Hi, Spring fans! I just got back from the amazing JavaOne show held in Redwood Shores. It was a fun, uproarious event and a great chance to reconnect with tons of friends, old and new.

I love this community!

One of the central highlights of this show? Java 24 is here, finally!

And, as usual, we've got tons of news—some old, but mostly, well, new. Let's dive right into it!

• Spring AMQP 4.0 M2 is now available
• Spring for Apache Kafka 4.0.0-M1, 3.3.4, and 3.2.8 are now available
• Spring Integration 6.5 M3 is available
• Spring Web Services 4.1.0-M1 is available now!
• Spring Web Services 4.0.12 is available now!
• Spring Authorization Server 1.5.0-M2 is available now
• Spring for GraphQL 1.4 M1 Released
• Spring for Apache Pulsar 1.1.10 and 1.2.4 are now available
• Spring Data 2024.1.4 and 2024.0.10 released
• Spring Data 2025.0.0-M2 released
• On last week's installment of A Bootiful Podcast, I talked to the legendary Jonatan Ivanov.
• Spring Framework 7.0.0-M3 is available now
• Spring Framework 6.1.18 and 6.2.4 are available now
• Spring Tools 4.29.0 released
• The amazing Simon Verhoeven put together a very comprehensive look at all that is new and novel in Java 24!
• I'll be speaking (remotely, alas) at the Kenya JUG this Saturday at 20:00 EAT. Register now!
• Looking at the amazing new capabilities in Spring AI's MCP module and want a leg up on what MCP is, exactly?
• Configure Spring Security and a login view in a Vaadin application in two prompts with the Vaadin MCP server
• Want to make your Java apps go even faster? Supercharge them with the new automatic AOT optimization available in the Tanzu Platform

Enjoy, and see you next week! 🚀