diff --git a/mule-http-connector/pom.xml b/mule-http-connector/pom.xml
index 3628453e3..0a4f7b200 100644
--- a/mule-http-connector/pom.xml
+++ b/mule-http-connector/pom.xml
@@ -225,6 +225,64 @@
                     </dependency>
                 </dependencies>
             </plugin>
+
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>3.13.0</version>
+                <configuration>
+                    <encoding>ISO-8859-1</encoding>
+                    <source>1.8</source>
+                    <target>1.8</target>
+                    <release>8</release>
+                    <proc>none</proc>
+                    <parameters>true</parameters>
+                </configuration>
+            </plugin>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.bsc.maven</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-processor-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>2.2.4</version>
+
+                <executions>
+                    <execution>
+                        <id>process</id>
+                        <goals>
+                            <goal>process</goal>
+                        </goals>
+                        <phase>compile</phase>
+                        <configuration>
+                            <outputDirectory>target/classes/META-INF</outputDirectory>
+                            <processors>
+                                <processor>
+                                    org.mule.runtime.ast.extension.api.loader.ASTExtensionResourcesGeneratorAnnotationProcessor
+                                </processor>
+                            </processors>
+                            <options>
+                                <extension.version>${project.version}</extension.version>
+                            </options>
+                        </configuration>
+
+                    </execution>
+                </executions>
+                <dependencies>
+                    <dependency>
+                        <groupId>org.mule.runtime</groupId>
+                        <artifactId>mule-extension-ast-loader</artifactId>
+                        <version>1.7.0</version>
+                    </dependency>
+                    <dependency>
+                        <groupId>org.mule.runtime</groupId>
+                        <artifactId>mule-module-extensions-spring-support</artifactId>
+                        <version>4.6.0</version>
+                    </dependency>
+                    <dependency>
+                        <groupId>org.mule.runtime</groupId>
+                        <artifactId>mule-module-extensions-soap-support</artifactId>
+                        <version>4.6.0</version>
+                    </dependency>
+                </dependencies>
+            </plugin>
         </plugins>
     </build>
 
diff --git a/mule-http-connector/src/main/java/org/mule/extension/http/api/HttpRequestAttributes.java b/mule-http-connector/src/main/java/org/mule/extension/http/api/HttpRequestAttributes.java
index 7a0425236..6ff30c87d 100644
--- a/mule-http-connector/src/main/java/org/mule/extension/http/api/HttpRequestAttributes.java
+++ b/mule-http-connector/src/main/java/org/mule/extension/http/api/HttpRequestAttributes.java
@@ -6,7 +6,10 @@
  */
 package org.mule.extension.http.api;
 
+import static org.mule.runtime.api.util.MultiMap.emptyMultiMap;
+
 import static java.lang.System.lineSeparator;
+import static java.util.Collections.emptyMap;
 
 import org.mule.extension.http.api.certificate.CertificateData;
 import org.mule.extension.http.internal.certificate.CertificateProvider;
@@ -16,6 +19,7 @@
 import org.mule.runtime.extension.api.annotation.param.Parameter;
 
 import java.security.cert.Certificate;
+import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.function.Supplier;
 
@@ -147,6 +151,14 @@ public HttpRequestAttributes(MultiMap<String, String> headers, String listenerPa
          uriParams, "", remoteAddress, () -> clientCertificate);
   }
 
+  @Deprecated
+  public HttpRequestAttributes() {
+    this(emptyMultiMap(), "/", null, "HTTP/1.1",
+         "http", "GET", "/", null, "",
+         emptyMultiMap(), emptyMap(), "/",
+         null);
+  }
+
   HttpRequestAttributes(MultiMap<String, String> headers, String listenerPath, String relativePath, String maskedRequestPath,
                         String version, String scheme, String method, String requestPath, String rawRequestPath,
                         String requestUri, String rawRequestUri, String queryString, MultiMap<String, String> queryParams,
diff --git a/mule-http-connector/src/main/java/org/mule/extension/http/api/request/HttpConnectivityValidator.java b/mule-http-connector/src/main/java/org/mule/extension/http/api/request/HttpConnectivityValidator.java
index b0b0c4600..692d7672f 100644
--- a/mule-http-connector/src/main/java/org/mule/extension/http/api/request/HttpConnectivityValidator.java
+++ b/mule-http-connector/src/main/java/org/mule/extension/http/api/request/HttpConnectivityValidator.java
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@
 import javax.inject.Inject;
 import java.net.CookieManager;
 import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Objects;
 import java.util.concurrent.ExecutionException;
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
 
@@ -258,4 +259,28 @@ private static HttpAuthentication resolveAuthentication(HttpExtensionClient clie
       return null;
     }
   }
+
+  @Override
+  public boolean equals(Object o) {
+    if (this == o)
+      return true;
+    if (null == o || getClass() != o.getClass())
+      return false;
+    HttpConnectivityValidator that = (HttpConnectivityValidator) o;
+    return followRedirects == that.followRedirects && Objects.equals(requestPath, that.requestPath)
+        && Objects.equals(requestMethod, that.requestMethod) && Objects.equals(responseTimeout, that.responseTimeout)
+        && responseTimeoutUnit == that.responseTimeoutUnit && Objects.equals(requestBody, that.requestBody)
+        && Objects.equals(requestHeaders, that.requestHeaders) && Objects.equals(requestQueryParams, that.requestQueryParams)
+        && Objects.equals(requestUriParams, that.requestUriParams) && Objects.equals(responseValidator, that.responseValidator)
+        && Objects.equals(expressionManager, that.expressionManager) && Objects.equals(requestBuilder, that.requestBuilder)
+        && Objects.equals(defaultStatusCodeValidator, that.defaultStatusCodeValidator)
+        && Objects.equals(muleContext, that.muleContext);
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public int hashCode() {
+    return Objects.hash(requestPath, requestMethod, followRedirects, responseTimeout, responseTimeoutUnit, requestBody,
+                        requestHeaders, requestQueryParams, requestUriParams, responseValidator, expressionManager,
+                        requestBuilder, defaultStatusCodeValidator, muleContext);
+  }
 }
diff --git a/mule-http-connector/src/main/java/org/mule/extension/http/internal/request/profiling/HttpRequestResponseProfilingDataProducerAdaptor.java b/mule-http-connector/src/main/java/org/mule/extension/http/internal/request/profiling/HttpRequestResponseProfilingDataProducerAdaptor.java
index 8a654d1da..78d945b19 100644
--- a/mule-http-connector/src/main/java/org/mule/extension/http/internal/request/profiling/HttpRequestResponseProfilingDataProducerAdaptor.java
+++ b/mule-http-connector/src/main/java/org/mule/extension/http/internal/request/profiling/HttpRequestResponseProfilingDataProducerAdaptor.java
@@ -24,9 +24,9 @@
  */
 public class HttpRequestResponseProfilingDataProducerAdaptor {
 
-  ProfilingDataProducer<ExtensionProfilingEventContext> profilingDataProducer;
+  ProfilingDataProducer profilingDataProducer;
 
-  public HttpRequestResponseProfilingDataProducerAdaptor(ProfilingDataProducer<ExtensionProfilingEventContext> profilingDataProducer) {
+  public HttpRequestResponseProfilingDataProducerAdaptor(ProfilingDataProducer profilingDataProducer) {
     this.profilingDataProducer = profilingDataProducer;
   }