What’s New In The Payara Platform November 2024 Release?

We're excited to announce the latest releases across the Payara Platform family, marking significant strides in our Jakarta EE and MicroProfile runtime offerings. This release brings the introduction of Payara Platform Community 7 Alpha2, updates to Payara Platform Community 6.2024.11 and new versions of Payara Platform Enterprise (5.69.0 and 6.20.0).

Payara Platform Community 7 Alpha: Pioneering Jakarta EE 11 Support

The spotlight of this release cycle is the continued development of Payara Platform Community 7, which introduces support for Jakarta EE 11. This represents a major step forward in our commitment to staying at the forefront of enterprise Java innovation. Key highlights include:

Progress on Jakarta EE 11 Platform specifications, with:

• Implementation of mandatory Platform specifications (except Authentication and Data)
• Updates to support Jakarta Authentication API 3.1 (in progress)
• Jakarta Authorization API 3.0
• Jakarta Servlet API 6.1

Modernised component stack with:

• Grizzly 4.1.0
• HK2 4.0.0-M2

Payara Platform Community Edition 6.2024.11: Enhanced Developer Experience

Our Payara Platform Community version 6 brings several improvements aimed at streamlining development workflows:

New Features

• TOML Support for MicroProfile Config: Adding flexibility to configuration management
• Automated Deployment Group Naming: Simplifying cluster management operations

Critical Bug Fixes

• Improved high availability session handling
• Enhanced MicroProfile metrics endpoint consistency
• Resolved deployment command reliability issues

Enterprise Editions: Rock-Solid Stability

Both Payara Platform Enterprise 5.69.0 and 6.20.0 releases focus on maintaining the reliable foundation our enterprise users depend on:

Security and Stability

• Enhanced session handling for high availability scenarios
• Improved deployment and undeployment command reliability
• Resolution of GUI-related issues in various scenarios

Platform Modernization

Both Payara Platform Enterprise 5.69.0 and 6.20.0 editions receive comprehensive component upgrades, including:

• Jackson BOM 2.18.1
• Latest Docker JDK images (21.0.5, 17.0.13, 11.0.25)
• Enhanced SNMP support with version upgrades
• Updated security components and core libraries

Docker Image Updates

All editions of Payara Platform now feature refreshed Docker images with the latest JDK versions:

• JDK 21.0.5
• JDK 17.0.13
• JDK 11.0.25
• JDK 8u432 (Enterprise 5.69.0)

Community Contributions

We are grateful for valuable community contributions, with special thanks to:

• lprimak for improvements to High Availability Session handling
• adLuk for resolving critical FacesServlet mapping issues

Looking Ahead

These releases represent our continued commitment to providing a modern, secure, and efficient Jakarta EE and MicroProfile runtime. Whether you're exploring Jakarta EE 11 with Payara 7 Alpha, leveraging the latest features in our Payara Platform Community, or requiring the stability of our Payara Platform Enterprise platforms, you can rely on state-of-the-art application server technologies. We're always dedicated to supporting your application deployment needs with valuable solutions.

Upgrading

We recommend upgrading to these latest releases to benefit from the security enhancements, bug fixes and performance improvements. For detailed information about these releases and upgrade instructions, please read our official documentation:

• Payara Platform Community 6.2024.11 release notes
• Payara Platform Enterprise 6.20.0 release notes
• Payara Platform Enterprise 5.69.0 release notes

As always, we welcome your feedback and encourage you to report any issues you encounter on our GitHub repository. Thank you for your continued support of the Payara Platform.

Happy deployment!