This week’s Java roundup for March 24th, 2025 features news highlighting: updates for Jakarta EE 11 and Spring AI; the first beta release of WildFly 36.0; the third alpha release of Hibernate Search 8.0; the March 2023 release of Open Liberty; and point releases for Quarkus, Infinispan, JHipster and OpenXava.
OpenJDK
JEP 503, Remove the 32-bit x86 Port, has been elevated from Proposed to Target to Targeted for JDK 25. This JEP proposes to “remove the source code and build support for the 32-bit x86 port.” This feature is a follow-up from JEP 501, Deprecate the 32-bit x86 Port for Removal, delivered in JDK 24.
JDK 25
Build 16 of the JDK 25 early-access builds was also made available this past week featuring updates from Build 15 that include fixes for various issues. More details on this release may be found in the release notes.
For JDK 25, developers are encouraged to report bugs via the Java Bug Database.
Jakarta EE
In his weekly Hashtag Jakarta EE blog, Ivar Grimstad, Jakarta EE Developer Advocate at the Eclipse Foundation, provided an update on Jakarta EE 11 and Jakarta EE 12, writing:
The Release Review for Jakarta EE 11 Web Profile has started! According to the process, it will conclude on April 7 at the latest. When I write this, seven out of ten members have voted “+1,” which means that super-majority is reached and Jakarta EE 11 Web Profile in practice has passed the release review.
So, what about the Jakarta EE 11 Platform? The status, as of Wednesday [March 26, 2025] is that we are down to ~50 test failures, most of which pass for Jakarta EE 11 Web Profile. This is an indication that there is some configuration or setting for the CI jobs that may be the problem.
Plan reviews for the component specifications targeting Jakarta EE 12 are ongoing. So far eight specifications have completed, or are in the process of completing their plan reviews. More are expected to follow as we get closer to April 15, the deadline communicated by the Jakarta EE Platform project. Check out the Jakarta EE 12 Plan Reviews Project Board for a complete overview.
The road to Jakarta EE 11 included four milestone releases, the release of the Core Profile in December 2024, and the potential for release candidates as necessary before the GA releases of the Web Profile in 1Q 2025 and the Platform in 2Q 2025.
Eclipse JNoSQL
The release of Eclipse JNoSQL 1.1.6, the compatible implementation of the Jakarta NoSQL and Jakarta Data specifications, provides bug fixes, performance improvements and new features such as: a new GraphTemplate interface that supports NoSQL Graph databases; and enhancement to CDI Lite for improved performance and compatibility. More details on this release may be found in the release notes.
BellSoft
In conjunction with the release of JDK 24 and GraalVM for JDK 24, BellSoft has also released version 24.2.0 of Liberica Native Image Kit. Enhancements include: experimental support for the jcmd diagnostic tool on Linux and macOS that complements the existing Native Image monitoring capabilities such as the JDK Flight Recorder (JFR).
Spring Framework
The Spring AI team has posted important changes and updates for using version 1.0.0-SNAPSHOT. These include artifact IDs, dependency management and autoconfiguration. The most significant change is the naming pattern for Spring AI starter artifacts: for model starters, the spring-ai-{model}-spring-boot-starter artifact has been renamed to spring-ai-starter-model-{model}; for vector store starters, the spring-ai-{store}-store-spring-boot-starter artifact has been renamed to spring-ai-starter-vector-store-{store}; and for MCP starters, the spring-ai-mcp-{type}-spring-boot-starter artifact has been renamed to spring-ai-starter-mcp-{type}.
The Spring AI team offers two methods for developers to update their projects: update automatically using AI tools or update manually.
Quarkus
Versions 3.21.0 and 3.20.0 of Quarkus (announced here and here, respectively), the former designated as a new LTS version, with bug fixes, dependency upgrades and new features such as: support for the MongoDB Client extension in their TLS Registry; and enable the Jakarta RESTful Web Services ClientRequestFilter interface run on the same Vert.x context as other handlers to resolve a context propagation issue with blocking REST Clients. More details on this release may be found in the release notes.
Open Liberty
IBM has released version 25.0.0.3 of Open Liberty with new features such as: the ability to configure a shared library using a new configuration element, path, that complement the existing file, folder and fileset configuration elements in an XML file; and compliance with FIPS 140-3, Security Requirements for Cryptographic Modules, for the IBM SDK, Java Technology Edition 8.
WildFly
The first beta release of WildFly 36.0.0 delivers big fixes, dependency upgrades and enhancements such as: the jboss.as.jpa.classtransformer persistence unit is now enabled by default for improved performance; and a warning is now logged should more than one metrics system be enabled. More details on this release may be found in the release notes.
Hibernate
The third alpha release of Hibernate Search 8.0.0 ships with: an alignment with Hibernate ORM 7.0.0.Beta5 that implements the Jakarta Persistence 3.2 specification; and a migration to the Hibernate Models ClassDetailsRegistry interface, based on the Jandex index, to replace the deprecated getJandexView() method defined in the BootstrapContext interface. Further details on this release may be found in the release notes.
Infinispan
The release of Infinispan 15.2.0.Final, codenamed Feelin’ Blue, ships with bug fixes, many dependency upgrades and new features such as: an implementation of the Redis JSON API; and a new look and feel to the console based on the recent upgrade to PatternFly 6. More details on this release may be found in the release notes.
Apache Software Foundation
Apache TomEE 10.0.1, the first maintenance release, provides dependency upgrades and resolutions to notable issues such as: Jakarta Expression Language expressions in Jakarta Faces not working with Eclipse Mojarra, the compatible implementation of Jakarta Faces specification; and the addition of the missing service-jar.xml file in the Serverless Builder API and Embedded Scenarios due to the file being omitted from the BOMs when the TomEE webapp was removed. More details on this release may be found in the release notes.
JHipster
The release of JHipster Lite 1.30.0 ships with bug fixes, improvements in documentation and new features such as: the use of colors to identify modules by rank; and a new display to filter the rank options in the frontend. More details on this release may be found in the release notes.
OpenXava
The release of OpenXava 7.5 released delivers bug fixes, dependency upgrades and new features such as: support for hot code reloading during development without affecting performance in production; and UI improvements that include rounded corners for various widgets; and a flat design applied to most UI elements, thus removing shadows. More details on this release may be found in the release notes.
