Grails v8.0.0-M6 released!

NewsBot · 23 August 2026 08:24

Grails v8.0.0-M6 has been released.

What’s Changed

Resolve tag calls at compile time instead of through the metaclass @codeconsole (#16134)

Import grails-quartz @jdaugherty (#16185)

Update Spring Boot to 4.1.1 @matrei (#16187)

Make precompiled GSPs reproducible without disabling runtime reloading @codeconsole (#16142)

fix(cas): repair proxy receptor and single sign-out, add integration tests @sbglasius (#16174)

Fix flaky grails-views-gson tests caused by shared static test state @borinquenkid (#16033)

BUGFIX: message bundles silently failing to resolve in development @codeconsole (#16179)

Neo4j GormRegistry migration (consolidated: replaces #15816, #15951, #15817, #15832, #15833) @borinquenkid (#15972)

Upgrade to Groovy 5.1.0 @matrei (#16163)

Move i18n onto Spring Boot’s MessageSource @codeconsole (#16102)

Make Grails applications processable by Spring AOT (Leyden AOT Cache + GraalVM Native Image Support) @codeconsole (#16094)

Fix flaky WhereQueryClosureCaptureSpec: key AstPropertyResolveUtils cache by ClassNode identity @borinquenkid (#16034)

feat: GORM O(M+N) scaling — GormRegistry, SessionResolver infrastructure, and core-class tests (consolidates #15779, #15780, #15790) @borinquenkid (#16066)

build(test): stop test forks oversubscribing the machine @jamesfredley (#16158)

Fix DDL failure for hasMany collections of enums @borinquenkid (#16052)

Fix 16133: Unset default nullable domain property passes validation but fails at the database @matrei (#16136)

fix(grails-data-hibernate7): make type: ‘text’ produce an unbounded column @borinquenkid (#16020)

Bump github/codeql-action init and analyze together to v4.37.3 @borinquenkid (#16050)

Fix flaky RunningApplicationProcessSpec by widening the stop() timeout budget @borinquenkid (#16032)

Clear omitted bindData fields when clearMissing is enabled @jamesfredley (#15950)

Add JMH performance regression reporting for pull requests @jamesfredley (#16071)

Add opt-in deny-by-default data b…

Link: Release 8.0.0-M6 · apache/grails-core · GitHub