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On Thu, Jun 25, 2026 at 12:19 AM Andrus Adamchik <[email protected]> wrote: > > As you see, this is a very long list of tasks. So let me highlight a few > important things: > > 1. Java 21+ is required > > 2. With the help of Claude Code polished the Modeler. While it generally > looks the same as before, active users will notice that a number of small > annoying UI/UX issues were fixed. BTW, if your own pet Modeler bug is not yet > addressed, please speak up. > > 3. Native support for AI-assisted development. This includes an MCP server > bundled with the Modeler that allows your favorite agent to (A) open your > project in the Modeler, (B) run DB Import, (C) run cgen. MCP works with any > agent of course. Additionally, there is a plugin for Claude Code with a > number of typical "skills". See the docs for details: > https://cayenne.apache.org/docs/5.0/cayenne-guide/agentic-coding/ And we'd > love feedback on this too. > > Andrus > > > > On Jun 24, 2026, at 4:24 PM, Michael Gentry <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Hi everyone, > > > > Cayenne 5.0 M2 has been released and includes a bundle of new features and > > bug fixes over 5.0 M1. We encourage 5.0 M1 users to try it out. > > > > Thanks, > > mrg > > > > > > Changes/New Features: > > > > CAY-2859 Redesign SelectById factory methods > > CAY-2873 Change Orderings.orderedList() to accept a Collection rather than > > a List > > CAY-2884 Upgrade gradle to 8.13 > > CAY-2893 Update velocity-engine-core dependency > > CAY-2897 Add no-op default implementations to the GraphChangeHandler > > interface > > CAY-2905 Upgrade Gradle to 8.14 > > CAY-2906 In-memory evaluation of `(not) exists` expressions > > CAY-2908 Review and upgrade dependencies > > CAY-2916 SelectById: unify logic for null/empty values > > CAY-2917 Add Qualifier Joins Before Depenent Table Joins > > CAY-2918 Remove OGNL Binding Architecture from CayenneModeler > > CAY-2920 Remove "Reengineer Database Schema" menu > > CAY-2922 Modeler: remove support for upgrading from file-based preferences > > CAY-2923 Modeler: Restore table cell editor borders > > CAY-2924 Move MapEvent and subclasses from the core to the Modeler > > CAY-2925 Remove "cayenne-modeler-maven-plugin" > > CAY-2927 Modeler: Better-looking "Update Entity Class Name" dialog > > CAY-2928 Modeler: remove floating log console modality > > CAY-2929 Modeler: Prefrences management UI > > CAY-2930 Modeler: remove "rename" button from DB Import toolbar > > CAY-2932 Remove "Generate Classes" menu > > CAY-2933 Modeler: DB Type Column Unreadable for Selected Rows > > CAY-2935 Upgrade Cayenne 5.0 to Java 21 > > CAY-2936 Add a placeholder MCP server to the Modeler distribution > > CAY-2937 Decommission "graph" Support > > CAY-2938 Modeler: prettier DB Import - part 1 > > CAY-2940 Upgrade to SLF4J version 2.0.17 > > CAY-2942 CayenneModeler MCP: cgen_run tool > > CAY-2943 CayenneModeler MCP: open_project tool > > CAY-2945 CayenneModeler universal "main" > > CAY-2946 Claude Code "plugin" for agentic coding with Cayenne > > CAY-2947 Merge "cayenne-commitlog" into the core > > CAY-2948 Modeler: use native FileDialog on Mac > > CAY-2953 Upgrade Gradle to 9.4.0 > > CAY-2955 Get rid of QueryEngine abstraction > > > > Bug Fixes: > > > > CAY-2701 MySQL DST-related LocalDateTime issues > > CAY-2836 ObjectSelect.selectCount() throws if a query contains ordering > > CAY-2860 Translate (not)in expression with empty values > > CAY-2863 DbEntity qualifiers are no longer applied to JOIN conditions > > CAY-2871 QualifierTranslator breaks on a relationship with a compound FK > > CAY-2872 CayenneModeler "Documentation" link is broken > > CAY-2876 Memory leak in the ObjectStore > > CAY-2879 Negative number for non parameterized ObjectSelect query not > > processed correctly > > CAY-2883 License and notice templates are not processed by the Gradle build > > CAY-2885 Modeler: DbImport fails to load DB schema view > > CAY-2887 Expressions: Incorrect serialization to string of numeric literals > > CAY-2889 Make subclassing a PK Generator easier > > CAY-2891 Expressions: incorrect SQL translation of the ASTNegate node with > > scalar argument > > CAY-2895 Incorrect Lazy Pagination Comparison for BigInteger PK > > CAY-2896 Inserting two identical objects into two datamaps stores both > > objects in the last used datamap > > CAY-2898 Crypto: NPE in a ColumnQuery > > CAY-2899 CommitLog: missing lifecycle-induced changes in > > `excludeFromTransaction` mode > > CAY-2900 Meaningful generated PKs could lead to the ClassCastException > > CAY-2901 Loosing comments on the existing ObjAttribute after DB import > > CAY-2902 Shared query cache clobbers newer object state > > CAY-2904 Disjoint prefetch returns incorrect data > > CAY-2914 Modeler: DB Import "Table Types" filter change does not refresh > > the schema tree > > CAY-2919 Exception in "Generate Database Schema" > > CAY-2921 Modeler: consistent duplicate name handling > > CAY-2926 Modeler: renaming an ObjEntity adds it to cgen excludeEntities > > CAY-2931 Modeler: default encoding detected as UTF8, should be UTF-8 > > CAY-2934 Modeler: dropdown data trunction > > CAY-2944 MergerTokenFactoryProvider does not resolve adapter subclasses > > CAY-2951 Newly reverse-engineered entities are excluded from CGen > > CAY-2952 Unstable project extension ordering >
