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Isolated Projects reaches incubating — Gradle's parallel-configuration bet gets a version number

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◆Current state
Gradle is deep into the 9.7.0 release-candidate cycle, now at RC3, with three milestone builds preceding it. The headline across the whole line is that Isolated Projects graduates from experiment to incubating, joined by broader Configuration Cache compatibility and richer source locations in problem reports.
◆Where it's heading
The 9.x line is a sustained push on configuration-time performance: Configuration Cache hit rates improved through 9.6, and 9.7 promotes the feature that lets projects configure in parallel and in isolation. Each release cycle runs milestone builds into three RCs, so the feature set is locked early and the RCs are stabilisation only.
◆Prediction
Expect 9.7.0 final to ship with the same three highlights unchanged, followed by 9.8 milestones continuing the Isolated Projects rollout toward stable.

◆Recent moves

  1. 1d ago

    9.7.0 RC3

    The third RC restates the same three 9.7.0 highlights and adds another round of contributor fixes. At this point in the cycle the feature set is frozen and the work is stabilisation.

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  2. 6d ago

    9.7.0 RC2

    RC2 carries the identical highlight list to RC1 with a slightly expanded contributor roll, which is the signature of a bugfix-only candidate.

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  3. 19d ago

    Gradle 9.7 RC1: Isolated Projects graduates to incubating

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    The first candidate to announce that Isolated Projects graduates to incubating, alongside broader Configuration Cache compatibility. This is where the 9.7 feature set becomes public; the later RCs only restate it.

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  4. 27d ago

    9.7.0-M3 milestone: cut point for RC1

    A milestone build whose only listed change is preparing the RC1 release notes. It marks the cut point into the candidate cycle rather than containing work of its own.

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  5. 1mo ago

    9.7.0-M2 milestone: feature preview for graph orderings

    A milestone carrying a single feature preview for enhanced graph orderings — early plumbing that has not yet surfaced in the release highlights.

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  6. 1mo ago

    9.7.0-M1 milestone: Isolated Projects integration tests enabled

    A milestone whose listed change is enabling the remaining Isolated Projects integration tests — test infrastructure preceding the feature's promotion two releases later.

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