Grails v8.0.0-M4 released!

NewsBot · 19 July 2026 18:24

Grails v8.0.0-M4 has been released.

What’s Changed

Update the grails-gradle-publish plugin to the staged 1.0.0-M2 version @jdaugherty (#16012)

Simplify forge deployments to speed up release times @jdaugherty (#15984)

Fix afterEvaluate race between applyGrailsBom and GrailsCliGradlePlugin @codeconsole (#16009)

8.X UI OVERHAUL: Enhance the create-app welcome page, update g:localeSelect, and spring-security core/UI, and bump jQuery to 4.0.0 @codeconsole (#15987)

Convert remaining plugin descriptors from doWithSpring() to beanRegistrar() @codeconsole (#15994)

Enforce HTTPS for wrapper remote repositories @jamesfredley (#15809)

Split CLI dependencies from the runtime classpath @jdaugherty (#15948)

Grant native access in CLI and wrapper start scripts @codeconsole (#15989)

Declare processResources ReplaceTokens values as task inputs @codeconsole (#16006)

Replace local StringBuffer usage with StringBuilder @jamesfredley (#15990)

Fix forge reproducibility issues @jdaugherty (#15986)

Undertow Support for Grails 8 @jdaugherty (#15985)

Stabilize recurring CI flaky tests in functional/example apps @jamesfredley (#15793)

Document Grails 8 API compatibility breaks @jamesfredley (#15823)

Fix command ordering in profile.yml @jdaugherty (#15978)

Contributors

@borinquenkid, @codeconsole, @davydotcom, @jamesfredley, @jdaugherty and github-actions[bot]

Link: Release 8.0.0-M4 · apache/grails-core · GitHub