Java News Roundup: TornadoVM, A2A Java, Open Liberty, Open J Proxy, Gradle, EclipseStore

This week's Java roundup covers several updates and releases from November 2nd, 2026. TornadoVM 8.1.0 was released, adding functionality for device read/write and updates to the initializeDeviceAsync() method. TornadoInsight 2.1.0, an IntelliJ IDEA plugin for TornadoVM, brings bug fixes, documentation improvements, and new features such as AI-assisted Java method to kernel transformation and a new TornadoToolchain record.

A2A Java SDK 1.5.0 was released, implementing the Agent2Agent Protocol for agentic applications, with bug fixes, documentation improvements, dependency upgrades, and new features including an OpenTelemetryPushNotificationSenderDecorator class. The third beta release of Quarkus 4.0.0 offers bug fixes, documentation improvements, dependency upgrades, and new features like support for Valkey in the Quarkus Redis Client extension.

Open Liberty GA 26.0.0.11 delivers bug fixes for various CVEs and new features, such as configurable server quiesce stage timeout and improved validation for form login error pages. Open J Proxy 1.1.0 third release candidate includes bug fixes, documentation improvements, dependency upgrades, and support for PostgreSQL and MariaDB coverage in the C++ ODBC client.

Gradle 9.9.0 brings notable changes, including Kotlin DSL scripts incremental compilation and new test filters for JUnit Platform tests. EclipseStore 4.3.0 provides bug fixes, dependency upgrades, and new features like VectorIndex interface refactor for large indices and concurrent load safety, as well as a lightweight VanillaJS storage viewer.