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Gradle @gradle.com · 4h

🚫 Duplicate dependencies in your build? You might be asking for trouble… 😬

The fix? Let Gradle help you spot and squash them before they cause trouble.

Learn how to detect and prevent them: 📘 https://docs.gradle.org/current/userguide/best_practices_dependencies.html#avoid_duplicate_dependencies

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Gradle @gradle.com · 1d

The first wave of #DPESummit videos are available on dpe.org!

Watch the 5 keynote sessions from 3 weeks ago, featuring:

Hans Dockter - #Gradle
Brian Houck - #Microsoft
Nachiappan Nagappan - #Meta
Max Kanat-Alexander - #CapitalOne
Vic Iglesias - #Netflix

More soon! ❤️
https://dpe.org/sessions/

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Gradle @gradle.com · 2d

The free #Develocity #IntelliJ plugin helps you diagnose real problems...

Like unnecessary test re-execution 🙄

Read more pinpoint a hidden performance issue using the #google/#ksp repository as an example:

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

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Gradle @gradle.com · 6d

🎉 🎉

#Gradle Build Tool has reached 60+ million downloads / month!

🎉 🎉

Thanks to our tireless engineers and vibrant community for helping reach this milestone ❤️

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Gradle @gradle.com · 7d

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 · 8d

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 · 12d

📣 #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 · 13d

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 · 14d

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 · 14d

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 · 27d

🚀 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 · 27d

📣 #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 · 28d

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 · 29d

📣 #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 · Sep 11

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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