--- title: What’s New In The August 2026 Azul Payara Release? description: The August 2026 Payara release ships five simultaneous version lines. The headline is Azul Payara Community 7.2026.8, which previews the Jakarta Agentic AI... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/what-s-new-in-the-august-2026-azul-payara-release--mkdeh1bih twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: What’s New In The August 2026 Azul Payara Release? | daily.dev og:description: The August 2026 Payara release ships five simultaneous version lines. The headline is Azul Payara Community 7.2026.8, which previews the Jakarta Agentic AI... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/what-s-new-in-the-august-2026-azul-payara-release--mkdeh1bih og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/MKdeH1bIh.png og:image:alt: What’s New In The August 2026 Azul Payara Release? 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. # What’s New In The August 2026 Azul Payara Release? **[Foojay.io](https://daily.dev/sources/foojayio)** · 8 min read · 1 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary The August 2026 Payara release ships five simultaneous version lines. The headline is Azul Payara Community 7.2026.8, which previews the Jakarta Agentic AI 1.0.0-M1 specification (a vendor-neutral CDI-based API for building AI agents on Jakarta EE runtimes) and upgrades MicroProfile from 6.1 to 7.1. Enterprise lines 7, 6, and 5 gain gRPC support (runtime 1.83.1). A security advisory, GHSA-r7wm-3cxj-wff9, is patched across the 6, 5, and 4 lines, with two additional Jackson CVEs (CVE-2026-54512, CVE-2026-54513) closed on the 5 and 4 lines; the 7 line was never affected. Server and Micro 7.3.0 is the third monthly release on the Payara 7 line since its May GA, certified for Jakarta EE 11. Lines 6.41.0, 5.90.0, and 4.1.2.191.58 receive shared bug fixes, component upgrades, and Docker image refreshes appropriate to their supported JDK versions. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### What is Jakarta Agentic AI and how do I use it in Payara? Jakarta Agentic AI is a vendor-neutral specification for building AI agents on Jakarta EE runtimes, currently at draft Milestone 1 (1.0.0-M1). Agents are defined as CDI beans using @Agent, with a LargeLanguageModel injected like any other bean, @Trigger firing on CDI events, and @Decision, @Action, @Outcome modeling workflow steps. Azul Payara Community 7.2026.8 ships the first preview inside a Jakarta EE 11 runtime, with the API available on Maven Central. _Track how Jakarta Agentic AI evolves toward 1.0 before wiring agent workflows into a Jakarta EE app on daily.dev._ ### Does the GHSA-r7wm-3cxj-wff9 Jackson vulnerability affect Payara 7? No, the Payara 7 line was never affected by GHSA-r7wm-3cxj-wff9, a Jackson PolymorphicTypeValidator bypass. The fix is patched across Payara 6.41.0, 5.90.0, and 4.1.2.191.58, and the 5 and 4 lines additionally close two related Jackson CVEs, CVE-2026-54512 and CVE-2026-54513, which were already fixed on the 6 line in July. _Developers patching Jackson vulnerabilities across supported Payara branches can follow advisories like this on daily.dev._ ### What gRPC version does Payara Enterprise 5, 6, and 7 support now? All three Enterprise lines run gRPC 1.83.1, with the 5 line moving up from 1.56.1. gRPC support was added across the 7, 6, and 5 Enterprise releases in the same cycle, making it available from the oldest supported Enterprise line to the newest for high-throughput service-to-service calls, including AI inference and serving infrastructure. _Teams standardizing gRPC across mixed Payara versions can compare runtime changes like this on daily.dev._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [What’s New In The July 2026 Azul Payara Release?](https://daily.dev/posts/what-s-new-in-the-july-2026-azul-payara-release--nlvmb42ld) · Foojay.io · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [What’s New In The June 2026 Azul Payara Release?](https://daily.dev/posts/what-s-new-in-the-june-2026-azul-payara-release--ufxbpumq1) · Foojay.io · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [What's New in the May 2026 Payara Platform Release](https://daily.dev/posts/what-s-new-in-the-may-2026-payara-platform-release-cnklpivua) · Foojay.io · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Azul acquires enterprise Java middleware provider Payara](https://daily.dev/posts/azul-acquires-enterprise-java-middleware-provider-payara-qkets8w1k) · InfoWorld · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [A New Chapter for the Payara Community](https://daily.dev/posts/a-new-chapter-for-the-payara-community-cql91kp8q) · Foojay.io · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#java](https://daily.dev/tags/java), [#grpc](https://daily.dev/tags/grpc), [#jakarta-ee](https://daily.dev/tags/jakarta-ee) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/what-s-new-in-the-august-2026-azul-payara-release--mkdeh1bih) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"What’s New In The August 2026 Azul Payara Release?","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/what-s-new-in-the-august-2026-azul-payara-release--mkdeh1bih","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/what-s-new-in-the-august-2026-azul-payara-release--mkdeh1bih"},"datePublished":"2026-08-24T15:50:15.616Z","dateModified":"2026-09-14T07:18:48.828Z","description":"The August 2026 Payara release ships five simultaneous version lines. 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