Java News Roundup: JDK 26 Release Schedule, GlassFish, Spring AI, Helidon, Mandrel 25, Seed4j
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Java News Roundup: JDK 26 Release Schedule, GlassFish, Spring AI, Helidon, Mandrel 25, Seed4j
"JEP 527, Post-Quantum Hybrid Key Exchange for TLS 1.3, has been elevated from its JEP Draft 8358541 to Candidate status. This JEP proposes to enhance the implementation of RFC 8446, Transport Layer Security (TLS) Protocol Version 1.3, using the Hybrid Key Exchange in TLS 1.3 specification, currently being drafted by the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF), used in conjunction with JEP 496, Quantum-Resistant Module-Lattice-Based Key Encapsulation Mechanism, delivered in JDK 24."
"The thirteenth milestone release of GlassFish 8.0.0 and the first milestone release of GlassFish 7.1.0 and deliver bug fixes, dependency upgrades and new features such as: an implementation of the MicroProfile 4.0 specification; performance improvements in GlassFish startup time with a redesign of the bootstrap process; and a refactored class for code readability and improved stability. Further details on these releases,"
JEP 527 has been elevated to Candidate status to add post-quantum hybrid key exchange support for TLS 1.3, complementing JEP 496 from JDK 24. Build 18 of the JDK 26 early-access builds was released with fixes carried from Build 17. A proposed JDK 26 schedule sets rampdown phases in December 2025 and January 2026, release candidates in February 2026, and general availability in March 2026, with a review period ending October 8, 2025. GlassFish 8.0.0 milestone 13 and GlassFish 7.1.0 milestone 1 deliver bug fixes, dependency upgrades, MicroProfile 4.0 implementation, startup performance improvements, and refactoring for stability. Additional ecosystem updates include Mandrel 25, Seed4j, WildFly 38 beta, and point releases for Spring AI, Helidon, Micronaut, LangChain4j, Gatherers4j, and Keycloak.
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