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Gradle @gradle.com · 9h

The new #Develocity #IntelliJ plugin's Live Build Timeline helps you find issues like a faulty input file configuration causing redundant test tasks to run every time.

This fix took the build from 18s to just 1s!

https://gradle.com/blog/develocity-intellij-plugin-speed-up-gradle-builds-insights/

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Gradle @gradle.com · 1d

What the #Gradle team is doing to help prevent your builds from becoming part of the #Maven Central problem ⬇️

"Good Neighbors 🤝 How to Reduce Maven Central Traffic from Gradle Builds"

https://blog.gradle.org/maven-central-mirror

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Gradle @gradle.com · 5d

📣 #Gradle 9.2.0 RC1 is out and ready for testing! 🔬

https://docs.gradle.org/9.2.0-rc-1/release-notes.html

Bug fixes and…

💾 Windows #ARM64 support
🔧 Improved publishing APIs
💡 Better guidance for dependency verification failures

Please report any 🐛 on #GitHub!

Gradle 9.2.0-rc-1 Release Notes

We are excited to announce Gradle 9.2.0-rc-1.

docs.gradle.org

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Gradle @gradle.com · 6d

From the #Gradle community 👉 👉 👉

Martin Bonnin shares his thoughts on the separation of concerns for your Gradle plugins!

https://mbonnin.net/2025-08-24_isolation_101/

Classloader isolation 101

Separation of concerns for your Gradle plugins

mbonnin.net

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Gradle @gradle.com · 7d

ICYMI, the official #Gradle #Docker image is now under our direct care. 🎉

This means you can count on it to be fully aligned with our releases and to get timely updates for your containerized builds and CI/CD pipelines!

Read more 👉 👉 👉
https://blog.gradle.org/docker-image-ownership

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Gradle @gradle.com · 7d

Good news!

#Google has announced optimized resource shrinking in the latest #Android #Gradle Plugin 🎉

https://www.infoq.com/news/2025/09/android-optimized-R8/

Google Brings Optimized Resource Shrinking in Latest Android Gradle Plugin

The latest version of the Android Gradle Plugin (AGP) introduces an optimized resource-shrinking approach that unifies code optimization and resource shrinking, achieving up to 50% reduction in app si...

www.infoq.com

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Gradle @gradle.com · 20d

🚀 Big news for the #Gradle community! We're excited to share that we now officially maintain the Gradle image on #Docker Hub 👉

https://blog.gradle.org/docker-image-ownership

Try it out:

```bash
docker pull gradle:latest
```

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Gradle @gradle.com · 20d

📣 #Gradle 9.1.0 is out!

https://docs.gradle.org/9.1.0/release-notes.html

Bug fixes and…

☕ Full #Java25 support
🔧 Native task graph visualization
💼 Enhanced console output

Please report any 🐛 on GitHub!

Gradle 9.1.0 Release Notes

We are excited to announce Gradle 9.1.0.

docs.gradle.org

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Gradle @gradle.com · 21d

It’s the final countdown!

⏱️ We’re T-7 days from #DPESummit 2025. Join #DPE and #DevEx experts and innovators as we come together to redefine what’s possible in the age of #AI.

It’s all happening at The Midway in San Francisco—Sep 23-24!

Just a few final 🎟️ left at: http://dpe.org/dpe-summit

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Gradle @gradle.com · 22d

📣 #Gradle 9.1.0 RC4 is out and ready for testing 🔬

https://docs.gradle.org/9.1.0-rc-4/release-notes.html

Bug fixes and…

☕ Full #Java25 support
🔧 Native task graph visualization
💼 Enhanced console output

Please report any 🐛 on GitHub!

Gradle 9.1.0-rc-4 Release Notes

We are excited to announce Gradle 9.1.0-rc-4.

docs.gradle.org

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Gradle @gradle.com · 27d

From the #Gradle Community:

"Parallel Bits - Which Parts of Gradle Run in Parallel", from the knowledgable @liutikas.net 🫶

www.liutikas.net/2025/07/29/P...

Parallel Bits - Which Parts of Gradle Run in Parallel

By default, nearly the entire invocation of Gradle is done serially, but there are ways to make it partially parallel.

www.liutikas.net

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Trisha Gee @trishagee.bsky.social · Jul 31

I've been thinking about troubleshooting test and build failures for quite a while now, and my conclusion is "it's hard". I'm happy that @gradle.com has added a new feature to Develocity that makes it less hard. Find out more

#DeveloperProductivity #Troubleshooting

www.youtube.com/watch?v=oEAr...

Stop SIFTING and SAVE TIME with Test Failures AI Grouping! Quick Develocity AI Demo

YouTube video by Gradle

www.youtube.com

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Aurimas Liutikas @liutikas.net · Aug 18

I will be presenting at @gradle.com hosted #dpesummit2025 in SF in September. I'd love to chat there if you'll be attending!

dpe.org/sessions/aur...

#gradle

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Brice Dutheil @bricedutheil.bsky.social · Aug 14

At last! @gradle.com 9.1 (still rc1) offers a "native" way to visualize the task graph with `--task-graph` !
(Also now runs on jdk 25)

docs.gradle.org/9.1.0-rc-1/r...

Gradle 9.1.0-rc-1 Release Notes

We are excited to announce Gradle 9.1.0-rc-1.

docs.gradle.org

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Gradle @gradle.com · Aug 14

📣 Gradle 9.1.0 RC1 is out and ready for testing! It includes bug fixes and…

☕ Full Java 25 support
🔧 Native task graph visualization
💼 Enhanced console output

Please report any 🐛 on GitHub!

docs.gradle.org/9.1.0-rc-1/r...

Gradle 9.1.0-rc-1 Release Notes

We are excited to announce Gradle 9.1.0-rc-1.

docs.gradle.org

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Gradle @gradle.com · Jul 29

The new release candidate for Gradle 9 is out! 🚀

We want to ship the final version soon, and we'd appreciate your feedback and any regression reports. docs.gradle.org/9.0.0-rc-4/r...

Gradle 9.0.0-rc-4 Release Notes

We are excited to announce Gradle 9.0.0-rc-4.

docs.gradle.org

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Shipyard @shipyard.build · Jul 17

shipping faster doesn't necessarily mean you're in a better place, esp when you don't have the right processes/pipelines

how can you keep a good dev pace while being confident your code is bug-free?

join Benjie and Erin at #DPESummit in SF and find out!

@gradle.com #DevEx #DX

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Gradle @gradle.com · Jun 23

Hi, thanks for reporting. The latest 2025.2 EAP builds will be enough, with the same flags as documented in declarative.gradle.org/docs/getting... . Note that @asciidwarf.bsky.social (me) is yet to test it :)

See the EAP version here - www.jetbrains.com/idea/nextver...

Early Access Program (EAP) - IntelliJ IDEA

Code-centric IDE, focused on your productivity. Full Java EE support, deep code understanding, best debugger, refactorings, everything right out of the box...

www.jetbrains.com

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Gradle @gradle.com · Jun 23

📣 #Gradle 9.0.0 RC1 is ready for testing!

🔧 Configuration Cache is the recommended execution mode
☕ Gradle requires Java 17+ to run
💼 Update to #Kotlin 2.1 and #Groovy 4.0
⚡ Improve Kotlin build script compilation avoidance

Please report any 🐛 on GitHub! docs.gradle.org/9.0.0-rc-1/r...

Gradle 9.0.0-rc-1 Release Notes

We are excited to announce Gradle 9.0.0-rc-1.

docs.gradle.org

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Brice Dutheil @bricedutheil.bsky.social · Jun 18

Very nice blog posts by Tony Robalik (@autonomousapps.bsky.social) on @gradle.com working, plugin authoring

dev.to/autonomousapps
#gradle

Tony Robalik — DEV Community Profile

I do software for a living.

dev.to

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𝙳𝚘𝚝𝚊𝚗 𝙷𝚘𝚛𝚘𝚟𝚒𝚝𝚜 ✈️ KCD Poland 🇵🇱 @horovits.bsky.social · Jun 12

Glad to see the #cloudnative project #GatewayAPI covered on stage @devoxxpl.bsky.social by @davinkevin.fr

@cncf.io #kubernetes @gradle.com

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Trisha Gee @trishagee.bsky.social · Jun 13

A couple of months ago, Hans (CEO of @gradle.com) started thinking about the impact GenAI will have on CD pipelines. I've been working with him and a bunch of talented folks at Gradle since then to outline the problems and our solutions to them. Check out our whitepaper

gradle.com/resources/eb...

GenAI Won't Replace Your Continuous Delivery Pipeline—It Will Stress It

Ready to harness the power of GenAI without disrupting your software delivery? Learn how to ensure reliable testing, maintain human oversight of AI code, optimize your continuous delivery pipelines, a...

gradle.com

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Gradle @gradle.com · Jun 11

FTR newsletter.gradle.org/2025/05#mave... . We also published the first recommendation pages on our side in cookbook.gradle.org/integrations...

May 2025 Gradle Newsletter

This month we’re excited to present the new Gradle Best Practices pages and the accepted GSoC projects. We also have updates on the Gradle 9 release and the changes to Maven Central publishing coming ...

newsletter.gradle.org

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DeezerDevs @deezerdevs.bsky.social · Jun 3

🛠️ Our Android teams just open-sourced a fast and simple tool to check for dependencies updates in a @gradle.com project: github.com/deezer/caupain

Feel free to check it out and file any issue if you need anything more!

GitHub - deezer/caupain: Your best buddy for keeping versions catalogs up to date!

Your best buddy for keeping versions catalogs up to date! - deezer/caupain

github.com

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Trisha Gee @trishagee.bsky.social · May 28

The awesome team at @gradle.com have taken my blog posts and Opinions about Flaky Tests and put them all together in a very wonderful white paper!

Whether you care about #FlakyTests or think you don't have them, there's something in here for you.

#DeveloperProductivity #TestAutomation

The Productive Developer’s Guide to Flaky Tests

Learn practical strategies for minimizing the negative impact of flaky tests and fostering a culture of test reliability.

gradle.com

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