I’ve started reclassifying my features and fixes to 6.4.0 (MessageAudit 
performance, GC wildcard destinations, etc) to start getting a real idea on 
what is left.

I am working through the list, but want to call out two items that I should 
stay targeted for 6.3.0

1. Jean-Louis’ topic send perf fix (its been open a while)
2. KahaDB fix when working with dedicated cursors (this is a bug fix)

Thanks,
Matt

> On Jul 16, 2026, at 8:20 AM, Matt Pavlovich <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> 1. ActiveMQ Karaf support 
> 
>  => All the most critical dependencies are changing in v6.3.0. I think we 
> treat the activemq-osgi bundle as ‘best effort’ in the v6.3.0 release. Apache 
> Karaf has some catching up to do for Spring 7 and ActiveMQ <-> Jetty 12 
> wiring anyway. If there are any issues, those can be treated as a bug and go 
> into a point release of v6.3.x.
> 
> 2. JMS 3.1/2.0 website
> 
>  => I think we update the webpage to remove the target release column (keep 
> the released column) and then provide a link to the GitHub Project(s) pages. 
> Tracking items in a backlog is normal, and if a feature gets bumped to a 
> different release, that’s just how things go in software.
> 
> 3. JMS 3.1/2.0 features 
> 
>  => I think we push receiveBody()/deliveryDelay to v6.4.0. My PR with 
> delivery delay is the closest to ship, but there is little value in getting 
> that one out as the ActiveMQ scheduler is already has more features. 
> 
> 4. v6.4.0 in September/October
> 
>  => Sounds good. With Jetty 12 and Spring 7 in we are largely unblocked on 
> major things and can rapidly iterate going forward.
> 
> Thanks!
> Matt
> 
>> On Jul 16, 2026, at 8:02 AM, Jean-Baptiste Onofré <[email protected]> wrote:
>> 
>> That works for me. We just have to be careful to what we communicate to the
>> community.
>> 
>> We should not announce any commitment before it’s actually done.
>> 
>> I know we have been side tracked with security improvements, etc.
>> 
>> I propose to simply remove the target version from the website and update
>> the message to the community when a feature is done.
>> 
>> Regards
>> JB
>> 
>> Le jeu. 16 juil. 2026 à 14:57, Christopher Shannon <
>> [email protected]> a écrit :
>> 
>>> Hi JB,
>>> 
>>> So to be honest, I don't remember the state that stuff is in because
>>> essentially the only thing anyone has worked on the last few months is
>>> security fixes because of all the AI generated reports (just like the
>>> rest of the open source world). The schedule was created before all of
>>> that hit so I think we will need to adjust it.
>>> 
>>> I've been thinking about it and I think at this point my preference is
>>> to not put anything else into 6.3.0 and just focus on testing and
>>> making sure what's there is good for release. I think we can just
>>> update the release notes and schedule and let people know that 6.3.0
>>> focuses on Jetty 12 and Spring upgrades and 6.4.0, 6.5.0 etc will
>>> resume adding features for Jakarta messaging.
>>> 
>>> We could probably target a September/October time frame (a lot of
>>> people have time off in August) for a 6.4.0 release and that can focus
>>> on some new features such as ReceieBody and DeliveryDelay
>>> 
>>> Chris
>>> 
>>> On Thu, Jul 16, 2026 at 7:47 AM Jean-Baptiste Onofré <[email protected]>
>>> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> Hi
>>>> 
>>>> It sounds good to me, and it was the plan (remember the discussion
>>>> about regular release pace).
>>>> However, OSGi support is currently broken and needs a fix. I will
>>>> implement a fix for that very soon.
>>>> 
>>>> I would suggest that we include at least one new JMS 3 feature: maybe,
>>>> if we have time, we should review
>>>> https://github.com/apache/activemq/pull/1543 (I think it's in a good
>>>> shape but needs reviews).
>>>> 
>>>> In the JMS 3 support
>>>> (https://activemq.apache.org/components/classic/documentation/jms2),
>>>> we said that 6.3.0 should contain:
>>>> - DeliveryDelay: we have an issue about that but no work started. I
>>>> suggest updating the page/issue to 6.4.0.
>>>> - ReceiveBody: it's planned for 6.4.0, but I started. I'm fine to keep
>>>> 6.4.0 as target, but worth to consider for 6.3.0.
>>>> 
>>>> So,
>>>> 1. Agree for 6.3.0 next week
>>>> 2. I will update the JMS3 support page
>>>> 
>>>> Regards
>>>> JB
>>>> 
>>>> On Thu, Jul 16, 2026 at 1:05 AM Matt Pavlovich <[email protected]>
>>> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> Hey all-
>>>>> 
>>>>> With the Jetty 12 migration complete and merged, we are unblocked to
>>> start winding down the change set for v6.3.0 release.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Highlights:
>>>>> Jakarta EE 11 alignment
>>>>> Jetty 12
>>>>> Spring 7
>>>>> Virtual Threads
>>>>> .. a large pile of other features and fixes
>>>>> 
>>>>> Please have all feature changes in by the end of the week, so we can
>>> start finalizing reviews and merges.
>>>>> 
>>>>> This is a big one, so we’ll need a bit more time to ensure
>>> documentation and review.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Thanks!
>>>>> Matt Pavlovich
>>>>> 
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