I think that's a good idea. The environments Cayenne is most likely to be used in benefit greatly from Java 21's Virtual Threads, so it wouldn't surprise me if that is what most will be targeting.
On Thu, May 7, 2026 at 12:51 PM Andrus Adamchik <[email protected]> wrote: > Another heads up. I think we need to bump up Cayenne 5.0 to Java 21 from > 11: > > 1. J11 is quickly becoming a problem (e.g., we are building an MCP server, > and MCP SDK requires J17) > 2. The final release is still some time away (a year or more). By then J11 > will even more of an ancient history > 3. 4.2.x still works fine on Java 8, 11 or newer > > Of course everyone's feedback is welcome. > > Andrus > >
