How to Install / Upgrade: Java News Roundup: OpenJDK JEPs, Jakarta EE, GraalVM, TornadoVM, Micronaut, Quarkus,…

Title: Java News Roundup: OpenJDK JEPs, Jakarta EE, GraalVM, TornadoVM, Micronaut, Quarkus, JobRunr, Maven

This week's Java roundup for July 27th, 2026 covers OpenJDK JEPs targeted and proposed to target for JDK 28, the GA release of GPULlama3.java 1.0, point releases of Micronaut, Quarkus and JobRunr, a maintenance release of JDKUpdater, the sixth release candidate of Maven 4.0, and the first milestone release of Jakarta Agentic AI 1.0.

To take these up, adopt GPULlama3.java at its 1.0 GA build, apply the current point releases of Micronaut, Quarkus and JobRunr in the projects that already use them, install the maintenance release of JDKUpdater where you rely on it for JDK updates, and trial Maven 4.0 only on the sixth release candidate rather than treating it as final. Treat Jakarta Agentic AI 1.0 as a first milestone only, and track OpenJDK JEPs that are targeted or proposed to target for JDK 28 when you plan platform work, without assuming those JEPs are already in a shipping JDK 28 release.

Watch that Maven 4.0 is still at release candidate six and Jakarta Agentic AI 1.0 is only at its first milestone, so keep both off production paths until later builds. Point releases of Micronaut, Quarkus and JobRunr should be checked against each project's release notes before you merge them. Confirm GPULlama3.java is at 1.0 GA, JDKUpdater is on its maintenance release, and any JDK 28 JEP work you track matches the targeted or proposed-to-target set described in the InfoQ roundup.