9.4.3

Changed

• Update dependencies for resolving CVEs. (#2069)

9.4.2

Changed

• Update jdependency to support Java 27. (#2033)

8.3.11

Warning

Only Gradle 9 support is being backported to this version. No additional features or crucial bug fixes will be included in the 8.x line. Please migrate to Shadow 9 as soon as possible.

Changed

• Update jdependency to support Java 27. (#2040)

Deprecated

• Deprecate KnowsTask, it will be removed in the next major release. (#1957)

Fixed

• Fix compatibility with Isolated Projects. (#1947)
• Fix interaction with Gradle artifact transforms. (#1949)
• Fix Log4j2PluginsCacheFileTransformer not working for merging Log4j2Plugins.dat files. (#1955)

9.4.1

Changed

• Update Kotlin to 2.3.20. (#1978)

9.4.0

Added

• Support Isolated Projects. (#1139)

Changed

• Allow opting out of adding shadowJar into assemble lifecycle. (#1939)

  shadow {
    // Disable making `assemble` task depend on `shadowJar`. This is enabled by default.
    addShadowJarToAssembleLifecycle = false
  }

• Stop catching ZipException when writing entries. (#1970)

Fixed

• Fix interaction with Gradle artifact transforms. (#1345)
• Fix skipStringConstants per-relocator behavior in mapName. (#1968)
• Fix failing for non-existent class directories. (#1976)

9.3.2

Changed

• Stop moving gradleApi dependency from api to compileOnly for Gradle 9.4+. (#1919)
• Log warnings for duplicates in the final JAR. (#1931)

Fixed

• Fix relocation patterns not included in task fingerprint. (#1933)

8.3.10

Warning

Only Gradle 9 support is being backported to this version. No additional features or crucial bug fixes will be included in the 8.x line. Please migrate to Shadow 9 as soon as possible.

Changed

• Stop using start script templates bundled in Shadow. (#1750)
• Update ASM and jdependency to support Java 26. (#1810)

Fixed

• Fix resolving BOM dependencies when minimize is enabled. (#1638)
• Use ASM from jdependency embedded. (#1898)
  This fixes potential classpath conflicts when using Shadow with other plugins that also use ASM.

9.3.1

Fixed

• Use ASM from jdependency embedded. (#1898)
  This fixes potential classpath conflicts when using Shadow with other plugins that also use ASM.

9.3.0

Added

• Add PatternFilterableResourceTransformer to simplify pattern based ResourceTransformers. (#1849)
• Expose patternSet of ServiceFileTransformer as public. (#1849)
• Expose patternSet of ApacheLicenseResourceTransformer as public. (#1850)
• Expose patternSet of ApacheNoticeResourceTransformer as public. (#1850)
• Expose patternSet of PreserveFirstFoundResourceTransformer as public. (#1855)
• Support overriding output path of ApacheNoticeResourceTransformer. (#1851)
• Add new merge strategy Fail to PropertiesFileTransformer. (#1856)
• Add FindResourceInClasspath task to help with debugging issues with merged duplicate resources. (#1860)
• Add MergeLicenseResourceTransformer. (#1858)
• Add DeduplicatingResourceTransformer to deduplicate on path and content. (#1859)
• Support disabling Kotlin module metadata remapping. (#1875)

  tasks.shadowJar {
    // Disable remapping of Kotlin module metadata (`.kotlin_module`) files. This is enabled by default.
    enableKotlinModuleRemapping = false
  }

Changed

• Change the group of startShadowScripts from application to other. (#1797)
• Update ASM and jdependency to support Java 26. (#1799)
• Bump min Gradle requirement to 9.0.0. (#1801)
• Deprecate PreserveFirstFoundResourceTransformer.resources. (#1855)
• Make the output of PropertiesFileTransformer reproducible. (#1861)
• Deprecate ShadowCopyAction. (#1876)
  It should not be used as a public API. Will be made internal in a future release.

Fixed

• Fix Develocity integration when Isolated Projects enabled. (#1836)

9.2.2

Fixed

• Fix the regression of registering ShadowJar tasks without ShadowPlugin applied. (#1787)