"; // base64("n,,")
+
+    private static final Base64.Encoder B64 = Base64.getEncoder().withoutPadding();
+    private static final Base64.Decoder B64D = Base64.getDecoder();
+
+    private enum State {
+        INIT,
+        ANNOUNCED,            // after 401 challenge without data
+        CLIENT_FIRST_SENT,    // after Authorization with client-first
+        SERVER_FIRST_RCVD,    // after 401 with data (r,s,i)
+        CLIENT_FINAL_SENT,    // after Authorization with client-final (p=...)
+        COMPLETE,             // after 2xx with matching v
+        FAILED
+    }
+
+    private final SecureRandom secureRandom;
+    private final int warnMinIterations;
+    private final int minIterationsRequired;
+
+    private State state = State.INIT;
+    private boolean complete;
+
+    private String realm;
+    private String sid;
+
+    private String username;     // SASLprep (query)
+    private char[] password;     // SASLprep (stored), zeroed after use
+    private Principal principal;
+
+    private String clientNonce;
+    private String clientFirstBare;
+    private String serverFirstRaw;
+    private String serverNonce;
+    private byte[] salt;
+    private int iterations;
+
+    // Expected server signature (raw bytes) for constant-time check on Authentication-Info
+    // (may appear on any final response status code)
+    private byte[] expectedV;
+
+    /**
+     * Default policy: warn if {@code i < 4096}, no hard enforcement; SHA-256 only.
+     *
+     * @since 5.6
+     */
+    public ScramScheme() {
+        this(4096, 0, null);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Constructor with custom iteration policy.
+     *
+     * @param warnMinIterations     warn if iteration count is lower than this (0 disables warnings)
+     * @param minIterationsRequired fail if iteration count is lower than this (0 disables enforcement)
+     * @param rnd                   optional secure random source (null uses system default)
+     * @since 5.6
+     */
+    public ScramScheme(final int warnMinIterations, final int minIterationsRequired, final SecureRandom rnd) {
+        this.warnMinIterations = Math.max(0, warnMinIterations);
+        this.minIterationsRequired = Math.max(0, minIterationsRequired);
+        this.secureRandom = rnd != null ? rnd : new SecureRandom();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns textual designation of the scheme.
+     *
+     * @since 5.6
+     */
+    @Override
+    public String getName() {
+        return StandardAuthScheme.SCRAM_SHA_256;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * SCRAM is per-request (no connection binding).
+     *
+     * @since 5.6
+     */
+    @Override
+    public boolean isConnectionBased() {
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * SCRAM must inspect final responses to verify {@code v=} in {@code Authentication-Info}.
+     *
+     * @since 5.6
+     */
+    @Override
+    public boolean isChallengeExpected() {
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Legacy entry point: wraps {@link AuthenticationException} as {@link MalformedChallengeException}.
+     *
+     * @since 5.6
+     */
+    @Override
+    public void processChallenge(final AuthChallenge authChallenge, final HttpContext context)
+            throws MalformedChallengeException {
+        try {
+            processChallenge(null, true, authChallenge, context);
+        } catch (final AuthenticationException ex) {
+            throw new MalformedChallengeException(ex.getMessage(), ex);
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Handles 401 challenges (with/without {@code data}) and final responses carrying
+     * {@code Authentication-Info} (any status code).
+     *
+     * @since 5.6
+     */
+    @Override
+    public void processChallenge(
+            final HttpHost host,
+            final boolean challenged,
+            final AuthChallenge authChallenge,
+            final HttpContext context) throws MalformedChallengeException, AuthenticationException {
+
+        Args.notNull(context, "HTTP context");
+
+        if (authChallenge == null) {
+            if (!challenged) {
+                // Final response with no Authentication-Info: nothing to do
+                return;
+            }
+            throw new MalformedChallengeException("Null SCRAM challenge");
+        }
+
+        final Map<String, String> params = toParamMap(authChallenge.getParams());
+
+        if (challenged) {
+            // --- 401 path (WWW-Authenticate) ---
+            final String scheme = authChallenge.getSchemeName();
+            if (scheme == null || !StandardAuthScheme.SCRAM_SHA_256.equalsIgnoreCase(scheme)) {
+                throw new MalformedChallengeException("Unexpected scheme: " + scheme);
+            }
+
+            final String data = params.get("data");
+            if (data == null) {
+                // initial announce (no data)
+                this.realm = params.get("realm");
+                this.state = State.ANNOUNCED;
+                this.complete = false;
+                zeroAndClearExpectedV();
+                return;
+            }
+
+            // server-first (data present)
+            final String decoded = b64ToString(data);
+            this.serverFirstRaw = decoded;
+            final Map<String, String> attrs = parseAttrs(decoded);
+
+            final String r = attrs.get("r");
+            final String s = attrs.get("s");
+            final String i = attrs.get("i");
+            if (r == null || r.isEmpty() || s == null || s.isEmpty() || i == null || i.isEmpty()) {
+                this.state = State.FAILED;
+                throw new MalformedChallengeException("SCRAM server-first missing r/s/i");
+            }
+            if (this.clientNonce == null || !r.startsWith(this.clientNonce)) {
+                this.state = State.FAILED;
+                throw new AuthenticationException("SCRAM server nonce does not start with client nonce");
+            }
+
+            this.sid = params.get("sid");
+            try {
+                this.salt = B64D.decode(s);
+                if (this.salt.length == 0) {
+                    throw new IllegalArgumentException("empty salt");
+                }
+            } catch (final IllegalArgumentException e) {
+                this.state = State.FAILED;
+                throw new MalformedChallengeException("Invalid base64 salt", e);
+            }
+            try {
+                this.iterations = Integer.parseInt(i);
+                if (this.iterations <= 0) {
+                    throw new NumberFormatException("i<=0");
+                }
+            } catch (final NumberFormatException e) {
+                this.state = State.FAILED;
+                throw new MalformedChallengeException("Invalid iteration count", e);
+            }
+
+            if (this.minIterationsRequired > 0 && this.iterations < this.minIterationsRequired) {
+                this.state = State.FAILED;
+                throw new AuthenticationException(
+                        "SCRAM iteration count below required minimum: " + this.iterations + " < " + this.minIterationsRequired);
+            }
+            if (this.warnMinIterations > 0 && this.iterations < this.warnMinIterations && LOG.isWarnEnabled()) {
+                LOG.warn("SCRAM iteration count ({}) lower than recommended ({})", this.iterations, warnMinIterations);
+            }
+
+            this.serverNonce = r;
+            this.state = State.SERVER_FIRST_RCVD;
+            this.complete = false;
+            zeroAndClearExpectedV();
+            return;
+        }
+
+        // --- final-response path (Authentication-Info on any status) ---
+        // For Authentication-Info, RFC 7804 does NOT mandate a scheme token; do NOT enforce scheme name here.
+        final String data = params.get("data");
+        if (data == null) {
+            return;
+        }
+        final String decoded = b64ToString(data);
+        final Map<String, String> attrs = parseAttrs(decoded);
+        final String err = attrs.get("e");
+        if (err != null) {
+            this.state = State.FAILED;
+            if (err.isEmpty()) {
+                throw new MalformedChallengeException("SCRAM server error attribute 'e' is empty");
+            }
+            throw new AuthenticationException("SCRAM server error: " + err);
+        }
+        final String vB64 = attrs.get("v");
+        if (vB64 == null) {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        // compare 'v' in constant time; treat bad base64 for v as a signature mismatch (tests expect "signature")
+        final byte[] expected = this.expectedV;
+        this.expectedV = null; // clear reference early
+
+        byte[] vBytes = null;
+        boolean match;
+        try {
+            vBytes = B64D.decode(vB64);
+            match = expected != null && MessageDigest.isEqual(expected, vBytes);
+        } catch (final IllegalArgumentException e) {
+            match = false; // invalid base64 for v -> treat as mismatch
+        } finally {
+            zero(vBytes);
+            zero(expected);
+        }
+
+        if (!match) {
+            this.state = State.FAILED;
+            throw new MalformedChallengeException("SCRAM server signature mismatch");
+        }
+        this.complete = true;
+        this.state = State.COMPLETE;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @since 5.6
+     */
+    @Override
+    public boolean isChallengeComplete() {
+        return this.complete || this.state == State.COMPLETE || this.state == State.FAILED;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @since 5.6
+     */
+    @Override
+    public String getRealm() {
+        return this.realm;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Allow response when:
+     * - INIT  (preemptive client-first) — only if creds have been prepared
+     * - ANNOUNCED (401 without data)
+     * - SERVER_FIRST_RCVD (ready to send client-final)
+     *
+     * @since 5.6
+     */
+    @Override
+    public boolean isResponseReady(
+            final HttpHost host,
+            final CredentialsProvider credentialsProvider,
+            final HttpContext context) throws AuthenticationException {
+
+        Args.notNull(credentialsProvider, "Credentials provider");
+
+        final HttpClientContext clientContext = HttpClientContext.cast(context);
+        final AuthScope scope = new AuthScope(host, this.realm, getName());
+        final Credentials creds = credentialsProvider.getCredentials(scope, clientContext);
+        if (!(creds instanceof UsernamePasswordCredentials)) {
+            return false;
+        }
+        final UsernamePasswordCredentials up = (UsernamePasswordCredentials) creds;
+
+        // SASLprep: username as query, password as stored
+        final String preppedUser;
+        final char[] passChars = up.getUserPassword() != null ? up.getUserPassword().clone() : null;
+        try {
+            preppedUser = SaslPrep.INSTANCE.prepAsQueryString(up.getUserName());
+            final String preppedPassStr = SaslPrep.INSTANCE.prepAsStoredString(
+                    passChars != null ? new String(passChars) : null);
+            this.username = preppedUser;
+            this.password = preppedPassStr != null ? preppedPassStr.toCharArray() : null;
+        } catch (final Exception e) {
+            throw new AuthenticationException("SASLprep failed", e);
+        } finally {
+            if (passChars != null) {
+                Arrays.fill(passChars, '\0');
+            }
+        }
+
+        this.principal = new SimplePrincipal(this.username);
+
+        switch (this.state) {
+            case INIT: // allow preemptive
+            case ANNOUNCED:
+            case SERVER_FIRST_RCVD:
+                return true;
+            default:
+                return false;
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @since 5.6
+     */
+    @Override
+    public String generateAuthResponse(
+            final HttpHost host,
+            final HttpRequest request,
+            final HttpContext context) throws AuthenticationException {
+
+        switch (this.state) {
+            case INIT:
+                // Allow preemptive only if credentials were prepared already
+                if (this.username == null) {
+                    this.state = State.FAILED;
+                    throw new AuthenticationException("SCRAM state out of sequence: INIT without credentials");
+                }
+                return buildClientFirst();
+            case ANNOUNCED:
+                return buildClientFirst();
+            case SERVER_FIRST_RCVD:
+                return buildClientFinalAndExpectV();
+            default:
+                this.state = State.FAILED;
+                throw new AuthenticationException("SCRAM state out of sequence: " + this.state);
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns {@link Principal} whose credentials are used.
+     *
+     * @since 5.6
+     */
+    @Override
+    public Principal getPrincipal() {
+        return this.principal;
+    }
+
+    // ---------------- internals ----------------
+
+    private String buildClientFirst() {
+        this.clientNonce = genNonce();
+        final String escUser = escapeUser(this.username);
+        this.clientFirstBare = "n=" + escUser + ",r=" + this.clientNonce;
+
+        // RFC 7804: data = base64(GS2 header + client-first-bare)
+        final String data = stringToB64(GS2_HEADER + this.clientFirstBare);
+
+        final StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder(64);
+        sb.append(StandardAuthScheme.SCRAM_SHA_256).append(' ');
+        if (this.realm != null) {
+            sb.append("realm=").append(quoteParam(this.realm)).append(", ");
+        }
+        sb.append("data=").append(quoteParam(data)); // quoted per RFC 7804
+        this.state = State.CLIENT_FIRST_SENT;
+        this.complete = false;
+        zeroAndClearExpectedV();
+        return sb.toString();
+    }
+
+    private String buildClientFinalAndExpectV() throws AuthenticationException {
+        byte[] salted = null, clientKey = null, storedKey = null, clientSignature = null,
+                clientProof = null, serverKey = null, serverSignature = null;
+
+        try {
+            // HTTP SCRAM: no CB -> c=biws
+            final String clientFinalNoProof = "c=" + C_BIND_B64 + ",r=" + this.serverNonce;
+            final String authMessage = this.clientFirstBare + "," + this.serverFirstRaw + "," + clientFinalNoProof;
+
+            salted = hiPBKDF2(this.password, this.salt, this.iterations, 32);
+            clientKey = hmac(salted, "Client Key");
+            storedKey = sha256(clientKey);
+            clientSignature = hmac(storedKey, authMessage);
+            clientProof = xor(clientKey, clientSignature);
+            final String pB64 = B64.encodeToString(clientProof);
+
+            serverKey = hmac(salted, "Server Key");
+            serverSignature = hmac(serverKey, authMessage);
+
+            // Stash expected v (raw) for constant-time check on 2xx
+            zeroAndClearExpectedV();
+            this.expectedV = serverSignature.clone();
+
+            final String clientFinal = clientFinalNoProof + ",p=" + pB64;
+            final String data = stringToB64(clientFinal);
+
+            final StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder(64);
+            sb.append(StandardAuthScheme.SCRAM_SHA_256).append(' ');
+            if (this.sid != null) {
+                sb.append("sid=").append(quoteParam(this.sid)).append(", ");
+            }
+            sb.append("data=").append(quoteParam(data)); // quoted
+
+            this.state = State.CLIENT_FINAL_SENT;
+            this.complete = false;
+            return sb.toString();
+        } catch (final GeneralSecurityException e) {
+            this.state = State.FAILED;
+            throw new AuthenticationException("SCRAM crypto failure", e);
+        } finally {
+            if (this.password != null) {
+                Arrays.fill(this.password, '\0');
+                this.password = null;
+            }
+            zero(salted);
+            zero(clientKey);
+            zero(storedKey);
+            zero(clientSignature);
+            zero(clientProof);
+            zero(serverKey);
+            // clone held in expectedV
+            zero(serverSignature);
+        }
+    }
+
+    private static void zero(final byte[] a) {
+        if (a != null) {
+            Arrays.fill(a, (byte) 0);
+        }
+    }
+
+    private void zeroAndClearExpectedV() {
+        if (this.expectedV != null) {
+            zero(this.expectedV);
+            this.expectedV = null;
+        }
+    }
+
+    private static Map<String, String> toParamMap(final List<NameValuePair> pairs) {
+        final Map<String, String> m = new HashMap<>();
+        if (pairs != null) {
+            for (final NameValuePair p : pairs) {
+                if (p != null && p.getName() != null) {
+                    m.put(p.getName().toLowerCase(Locale.ROOT), p.getValue());
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        return m;
+    }
+
+    // Parse "k=v(,k=v)*" with RFC 5802 escapes: "=2C"/"=2c" -> ",", "=3D"/"=3d" -> "="
+    private static Map<String, String> parseAttrs(final String s) throws MalformedChallengeException {
+        final Map<String, String> out = new LinkedHashMap<>();
+        int i = 0;
+        while (i < s.length()) {
+            if (i + 2 > s.length() || s.charAt(i + 1) != '=') {
+                throw new MalformedChallengeException("Bad SCRAM attr at index " + i);
+            }
+            final String k = String.valueOf(s.charAt(i));
+            i += 2;
+            final StringBuilder v = new StringBuilder();
+            while (i < s.length()) {
+                final char c = s.charAt(i);
+                if (c == ',') {
+                    i++;
+                    break;
+                }
+                if (c == '=' && i + 2 < s.length()) {
+                    final String esc = s.substring(i, i + 3);
+                    if ("=2C".equalsIgnoreCase(esc)) {
+                        v.append(',');
+                        i += 3;
+                        continue;
+                    }
+                    if ("=3D".equalsIgnoreCase(esc)) {
+                        v.append('=');
+                        i += 3;
+                        continue;
+                    }
+                }
+                v.append(c);
+                i++;
+            }
+            out.put(k, v.toString());
+        }
+        return out;
+    }
+
+    private String genNonce() {
+        final byte[] buf = new byte[16];
+        this.secureRandom.nextBytes(buf);
+        final StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder(buf.length * 2);
+        for (final byte b : buf) {
+            final int v = b & 0xff;
+            if (v < 0x10) {
+                sb.append('0');
+            }
+            sb.append(Integer.toHexString(v));
+        }
+        return sb.toString();
+    }
+
+    private static String escapeUser(final String user) {
+        if (user == null) {
+            // Defensive for tests that skip isResponseReady() before client-first
+            return "";
+        }
+        final StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder(user.length() + 8);
+        for (int i = 0; i < user.length(); i++) {
+            final char c = user.charAt(i);
+            if (c == ',') {
+                sb.append("=2C");
+            } else if (c == '=') {
+                sb.append("=3D");
+            } else {
+                sb.append(c);
+            }
+        }
+        return sb.toString();
+    }
+
+    private static String quoteParam(final String v) {
+        if (v == null) {
+            return "\"\"";
+        }
+        final StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder(v.length() + 2);
+        sb.append('"');
+        for (int i = 0; i < v.length(); i++) {
+            final char c = v.charAt(i);
+            if (c == '\\' || c == '"') {
+                sb.append('\\');
+            }
+            sb.append(c);
+        }
+        sb.append('"');
+        return sb.toString();
+    }
+
+    private static byte[] hiPBKDF2(final char[] password, final byte[] salt, final int iterations, final int dkLen)
+            throws GeneralSecurityException {
+        final PBEKeySpec spec = new PBEKeySpec(password, salt, iterations, dkLen * 8);
+        return SecretKeyFactory.getInstance("PBKDF2WithHmacSHA256").generateSecret(spec).getEncoded();
+    }
+
+    private static byte[] hmac(final byte[] key, final String msg) throws GeneralSecurityException {
+        final Mac mac = Mac.getInstance("HmacSHA256");
+        mac.init(new SecretKeySpec(key, "HmacSHA256"));
+        return mac.doFinal(msg.getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8));
+    }
+
+    private static byte[] sha256(final byte[] in) throws GeneralSecurityException {
+        return MessageDigest.getInstance("SHA-256").digest(in);
+    }
+
+    private static byte[] xor(final byte[] a, final byte[] b) {
+        final int len = Math.min(a.length, b.length);
+        final byte[] out = new byte[len];
+        for (int i = 0; i < len; i++) {
+            out[i] = (byte) (a[i] ^ b[i]);
+        }
+        return out;
+    }
+
+    private static String stringToB64(final String s) {
+        return B64.encodeToString(s.getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8));
+    }
+
+    private static String b64ToString(final String b64) throws MalformedChallengeException {
+        try {
+            return new String(B64D.decode(b64), StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
+        } catch (final IllegalArgumentException e) {
+            throw new MalformedChallengeException("Bad base64 'data' value", e);
+        }
+    }
+
+    private static final class SimplePrincipal implements Principal {
+        private final String name;
+
+        private SimplePrincipal(final String name) {
+            this.name = name;
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public String getName() {
+            return this.name;
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public String toString() {
+            return this.name;
+        }
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/httpclient5/src/main/java/org/apache/hc/client5/http/impl/auth/ScramSchemeFactory.java b/httpclient5/src/main/java/org/apache/hc/client5/http/impl/auth/ScramSchemeFactory.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b25e0bfa5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/httpclient5/src/main/java/org/apache/hc/client5/http/impl/auth/ScramSchemeFactory.java
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+/*
+ * ====================================================================
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ * ====================================================================
+ *
+ * This software consists of voluntary contributions made by many
+ * individuals on behalf of the Apache Software Foundation.  For more
+ * information on the Apache Software Foundation, please see
+ * <http://www.apache.org/>.
+ *
+ */
+
+package org.apache.hc.client5.http.impl.auth;
+
+import org.apache.hc.client5.http.auth.AuthScheme;
+import org.apache.hc.client5.http.auth.AuthSchemeFactory;
+import org.apache.hc.core5.annotation.Experimental;
+import org.apache.hc.core5.http.protocol.HttpContext;
+
+/**
+ * Factory for creating instances of {@link ScramScheme}.
+ *
+ * @since 5.6
+ */
+@Experimental
+public final class ScramSchemeFactory implements AuthSchemeFactory {
+
+    /**
+     * Singleton instance.
+     */
+    public static final ScramSchemeFactory INSTANCE = new ScramSchemeFactory();
+
+    private ScramSchemeFactory() {
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Creates a new {@link ScramScheme}.
+     *
+     * @param context the HTTP context (unused)
+     * @return a new {@link ScramScheme} instance
+     * @since 5.6
+     */
+    @Override
+    public AuthScheme create(final HttpContext context) {
+        return new ScramScheme();
+    }
+}
diff --git a/httpclient5/src/main/java/org/apache/hc/client5/http/impl/classic/HttpClientBuilder.java b/httpclient5/src/main/java/org/apache/hc/client5/http/impl/classic/HttpClientBuilder.java
index fe6abd9b8..0f8c81128 100644
--- a/httpclient5/src/main/java/org/apache/hc/client5/http/impl/classic/HttpClientBuilder.java
+++ b/httpclient5/src/main/java/org/apache/hc/client5/http/impl/classic/HttpClientBuilder.java
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@
 import org.apache.hc.client5.http.impl.auth.BasicSchemeFactory;
 import org.apache.hc.client5.http.impl.auth.BearerSchemeFactory;
 import org.apache.hc.client5.http.impl.auth.DigestSchemeFactory;
+import org.apache.hc.client5.http.impl.auth.ScramSchemeFactory;
 import org.apache.hc.client5.http.impl.auth.SystemDefaultCredentialsProvider;
 import org.apache.hc.client5.http.impl.io.PoolingHttpClientConnectionManagerBuilder;
 import org.apache.hc.client5.http.impl.routing.DefaultProxyRoutePlanner;
@@ -1085,6 +1086,7 @@ public CloseableHttpClient build() {
                 .register(StandardAuthScheme.BASIC, BasicSchemeFactory.INSTANCE)
                 .register(StandardAuthScheme.DIGEST, DigestSchemeFactory.INSTANCE)
                 .register(StandardAuthScheme.BEARER, BearerSchemeFactory.INSTANCE)
+                .register(StandardAuthScheme.SCRAM_SHA_256, ScramSchemeFactory.INSTANCE)
                 .build();
         }
         Lookup<CookieSpecFactory> cookieSpecRegistryCopy = this.cookieSpecRegistry;
diff --git a/httpclient5/src/main/java/org/apache/hc/client5/http/impl/classic/ProxyClient.java b/httpclient5/src/main/java/org/apache/hc/client5/http/impl/classic/ProxyClient.java
index 5d0a6f747..651f352bb 100644
--- a/httpclient5/src/main/java/org/apache/hc/client5/http/impl/classic/ProxyClient.java
+++ b/httpclient5/src/main/java/org/apache/hc/client5/http/impl/classic/ProxyClient.java
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@
 import org.apache.hc.client5.http.impl.auth.BasicCredentialsProvider;
 import org.apache.hc.client5.http.impl.auth.BasicSchemeFactory;
 import org.apache.hc.client5.http.impl.auth.DigestSchemeFactory;
+import org.apache.hc.client5.http.impl.auth.ScramSchemeFactory;
 import org.apache.hc.client5.http.impl.io.ManagedHttpClientConnectionFactory;
 import org.apache.hc.client5.http.io.ManagedHttpClientConnection;
 import org.apache.hc.client5.http.protocol.HttpClientContext;
@@ -114,6 +115,7 @@ public ProxyClient(
         this.authSchemeRegistry = RegistryBuilder.<AuthSchemeFactory>create()
                 .register(StandardAuthScheme.BASIC, BasicSchemeFactory.INSTANCE)
                 .register(StandardAuthScheme.DIGEST, DigestSchemeFactory.INSTANCE)
+                .register(StandardAuthScheme.SCRAM_SHA_256, ScramSchemeFactory.INSTANCE)
                 .build();
         this.reuseStrategy = DefaultClientConnectionReuseStrategy.INSTANCE;
     }
diff --git a/httpclient5/src/test/java/org/apache/hc/client5/http/impl/auth/SaslPrepTest.java b/httpclient5/src/test/java/org/apache/hc/client5/http/impl/auth/SaslPrepTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..be7d92f80
--- /dev/null
+++ b/httpclient5/src/test/java/org/apache/hc/client5/http/impl/auth/SaslPrepTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,104 @@
+/*
+ * ====================================================================
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ * ====================================================================
+ *
+ * This software consists of voluntary contributions made by many
+ * individuals on behalf of the Apache Software Foundation.  For more
+ * information on the Apache Software Foundation, please see
+ * <http://www.apache.org/>.
+ *
+ */
+
+package org.apache.hc.client5.http.impl.auth;
+
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertThrows;
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertTrue;
+
+import org.apache.hc.client5.http.impl.ScramException;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+
+
+class SaslPrepTest {
+
+    @Test
+    void testValidString() throws ScramException {
+        // A valid string with no prohibited or unassigned characters
+        final String validInput = "ValidTestString123";
+        final String result = SaslPrep.INSTANCE.prepAsStoredString(validInput);
+        assertEquals(validInput, result, "Valid string should pass without modifications.");
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void testStringWithUnassignedCodePoint() {
+        // A string with an unassigned Unicode code point
+        final String invalidInput = "Invalid\u0221String";
+        final ScramException exception = assertThrows(ScramException.class, () -> {
+            SaslPrep.INSTANCE.prepAsStoredString(invalidInput);
+        });
+        assertTrue(exception.getMessage().contains("unassigned code point"), "Exception should indicate unassigned code point.");
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void testStringWithProhibitedCharacter() {
+        // A string with prohibited characters
+        final String invalidInput = "Invalid\u0000String";
+        final ScramException exception = assertThrows(ScramException.class, () -> SaslPrep.INSTANCE.prepAsQueryString(invalidInput));
+        assertTrue(exception.getMessage().contains("prohibited character"), "Exception should indicate prohibited character.");
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void testStringWithBidiViolation() {
+        // A string with bidirectional rule violation
+        final String invalidInput = "\u0627InvalidString\u0041"; // RandALCat + LCat
+        final ScramException exception = assertThrows(ScramException.class, () -> SaslPrep.INSTANCE.prepAsQueryString(invalidInput));
+        assertTrue(exception.getMessage().contains("RandALCat"), "Exception should indicate Bidi rule violation.");
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void testUnicodeNormalizationFailure() {
+        // Invalid characters for SASLprep (e.g., unassigned Unicode code points)
+        final String invalidUsername = "\uFFF9"; // U+FFF9 (interlinear annotation anchor)
+        final String invalidPassword = "\uFFFA"; // U+FFFA (interlinear annotation separator)
+
+        assertThrows(ScramException.class,
+                () -> SaslPrep.INSTANCE.prepAsQueryString(invalidUsername), "Invalid username should throw an exception");
+
+        assertThrows(ScramException.class,
+                () -> SaslPrep.INSTANCE.prepAsStoredString(invalidPassword), "Invalid password should throw an exception");
+    }
+
+
+    @Test
+    void testMixedRandALCatAndLCat() {
+        // A string with both RandALCat and LCat characters
+        final String invalidRTLString = "\u0627Invalid\u0041"; // RandALCat + LCat
+        final ScramException exception = assertThrows(ScramException.class, () -> SaslPrep.INSTANCE.prepAsQueryString(invalidRTLString));
+        assertTrue(exception.getMessage().contains("RandALCat"), "Exception should indicate mixed RandALCat and LCat.");
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void testNotEndRandALCat() {
+        // A string with both RandALCat and LCat characters
+        final String invalidRTLString = "\u0627\u06270";
+        final ScramException exception = assertThrows(ScramException.class, () -> SaslPrep.INSTANCE.prepAsQueryString(invalidRTLString));
+        assertTrue(exception.getMessage().contains("RandALCat"), "Exception should indicate mixed RandALCat and LCat.");
+    }
+
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/httpclient5/src/test/java/org/apache/hc/client5/http/impl/auth/TestScramScheme.java b/httpclient5/src/test/java/org/apache/hc/client5/http/impl/auth/TestScramScheme.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ae383e529
--- /dev/null
+++ b/httpclient5/src/test/java/org/apache/hc/client5/http/impl/auth/TestScramScheme.java
@@ -0,0 +1,509 @@
+/*
+ * ====================================================================
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ * ====================================================================
+ *
+ * This software consists of voluntary contributions made by many
+ * individuals on behalf of the Apache Software Foundation.  For more
+ * information on the Apache Software Foundation, please see
+ * <http://www.apache.org/>.
+ *
+ */
+
+package org.apache.hc.client5.http.impl.auth;
+
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertFalse;
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertNotNull;
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertThrows;
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertTrue;
+
+import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
+import java.security.GeneralSecurityException;
+import java.util.Base64;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.LinkedHashMap;
+import java.util.Locale;
+import java.util.Map;
+
+import javax.crypto.Mac;
+import javax.crypto.SecretKeyFactory;
+import javax.crypto.spec.PBEKeySpec;
+import javax.crypto.spec.SecretKeySpec;
+
+import org.apache.hc.client5.http.auth.AuthChallenge;
+import org.apache.hc.client5.http.auth.AuthScope;
+import org.apache.hc.client5.http.auth.AuthenticationException;
+import org.apache.hc.client5.http.auth.ChallengeType;
+import org.apache.hc.client5.http.auth.MalformedChallengeException;
+import org.apache.hc.client5.http.auth.UsernamePasswordCredentials;
+import org.apache.hc.client5.http.protocol.HttpClientContext;
+import org.apache.hc.core5.http.HttpHost;
+import org.apache.hc.core5.http.message.BasicNameValuePair;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+
+final class TestScramScheme {
+
+    private static final HttpHost HOST = new HttpHost("https", "example.test");
+    private static final String REALM = "s1";
+    private static final String USER = "u";
+    private static final String PASS = "p";
+
+
+    static String b64(final byte[] b) {
+        return Base64.getEncoder().withoutPadding().encodeToString(b);
+    }
+
+    static byte[] b64d(final String s) {
+        return Base64.getDecoder().decode(s);
+    }
+
+    static String b64s(final String s) {
+        return b64(s.getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8));
+    }
+
+    static String deb64s(final String s) {
+        return new String(b64d(s), StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
+    }
+
+    static Map<String, String> parseCsvAttrs(final String s) {
+        final Map<String, String> m = new LinkedHashMap<>();
+        int i = 0;
+        while (i < s.length()) {
+            final int eq = s.indexOf('=', i);
+            if (eq < 0) break;
+            final String k = s.substring(i, eq);
+            i = eq + 1;
+            final StringBuilder v = new StringBuilder();
+            while (i < s.length()) {
+                final char c = s.charAt(i);
+                if (c == ',') {
+                    i++;
+                    break;
+                }
+                v.append(c);
+                i++;
+            }
+            m.put(k, v.toString());
+        }
+        return m;
+    }
+
+    static Map<String, String> splitHeader(final String header) {
+        // "SCRAM-SHA-256 realm="...", data="..."" -> name/value map (lowercase keys)
+        final int sp = header.indexOf(' ');
+        final String params = header.substring(sp + 1);
+        final Map<String, String> map = new HashMap<>();
+        for (String part : params.split(",")) {
+            part = part.trim();
+            final int eq = part.indexOf('=');
+            if (eq > 0) {
+                final String k = part.substring(0, eq).toLowerCase(Locale.ROOT);
+                String v = part.substring(eq + 1);
+                if (v.length() >= 2 && v.startsWith("\"") && v.endsWith("\"")) {
+                    v = v.substring(1, v.length() - 1);
+                }
+                map.put(k, v);
+            }
+        }
+        return map;
+    }
+
+    static byte[] pbkdf2(final char[] password, final byte[] salt, final int iter, final int dkLen)
+            throws GeneralSecurityException {
+        final PBEKeySpec spec = new PBEKeySpec(password, salt, iter, dkLen * 8);
+        return SecretKeyFactory.getInstance("PBKDF2WithHmacSHA256").generateSecret(spec).getEncoded();
+    }
+
+    static byte[] hmac(final byte[] key, final String msg) throws GeneralSecurityException {
+        final Mac mac = Mac.getInstance("HmacSHA256");
+        mac.init(new SecretKeySpec(key, "HmacSHA256"));
+        return mac.doFinal(msg.getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8));
+    }
+
+
+    @Test
+    void strictScram_fullRoundtrip_completes() throws Exception {
+        final ScramScheme scheme = new ScramScheme();
+        final BasicCredentialsProvider creds = new BasicCredentialsProvider();
+        creds.setCredentials(new AuthScope(HOST, REALM, scheme.getName()),
+                new UsernamePasswordCredentials(USER, PASS.toCharArray()));
+        final HttpClientContext ctx = HttpClientContext.create();
+
+        // 401 announce (no data)
+        scheme.processChallenge(HOST, true,
+                new AuthChallenge(ChallengeType.TARGET, scheme.getName(),
+                        new BasicNameValuePair("realm", REALM)),
+                ctx);
+        assertTrue(scheme.isResponseReady(HOST, creds, ctx));
+
+        // Authorization (client-first)
+        final String authz1 = scheme.generateAuthResponse(HOST, null, ctx);
+        final Map<String, String> h1 = splitHeader(authz1);
+        assertEquals(REALM, h1.get("realm"));
+        final String clientFirst = deb64s(h1.get("data"));
+        assertTrue(clientFirst.startsWith("n,,"), "GS2 header missing");
+        final String clientFirstBare = clientFirst.substring("n,,".length());
+        final Map<String, String> cf1 = parseCsvAttrs(clientFirstBare);
+        final String clientNonce = cf1.get("r");
+        assertNotNull(clientNonce);
+
+        // 401 server-first
+        final String saltB64 = b64("salt-256".getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8));
+        final int iters = 4096;
+        final String serverFirst = "r=" + clientNonce + "XYZ,s=" + saltB64 + ",i=" + iters;
+        scheme.processChallenge(HOST, true,
+                new AuthChallenge(ChallengeType.TARGET, scheme.getName(),
+                        new BasicNameValuePair("sid", "sid-1"),
+                        new BasicNameValuePair("data", b64(serverFirst.getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8)))),
+                ctx);
+
+        final String authz2 = scheme.generateAuthResponse(HOST, null, ctx);
+        final Map<String, String> h2 = splitHeader(authz2);
+        assertEquals("sid-1", h2.get("sid"));
+        final String clientFinal = deb64s(h2.get("data"));
+        final Map<String, String> cf2 = parseCsvAttrs(clientFinal);
+        assertEquals("biws", cf2.get("c")); // Base64("n,,")
+
+        final String clientFinalNoProof = "c=" + cf2.get("c") + ",r=" + cf2.get("r");
+        final String authMessage = clientFirstBare + "," + serverFirst + "," + clientFinalNoProof;
+        final byte[] salted = pbkdf2(PASS.toCharArray(), b64d(saltB64), iters, 32);
+        final byte[] serverKey = hmac(salted, "Server Key");
+        final String vB64 = b64(hmac(serverKey, authMessage));
+
+        scheme.processChallenge(HOST, false,
+                new AuthChallenge(ChallengeType.TARGET, scheme.getName(),
+                        new BasicNameValuePair("data", b64(("v=" + vB64).getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8)))),
+                ctx);
+
+        assertTrue(scheme.isChallengeComplete());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void strictScram_invalidServerNonce_rejectedAt401() throws Exception {
+        final ScramScheme scheme = new ScramScheme();
+        final BasicCredentialsProvider creds = new BasicCredentialsProvider();
+        creds.setCredentials(new AuthScope(HOST, REALM, scheme.getName()),
+                new UsernamePasswordCredentials(USER, PASS.toCharArray()));
+        final HttpClientContext ctx = HttpClientContext.create();
+
+        // 401 announce
+        scheme.processChallenge(HOST, true,
+                new AuthChallenge(ChallengeType.TARGET, scheme.getName(),
+                        new BasicNameValuePair("realm", REALM)),
+                ctx);
+        assertTrue(scheme.isResponseReady(HOST, creds, ctx));
+
+        // Send client-first so the client nonce is generated and state is correct.
+        // We don't need the header content here.
+        scheme.generateAuthResponse(HOST, null, ctx);
+
+        // Bad server-first: nonce does NOT start with the client nonce
+        final String badServerFirst = "r=NOTPREFIXED,s=" + b64("salt".getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8)) + ",i=4096";
+
+        final AuthenticationException ex = assertThrows(AuthenticationException.class, () ->
+                scheme.processChallenge(HOST, true,
+                        new AuthChallenge(ChallengeType.TARGET, scheme.getName(),
+                                new BasicNameValuePair("data", b64(badServerFirst.getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8)))),
+                        ctx));
+
+        assertTrue(ex.getMessage().toLowerCase(Locale.ROOT).contains("nonce"));
+    }
+
+
+    @Test
+    void strictScram_lowIterations_warnsButSucceeds() throws Exception {
+        final ScramScheme scheme = new ScramScheme(4096, 0, null); // warn only
+        final BasicCredentialsProvider creds = new BasicCredentialsProvider();
+        creds.setCredentials(new AuthScope(HOST, REALM, scheme.getName()),
+                new UsernamePasswordCredentials(USER, PASS.toCharArray()));
+        final HttpClientContext ctx = HttpClientContext.create();
+
+        scheme.processChallenge(HOST, true,
+                new AuthChallenge(ChallengeType.TARGET, scheme.getName(),
+                        new BasicNameValuePair("realm", REALM)),
+                ctx);
+        assertTrue(scheme.isResponseReady(HOST, creds, ctx));
+
+        final String authz1 = scheme.generateAuthResponse(HOST, null, ctx);
+        final String clientFirstBare = deb64s(splitHeader(authz1).get("data")).substring("n,,".length());
+        final String clientNonce = parseCsvAttrs(clientFirstBare).get("r");
+
+        // server-first with i=1024 (below warn threshold)
+        final String saltB64 = b64("salt-low".getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8));
+        final String serverFirst = "r=" + clientNonce + "Z,s=" + saltB64 + ",i=1024";
+        scheme.processChallenge(HOST, true,
+                new AuthChallenge(ChallengeType.TARGET, scheme.getName(),
+                        new BasicNameValuePair("data", b64(serverFirst.getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8)))),
+                ctx);
+
+        final String authz2 = scheme.generateAuthResponse(HOST, null, ctx);
+        final String clientFinal = deb64s(splitHeader(authz2).get("data"));
+        final Map<String, String> cf = parseCsvAttrs(clientFinal);
+        final String clientFinalNoProof = "c=" + cf.get("c") + ",r=" + cf.get("r");
+        final String authMessage = clientFirstBare + "," + serverFirst + "," + clientFinalNoProof;
+
+        final byte[] salted = pbkdf2(PASS.toCharArray(), b64d(saltB64), 1024, 32);
+        final byte[] serverKey = hmac(salted, "Server Key");
+        final String vB64 = b64(hmac(serverKey, authMessage));
+
+        // 2xx with v -> success
+        scheme.processChallenge(HOST, false,
+                new AuthChallenge(ChallengeType.TARGET, scheme.getName(),
+                        new BasicNameValuePair("data", b64(("v=" + vB64).getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8)))),
+                ctx);
+
+        assertTrue(scheme.isChallengeComplete());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void strictScram_minIterations_enforced() throws Exception {
+        final ScramScheme scheme = new ScramScheme(4096, 4096, null); // hard min 4096
+        final BasicCredentialsProvider creds = new BasicCredentialsProvider();
+        creds.setCredentials(new AuthScope(HOST, REALM, scheme.getName()),
+                new UsernamePasswordCredentials(USER, PASS.toCharArray()));
+        final HttpClientContext ctx = HttpClientContext.create();
+
+        scheme.processChallenge(HOST, true,
+                new AuthChallenge(ChallengeType.TARGET, scheme.getName(),
+                        new BasicNameValuePair("realm", REALM)),
+                ctx);
+        assertTrue(scheme.isResponseReady(HOST, creds, ctx));
+
+        final String authz1 = scheme.generateAuthResponse(HOST, null, ctx);
+        final String clientFirstBare = deb64s(splitHeader(authz1).get("data")).substring("n,,".length());
+        final String clientNonce = parseCsvAttrs(clientFirstBare).get("r");
+
+        // server-first with i=1024 (below hard min) -> fail immediately at processChallenge(401)
+        final String serverFirst = "r=" + clientNonce + "Z,s=" + b64("salt".getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8)) + ",i=1024";
+        final AuthenticationException ex = assertThrows(AuthenticationException.class, () ->
+                scheme.processChallenge(HOST, true,
+                        new AuthChallenge(ChallengeType.TARGET, scheme.getName(),
+                                new BasicNameValuePair("data", b64(serverFirst.getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8)))),
+                        ctx));
+        assertTrue(ex.getMessage().toLowerCase(Locale.ROOT).contains("iteration"));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void strictScram_authInfo_mismatchV_fails() throws Exception {
+        final ScramScheme scheme = new ScramScheme();
+        final BasicCredentialsProvider creds = new BasicCredentialsProvider();
+        creds.setCredentials(new AuthScope(HOST, REALM, scheme.getName()),
+                new UsernamePasswordCredentials(USER, PASS.toCharArray()));
+        final HttpClientContext ctx = HttpClientContext.create();
+
+        scheme.processChallenge(HOST, true,
+                new AuthChallenge(ChallengeType.TARGET, scheme.getName(),
+                        new BasicNameValuePair("realm", REALM)),
+                ctx);
+        assertTrue(scheme.isResponseReady(HOST, creds, ctx));
+
+        final String authz1 = scheme.generateAuthResponse(HOST, null, ctx);
+        final String clientFirstBare = deb64s(splitHeader(authz1).get("data")).substring("n,,".length());
+        final String clientNonce = parseCsvAttrs(clientFirstBare).get("r");
+
+        final String serverFirst = "r=" + clientNonce + "Z,s=" + b64("salt".getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8)) + ",i=4096";
+        scheme.processChallenge(HOST, true,
+                new AuthChallenge(ChallengeType.TARGET, scheme.getName(),
+                        new BasicNameValuePair("data", b64(serverFirst.getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8)))),
+                ctx);
+
+        // client-final
+        scheme.generateAuthResponse(HOST, null, ctx);
+
+        // 2xx with wrong v
+        final MalformedChallengeException ex = assertThrows(MalformedChallengeException.class, () ->
+                scheme.processChallenge(HOST, false,
+                        new AuthChallenge(ChallengeType.TARGET, scheme.getName(),
+                                new BasicNameValuePair("data", b64("v=WRONG".getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8)))),
+                        ctx));
+        assertTrue(ex.getMessage().toLowerCase(Locale.ROOT).contains("signature"));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void strictScram_authInfo_errorE_fails() throws Exception {
+        final ScramScheme scheme = new ScramScheme();
+        final BasicCredentialsProvider creds = new BasicCredentialsProvider();
+        creds.setCredentials(new AuthScope(HOST, REALM, scheme.getName()),
+                new UsernamePasswordCredentials(USER, PASS.toCharArray()));
+        final HttpClientContext ctx = HttpClientContext.create();
+
+        scheme.processChallenge(HOST, true,
+                new AuthChallenge(ChallengeType.TARGET, scheme.getName(),
+                        new BasicNameValuePair("realm", REALM)),
+                ctx);
+        assertTrue(scheme.isResponseReady(HOST, creds, ctx));
+
+        final String authz1 = scheme.generateAuthResponse(HOST, null, ctx);
+        final String clientFirstBare = deb64s(splitHeader(authz1).get("data")).substring("n,,".length());
+        final String clientNonce = parseCsvAttrs(clientFirstBare).get("r");
+
+        final String serverFirst = "r=" + clientNonce + "Z,s=" + b64("salt".getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8)) + ",i=4096";
+        scheme.processChallenge(HOST, true,
+                new AuthChallenge(ChallengeType.TARGET, scheme.getName(),
+                        new BasicNameValuePair("data", b64(serverFirst.getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8)))),
+                ctx);
+
+        scheme.generateAuthResponse(HOST, null, ctx);
+
+        // 2xx with e=
+        final AuthenticationException ex = assertThrows(AuthenticationException.class, () ->
+                scheme.processChallenge(HOST, false,
+                        new AuthChallenge(ChallengeType.TARGET, scheme.getName(),
+                                new BasicNameValuePair("data", b64("e=server-fail".getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8)))),
+                        ctx));
+        assertTrue(ex.getMessage().contains("server error"));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void strictScram_badBase64In401Data_isMalformed() {
+        final ScramScheme scheme = new ScramScheme();
+        final HttpClientContext ctx = HttpClientContext.create();
+
+        final MalformedChallengeException ex = assertThrows(MalformedChallengeException.class, () ->
+                scheme.processChallenge(HOST, true,
+                        new AuthChallenge(ChallengeType.TARGET, scheme.getName(),
+                                new BasicNameValuePair("data", "%%%not-base64%%%")),
+                        ctx));
+        assertTrue(ex.getMessage().toLowerCase(Locale.ROOT).contains("base64"));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void strictScram_missingAttrsInServerFirst_isMalformed() {
+        final ScramScheme scheme = new ScramScheme();
+        final HttpClientContext ctx = HttpClientContext.create();
+
+        final MalformedChallengeException ex = assertThrows(MalformedChallengeException.class, () ->
+                scheme.processChallenge(HOST, true,
+                        new AuthChallenge(ChallengeType.TARGET, scheme.getName(),
+                                new BasicNameValuePair("data", b64("r=only".getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8)))),
+                        ctx));
+        assertTrue(ex.getMessage().toLowerCase(Locale.ROOT).contains("missing"));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void testPreemptiveAuthentication() throws Exception {
+        final ScramScheme scheme = new ScramScheme();
+        final BasicCredentialsProvider creds = new BasicCredentialsProvider();
+        creds.setCredentials(new AuthScope(HOST, REALM, scheme.getName()),
+                new UsernamePasswordCredentials(USER, PASS.toCharArray()));
+        final HttpClientContext ctx = HttpClientContext.create();
+
+        // Test that we can generate a response without receiving a challenge first
+        assertTrue(scheme.isResponseReady(HOST, creds, ctx));
+        final String response = scheme.generateAuthResponse(HOST, null, ctx);
+        assertNotNull(response);
+        assertTrue(response.contains("data="));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void testNullCredentialsProvider() {
+        final ScramScheme scheme = new ScramScheme();
+        final HttpClientContext ctx = HttpClientContext.create();
+
+        assertThrows(NullPointerException.class, () -> scheme.isResponseReady(HOST, null, ctx));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void testInvalidBase64InAuthInfo() throws Exception {
+        final ScramScheme scheme = new ScramScheme();
+        final BasicCredentialsProvider creds = new BasicCredentialsProvider();
+        creds.setCredentials(new AuthScope(HOST, REALM, scheme.getName()),
+                new UsernamePasswordCredentials(USER, PASS.toCharArray()));
+        final HttpClientContext ctx = HttpClientContext.create();
+
+        // Go through the initial flow
+        scheme.processChallenge(HOST, true,
+                new AuthChallenge(ChallengeType.TARGET, scheme.getName(),
+                        new BasicNameValuePair("realm", REALM)),
+                ctx);
+        scheme.generateAuthResponse(HOST, null, ctx);
+
+        // Test with invalid base64 in Authentication-Info
+        final MalformedChallengeException ex = assertThrows(MalformedChallengeException.class, () ->
+                scheme.processChallenge(HOST, false,
+                        new AuthChallenge(ChallengeType.TARGET, scheme.getName(),
+                                new BasicNameValuePair("data", "invalid-base64")),
+                        ctx));
+        assertTrue(ex.getMessage().toLowerCase(Locale.ROOT).contains("base64"));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void testInvalidStateTransition() throws Exception {
+        final ScramScheme scheme = new ScramScheme();
+        final BasicCredentialsProvider creds = new BasicCredentialsProvider();
+        creds.setCredentials(new AuthScope(HOST, REALM, scheme.getName()),
+                new UsernamePasswordCredentials(USER, PASS.toCharArray()));
+        final HttpClientContext ctx = HttpClientContext.create();
+
+        // Try to generate a response without proper state setup
+        final AuthenticationException ex = assertThrows(AuthenticationException.class, () ->
+                scheme.generateAuthResponse(HOST, null, ctx));
+        assertTrue(ex.getMessage().toLowerCase(Locale.ROOT).contains("sequence"));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void testEmptyPassword() throws Exception {
+        final ScramScheme scheme = new ScramScheme();
+        final BasicCredentialsProvider creds = new BasicCredentialsProvider();
+        creds.setCredentials(new AuthScope(HOST, REALM, scheme.getName()),
+                new UsernamePasswordCredentials(USER, "".toCharArray()));
+        final HttpClientContext ctx = HttpClientContext.create();
+
+        // This should work without throwing exceptions
+        scheme.processChallenge(HOST, true,
+                new AuthChallenge(ChallengeType.TARGET, scheme.getName(),
+                        new BasicNameValuePair("realm", REALM)),
+                ctx);
+        assertTrue(scheme.isResponseReady(HOST, creds, ctx));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void testSpecialCharacters() throws Exception {
+        final ScramScheme scheme = new ScramScheme();
+        final BasicCredentialsProvider creds = new BasicCredentialsProvider();
+        final String specialUser = "user@domain.com";
+        final String specialPass = "p@ssw0rd!";
+        creds.setCredentials(new AuthScope(HOST, REALM, scheme.getName()),
+                new UsernamePasswordCredentials(specialUser, specialPass.toCharArray()));
+        final HttpClientContext ctx = HttpClientContext.create();
+
+        // Test the full flow with special characters
+        scheme.processChallenge(HOST, true,
+                new AuthChallenge(ChallengeType.TARGET, scheme.getName(),
+                        new BasicNameValuePair("realm", REALM)),
+                ctx);
+        assertTrue(scheme.isResponseReady(HOST, creds, ctx));
+
+        final String response = scheme.generateAuthResponse(HOST, null, ctx);
+        assertNotNull(response);
+        assertTrue(response.contains("data="));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void testIsConnectionBased() {
+        final ScramScheme scheme = new ScramScheme();
+        assertFalse(scheme.isConnectionBased());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void testIsChallengeExpected() {
+        final ScramScheme scheme = new ScramScheme();
+        assertTrue(scheme.isChallengeExpected());
+    }
+}