# Bnd / Bndtools 7.2.0 released **URL:** \ **Category:** GENERAL\ **Created:** [November 28, 2025, 1:26pm UTC](https://bnd.discourse.group/t/bnd-bndtools-7-2-0-released/542 "2025-11-28T13:26:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![chrisrueger](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/bnd.discourse.group/chrisrueger/32/18_2.png) [@chrisrueger](https://bnd.discourse.group/u/chrisrueger)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2025, 1:26pm UTC](https://bnd.discourse.group/t/bnd-bndtools-7-2-0-released/542/1 "2025-11-28T13:26:58Z")
**Update 2025/12/01:** Release Candidate 3 (RC3) is available: - Release Notes (WIP) testing instructions: [Changes in 7.2.0 · bndtools/bnd Wiki · GitHub](https://github.com/bndtools/bnd/wiki/Changes-in-7.2.0) - Known issues [Changes in 7.2.0 · bndtools/bnd Wiki · GitHub](https://github.com/bndtools/bnd/wiki/Changes-in-7.2.0#known-issues) **2025/11/28:** Finally Release Candidate 1 is available: - Release Notes (WIP) testing instructions: [Changes in 7.2.0 · bndtools/bnd Wiki · GitHub](https://github.com/bndtools/bnd/wiki/Changes-in-7.2.0) - Announcement [Bndtools 7.2.0-RC3 Release Candidate (Update) - Bndtools](https://bndtools.org/2025/11/28/bndtools-7.2.0-RC1.html) - Known issues [Changes in 7.2.0 · bndtools/bnd Wiki · GitHub](https://github.com/bndtools/bnd/wiki/Changes-in-7.2.0#known-issues) We appreciate any feedback. The final release is targeted for next week. Thanks to @peterkir for his incredible release building skills 🙂 Christoph ---
**Author:** ![peterkir](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/bnd.discourse.group/peterkir/32/28_2.png) [@peterkir](https://bnd.discourse.group/u/peterkir)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2025, 1:55pm UTC](https://bnd.discourse.group/t/bnd-bndtools-7-2-0-released/542/2 "2025-11-28T13:55:41Z")
Thank you Chris for all the effort and time you spent in improving, code, documentation and keeping the project generally responsive to requests. ---
**Author:** ![glimmerveen](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/bnd.discourse.group/glimmerveen/32/47_2.png) [@glimmerveen](https://bnd.discourse.group/u/glimmerveen)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2025, 6:17pm UTC](https://bnd.discourse.group/t/bnd-bndtools-7-2-0-released/542/3 "2025-11-29T18:17:52Z")
I fully agree with @peterkir’s words, thank you for your continued efforts @chrisrueger! I gave version 7.2.0-RC1 a spin in my Maven oriented test project, and it looks good to me! ---
**Author:** ![chrisrueger](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/bnd.discourse.group/chrisrueger/32/18_2.png) [@chrisrueger](https://bnd.discourse.group/u/chrisrueger)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2025, 7:45pm UTC](https://bnd.discourse.group/t/bnd-bndtools-7-2-0-released/542/4 "2025-11-30T19:45:04Z")
Also did a test of RC1 with our software (via gradle 8.10.2 and latest gradle 9.2.1 and so far no issues discovered. We are doing a bnd workspace build. ---
**Author:** ![chrisrueger](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/bnd.discourse.group/chrisrueger/32/18_2.png) [@chrisrueger](https://bnd.discourse.group/u/chrisrueger)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2025, 8:38pm UTC](https://bnd.discourse.group/t/bnd-bndtools-7-2-0-released/542/5 "2025-12-01T20:38:48Z")
Release Candidate 3 (RC3) is available. I updated the description above. Note: RC2 was not announced as it was just an intermediate build required to build RC3. We would appreciate another test run of everybody. There was just one issue fixed ([P2Export: fix feature and bundle version qualifier by chrisrueger · Pull Request #6973 · bndtools/bnd · GitHub](https://github.com/bndtools/bnd/pull/6973)) which was related to P2Exporter which is used for bnd itself, but contains one fix in core / bndlib which would be worth testing. Thanks again. If nothing else comes up, we are good for a release I guess… but lets’s see first 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![chrisrueger](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/bnd.discourse.group/chrisrueger/32/18_2.png) [@chrisrueger](https://bnd.discourse.group/u/chrisrueger)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2025, 11:13am UTC](https://bnd.discourse.group/t/bnd-bndtools-7-2-0-released/542/6 "2025-12-03T11:13:01Z")
We released 7.2.0-RC5 See this comment for more details. > > > bnd / bndtools 7.2.0 is on the way, currently with release candidate 3 (RC3) ~~1… (RC1)~~. > > More details can be found here: > > \- https://bnd.discourse.group/t/bnd-bndtools-7-2-0-rc3-is-ready-for-testing/542 for > > We appreciate any feedback. > If nothing critical comes up during RC3, we are good to go for a release. ---
**Author:** ![chrisrueger](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/bnd.discourse.group/chrisrueger/32/18_2.png) [@chrisrueger](https://bnd.discourse.group/u/chrisrueger)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2025, 5:11pm UTC](https://bnd.discourse.group/t/bnd-bndtools-7-2-0-released/542/7 "2025-12-06T17:11:45Z")
We released RC9. No functional changes compared RC3. The larger number of RCs was mainly due to problems and solution attempts regarding our JFrog / Artifactory environment regarding P2 repo dependencies for Eclipse. - Eclipse P2 Update Site – [https://bndtools.jfrog.io/bndtools/update-rc](https://bndtools.jfrog.io/bndtools/update-rc) - Git Tag [GitHub - bndtools/bnd at 7.2.0.RC9](https://github.com/bndtools/bnd/tree/7.2.0.RC9) The next step is deployment to Sonatype / Maven Central. ---
**Author:** ![chrisrueger](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/bnd.discourse.group/chrisrueger/32/18_2.png) [@chrisrueger](https://bnd.discourse.group/u/chrisrueger)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2025, 8:17pm UTC](https://bnd.discourse.group/t/bnd-bndtools-7-2-0-released/542/8 "2025-12-27T20:17:21Z")
Bnd / Bndtools 7.2.0 is released now 🥳 > **[Release Bnd/Bndtools 7.2.0 · bndtools/bnd](https://github.com/bndtools/bnd/releases/tag/7.2.0)** > > See Release Notes. > What's Changed > > Bump github/codeql-action from 3.27.1 to 3.27.3 by @dependabot\[bot\] in #6367 > Bump gradle/actions from 4.1.0 to 4.2.0 by @dependabot\[bot\] in #6366 > Buid/dev7.2.0 by... ---
**Author:** ![glimmerveen](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/bnd.discourse.group/glimmerveen/32/47_2.png) [@glimmerveen](https://bnd.discourse.group/u/glimmerveen)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2025, 9:03pm UTC](https://bnd.discourse.group/t/bnd-bndtools-7-2-0-released/542/9 "2025-12-27T21:03:51Z")
Nice to see this update being released! ---
**Author:** ![chrisrueger](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/bnd.discourse.group/chrisrueger/32/18_2.png) [@chrisrueger](https://bnd.discourse.group/u/chrisrueger)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2026, 1:45pm UTC](https://bnd.discourse.group/t/bnd-bndtools-7-2-0-released/542/10 "2026-01-03T13:45:58Z")
We plan a 7.2.1 Patch release in January: [[7.2.1] Planning collector · Issue #7026 · bndtools/bnd · GitHub](https://github.com/bndtools/bnd/issues/7026)