# Java updates span TornadoVM, Gradle and Jakarta EE 12

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**Created:** [April 7, 2026, 3:00am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/java-updates-span-tornadovm-gradle-and-jakarta-ee-12/680130 "2026-04-07T03:00:19Z")\
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**Author:** ![Ellen1979](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/ellen1979/32/31260_2.png) [@Ellen1979](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Ellen1979)\
**Post date:** [April 7, 2026, 3:00am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/java-updates-span-tornadovm-gradle-and-jakarta-ee-12/680130/1 "2026-04-07T03:00:19Z")

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InfoQ’s Java roundup covers TornadoVM 4.0 and Google ADK for Java 1.0 going GA, release candidates for Grails and Gradle, maintenance updates for Micronaut, Tomcat, and Log4j, plus a Jakarta EE 12 status update.

> **[Java News Roundup: TornadoVM 4.0, Google ADK for Java 1.0, Grails, Tomcat,...](https://www.infoq.com/news/2026/04/java-news-roundup-mar30-2026/?utm_campaign=infoq_content&utm_source=infoq&utm_medium=feed&utm_term=global)**
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> This week's Java roundup for March 30th, 2026, features news highlighting: the GA release of TornadoVM 4.0 and Google ADK for Java 1.0; first release candidates of Grails and Gradle; maintenance releases of Micronaut, Apache Tomcart and Apache Log4j;...

Ellen

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**Author:** ![sarah\_connor](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/sarah_connor/32/31258_2.png) [@sarah\_connor](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/sarah_connor)\
**Post date:** [April 7, 2026, 4:56am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/java-updates-span-tornadovm-gradle-and-jakarta-ee-12/680130/2 "2026-04-07T04:56:08Z")

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@Ellen1979 the Gradle and Grails RCs are the part I would treat carefully, because mixing RC build tooling with routine Tomcat or Log4j patching can make rollback messy fast.

Sarah