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commit 8740d26e796dd475a8fe3f17c4272489900722d1 Author: Claus Ibsen <[email protected]> AuthorDate: Wed Feb 18 16:33:08 2026 +0100 Whats new 4.18 blog. WIP. --- .../blog/2026/02/camel418-whatsnew/featured.png | Bin 0 -> 243818 bytes content/blog/2026/02/camel418-whatsnew/index.md | 52 +++++++++++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 52 insertions(+) diff --git a/content/blog/2026/02/camel418-whatsnew/featured.png b/content/blog/2026/02/camel418-whatsnew/featured.png new file mode 100644 index 00000000..a9a95d3b Binary files /dev/null and b/content/blog/2026/02/camel418-whatsnew/featured.png differ diff --git a/content/blog/2026/02/camel418-whatsnew/index.md b/content/blog/2026/02/camel418-whatsnew/index.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..c342f0e1 --- /dev/null +++ b/content/blog/2026/02/camel418-whatsnew/index.md @@ -0,0 +1,52 @@ +--- +title: "Apache Camel 4.18 What's New" +date: 2026-02-19 +draft: false +authors: [ davsclaus ] +categories: [ "Releases" ] +preview: "Details of what we have done in the Camel 4.18 LTS release." +--- + +Apache Camel 4.18 LTS has just been [released](/blog/2026/02/RELEASE-4.18.0/). + +This release introduces a set of new features and noticeable improvements that we will cover in this blog post. + +## New Components + +We have some new components to this release. + +- `camel-aws-security-hub` - Manage and interact with AWS Security Hub for security findings. +- `camel-aws2-comprehend` - Perform natural language processing using AWS Comprehend and AWS SDK version 2.x. +- `camel-aws2-polly` - Synthesize speech using AWS Polly and AWS SDK version 2.x. +- `camel-azure-functions` - Invoke and manage Azure Functions. +- `camel-github2` - Interact with the GitHub API. +- `camel-google-firestore` - Store and retrieve data from Google Cloud Firestore NoSQL database. +- `camel-ocsf` - Marshal and unmarshal OCSF (Open Cybersecurity Schema Framework) security events to/from JSON. +- `camel-ibm-watsonx-ai` - Interact with IBM watsonx.ai foundation models for text generation, chat, camel-embeddings, and more. +- `camel-mina-sftp` - Upload and download files to/from SFTP servers using Apache MINA SSHD. + +## Upgrading + +Make sure to read the [upgrade guide](/manual/camel-4x-upgrade-guide-4_18.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 4.18](/releases/release-4.18.0/) + +## Roadmap + +The next 4.19 release is planned in April. + +The goal of that release is to migrate to Spring Boot v4, however all together +there will be related work to be done in upcoming release to get all of this aligned. +
