--- title: GraalVM 25: What's New and What's Next by Alina Yurenko description: GraalVM 25 introduces several notable features for native image compilation. ML-enabled profile inference (MLPGO) is now triggered automatically at the -O3... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/graalvm-25-what-s-new-and-what-s-next-by-alina-yurenko-gfbuoo9a0 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: GraalVM 25: What's New and What's Next by Alina Yurenko | daily.dev og:description: GraalVM 25 introduces several notable features for native image compilation. ML-enabled profile inference (MLPGO) is now triggered automatically at the -O3... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/graalvm-25-what-s-new-and-what-s-next-by-alina-yurenko-gfbuoo9a0 og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/GfBuoo9A0.png og:image:alt: GraalVM 25: What's New and What's Next by Alina Yurenko og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # GraalVM 25: What's New and What's Next by Alina Yurenko **[Devoxx](https://daily.dev/sources/devoxx)** · 46 min read · 1 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary GraalVM 25 introduces several notable features for native image compilation. ML-enabled profile inference (MLPGO) is now triggered automatically at the -O3 optimization level, providing significant throughput improvements in a single build step without requiring manual profiling runs. A new `--preserve` flag helps migrate legacy applications by instructing native image to include entire packages or modules without dead-code elimination. Security improvements include expanded SBOM generation options (including class-level SBOMs) and advanced obfuscation with a mapping file for debugging. Build reports now include a dynamic access report and flame graphs. Looking ahead, GraalVM is working on native image layers (incremental recompilation), Shenandoah GC support for native image, WebAssembly integration, and Project Kama — an open-world native image that supports loading new classes at runtime, breaking the traditional closed-world assumption. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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