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commit 0453aedf4fa7971fd847ad329b85bb381cefa360 Author: Claus Ibsen <[email protected]> AuthorDate: Mon Nov 3 10:17:05 2025 +0100 Camel 4.16 whats new --- .../blog/2025/11/camel416-whatsnew/featured.png | Bin 0 -> 243818 bytes content/blog/2025/11/camel416-whatsnew/index.md | 65 +++++++++++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 65 insertions(+) diff --git a/content/blog/2025/11/camel416-whatsnew/featured.png b/content/blog/2025/11/camel416-whatsnew/featured.png new file mode 100644 index 00000000..a9a95d3b Binary files /dev/null and b/content/blog/2025/11/camel416-whatsnew/featured.png differ diff --git a/content/blog/2025/11/camel416-whatsnew/index.md b/content/blog/2025/11/camel416-whatsnew/index.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..f1c55f0b --- /dev/null +++ b/content/blog/2025/11/camel416-whatsnew/index.md @@ -0,0 +1,65 @@ +--- +title: "Apache Camel 4.16 What's New" +date: 2025-11-05 +draft: false +authors: [ davsclaus] +categories: [ "Releases" ] +preview: "Details of what we have done in the Camel 4.16 release." +--- + +Apache Camel 4.16 has just been [released](/blog/2025/11/RELEASE-4.16.0/). + +This release introduces a set of new features and noticeable improvements that we will cover in this blog post. + +## Camel Core + +## Camel JBang + +## Camel Spring Boot + +`camel-spring-boot` is upgraded to the latest Spring Boot 3.5.7 release. + +Camel now works again with JDK17 on Spring Boot (was not working in previous 4.15 release). + +## Java 25 + +We continue to prepare the code-base for the upcoming Java 25 release. However, this release does +not officially support Java 25, but we are not aware of any issues (feedback is welcome). +We will work on official Java 25 support in the following releases. + +There are some 3rd-party libraries that are not yet Java 25 compatible, and we are waiting for those +to release compatible versions. + +## Miscellaneous + +Upgraded many third-party dependencies to the latest releases at the time of release. + +## New Components + +- `camel-ibm-cos` - Store and retrieve objects from IBM Cloud Object Storage. +- `camel-ibm-watson-discovery` - Perform document understanding and search using IBM Watson Discovery +- `camel-ibm-watson-language` - Perform natural language processing using IBM Watson Natural Language Understanding +- `camel-pqc` - Encrypt and decrypt messages using Post-Quantum Cryptography Key Encapsulation Mechanisms (KEM). + +## Upgrading + +Make sure to read the [upgrade guide](/manual/camel-4x-upgrade-guide-4_15.html) if you are upgrading from a previous +Camel version. + +If you are upgrading from, for example, 4.4 to 4.8, then make sure to follow the upgrade guides for each release +in-between, i.e. +4.4 -> 4.5, 4.5 -> 4.6, and so forth. + +The Camel Upgrade Recipes tool can also be used to automate upgrading. +See more at: https://github.com/apache/camel-upgrade-recipes + +## Release Notes + +You can find additional information about this release in the list of resolved JIRA tickets: + +- [Release notes 4.16](/releases/release-4.16.0/) + +## Roadmap + +The following 4.17 release is planned for January 2026. +
