As communicated on November 7, 2024, we have now rolled out a change to the default URL protocol:
Default URL scheme and external port
The default URL scheme and external port has changed for all sites. If values are not defined in the site configuration sitecore/content/<site collection>/<site>/Settings/Site Grouping/<site>, these will be the default values:
Scheme – https
External Port – 443
The default definitions are in effect only if you haven’t explicitly defined a setting for these fields.
urlBuilder settings now apply
When defining URL builder options on the link provider level, the default values for unspecified options will be taken from the itemUrlBuilder and mediaUrlBuilder configurations. This might affect your implementation if you’ve previously made changes to the configuration of the itemUrlBuilder, mediaUrlBuilder or urlBuilder nodes.