This is a patch release for 7.6. We recommend using 7.6.1 instead of 7.6.

It fixes the following issues:

• #19065 Platform dependencies not possible in dependency block of test suite plugin
• #22688 Increased memory usage (with -p option)
• #22796 Building gradle itself fails during toolchain download: permission denied copying a file within .gradle/jdks
• #22875 Regression with 7.6: @​pom artifact in JVM library project is no longer found
• #22937 Remove safe credentials reference
• #22973 Kotlin MPP plugin broken with Gradle 7.6 due to signature change in TestResultProcessor
• #23016 toolchainManagement.jvm.javaRepositories should not expose the full surface of NamedDomainObjectList
• #23025 Back-port toolchain related fixes to 7.6.1
• #23053 Auto-provisioning/auto-detection of IBM Semeru toolchains is broken with Gradle 7.6
• #23074 Docs: Build Lifecycle starts halfway through a point
• #23096 Classifiers of version catalog are discarded while copied to anothor dependency
• #23111 Ant closures are broken with Gradle 7.6
• #23178 Mention the Foojay Toolchain Resolver plugin in the Gradle manual
• #23215 Gradle 7.6: high memory usage (android project)
• #23224 Backport to 7.6.1 "Fix for Incremental compilation with modules"
• #23294 "Unable to make progress running work" together with --continue and failing tasks (Backport to 7.6.1)
• #23555 Improve Toolchain related deprecation nagging in 7.6
• #23894 Update EOL policy
• #23910 Backport trusting only full GPG keys in dependency verification [Backport 7.6.1]
• #23941 Typo in v7.6 docs about disabling_the_daemon
• #23985 Resolving of manually created configuration creates a ResolveException

Read the Release Notes

Upgrade Instructions

Switch your build to use Gradle 7.6.1 by updating your wrapper:

./gradlew wrapper --gradle-version=7.6.1

See the Gradle 7.x upgrade guide to learn about deprecations, breaking changes and other considerations when upgrading to Gradle 7.6.1.

Reporting Problems

If you find a problem with this release, please file a bug on GitHub Issues adhering to our issue guidelines. If you're not sure you're encountering a bug, please use the forum.