Java News Roundup: JDK26-RC2, Payara Platform, Hibernate, Quarkus, Apache Camel, Jakarta EE 12
InfoQ, Tuesday, February 24th, 2026
This week's Java roundup for February 16th, 2026, features news highlighting: the second release candidate of JDK 26; an update on Jakarta EE 12; the February 2026 edition of Payara Platform; a point release of Apache Camel; and maintenance releases of Hibernate Search and Quarkus.
JDK 27
Build 10 of the JDK 27 early-access builds was made available this past week featuring updates from Build 9 that include fixes for various issues. Further details on this release may be found in the release notes.
JDK 26
Build 35 remains the current build in the JDK 26 early-access builds. More details on this release may be found in the release notes.