Grails v8.0.0-M5 released!

NewsBot · 2 August 2026 23:25

Grails v8.0.0-M5 has been released.

What’s Changed

fix: route plugin src/main/scripts into companion -cli jars @jamesfredley (#16082)

Remove Jansi and separate the CLI test tier from the production classpath @jdaugherty (#16078)

fix: keep plugin templates out of the processResources filters @jdaugherty (#16086)

Improve project dependency substitution logic @matrei (#16069)

Isolate mavenBom import requirements of Spring DM test project @jdaugherty (#16077)

Import log4j-bom before Spring Boot in published BOMs @jamesfredley (#16044)

fix(deps): Bump Groovy to 5.0.8 @jamesfredley (#16080)

fix(deps): Bump Groovy to 4.0.33 @jamesfredley (#16081)

Issues 16060 upgrade docs mixed up version numbers @dauer (#16074)

fix: defer compile-classpath probes out of GroovyCompile task configuration @codeconsole (#16076)

Opt-in backwards compatibility for Grails 7 command plugins on Grails 8 @jamesfredley (#16011)

Stop generating logback-spring.xml by default; add opt-in Logback Configuration Forge feature @codeconsole (#15757)

Move legacy command compatibility tests into an end-to-end build @jdaugherty (#16059)

Clean up GlobalGrailsClassInjectorTransformation @matrei (#16042)

GrailsUtil: honor stackTraceFiltererClass and logFullStackTraceOnFilter @codeconsole (#15666)

Bump testlens-app/setup-testlens from 1.9.2 to 1.9.3 @dependabot[bot] (#16062)

Align Log4j across published BOMs @jamesfredley (#16045)

Groovy-Developer SKILL - Ternary operator @gsartori (#16055)

Fix bootWar NPE from stray CLI WebApplicationInitializer (#15377) @jamesfredley (#16041)

Compile-time check for GORM query strings flattened from GString (alternative to #15968) @borinquenkid (#15971)

Bump com.gradle.develocity from 4.2.2 to 4.5.0 in /grails-forge @dependabot[bot] (#15802)

localeSelect: add type=“dropdown” and a menu-cased name, and titlecase autonyms @codeconsole (#16053)

Fix dependency resoluti…

Link: Release 8.0.0-M5 · apache/grails-core · GitHub