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Java News Roundup: A2A Java SDK 1.0, Jakarta EE 12, JNoSQL, GraalVM, Micrometer, OpenXava, Gradle

Michael Redlich — Tue, 16 Jun 2026 02:30:00 GMT

This week's Java roundup for June 8th, 2026, features news highlighting: the GA release of A2A Java SDK 1.0; an update on Jakarta EE 12; point releases of Micrometer Metrics and Micrometer Tracing; maintenance releases of GraalVM Native Build Tools and OpenXava; the second release candidate of Gradle 9.6; and the first milestone release of Eclipse JNoSQL 1.2.

By Michael Redlich

Oracle's OpenJDK Bans Generative AI Contributions While Oracle's GraalVM Allows Them

Karsten Silz — Fri, 12 Jun 2026 06:00:00 GMT

Two related, Oracle-backed projects published opposing policies on open-source contributions created with generative AI: the OpenJDK Governing Board approved an interim policy prohibiting such contributions, while the Coding Assistants policy from GraalVM permits them. Both projects require contributors to sign the same Oracle Contributor Agreement (OCA) for intellectual property.

By Karsten Silz