Runtimes Release Plans

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This document captures the release plans for products included in the Red Hat Runtimes entitlement. Users should refer to this information and the lifecycles of the Runtimes products to plan upgrades and migrations for their deployed runtimes. The information in this document is subject to change without notice.

Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform

JBoss EAP 7.4 was released in July 2021 and is the last planned minor release of the EAP 7 version. As defined in the Product Update and Support Policy, bug fixes and security patches are provided for the duration of the Full, Maintenance, and ELS-1 phases of the life cycle. Support for OpenJDK17 was added for EAP 7.4.7, with Oracle JDK 17 expected for a future patch release.

EAP XP 4.0 GA was released as JBoss EAP 7.4's compatible expansion pack in Q2 of 2022. For information on EAP XP support, please refer to its policy document.

There's currently no plan to extend EAP 7 Maintenance Support Phase beyond what's currently published in the Product Update and Support Policy. EAP 7 entered the Extended Life Phase of its lifecycle in July 2025 and an ELS subscription is required for ongoing support and access to security and bug fixes.

JBoss EAP 8.0, which implements Jakarta EE 10, was released in February 2024. As defined in the Product Update and Support Policy, bug fixes and security patches are provided for the duration of the Full, Maintenance, and ELS-1 phases of the life cycle. After the JBoss EAP 8.0 GA, EAP XP 5.0 GA was released as its compatible expansion pack that aligns with MicroProfile 6.1 capabilities.

JBoss EAP 8.1 GA was released in Q3 of 2025 with continued Jakarta EE 10 compatibility. It also adds Java SE 21 support along with Red Hat OpenShift Images. Users are encouraged to upgrade to this release for continued support. EAP XP 6.0 is planned for the Q4 2025 timeframe as the compatible expansion pack for EAP 8.1. It implements MicroProfile 7.0 capabilities in addition to customer requested features.

JBoss EAP 8.2 GA is tentatively planned to be released in the 1st half of 2027 with continued Jakarta EE 10 compatibility. EAP XP 7.0 GA will be its compatible expansion pack with MicroProfile 7.1 and it is planned within 3 months after the EAP 8.2 GA release. For those users who want to try EAP 8.2 early, the Beta version is planned for the later part of 2026.

For those customers who would want to use Jakarta EE 11, are encouraged to contact Red Hat support via regular support channels, to express their interest, so that we can determine future possibilities of such an enhancement. If we see sufficient demand; there would be a plan to provide support for it via a feature pack that would be released in a future update (patch) release of JBoss EAP 8.2.z. It should be noted that Jakarta EE 11 introduces Content from jakarta.ee is not included.breaking changes and it isn’t fully compatible with Jakarta EE 10. If implemented, EAP 8.2 would support a dual EE Mode mechanism i.e., EE 10 Mode (for compatibility) and EE 11 Mode (due to incompatibility possibilities ). As a result, users would need to go through migration steps if they would want to use a Jakarta EE 11 compatible feature pack in JBoss EAP 8.2.z. This also means that the JBoss EAP compatibility policy may not apply if this new Jakarta EE 11 feature pack is installed.

OpenJDK

OpenJDK 25 is planned to be released during the Q4 of 2025. This important release is going to be delivered in our traditional flavors (RPM, Portables, ZIPs and Containers).
JDK 25 is expected to be the default JDK in the upcoming years for the majority of the Operating Systems due it will carry the first release of the Crypto libraries for the post quantum computing era which will secure Java applications against attacks with quantum computer threats.

Extended Lifecycle Support

OpenJDK 11 is eligible for support with an ELS subscription until October 2027. The lifecycle for OpenJDK 8 has been extended with an ELS phase through December 2030.

OpenJDK 17 and 21 will continue to receive quarterly updates according to their published lifecycles in RPM, zip and container distributions.

Red Hat build of Quarkus

The Red Hat build of Quarkus 3 has a 3+ year support life cycle, and the Red Hat build of Quarkus 4 is expected to be released in the first half of 2026.
The current latest version is 3.15 (3.8 is in maintenance), but a new version based on Quarkus community 3.20 LTS is in the making. The Red Hat build of Quarkus 3.20 is planned to be released in Q2 2025 and will contain a lot of new updated features like a new WebSocket server, MicroProfile updates, Vert.x update, and lots more.

Starting with 3.15 Red Hat build of Quarkus has a new continuous release cadence for patching releases, where patch releases are scheduled every other month. This is implemented after feedback from customers who want to have a more predictable patch release schedule. Currently scheduled for 3.15 looks like this:

  • Red Hat build of Quarkus 3.15.3 - First week of February, 2025
  • Red Hat build of Quarkus 3.15.4 - First week of April, 2025
  • Red Hat build of Quarkus 3.15.5 - First week of June, 2025

If you want to learn more about why and how we are implementing the continuous release cadence, please read Content from quarkus.io is not included.this blog post about LTS releases of Quarkus by Clement Escoffier.

Red Hat JBoss Web Server

JWS 6.1.3 is planned for Q4 2025. This release will deliver updated versions from the upstream Tomcat community of Tomcat 9/10 and we have planned additional releases for the rest of 2025.

Red Hat JBoss Core Services Collection

JBCS 2.4.62 was released in Q1 2025 delivering Apache HTTP 2.4.62. JBCS intends to continue delivering newer versions of Apache HTTP Server until a newer major comes and takes its place.

Node.js

Node.js 18, 20 and 22 are being patched as needed during 2025. Node.js 24 is plan to be shipped on Q4 2025. Node.js 18 will reach End of Life in Q4 2025.

Red Hat Support of Spring Boot

Red Hat Support for Spring Boot 2.7 is the current supported version and we are considering adding support for Spring Boot 3 as well. More information will be shared on Spring Boot 3 in the near future.

AMQ Broker

AMQ Broker has released 7.13-LTS as the last proposed long term support release of the 7.X version stream. AMQ 8.0 is under development for initial GA release in the first half of 2026. AMQ 8, while a major release, will still be based on the Artemis code base and will not disrupt current users apart from those that utilize the deprecated OpenWire wire protocol. AMQ 8 will focus on Kubernetes and microservices use cases although it will continue to be supported on RHEL much like it currently is. Once the AMQ product team is ready to announce the AMQ 8.0 GA date the lifecycle of AMQ 7.13-LTS will be extended to allow customers time to migrate from 7.X to 8.0.

Red Hat build of Keycloak

Red Hat build of Keycloak released the 22.0 feature release on November 15 2023. The 22.0 release is the first release as successor of the RH-SSO 7 family. It is a rebrand of Red Hat Single Sign-on and aligns closer with Keycloak community versioning. It is based on Quarkus as the runtime platform used to build and run Keycloak. Red Hat build of Keycloak comes with a reduced startup time, lower memory footprint, container-first approach, better developer experience, and a strong focus is put on usability and scalability. Highlights of the major changes in the first release of RHBK can be found here.

Red Hat build of Keycloak is the active supported stream with Full Support. Customers should plan a migration from RH-SSO 7.x to participate in Enhancements and getting new Features added into the Keycloak code base. Migration guidance is provided with the Product Documentation for Red Hat build of Keycloak.
For information on Red Hat build of Keycloak lifecycle support policy, please refer to this page.

Red Hat Single Sign-On

Red Hat Single Sign-On (RH-SSO) released the 7.6 feature release on June 30 2022. The 7.6 release is the last planned feature release of the RH-SSO 7.x family.
Red Hat Single Sign-On is now rebranded to Red Hat build of Keycloak. Customers should consider plans to migrate from RH-SSO 7.x to Red Hat build of Keycloak as soon as possible. Migration guidance is provided with the Product Documentation for Red Hat build of Keycloak.

However, Red Hat is still committed to securing its RH-SSO customer base during their planning for a transition to the Red Hat build of Keycloak, and we are therefore offering Extended Lifecycle Support for RH-SSO 7 until June 2027. Refer to the KBase Article Red Hat Single Sign-On Extended Lifecycle Support (ELS-1) Availability for more information.

Red Hat Data Grid

Data Grid 8.5 was released in July 2024 and all users should migrate to that version to continue to receive ongoing maintenance.
The 8.5 release supports the use of RESP protocol, which allows applications targeting Redis to move seamlessly to Data Grid.

Other features delivered in 8.5 include:

  • Support for both TEXT and BINARY protocols for Memcached, as well as TLS encryption
  • New security realm for combining multiple security realms
  • Rollback of the JBoss Marshalling deprecation
  • Support for Java 21
  • Drop support for non-Java HotRod clients
  • Drop support for Java 11

Data Grid 8.6 is in the final stage and release is planned for Q2/2026, aiming to deliver a small set of features driven by the Red Hat build of Keycloak, plus additional missing features that were preventing customers who are using the old Infinispan API to migrate from Data Grid 7 to Data Grid 8.

  • Support Spatial Search
  • Zero Downtime upgraded for patchreleases
  • Index configuration with save defaults, this is a behavior change for the default
  • Spring Boot 3.4
  • No longer support for Server instance running on Windows, client side is not affected

Data Grid has also entered maintenance mode, for a detailed explanation of why and how it will change the product's roadmap, please see this article.

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