Java News Roundup: A2A Java SDK 1.0, Jakarta EE 12, JNoSQL, GraalVM, Micrometer, OpenXava, Gradle
InfoQ, Tuesday, June 16th, 2026
Java releases this week feature A2A SDK 1.0 GA, Jakarta EE 12 progress, and GraalVM, Micrometer, and Gradle updates.
This week's Java ecosystem saw developments across many projects. The A2A Java SDK reached 1.0.0 with new integration testing and improved HTTP response handling, while Jakarta EE 12 advanced toward release with most Core Profile specs producing milestone versions. Eclipse JNoSQL 1.2.0-M1 added scalar function support and now requires JDK 21 minimum. Supporting tools also advanced: Micrometer Metrics 1.17.0 and Tracing 1.7.0 shipped updates, GraalVM Native Build Tools 1.1.2 added GitHub Actions security checks, and Gradle 9.6.0-RC2 improved Configuration Cache hit rates with a new non-interactive mode.