1.36.0

• enhancement - Experimental support for using javac as the compiler. See #3558, JLS#3167.
  • java.jdt.ls.javac.enabled: Enables Javac-based compilation.
    • Requires running with Java 23. Make sure to use java.jdt.ls.java.home for this.
    • Defaults to off
  • java.completion.engine: Select code completion engine. (ecj or dom)
    • Requires java.jdt.ls.javac.enabled to be on
    • Defaults to ecj
• enhancement - Automatically add /// on new line when editing Markdown comments (JEP 467). See #3801.
• bug fix - Re-enable dynamic code actions by fixing the URI comparison. See #3792.
• bug fix - Intermittent failures to suggest Java core packages for completion & code actions. See #3797.
• bug fix - java.diagnostic.filter is broken on Windows. See JLS#3290.
• bug fix - Type declaration snippets should respect java.templates.typeComment. See JLS#3295.
• bug fix - Linux release package files have excessive permissions. See JLS#3293.
• bug fix - Remove Dependency Analytics extension from being recommended. See #3804.
• bug fix - Update embedded lombok library name to reflect actual version. See #3833.
• dependencies - Use Node 20 in release-job only. See #3809.

1.35.1

• bug fix - Dynamic code actions fail on Windows. See #3780.

1.35.0

• performance - Consider token to limit the chains that are searched. See JLS#2835.
• enhancement - Provide support for Java 23. See #3774.
• enhancement - Show decompiled content directly on opened .class file. See #3759.
• enhancement - Support dynamic code actions through LSP snippet syntax. See #3686.
• enhancement - Introduce new type mismatch quickfix for constructor invocations. See #3040.
• enhancement - Control scope for search operations (eg. references, call hierarchy, workspace symbols). See #2649.
• enhancement - Add "Organize Imports" as a clean up. See #3764.
• bug fix - Import Gradle project via. Buildship if Gradle Build Server is not available. See JLS#3245.
• bug fix - Copy/paste will not escape content within String literal when code has error. See #3761.
• bug fix - Respect unwantedRecommendations. See #3767.
• dependencies - Bump webpack from 5.76.0 to 5.94.0. See #3756.
• dependencies - Update vscode-redhat-telemetry to 0.9.0. See #3778.

1.34.0

• enhancement - Support custom source file extensions through files.associations. See #3731.
• enhancement - Add telemetry for detecting language server running out of memory. See #3743.
• bug fix - Fix ClassCastException for the file paste event. See JLS#3239.
• bug fix - Invalid code actions suggested on deletion of a file. See #3663.
• bug fix - Better handling when file path contains non-ASCII characters. See #3735.
• bug fix - Add Gradle 8.8 to compatibility check. See JLS#3212.
• documentation - Fix stale reference in "Quick Start". See #3741.

1.33.0

• performance - Clean up invalid projects during initialization to prevent build cycles. See #3639.
• enhancement - Expose source actions via. the code action (light bulb) menu. See #3714.
• enhancement - Use java.diagnostic.filter to exclude files from the "Problems" tab. See #2150.
• enhancement - Clear out-of-date files under extension's global storage. See #2597.
• enhancement - Add support for callees based on implementors for call hierarchy. See JLS#2780.
• bug fix - Links to classes do not appear in completion documentation. See #3697.
• bug fix - Add tag property to better track kinds of stacktrace errors of interest. See #3720.
• dependencies - Target platform update resulting in loss of support for Java versions older than 1.8. See JLS#3227.

1.32.0

• performance - Ensure every null analysis annotation has a value defined when enabled. See #3387.
• enhancement - Add final to "Extract to local variable" quick assist if requested. See #3308.
• bug fix - Fix issues with the Lombok annotation handler. See #3561.
• bug fix - Revalidate project files after classpath changes when autobuild is off. See JLS#3155.
• bug fix - Code completion fails with classes that are permitted by a sealed class. See #3636.
• bug fix - Perform verification on pipe name when transport kind is default. See #3680.
• bug fix - Some code actions may fail to resolve when machine's processor count too low. See JLS#3180.
• bug fix - Support the import of multi-folder Gradle projects with same name. See JLS#1743.
• bug fix - Autobuild setting should be respected on initialization. See JLS#3176.
• bug fix - Improve chain completion by waiting for either "main" or "context" chains. See JLS#2730.
• bug fix - Report only one instance of a logged error through telemetry. See JLS#3190.
• build - Fix NPE when using 'Launch Extension - JDTLS Client' to local debug extension. See #3677.

1.31.0

• performance - Create the default project only when it is necessary. See #3452.
• performance - Improve order of operations when importing multi-module Maven projects. See #3637.
• enhancement - Support delegate API to retrieve/update active profiles of Maven projects. See JLS#3158.
• enhancement - Support delegate API for updating Java project options. See JLS#3162.
• bug fix - Fix indentation for new line preceded by comma. See #3396.
• bug fix - Support document paste across older versions of VS Code. See #3631.
• bug fix - Fall back to stdio transport if pipe is likely to fail. See #3649.
• bug fix - Switch expression on a boolean value does not report error. See JLS#3141.
• bug fix - Only clean default project when building workspace if it exists. See JLS#3153.
• bug fix - Avoid sending an "empty" (lacking project data) startup event. See #3655.
• dependencies - Update vscode-redhat-telemetry to 0.8.0. See #3659.

1.30.0

• enhancement - Add final to new declarations generated from code actions. See #3586.
• bug fix - Change default client/server transport from stdio to pipe. See #3587.
• bug fix - Qualifier of workspace symbol search should be wildcard search. See JLS#3134.
• bug fix - Fix the document paste handling provider for VS Code 1.88.0. See #3568.
• bug fix - Clear active build tool selection after cleaning the language server workspace of mixed Maven/Gradle project. See #3567.
• bug fix - Static imports with wildcard should resolve all elements. See #3564.
• bug fix - Language Server fails to start with multiple --add-exports in java.jdt.ls.vmargs. See #3577.
• bug fix - Make java.import.gradle.user.home scope machine-overridable. See #3569.
• bug fix - Disable automatic handling of workspace/willRenameFiles. See #3565.
• build - Fix tests in release workflow. See #3562.

1.29.0

• enhancement - Provide support for Java 22. See #3538.
• enhancement - Simplify the server status item click action & add contribution point. See #3537, #3548, #3546.
• enhancement - Add setting to group completion items representing overloaded methods together. See #3492.
• enhancement - Renaming primary type declaration should update source file name on save. See #3408.
• enhancement - Support updating whole classpath of the project in delegate commands. See JLS#3098.
• enhancement - Open output channel as well when opening logs. See #3531.
• enhancement - Read the server logs in order to discover early startup log messages. See JLS#3106.
• enhancement - Report errors of type dtree.ObjectNotFoundException as java.ls.error. See #3509.
• bug fix - Signature help should display all overloaded methods. See JLS#3052.
• bug fix - Fix issues with Unnamed classes (Java 21) (reference computation, code actions, compilation). See JLS#3069, JLS#3089, JLS#3090.
• bug fix - Record Patterns may cause VerifyError. See #3479.
• bug fix - Support list of patterns in case statements (Java 21). See JLS#3043.
• bug fix - Allow methods, inherited fields, inherited methods for Generate toString() code action. See #2639.
• bug fix - Update Buildship to 3.1.10, which fixes "Marker property value is too long". See JLS#2424.
• bug fix - Set the nullUncheckedConversion setting to be ignored by default. See #3501.
• bug fix - Fix NPE when fetching the classpath of the project. See JLS#3115.
• dependencies - Bump follow-redirects from 1.15.4 to 1.15.6. See #3534.
• build - Adopt the Lombok 1.18.32 release. See #3543.
• build - Update various GitHub reusable workflows to v4. See #3519.
• build - Update release version regular expression for bump-jdk workflow. See #3552.

1.28.1

• enhancement - Unnamed classes & instance main methods (Java 21) preview support. See JLS#3042.
• enhancement - Add support for activating cleanup actions through keyboard shortcut. See #3424.
• enhancement - Jump to specific position of .class when clicking on Javadoc link. See #3490.
• bug fix - Fix startup failure on macOS (x64) 10.15 or older. See #3484.
• bug fix - Support Gradle 8.5 with Java 21. See #3470.