Welcome to issue number three hundred and nineteen of Hashtag Jakarta EE! As I am writing this, I am sitting in my hotel in Johannesburg, South Africa. Me being here is actually as success story. I was supposed to present Jakarta EE at I Code Java on Tuesday and Wednesday. I have spoken at the conference…

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Jakarta EE 12 release may be delayed to Q4 2026 as vendors focus on Jakarta EE 11 implementations. GlassFish 8.0.0 was released, enabling work on Jakarta EE 12 support. Jakarta Persistence 4.0 is ready with Hibernate 8 alpha implementation. A community-organized JakartaOne meetup in Johannesburg attracted 136 registrants after the original conference was cancelled.

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