8.0.0-M6

Eclipse GlassFish 8 is an application server, implementing Jakarta EE. This release is corresponding with the Jakarta EE 11 M3 specification under development.

Jakarta EE 11 M3 is the third milestone release of Jakarta EE 11. GlassFish 8 M6 incorporates a subset of this. The final versions of the Security APIs and Jakarta Faces have been added and implemented, while the final Servlet 6.1.0 API has been added but not everything implemented yet. The REST 4.0.0 API has been added as well.

New in M6 are the proposed final APIs of the Wave 6 specs authentication, concurrency, faces and the wave 7 spec security.

8.0.0-M6 also incorporates all changes from the 7.0.x branch.

The following is the full list of Jakarta EE 11 proposed final and M3 APIs included:

API	Implementation
jakarta.el-api.version 6.0.0	Expressly 6.0.0-M1
jakarta.annotation-api.version 3.0.0
jakarta.cdi-api.version 4.1.0	Weld 6.0.0.Beta1
jakarta.interceptor-api.version 2.2.0	Weld 6.0.0.Beta1
jakarta.rest-api.version 4.0.0	Jersey 4.0.0-M1
jakarta.servlet-api.version 6.1.0	(internal in GlassFish 8.0.0-M6)
jakarta.pages-api.version 4.0.0	WaSP 4.0.0-M1
jakarta.websocket-api.version 2.2.0	Tyrus 2.2.0-M1
jakarta.authorization-api.version 3.0.0	Exousia 3.0.0-M3
jakarta.authentication-api.version 3.1.0	Epicyro 3.1.0
jakarta.persistence-api.version 3.2.0	EclipseLink 5.0.0-B02
jakarta.validation-api.version 3.1.0	Hibernate Validator 8.0.1.Final
jakarta.security-api.version 4.0.0	Soteria 4.0.0
jakarta.concurrent-api.version 3.1.0	Concurro 3.1.0-M3
jakarta.faces-api.version 4.1.0	Mojarra 4.1.0

JDK 17 is available for the special JDK 17 build, but this build is only intended for TCK purposes.
For the regular version of GlassFish 8, JDK 21 is required as a minimum and the final version of GlassFish 8 is targeted to certify on JDK 21 for Jakarta EE 11.

In this release GlassFish itself compiles, builds and passes the internal tests executed during a build. The Security, Authorization, Authentication and Faces TCK passed completely. The PR verification tests all pass as well.

Being an early access milestone build, this build should obviously only be used for testing. Not all of the updated APIs are truly final and are subject to change. Some of the proposed final APIs are currently in staging and are undergoing a ballot for their final release.

What's Changed

• Align JUnit5 version in REST CDI TCK with the nucleus parent by @avpinchuk in #24916
• Fixed using wrong java command in TCK authentication and managing failures by @dmatej in #24920
• Update the Administration Console description in the Administration Guide by @avpinchuk in #24917
• Fix embedded web test by @dmatej in #24922
• Integrate Exousia 2.1.2 by @arjantijms in #24923
• Code cleanups made when I was working on Exousia 2.1.2-SNAPSHOT by @dmatej in #24919
• Revised Ant exec usages in TCK + TCK 10.0.4 by @dmatej in #24925
• Remove unsupported Maven option from Jakarta REST TCK installer's POM by @avpinchuk in #24935
• Fixes GlassFish home in the REST CDI TCK by @avpinchuk in #24934
• Refactor CDI TCK by @avpinchuk in #24929
• Classloader matching for BeanDeploymentArchives by @lisa-lthorrold in #24933
• Fix #24931 compare with known size of 'usedResourceHandles' instead of theoretical maximum 'maxConnectionPoolSize' by @escay in #24932
• Integrate JLine 3.26.0 by @avpinchuk in #24937
• Fixes keytool executable name on Windows in integration test tools by @avpinchuk in #24938
• Add Jakarta JSON Processing standalone TCK runner by @avpinchuk in #24939
• Upgrade jackson to 2.17.1 by @OndroMih in #24943
• Integrate Epicyro 3.1.0 by @arjantijms in #24945
• Fix: Display Cluster Monitoring Data in Admin Console by @OndroMih in #24942
• Fix initial lookup delay for client applications by @kaido207 in #24947
• Update various versions by @arjantijms in #24948
• Performance test and fix for logger part of the logging system by @dmatej in #24949
• Merge main branch and local updates by @arjantijms in #24950
• Remove duplicate nimbus by @arjantijms in #24952

Full Changelog: 8.0.0-M5...8.0.0-M6