Lucee 8.0.0.294-RC available for testing

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Lucee 8.0.0.299-RC (RC2) is available for testing. It is a small update on top of 8.0.0.294-RC: a few fixes for problems found while testing RC1, and the bundled Mail extension is updated.

Changes since 8.0.0.294-RC

  • Extensions: installing or updating an extension that contains TLDs no longer fails with a NullPointerException (LDEV-6720).
  • Extensions: fixed a deadlock on Java 21 while the extensions were loading (LDEV-6812).
  • Core upgrade: the compiled classes (cfclasses) are purged again when you upgrade the core (LDEV-6723).
  • Configuration:
    • a legacy psq key inside dataSources in .CFConfig.json no longer breaks every datasource (LDEV-6751).
    • the server-level nullSupport setting is honoured for argument defaults when there is no Application.cfc (LDEV-6748).
    • dotNotationUpperCase in .CFConfig.json is honoured again (LDEV-6749).
    • checkForChanges reloads the config file again after it was changed outside Lucee (LDEV-6813).
  • Datasources: “Verify” in the Administrator uses the JDBC driver of the extension, which fixes the MSSQL datasource creation error (LDEV-6443).
  • Mail: the bundled Mail extension is now 1.1.0.24, which fixes the NoClassDefFoundError for org/apache/commons/text/WordUtils (LDEV-6593).

Thanks to everyone who tested RC1 and reported these.

Please test

Please try this RC with your applications and tell us how it went, here or in Jira. If you hit a problem on RC1, it’s worth checking whether it’s one of the above.

This RC soaks until Friday, 6 November 2026. If no regressions turn up by then, the final Lucee 8.0 release is planned for that day. A reported regression moves the date.