What’s New In The April 2024 Payara Platform Release

We're excited to announce the April 2024 release of Payara Platform!  This update includes a mix of critical bug fixes, component upgrades, and exciting new tools in the Payara Tooling Ecosystem.  Our enterprise customers will particularly benefit from the new Diagnostics Tool and Dependabot scanner, designed to streamline operations and security.  Also, everyone gets a glimpse into the future with the Payara 7 Alpha 1 preview!

Payara Platform Community 6.2024.4

Highlights

• IntelliJ IDE Blocker Bug Fixes: Resolves critical issues for a smoother developer experience in IntelliJ IDE.
• Amazon SQS Support: Enhanced cloud integration with STS security tokens and support for large messages.

Security Fixes

• CVE-2023-4043 (JSON-P/Parsson): Addresses potential Denial of Service (DoS) vulnerability. 

Bug Fixes

• Microprofile Config NPE: Resolves a Null Pointer Exception for profiled settings. (Community Contribution by poikilotherm)

Component Upgrades

• Reactive Streams 1.0.4
• JSON Smart 2.5.1
• Reactor Core 3.6.4
• Jackson 2.17.0
• Websocket API 2.1.1
• SnakeYaml 2.2

Payara Platform Enterprise 6.13.0

Exclusive Enterprise Highlights

• Diagnostics Tool 1.0: Dramatically simplifies troubleshooting for enterprise clients. Automatically gather logs, configuration, and runtime information from Payara clusters for efficient support interactions. Watch out for more blog posts on this.
• Dependabot Support for Payara 5 and 6: Stay ahead of security vulnerabilities and maintain platform health with automatic critical component upgrades across major Payara versions.
• Amazon SQS Support: Enhanced cloud integration with STS security tokens and support for large messages. Supported in both Payara Enterprise 5 and 6.
• Advisor - MicroProfile 4.1 to 6.1: Effortlessly upgrade your applications to the latest MicroProfile specifications with this powerful advisor tool.

Security Fixes

• CVE-2023-4043 (JSON-P/Parsson): Addresses potential Denial of Service (DoS) vulnerability. 

Component Upgrades

• Includes all upgrades from the Community edition.

Payara 7 Alpha 1 Preview

Get ready for the future of Jakarta EE! Here's a sneak peek at the innovations in Payara 7 Alpha 1:

• Initial Jakarta EE 11 Support: Stay on the cutting edge with a preview of the upcoming Jakarta EE 11 standards.
• Concurrency 3.1 API with Virtual Threads: Experience the power and efficiency of virtual threads.
• JDK 21+ Support: Ensure compatibility with the latest Java releases and advancements.

Important Notes:

• Payara 7 Alpha 1 is a preview release and should not be used in production environments.

Announcing the Payara Community Survey

Payara Platform is built by Payara Services in collaboration with our open source, innovative community - and we need your help! Please take only a few short moments to fill in our survey here and assist us in making the best Jakarta EE products we can. 

The Payara Platform Survey helps determine our product roadmap and what improvements are needed to ensure the Payara Platform continues to meet your needs.

The survey is anonymous but you can enter your details for a chance to win an item from the Payara Swag Shop (t-shirt, umbrella or bottle). We will pick five lucky winners at random and notify them by Thursday the 30th of April.

We welcome your feedback on how these new features and improvements fit into your workflow.