The July 2025 release brings meaningful updates across the Payara Platform family, with improvements to database connectivity, critical bug fixes for CDI memory management, and comprehensive component upgrades.
This month's releases include Payara Platform Community 6.2025.7 (DOWNLOAD HERE), Enterprise 6.28.0, Enterprise 5.77.0 (FREE TRIAL), and Payara 7 Alpha 3.
Key Improvements Across Editions
Enhanced Trino Driver Support
All editions now feature improved JDBC connection handling when using the Trino driver, making it easier to integrate with Trino (formerly PrestoSQL) data sources. This enhancement streamlines connectivity for organizations using Trino for distributed SQL query processing across heterogeneous data sources.
CDI Dev Mode Removal
Both Payara Platform Community 6.2025.7 and Enterprise 6.28.0 have removed CDI Dev Mode. This change streamlines the CDI implementation, reducing complexity and improving performance in production environments. Teams on these versions of Payara Platform should ensure their development workflows no longer rely on CDI Dev Mode features before upgrading. CDI Dev mode however, is still available in Payara Platform 5.
Critical Bug Fixes
CDI Memory Leak Resolution
A significant memory leak has been fixed in Payara 6 editions (Community 6.2025.7 and Enterprise 6.28.0) when using Jakarta CDI @Dependent scoped instances. This fix prevents memory accumulation over time, improving application stability in long-running deployments.
Clustered Environment Stability
Payara 6 editions also resolve an UnproxyableResolutionException error that occurred in Payara Micro clustered environments, ensuring smoother operation of distributed microservices deployments.
Documentation Correction
Thanks to community contributor pzygielo, a typo in the DependOn annotation has been corrected across all editions, improving code clarity and preventing potential confusion.
Component Upgrades
Payara 6 Editions (Community 6.2025.7 & Enterprise 6.28.0)
Major component updates include:
- Weld CDI: Upgraded to 5.1.6.Final, bringing improved CDI performance and bug fixes
- Mojarra: Updated to 4.0.11 for enhanced Jakarta Faces support
- Apache XMLSec: Upgraded from 4.0.0 to 4.0.4 for improved XML security handling
- MicroProfile Metrics API: Updated to 5.1.2 for better metrics collection
- JAXB Implementation: Upgraded from 4.0.2 to 4.0.5
Additional updates:
- Apache Felix Web Console: 5.0.10 → 5.0.12
- JBoss ClassFileWriter: Updated to 1.3.1.Final
- Reactor Core: 3.7.6 → 3.7.7
- JLine: 3.30.0 → 3.30.2
- Kotlin Stdlib: 2.1.21 → 2.2.0
- Jackson BOM: 2.19.0 → 2.19.1
- Nimbus JOSE JWT: 10.3 → 10.3.1
- Payara Transformer: 0.2.12/0.2.13 → 0.2.14
Payara Enterprise 5.77.0
For organizations maintaining Jakarta EE 8 applications:
- Commons IO: Updated from 2.18.0 to 2.19.0
- JLine: 3.30.0 → 3.30.2
Payara 7 Alpha 3: Progress Toward Jakarta EE 11
The latest alpha release continues advancing Jakarta EE 11 support with several enhancements:
New Features
- X-Powered-By Header Removal: Improved security by removing the default X-Powered-By header
- EE 11 Schema Bundle: All new Jakarta EE 11 schemas are now bundled for comprehensive specification support
Component Updates
- Kotlin Stdlib: 2.1.21 → 2.2.0
- Jackson BOM: 2.19.0 → 2.19.1
- Nimbus JOSE JWT: 10.3 → 10.3.1
Community Contributions
We extend our thanks to Pzygielo for the documentation fix contribution. Community involvement continues to strengthen the Payara Platform.
Full Release Notes
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These releases demonstrate our ongoing commitment to platform stability, security, and modernization across all Payara editions.
- For Production Environments: Payara Platform Enterprise provides comprehensive support, advanced monitoring, and guaranteed stability for mission-critical applications.
- For Development Teams: Payara Community Edition offers a feature-rich platform ideal for development and testing.
For Jakarta EE 11 Early Adopters: Payara 7 Alpha 3 lets you explore the future of enterprise Java.
Upgrading
We recommend upgrading to these latest releases to benefit from improved memory management, enhanced database connectivity, and updated components. Note that CDI Dev Mode has been removed from Payara 6 editions, so ensure your applications are compatible before upgrading. For detailed upgrade instructions, please consult our official documentation.
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