News: GlassFish 8.0.0 with Jakarta EE 11 is out

[Ondro Mihályi]

Hello, fellow Jakarta EE community and ambassadors,

As a GlassFish committer, I'd like to share that the final version of Eclipse GlassFish 8 is here. Maybe you noticed earlier, as It was released on 5 February 2026.

I'd like to share some existing articles with you about this new release:

• An article at InfoQ: https://www.infoq.com/news/2026/02/glassfish-8-released/
• Official announcement by OmniFish: https://omnifish.ee/glassfish-8-released-enterprise-grade-java-redefined/
• A little more personal post from me at Foojay.io: https://foojay.io/today/glassfish-8-is-here-with-jakarta-ee-11-virtual-threads-and-jakarta-data/

We in the GlassFish team would be glad if you try GlassFish 8 out and share your experience, either here via email, on any GlassFish project channel (https://glassfish.org/CONTRIBUTING.html) or raise an issue on Github (https://github.com/eclipse-ee4j/glassfish/issues)

All the best,

Ondro Mihalyi