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. By Michael Redlich
InfoQ has compiled a roundup of notable Java developments for the week of July 27th, 2026. OpenJDK proposed JEPs are advancing towards target status for the upcoming JDK 28. JEP 539, introducing strictly-initialized fields in the JVM, and JEP 401, adding value objects to the language, have both been elevated from Proposed to Targeted for JDK 28. Shenandoah GC will default to generational mode in JDK 28, with the non-generational mode being deprecated.
Several framework projects released maintenance or milestone versions this week. Micronaut 5.1.0 introduced new features such as @Property annotation for sequenced-collection injection and CDI integration hooks. Quarkus 3.38.0 brought bug fixes, dependency upgrades, and two new features: weight-based memory eviction for Hibernate Second Level Cache and a new HTTP Problem extension. JobRunr 8.8.0 included bug fixes and enhancements, like improved logging for storage exceptions.
The JDK 27 and JDK 28 early-access builds were also updated this week. Build 33 of JDK 27 and Build 9 of JDK 28 featured various issue fixes. Meanwhile, the first milestone release of Jakarta Agentic AI 1.0.0 showcased enhancements like a new internal TCK infrastructure and @RequiresEngine and @RequiresNoEngine annotations for better test behavior handling. Eclipse Starter for Jakarta EE was updated to support Jakarta EE 11, with Azul Payara, GlassFish, and Open Liberty as supporting runtimes.
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