This week's Java roundup for July 6th, 2026, features news highlighting: the GA release of TornadoVM 5.0; point releases of JHipster, Keycloak and Google ADK; maintenance releases of GraalVM Native Build Tools and Micronaut; the OmniFish Build of Payara and introducing Vidocq, a new implementation of the Jakarta EE 11 Core Profile and MicroProfile 7.1.
JDK 27
Build 30 of the JDK 27 early-access builds was made available this past week featuring updates from Build 29 that include fixes for various issues. Further details on this release may be found in the release notes.
JDK 28
Build 6 of the JDK 28 early-access builds was also made available this past week featuring updates from Build 5 that include fixes for various issues. More details on this release may be found in the release notes.
TornadoVM
The release of TornadoVM 5.0.0 delivers bug fixes and introduces two new features related to improved support for the Compute Unified Device Architecture (CUDA): the ability to natively run Java on NVIDIA GPUs; and the new Hybrid API that allows for calling a native NVIDIA library directly into an instance of the TaskGraph class. Further details on this release may be found in the release notes.
GraalVM
The release of GraalVM Native Build Tools 1.1.4 ships with notable changes such as: a reestablish use of the LayeredApplicationFunctionalTest class after resolving the issue of the test failing with the new GraalVM metadata format; and improvements to the reporting from the custom Gradle task, listLibrariesMissingMetadata, that now include missing data from their Reachability Metadata Repository. More details on this release may be found in the release notes.
Micronaut
The Micronaut Foundation has released version 5.0.4 of the Micronaut Framework based on Micronaut Core 5.0.5 featuring an important dependency upgrade to Netty 4.2.16, the latest release that includes resolutions to almost two dozen CVEs. Further details on this release may be found in the release notes.
JHipster
The release of JHipster 9.2.0 provides bug fixes, dependency upgrades and new features such as: integration with ESLint to lint all 3000+ Embedded JavaScript (EJS) templates; and improved generation of JHipster Blueprints via a migration from vinyl to mem-fs-editor, and a new Generator type added to the JHipsterCommandDefinition type. More details on this release may be found in the release notes.
Keycloak
The release of Keycloak 26.7.0 delivers bug fixes, documentation improvements and new features such as: an automation of user provisioning with an implementation of RFC7644, System for Cross-Domain Identity Management (SCIM), specification as a preview feature; the addition of a dedicated step-by-step guide for using HAProxy and Traefik reverse proxy tools; and full support for step-up authentication with Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML) that was introduced as a preview feature in version 26.6. Further details on this release may be found in the release notes.
Google Agent Development Kit (ADK)
The release of ADK for Java 1.6.0 ships with bug fixes and new features such as: a new ClassPathSkillSource class to support loading skills directly from the Java classpath for unified and incremental loading of skills; and advance an instance of the SequentialAgent class to a paused sub-agent such that an existing sequence may continue on to subsequent sub-agents. More details on this release may be found in the release notes.
OmniFish
OmniFish has announced their OmniFish Build of Payara for organizations still running on the versions 5.0 and 6.0 of the Payara Platform that are no longer supported by Payara. This will allow a smooth migration and will include regular security fixes and 24x7 enterprise support. As stated in the announcement:
While OmniFish stands strongly behind the Eclipse GlassFish project and provides top-quality support for GlassFish, we understand that it’s not straightforward to upgrade from older Payara versions to GlassFish. We decided to bridge this gap and start offering our supported builds of Payara to allow a smooth transition to a Payara Server build supported by OmniFish, without having to migrate to GlassFish to be able to benefit from our support services.
OmniFish will provide long-term support for Payara Platform 5.0 and 6.0 until 2029 and 2032, respectively.
Vidocq
Vidocq, an implementation of the Jakarta EE 11 Core Profile and MicroProfile 7.1 specifications, was introduced by Antoine Sabot-Durand, IT Director at SCIAM, and Yann Blazart, Senior Tech Lead at SCIAM. Written in pure Java with zero external dependencies and support for JDK 25, Vidocq has been validated by 5,650 official TCK tests. More details on the implemented specifications may be found in the documentation. InfoQ will follow up with a more detailed news story.