Java News Roundup: Hardwood 1.0, Endive 1.0, Azul Payara, Quarkus, WildFly, LangChain4j, OSSI
InfoQ, Monday, June 29th, 2026
Weekly Java update covering Hardwood and Endive GA releases plus Quarkus, WildFly, and LangChain4j updates.
This week's Java roundup highlights several significant releases across the ecosystem. Hardwood 1.0, a parser dedicated to the Apache Parquet file format, reached general availability alongside Endive 1.0, a new JVM-native WebAssembly runtime with WasmGC support.
Azul released the June 2026 edition of Payara with security improvements and Spring Framework compatibility enhancements. Notable point releases include Quarkus 3.37.0 with experimental JLink support, WildFly 41 beta with graceful shutdown, and LangChain4j 1.17.0 introducing new agentic patterns.
Additionally, HeroDevs joined the Commonhaus Foundation to establish the Open Source Sustainability Initiative addressing end-of-life open source risks.