Jakarta Faces 5.0 (Under development)

Release for Jakarta EE 12

Jakarta Server Faces defines an MVC framework for building user interfaces for web applications, including UI components, state management, event handing, input validation, page navigation, and support for internationalization and accessibility.

A complete list of issues and pull requests for this version can be viewed using Faces 5.0 Milestone

Interested parties can join in the evolution/discussion in at least the following ways:

• Star the repository at https://github.com/jakartaee/faces
• Join the -dev list at https://accounts.eclipse.org/mailing-list/faces-dev
• Comment on the Faces issue tracker at https://github.com/jakartaee/faces/issues

New features, enhancements or additions

Currently suggested topics includes:

• All issues marked with EE12 without “remove legacy” in the Faces issue tracker

Removals, deprecations or backwards incompatible changes

• All issues marked with EE12 and “remove legacy” or “backwards incompatible” in the Faces issue tracker

TCK What will be changed or not changed in 5.0.

• We hope to get rid of the so-called “old” tests, which are tests using the javatest framework and Ant.
  • For this we will try the same approach as the platform TCK took to convert tests using an open rewrite script
• We will otherwise keep the testing structure intact, but may look at revising the distribution format into a binary only format (currently we ship as source, since it concerns maven modules)
• We will need to evaluate the current dependency of Selenium on the “system installed version of Chrome”. This is very troublesome, and we need to find some workaround for this.

Minimum Java SE Version

Java SE 21 or higher

Details

• Jakarta Faces 5.0 Release Record

Compatible Implementations

• [Mojarra 5.0.0] TBD

Ballots

Release Review

The Specification Committee Ballot is TBD.

Plan Review

The Specification Committee Ballot concluded successfully on 2025-04-09 with the following results.

The ballot was run in the jakarta.ee-spec mailing list