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Kotlin 2.2.0 🎉

- Preview of context parameters
- Preview of context-sensitive resolution
- Support for nested type aliases
- Stable features: guard conditions, non-local break and continue, and multi-dollar interpolation
- Binary compatibility validation included in Kotlin Gradle plugin

And more: https://kotlinlang.org/docs/whatsnew22.html

https://blog.jetbrains.com/kotlin/2025/06/kotlin-2-2-0-released/
https://github.com/JetBrains/kotlin/releases/tag/v2.2.0

New KEEP: Name-based + new position-based destructuring

Kotlin 2.2.20-Beta1

- Context parameters support in reflection (see why) - Will unlock support of context parameters natively in Spring!
- Provide `update` functions for common atomics - I have similar extensions for AtomicRef update in loop
- A lot of changes in contracts (see changelog)
- Implement 'full' unused return value checker mode - step into better functional future with error types

https://github.com/JetBrains/kotlin/releases/tag/v2.2.20-Beta1

Gradle 9.0 is approaching, making this an ideal time to test it:

./gradlew wrapper --gradle-version=9.0.0-rc-3 && ./gradlew wrapper

The release introduces significant new features that offer something valuable for every developer.
Notable changes include Gradle's migration to K2 (Kotlin's new compiler) and adoption of Kotlin 2.2.

https://gradle.org/whats-new/gradle-9/
https://docs.gradle.org/9.0.0-rc-3/userguide/upgrading_major_version_9.html

Kotlin 2.2.20-Beta2

github.com/JetBrains/kotlin/releases/tag/v2.2.20-Beta2

Gradle 9.0 is out

https://gradle.org/whats-new/gradle-9/
https://docs.gradle.org/current/userguide/upgrading_major_version_9.html
https://gradle.org/release-checksums/

Kotlin 2.2.10

Bugfix release

https://github.com/JetBrains/kotlin/releases/tag/v2.2.10