"As per the JDK 26 release schedule, Mark Reinhold, Chief Architect, Java Platform Group at Oracle, formally declared that JDK 26 has entered its first release candidate as there are no unresolved P1 bugs in Build 34. The anticipated GA release is scheduled for March 17, 2026 and will include this final set of 10 features: For JDK 26 and JDK 27, developers are encouraged to report bugs via the Java Bug Database."
"Spring Framework 7.0.4, the fourth maintenance release, delivers bug fixes, documentation improvements, dependency upgrades and new features such as: modifications to the getMethodAnnotation()/getMethodAnnotations() and hasMethodAnnotation()/hasMethodAnnotations() methods, both defined in the and classes, to cache instances of the Java interface and obtain values returned from those methods in a local array; and a new overloaded requiredBody() method, added to the RestClient.ResponseSpec interface, that would return a non-null value to align with an existing related Kotlin extension."
JDK 26 entered its first release candidate after Build 34 showed no unresolved P1 bugs, with a GA target of March 17, 2026. Early-access builds were published: JDK 27 Build 9 and JDK 26 Build 35, both including fixes. Gradle 9.4 reached a release candidate. Micrometer Metrics and Micrometer Tracing produced milestone releases. Open Liberty 26.0.0.2 and EclipseStore 4.0 reached beta status. Spring Framework 7.0.4 delivered bug fixes, documentation and dependency upgrades plus features including annotation caching and a non-null RestClient.ResponseSpec.requiredBody() overload. Maintenance releases for Micronaut and Quarkus were also issued.
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