Thank you for the heads up and for the good news in this front. Btw: (sorry for hijack) It could be a good opportunity to clean the pending infinispan removal that is waiting for review and merge the changes in pipeline otherwise it'll keep breaking the build as it explicit mention a component that is removed.
On Thu, Feb 12, 2026 at 9:58 AM, Yeser Amer <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Apache KIE community, > > Thanks to the Jijo Thomas K and Nithin R Krishnan work (thanks!!), we are > glad to announce we completed the Quarkus 3.27.2 and Spring Boot 3.5.10 > update (for the "backend" repos only, tooling will follow). The following > PRs are ready for review: > > - https://github.com/apache/incubator-kie-optaplanner/pull/3201 > - https://github.com/apache/incubator-kie-drools/pull/6575 > - https://github.com/apache/incubator-kie-kogito-runtimes/pull/4178 > - https://github.com/apache/incubator-kie-kogito-apps/pull/2298 > - https://github.com/apache/incubator-kie-kogito-examples/pull/2162 > > Those two framework upgrades are crucial for Apache KIE evolution and > maintenance, and to release a 10.2.0 version founded on a strong > foundation. Apache KIE currently relies on: > > - Quarkus 3.20.3, which will reach End-of-Life (EOL) at the end of March > [1]. > - Spring Boot 3.4.11 which already reached its OSS End-of-Life (EOL) in > December 2025 [2]. > > [1] https://endoflife.date/quarkus-framework > [2] https://endoflife.date/spring-boot > > Thank you >
