Gradle is launching an initiative called Agentic Gradle, focused on making the build tool work better with AI coding agents: official Gradle skills that teach agents how to run and debug builds, a benchmarking framework to prove which changes actually help agents, and efforts to remove friction like token-wasteful interactions and human-oriented docs. As a tradeoff, the team deprioritized making Configuration Cache the default in Gradle 10, pushing that plan to Gradle 11 instead, while keeping Declarative Gradle and Isolated Projects as ongoing priorities. Configuration Cache remains available today via a manual gradle.properties flag and is recommended for new projects.
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Table of ContentsIntroductionWhat this looks like in practice #Real talk: what this cost #Why agents were worth the slot #What’s next #DiscussQuestions this post answers
Will Configuration Cache be the default in Gradle 10?
No, Gradle decided not to make Configuration Cache the default in Gradle 10, pushing that plan to Gradle 11 instead. The team prioritized its new Agentic Gradle initiative this cycle over the backward-compatibility work needed to flip the default safely. Configuration Cache itself is already stable and shipped, and can be enabled manually by setting org.gradle.configuration-cache=true in gradle.properties. Track how Gradle's Configuration Cache default timeline shifts by following build tooling updates on daily.dev.
How do I enable Gradle Configuration Cache manually before it becomes the default?
Add org.gradle.configuration-cache=true to your gradle.properties file. Configuration Cache is already stable and recommended as the first choice for new projects, and Gradle's advocacy team encourages turning it on now rather than waiting for it to become the default, since early adopters reportedly hit fewer surprises than those who wait for a forced migration. Developers tuning Gradle build performance can keep up with configuration cache guidance on daily.dev.
What is Gradle's Agentic Gradle initiative?
Agentic Gradle is a project focused on making Gradle work well with AI coding agents through three efforts: official Gradle skills that teach agents how to run and debug builds, a benchmarking framework to measure whether changes actually help agents, and friction-removal work like reducing token waste and making documentation and command-line output easier for agents to parse. Developers adopting AI coding agents in their build workflows can follow tooling shifts like this on daily.dev.
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