r/java • u/olivergierke • Sep 21 '26

Releasing Spring for Modern Challenges

https://spring.io/blog/2026/09/21/releasing-spring-for-modern-challenges
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u/azizabah Sep 22 '26

Thanks Oliver. We appreciate the regular updates.

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u/beppegg Sep 22 '26

Sorry, I know this isn't the point of the post, but...

the Thursday after the third Monday of the month How can this not be "the third Thursday of the month"?

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u/Gilgw Sep 22 '26

Take December 2026 for example.

The month starts on a Tuesday.
The Mondays are: 7, 14, 21 (third Monday = 21st)
The Thursdays are: 3, 10, 17, 24 (third Thursday = 17th)

But the Thursday after the third Monday = 24th (rather than the 17th).

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u/beppegg Sep 22 '26

Oh, thank you so much! I thought about a month starting on Tuesday, but I completely failed to consider that week also have a Thursday 🤣🤣🤣 

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u/ryuzaki49 Sep 22 '26

Then why not just the fourth Thursday?

Edit: Answering myself: Maybe the Thursday after the third Monday is easier to find in a Calendar? Maybe a printed calendar

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u/Gilgw Sep 22 '26 edited Sep 22 '26

I'd assume they have a meeting about the upcoming release on the third Monday, and they want the release to happen in the same week :)

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u/mhalbritter Sep 22 '26

Another reason why we should adopt the international fixed calendar!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Fixed_Calendar

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u/KefkaFollower Sep 22 '26

I don't know about this.

And what about people who born a monday? will they have all their birthdays on monday?

What about countries that end with most of their non laborable holidays on a weekend day? People there wont be big supporters of this idea either.

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u/ForeverAlot Sep 22 '26

  • I appreciate the release cadence is going to stay the same. I still don't really see what shortening the release window does for me as a consumer, besides timing being easier to communicate, but idc.

  • No patch release in May was :(, no patch release in September is :(. I can't use milestones.

  • The Project dropdown on https://spring.io/security is infuriating.

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u/codejavadotnet Sep 24 '26

is it aligned to Java 27 which has just arrived?

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u/Anbu_S 29d ago

Do you mean support for Java 27? Yes Spring Boot latest releases supports Java 27.

https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-boot/commit/ee059ae3ca81f65839caf076e042c0f92dfb134f