Welcome to issue number two hundred and sixty-two of Hashtag Jakarta EE!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

The first Hashtag Jakarta EE of 2025, with more to come. I hope you enjoy these weekly updates of what’s happening in the community in general, and Jakarta EE in particular. Most of us are getting back to work next week, so there will be more to report in next week’s edition.

Getting the final pieces of the Jakarta EE 11 release wrapped up and shipped will be our main focus at the beginning of the year. But we will also start looking ahead and get started with the planning for Jakarta EE 12. We have created an EE12 label in the Jakarta EE Platform GitHub Issue tracker for features and improvements being discussed for Jakarta EE 12.