Chapter 1. What's New

Both Java 7 and Java 8 are now supported. See Red Hat JBoss A-MQ Supported Configurations for detailed information about supported JVMs on different architectures.

New messaging clients and client APIs have been added for JMS, Python and .NET. See Red Hat JBoss A-MQ Client Connectivity Guide for detailed information about the clients and client APIs.

The logging level can now be changed at runtime using the JConsole. See Change Logging Level at Runtime using JConsole in the Managing and Monitoring a Broker guide for detailed information on how the logging level can be changed.

JMS messages can now be edited and resent in the Management Console. For detailed information, see Managing JMS Queues and Messages in the Management Console User Guide.

JBoss A-MQ can now be started without a connection to the Internet.

The MQ Gateway, AMQP protocol stack and MQTT protocol stack have undergone more complex testing compared to the previous release.