v1.18.8

• Improve support for repeatable builds.
• Fix reordering of exception table in type initializers when instrumenting.

v1.18.7

• Introduce new versioning concept with -jdk5 suffix for backwards-compatible jar and Java 8 baseline for regular jar.

v1.18.5

• Eagerly resolve of canonical files during attach emulation to avoid failure when process ends before file can be deleted.
• Add super classes to hash code / equals computation in Advice that were missing.

v1.18.4

• Add support for new build description in Android 9.

v1.18.3

• Avoid using Class File API when Byte Buddy is loaded on the boot loader where multi-release jars are not available.
• Add additional safety when processing class files with illegally formed parameters.
• Update to latest ASM.

v1.18.2

• Support modifiers for value classes in Valhalla builds.
• Improve use of build cache in Gradle.

v1.18.1

• Fix generated module-info to include new package.

v1.18.0

• Add support for module-info class files and ModuleDescriptions.
• Allow for manipulating module information using the ByteBuddy API.

v1.17.8

• Avoid use of types that are deprecated as of Java 26.
• Include ASM 9.9 that offers ASM support for Java 26.
• Make sure that generated code internal to Byte Buddy supports CDS if available.
• Update version of ASM to JDK Class File API bridge to fix some minor bugs related to type annotations.

v1.17.7

• Specify correct JVM environment for Android builds when using the Gradle plugin.
• Avoid recomputing the size of a parameter list for performance reasons after measuring the significant impact.
• Correct validation of JVM names to avoid breaking when Java names are not allowed while JVM names are, with Kotlin and others.

v1.17.6

• Add convenience wrapper for ResettableClassFileTransformer that implicitly delegates to correct transformer method.
• Add filter for deduplicate fields and methods in class file.
• Add missing static requirement of Spotbugs annotations to module descriptors.
• Add LazinessMode for TypePool and add convenience support to AgentBuilder.
• Fix source jars for multi-version release to contain duplicated source.

v1.17.5

• Update ASM to version 9.8 to support Java 25 using ASM reader and writer.
• Include AnnotationRemoval visitor for removing or replacing annotations.

v1.17.4

• Add SafeVarargs plugin.
• Fix OSGi declaration for byte-buddy-agent.

v1.17.3

• Fix bug in ASM to Class File API bridge handling tableswitch instructions.
• Add plugin for adding SafeVarargs annotations.
• Further generify MemberSubstitution API.

v1.17.2

• Update Class File API integration to include support for several omitted byte codes.
• Adjust attach API emulation for OpenJ9 to not create subfolder if temporary folder is set explicitly.

v1.17.1

• Fix bug in MemberSubstitution were argument indices were resolved by one digit off.
• Update Class File API integration to avoid that parameter annotations are lost.