[HEADS UP] - Camel 4.19 is dropping Java 17

[Claus Ibsen <cl...@gmail.com>]

Hi

After the 4.18 LTS which is the last release that are on Spring Boot v3.5,
Java 17 and 21.
Then its time where we then move ahead for bigger upgrades.

And in this light we are dropping Java 17 in Camel 4.19 onwards, to focus
on JDK21 and 25. For 25 there are still some 3rd party projects not yet
compliant, but 98% is working on Java 25 so far.

https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CAMEL-23112


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Claus Ibsen

Re: [HEADS UP] - Camel 4.19 is dropping Java 17

[Claus Ibsen <cl...@gmail.com>]

Hi

We have got more information since last and its better to keep Java 17
supported for the upcoming LTS later this year.
So we keep Java 17 but it is to be considered deprecated as we will jump to
Java 21 after next LTS, when we embark on the road for Quarkus 4 and other
bigger upgrades.



On Wed, Mar 4, 2026 at 8:56 AM Claus Ibsen <cl...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi
>
> After the 4.18 LTS which is the last release that are on Spring Boot v3.5,
> Java 17 and 21.
> Then its time where we then move ahead for bigger upgrades.
>
> And in this light we are dropping Java 17 in Camel 4.19 onwards, to focus
> on JDK21 and 25. For 25 there are still some 3rd party projects not yet
> compliant, but 98% is working on Java 25 so far.
>
> https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CAMEL-23112
>
>
> --
> Claus Ibsen
>


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Claus Ibsen