GlassFish 8.0 Delivers Compatibility with Jakarta EE 11, Enhanced Security and Improved Data Access
InfoQ, Tuesday, February 17th, 2026
The Eclipse Foundation has released version 8.0.0 of Eclipse GlassFish, the lightweight open-source application server that, for many years, has served as a reference implementation and compatible implementation of JavaEE/Jakarta EE.
Along with bug fixes and dependency upgrades, new features in this release include: support for virtual threads; enhanced application security; and improved data access.
After 15 milestone releases, led by the team at OmniFish, GlassFish 8.0.0 requires JDK 21 as a minimal version, with support for JDK 25, and is a compatible implementation of Jakarta EE 11.