jbang Files

A quick release to mainly fix two regressions in the Aesh move + various fixes/cleanups.

• --runtime-option with space separator works again — --runtime-option -Dfoo=bar was broken since 0.139.3, now fixed via aesh 3.16.5 (#2607)
• Comma-delimited deps in config restored — run.deps=a,b in jbang.properties was passed as a single GAV instead of being split; fixed upstream in aesh 3.16.5 (#2607)
• Markdown scripts with main methods now build correctly (#2592)
• Local artifacts loaded asynchronously — faster startup when local deps are present (#2595)
• DomTrip-based POM parsing — more robust and round-trip-safe POM handling (#2526)
• Quarkus version upgraded to resolve JBoss Threads library warning (#2591)
• CVE-2025-67030 resolved (#2476)

Refactoring

• ExitException moved out of cli package — now lives in dev.jbang with factory methods (ExitException.invalidInput(...), etc.) and exit code constants. Old constants in BaseCommand remain as deprecated delegates. This clears the path for a future jbang-core library split (#2602)

Dependency Updates

• aesh → 3.16.5
• SLF4J → 2.x
• JUnit BOM → 5.14.4
• Hamcrest → 3.0
• Gradle → 8.14.5
• Java toolchain → 21.0.11-tem
• Maven/Gradle export wrappers updated

Changelog

🐛 Fixes

• 57ebb47 fix: update aesh to 3.16.5 to fix --runtime-option space separator and comma-delimited deps from config (#2607)
• d68dc18 fix: resolves mutation warning (#2545)
• b92da09 fix(deps): update slf4j monorepo to v2 (#2500)
• 14c4b29 fix: resolves CVE-2025-67030 (#2476)
• c90c8a9 fix(deps): update dependency org.junit:junit-bom to v5.14.4 (#2489)
• 7c80171 fix: upgrade Quarkus version to resolve JBoss Threads library warning… (#2591)
• 1964736 fix: Use DomTrip for POM parsing (#2526)
• 0bda4a3 fix: build markdown scripts with main methods (#2592)
• 4d4158a fix: load local artifacts asynchronously (#2595)

🔄️ Changes

• b3d1b30 refactor: move ExitException and exit codes out of cli package (#2602)

🧰 Tasks

• 0e06dcc chore(deps): update Java to 21.0.11-tem (#2604)
• c90471d chore(deps): update Maven and Gradle wrappers used by jbang export {maven,gradle} (#2605)
• e387b36 chore(deps): update plugin org.gradle.toolchains.foojay-resolver-convention to v1 (#2495)
• e037c41 chore(deps): update hamcrest to version 3.0 (#2424)
• 00c7476 chore(deps): update Gradle to 8.14.5 (#2470)
• e56cbac chore(deps): update docker/login-action digest to c94ce9f (#2487)
• 438550c chore(deps): update github/codeql-action digest to 99df26d (#2488)

🛠 Build

• 3049c79 build: remove unused task-tree plugin (#2603)

• d56044d [minor] release

Contributors

We'd like to thank the following people for their contributions: Arnab Nandy, GitHub, Max Rydahl Andersen, Mend Renovate, Tamas Cservenak, Werner Fouché