This week's Java news roundup features a point release for the Spring Framework, beta release of WildFly 35, and the release of Hibernate ORM 7.0.0.Beta3, Hibernate Reactive 3.0.0.Beta1, and Hibernate Validator 9.0.0.RC1.
The JDK 24 and JDK 25 early-access builds were released, with developers encouraged to report bugs via the Java Bug Database.
Jakarta EE 11 has made significant progress, with the ballot for Jakarta EE 11 Core Profile concluding successfully, the first time releasing of profiles independently.
Spring Framework 6.2.1 and 6.1.16 have been released, delivering bug fixes, dependency upgrades, and new features.
Quarkus 3.17.4 provides bug fixes, dependency upgrades, and notable changes such as improvements to the ElytronPasswordIdentityProvider class.
The Micronaut Foundation has released version 4.7.2 of the Micronaut Framework featuring Micronaut Core 4.7.8, bug fixes, and patch updates to modules.
Version 4.1.5 of Helidon ships with bug fixes, dependency upgrades, and notable changes such as the addition of new interfaces.
The first beta release of WildFly 35.0.0 delivers bug fixes, dependency upgrades, and enhancements such as the jboss.as.jpa.classtransformer persistence unit hint now defaulting to true.
Versions 11.0.2 and 9.0.98 of Apache Tomcat provide improved support for HTTP ETag response headers and support for RateLimit HTTP header fields.
The release of Hibernate ORM 7.0.0.Beta3 features a migration to the Jakarta Persistence 3.2 specification, the latest version targeted for Jakarta EE 11, and a baseline of JDK 17.