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Java News Roundup: TornadoVM 6, JReleaser, LangChain4j, Java Operator SDK, JHipster, Yupiik Fusion
This week's Java roundup for August 31st, 2026, features news highlighting: the GA release of TornadoVM 6.0; point releases of JReleaser, LangChain4j, Java Operator SDK, JHipster, Kotlin Toolchain and Yupiik Fusion; and maintenance releases of Micronaut and GraalVM Development Kit.
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Java News Roundup: GraalVM, Jakarta Data, JNoSQL, Azul Payara, WildFly, Quarkus, Atmosphere
This week's Java roundup for August 24th, 2026, features news highlighting: the GA release of Atmosphere 4.0; point releases of GraalVM, Azul Payara and Quarkus; a maintenance release of WildFly 41; milestone releases of Jakarta Data and Eclipse JNoSQL; a beta release of the September 2026 edition of Open Liberty; and the release of Docker images for GlassFish 8.0.4.
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Java News Roundup: JDK 27-RC1, OpenJDK JEPs, Jakarta EE, BellSoft, Helidon, Micrometer, Tika 4.0
This week's Java roundup for August 17th, 2026, features news highlighting: the first release candidate of JDK 27; JEP 541 and JEP 540 targeted for JDK 28; the GA release of Apache Tika 4.0; a maintenance release of Helidon; the first milestone releases of Micrometer Metrics 1.18 and Micrometer Tracing 1.8; an update on Jakarta EE 12; and BellSoft Critical Security Patch Updates.
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JDK 27 and JDK 28: What We Know So Far
JDK 27, the second non-LTS release since JDK 25, has reached its first release candidate phase featuring a final set of nine new features, in the form of JEPs, that can be separated into four categories: Core Java Library, HotSpot, Security Library and Java Language Specification. We examine JDK 27 and predict what features have, or could be, targeted for JDK 28.
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JEP 540 Proposed to Target JDK 28 with a Simple JSON API
JEP 540, Simple JSON API, has progressed to Target status for JDK 28. It introduces a compact API for parsing and generating JSON documents without external dependencies. Focused on core tasks, it provides an immutable value hierarchy. The API allows simple traversal and conversion while enforcing strict syntax rules. Feedback during incubation will shape its future development.
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Java News Roundup: Simple JSON API, GlassFish, Jakarta EE, JNoSQL, Open Liberty, LangChain4j
This week's Java roundup for August 10th, 2026, features news highlighting: Simple JSON API proposed to target for JDK 28; an update on Jakarta EE 12; the August 2026 edition of Open Liberty; a point release of LangChain4j; maintenance releases of Eclipse JNoSQL and GraalVM Native Build tools; the third milestone release of GlassFish 9.0; and the second beta release of Groovy 6.0.
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Project Valhalla's First Preview: JEP 401 Redefines == for Java Objects
JEP 401, integrated into JDK 28, introduces value objects. These new class instances feature final fields, altered behavior for equality checks, and stricter construction and synchronization rules. It aims to enhance efficiency and reduce memory allocation costs. However, the preview is disabled by default and requires specific configuration at compile and run time.
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Java News Roundup: Shenandoah GC, TeamCity CVE, A2A Java SDK, Camel, Gradle, GlassFish, Groovy
This week's Java roundup for August 3rd, 2026, features news highlighting: JEP 535, Shenandoah GC: Generational Mode by Default, targeted for JDK 28; point releases of A2A Java SDK, Apache Camel and Gradle; a maintenance release of GlassFish; the fifth milestone release of Groovy 8.0; and a follow-up of the JetBrains TeamCity CVE.
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Java News Roundup: OpenJDK JEPs, Jakarta EE, GraalVM, TornadoVM, Micronaut, Quarkus, JobRunr, Maven
This week's Java roundup for July 27th, 2026, features news highlighting: OpenJDK JEPs targeted and proposed to target for JDK 28; the GA release of GPULlama3.java 1.0; point releases of Micronaut, Quarkus and JobRunr; a maintenance release of JDKUpdater; the sixth release candidate of Maven 4.0; and the first milestone release of Jakarta Agentic AI 1.0.
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Java News Roundup: Simple JSON API, JEPs for JDK 28, Oracle CPUs, Embabel 1.0, Azul Payara, Helidon
This week's Java roundup for July 20th, 2026, features news highlighting: two JEPs proposed to target for JDK 28; new JEPs 540 and 541, Simple JSON API (Incubator) and Deprecate the macOS/x64 Port for Removal, respectively; the July 2026 Critical Patch Update; the GA release of Embable 1.0; Azul Payara 7.2.0; and Helidon 4.5.1.
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Java News Roundup: Value Objects, WildFly 41, TornadoVM, LangChain4j, Oracle AI Agent Studio
This week's Java roundup for July 13th, 2026, features news highlighting: a reintroduction of Value Objects (Preview); the GA release of WildFly 41; the July 2026 edition of Open Liberty 26.0.0.7; point releases of TornadoVM, Apache TomEE, Java Operator SDK and LangChain4j; a maintenance release of Micronaut; a new extension, Quarkus Shim; and a new Oracle AI Agent Studio for Fusion Applications.
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Java News Roundup: TornadoVM 5, JHipster, Google ADK, OmniFish Build of Payara, Introducing Vidocq
This week's Java roundup for July 6th, 2026, features news highlighting: the GA release of TornadoVM 5.0; point releases of JHipster, Keycloak and Google ADK; maintenance releases of GraalVM Native Build Tools and Micronaut; the OmniFish Build of Payara and introducing Vidocq, a new implementation of the Jakarta EE 11 Core Profile and MicroProfile 7.1.
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Java News Roundup: Strict Field Initialization, GlassFish, GraalVM, JReleaser, RefactorFirst
This week's Java roundup for June 29th, 2026, features news highlighting: a new JEP candidate, Strict Field Initialization; point releases of GraalVM, JReleaser, RefactorFirst and Java Operator SDK; maintenance releases of GlassFish and Micronaut; the second milestone release of Grails 8.0; and the beta release of Open Liberty 26.0.0.7.
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Java News Roundup: Hardwood 1.0, Endive 1.0, Azul Payara, Quarkus, WildFly, LangChain4j, OSSI
This week's Java roundup for June 22nd, 2026, features news highlighting: the GA releases of Hardwood 1.0 and Endive 1.0; the June 2026 edition of Azul Payara; point releases of Quarkus, LangChain4j; the first beta release of WildFly 41; and introducing Eliya JDK and the Open Source Sustainability Initiative (OSSI), the latter of which was founded by HeroDevs and Commonhaus Foundation.
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Java News Roundup: Spring Tools, Helidon, Open Liberty, TomEE, JobRunr, Hibernate, Commonhaus
This week's Java roundup for June 15th, 2026, features news highlighting: point releases of Spring Tools, Helidon, JobRunr and Gradle; the June 2026 edition of Open Liberty; the first milestone release of Apache TomEE 11.0; the first beta release of Hibernate ORM 8.0; Quarkus emergency maintenance releases to address CVE-2026-50559; and four open-source projects join the Commonhaus Foundation.