Azure SDK for Java (January 2026)

The Azure SDK team is pleased to announce our January 2026 client library releases.

42 packages released this month.

Stable Packages (16)

• App Configuration

• Resource Management

• Resource Management - Azure VMware Solution

• Resource Management - Compute

• Resource Management - Container Service

• Resource Management - Dell Storage

• Resource Management - Log Analytics

• Resource Management - Network Cloud

• Storage - Blobs

• Storage - Blobs Batch

• Storage - Blobs Cryptography

• Storage - Common

• Storage - Files Data Lake

• Storage - Files Share

• Storage - Internal Avro

• Storage - Queues

Patch Updates (12)

• Core - Client - AMQP

• Core - Client - Core

• Core - Client - Core Serializer GSON JSON

• Core - Client - Core Serializer Jackson JSON

• Core - Client - HTTP Netty

• Core - Client - HTTP OkHttp

• Core - Management - Core

• Resource Management - Mobile Network

• azure-core-http-jdk-httpclient

• azure-core-http-vertx

• azure-json

• azure-xml

Beta Packages (13)

• Azure AI Transcription

• Core - Client - Core Experimental

• Core - Client - Core Serializer Apache Avro

• Core - Client - Test

• Core - Plugin - Tracing OpenTelemetry Plugin

• Resource Management - Container Service

• Resource Management - Container Service Fleet

• Resource Management - Resource Connector

• Resource Management - Subscriptions

• Storage - Blobs Changefeed

• Storage - Blobs NIO

• Text Translation

• azure-core-metrics-opentelemetry

Release highlights

App Configuration 1.9.0 Changelog

Features Added

• Added a pipeline policy to handle query parameters to make sure the keys are always in lower case and in alphabetical order.
• Added audience policy to provide more meaningful error messages for Azure Active Directory authentication failures. The policy detects AAD audience-related errors and provides clear guidance on audience configuration issues.

Azure AI Transcription 1.0.0-beta.1 Changelog

Features Added

• Initial release of Azure AI Speech Transcription client library for Java.

Core - Client - AMQP 2.11.3 Changelog

Bugs Fixed

• Fixed memory leak in azure-core-amqp ReactorConnection caused by redundant cache() operator. (#44228, #47508)

Core - Client - Core 1.57.1 Changelog

Other Changes

Dependency Updates

• Updated azure-json from 1.5.0 to 1.5.1.
• Updated azure-xml from 1.2.0 to 1.2.1.
• Upgraded Reactor from 3.7.11 to 3.7.14. (#47611)

Core - Client - Core Experimental 1.0.0-beta.66 Changelog

Other Changes

Dependency Updates

• Upgraded azure-core from 1.57.0 to 1.57.1.
• Upgraded Reactor from 3.7.11 to 3.7.14. (#47611)

Core - Client - Core Serializer Apache Avro 1.0.0-beta.63 Changelog

Other Changes

Dependency Updates

• Upgraded azure-core from 1.57.0 to 1.57.1.
• Upgraded Reactor from 3.7.11 to 3.7.14. (#47611)

Core - Client - Core Serializer GSON JSON 1.4.3 Changelog

Other Changes

Dependency Updates

• Upgraded azure-core from 1.57.0 to 1.57.1.
• Upgraded Reactor from 3.7.11 to 3.7.14. (#47611)

Core - Client - Core Serializer Jackson JSON 1.6.3 Changelog

Other Changes

Dependency Updates

• Upgraded azure-core from 1.57.0 to 1.57.1.
• Upgraded Reactor from 3.7.11 to 3.7.14. (#47611)

Core - Client - HTTP Netty 1.16.3 Changelog

Bugs Fixed

• Fixed a bug where CONNECT timeout wasn’t used when connecting to a proxy. (#47554)

Core - Client - HTTP OkHttp 1.13.3 Changelog

Bugs Fixed

• Fixed a bug where OkHttpFluxRequestBody didn’t propagate the exception properly. (#47170)

Core - Client - Test 1.27.0-beta.14 Changelog

Other Changes

Dependency Updates

• Upgraded azure-core from 1.57.0 to 1.57.1.
• Upgraded Reactor from 3.7.11 to 3.7.14. (#47611)

Core - Management - Core 1.19.3 Changelog

Core - Plugin - Tracing OpenTelemetry Plugin 1.0.0-beta.62 Changelog

Other Changes

Dependency Updates

• Upgraded azure-core from 1.57.0 to 1.57.1.
• Upgraded Reactor from 3.7.11 to 3.7.14. (#47611)

Resource Management 2.58.0 Changelog

Resource Management - Azure VMware Solution 1.4.0 Changelog

Resource Management - Compute 2.56.0 Changelog

Resource Management - Container Service 2.58.0-beta.1 Changelog

Resource Management - Container Service 2.57.0 Changelog

Resource Management - Container Service Fleet 1.3.0-beta.2 Changelog

Resource Management - Dell Storage 1.0.0 Changelog

Resource Management - Log Analytics 2.1.0 Changelog

Resource Management - Log Analytics 2.0.0 Changelog

Resource Management - Mobile Network 1.3.1 Changelog

Resource Management - Network Cloud 2.1.0 Changelog

Resource Management - Resource Connector 1.2.0-beta.1 Changelog

Resource Management - Subscriptions 1.1.0-beta.1 Changelog

Storage - Blobs 12.33.0 Changelog

• Added support for the StartFrom parameter on BlobContainerClient.listBlobs() and BlobContainerClient.listBlobsByHierarchy() APIs.
• Added support for conditional headers on BlobClientBase.getTags() and BlobClientBase.setTags() APIs.
• Added support for Principal-Bound Identity User Delegation SAS.
• Added support for service version 2026-02-06.

Other Changes

• Added support for container names with special characters when using OneLake.

Dependency Updates

• Upgraded azure-storage-common from 12.31.0 to version 12.32.0.
• Upgraded azure-storage-internal-avro from 12.17.0 to version 12.18.0`.

Storage - Blobs Batch 12.29.0 Changelog

Features Added

• Added support for service version 2026-02-06.

Bugs Fixed

• Fixed an issue where BlobBatchSetBlobAccessTierOptions would not properly handle blob names with special characters.

Storage - Blobs Changefeed 12.0.0-beta.34 Changelog

Features Added

• Added support for service version 2026-02-06.

Storage - Blobs Cryptography 12.32.0 Changelog

Features Added

• Added support for service version 2026-02-06.

Storage - Blobs NIO 12.0.0-beta.35 Changelog

Features Added

• Added support for service version 2026-02-06.

Storage - Common 12.32.0 Changelog

Features Added

• Added support for service version 2026-02-06.

Bugs Fixed

• Addressed a performance regression introduced in version 12.27.0+ of the Azure Storage SDK for Java, where token retrieval became thread-local, causing a consistent 4 to 5-second delay across threads during initial authorization.

Storage - Files Data Lake 12.26.0 Changelog

Features Added

• Added support for the StartFrom parameter on DataLakeFileSystemClient.listPaths() APIs.
• Added support for Principal-Bound Identity User Delegation SAS.
• Added support for service version 2026-02-06.

Storage - Files Share 12.29.0 Changelog

Features Added

• Added support for User Delegation SAS.
• Added support for Principal-Bound Identity User Delegation SAS.
• Added support for the ShareServiceProperties.Protocol.SMB.EncryptionInTransit parameter on ShareServiceClient.setProperties() APIs.
• Added support for service version 2026-02-06.

Storage - Internal Avro 12.18.0 Changelog

Features Added

• Added support for service version 2026-02-06.

Storage - Queues 12.28.0 Changelog

Features Added

• Added support for User Delegation SAS.
• Added support for Principal-Bound Identity User Delegation SAS.
• Added support for service version 2026-02-06.

Text Translation 2.0.0-beta.1 Changelog

Features Added

• Added support for the Azure AI Translator API 2025-10-01-preview, including translations using LLM models, adaptive custom translation, tone variant translations, and gender-specific translations.
• Added TranslationTarget class for configuring translation options.

Breaking Changes

• Added Models property to GetSupportedLanguagesResult to include the list of LLM models available for translations.
• Changed the name of TargetLanguage property to Language in TranslationText.
• Changed the name of Confidence property to Score in DetectedLanguage.
• Removed SourceText and Transliteration properties in translation responses.
• Dictionary, sentence boundaries and text alignments features have been deprecated and relevant classes and properties have been removed.

azure-core-http-jdk-httpclient 1.1.3 Changelog

Other Changes

Dependency Updates

• Upgraded azure-core from 1.57.0 to 1.57.1.
• Upgraded Reactor from 3.7.11 to 3.7.14. (#47611)

azure-core-http-vertx 1.1.3 Changelog

Other Changes

Dependency Updates

• Upgraded azure-core from 1.57.0 to 1.57.1.
• Upgraded Reactor from 3.7.11 to 3.7.14. (#47611)
• Upgraded vertx-codegen from 4.5.17 to 4.5.23.
• Upgraded vertx-core from 4.5.17 to 4.5.23.

azure-core-metrics-opentelemetry 1.0.0-beta.35 Changelog

Other Changes

Dependency Updates

• Upgraded azure-core from 1.57.0 to 1.57.1.
• Upgraded Reactor from 3.7.11 to 3.7.14. (#47611)

azure-json 1.5.1 Changelog

Other Changes

• Removed unused code to reduce library size and improve performance.

azure-xml 1.2.1 Changelog

Other Changes

• Removed unused code to reduce library size and improve performance.

Need help

• For reference documentation visit the Azure SDK for Java documentation.
• For tutorials, samples, quick starts and other documentation, visit Azure for Java Developers.
• For build reports on code quality, test coverage, etc, visit Azure Java SDK.
• File an issue via Github Issues.
• Check previous questions or ask new ones on StackOverflow using azure-java-sdk tag.

Latest Releases

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Installation Instructions

To use the GA and beta libraries, refer to the Maven dependency information below, which may be copied into your projects Maven pom.xml file as appropriate. If you are using a different build tool, refer to its documentation on how to specify dependencies.

<dependency>
  <groupId>com.azure</groupId>
  <artifactId>com.azure+azure-ai-speech-transcription</artifactId>
  <version>1.0.0-beta.1</version>
</dependency>

<dependency>
  <groupId>com.azure</groupId>
  <artifactId>com.azure+azure-ai-translation-text</artifactId>
  <version>2.0.0-beta.1</version>
</dependency>

<dependency>
  <groupId>com.azure</groupId>
  <artifactId>com.azure+azure-core</artifactId>
  <version>1.57.1</version>
</dependency>

<dependency>
  <groupId>com.azure</groupId>
  <artifactId>com.azure+azure-core-amqp</artifactId>
  <version>2.11.3</version>
</dependency>

<dependency>
  <groupId>com.azure</groupId>
  <artifactId>com.azure+azure-core-experimental</artifactId>
  <version>1.0.0-beta.66</version>
</dependency>

<dependency>
  <groupId>com.azure</groupId>
  <artifactId>com.azure+azure-core-http-jdk-httpclient</artifactId>
  <version>1.1.3</version>
</dependency>

<dependency>
  <groupId>com.azure</groupId>
  <artifactId>com.azure+azure-core-http-netty</artifactId>
  <version>1.16.3</version>
</dependency>

<dependency>
  <groupId>com.azure</groupId>
  <artifactId>com.azure+azure-core-http-okhttp</artifactId>
  <version>1.13.3</version>
</dependency>

<dependency>
  <groupId>com.azure</groupId>
  <artifactId>com.azure+azure-core-http-vertx</artifactId>
  <version>1.1.3</version>
</dependency>

<dependency>
  <groupId>com.azure</groupId>
  <artifactId>com.azure+azure-core-management</artifactId>
  <version>1.19.3</version>
</dependency>

<dependency>
  <groupId>com.azure</groupId>
  <artifactId>com.azure+azure-core-metrics-opentelemetry</artifactId>
  <version>1.0.0-beta.35</version>
</dependency>

<dependency>
  <groupId>com.azure</groupId>
  <artifactId>com.azure+azure-core-serializer-avro-apache</artifactId>
  <version>1.0.0-beta.63</version>
</dependency>

<dependency>
  <groupId>com.azure</groupId>
  <artifactId>com.azure+azure-core-serializer-json-gson</artifactId>
  <version>1.4.3</version>
</dependency>

<dependency>
  <groupId>com.azure</groupId>
  <artifactId>com.azure+azure-core-serializer-json-jackson</artifactId>
  <version>1.6.3</version>
</dependency>

<dependency>
  <groupId>com.azure</groupId>
  <artifactId>com.azure+azure-core-test</artifactId>
  <version>1.27.0-beta.14</version>
</dependency>

<dependency>
  <groupId>com.azure</groupId>
  <artifactId>com.azure+azure-core-tracing-opentelemetry</artifactId>
  <version>1.0.0-beta.62</version>
</dependency>

<dependency>
  <groupId>com.azure</groupId>
  <artifactId>com.azure+azure-data-appconfiguration</artifactId>
  <version>1.9.0</version>
</dependency>

<dependency>
  <groupId>com.azure</groupId>
  <artifactId>com.azure+azure-json</artifactId>
  <version>1.5.1</version>
</dependency>

<dependency>
  <groupId>com.azure</groupId>
  <artifactId>com.azure+azure-storage-blob</artifactId>
  <version>12.33.0</version>
</dependency>

<dependency>
  <groupId>com.azure</groupId>
  <artifactId>com.azure+azure-storage-blob-batch</artifactId>
  <version>12.29.0</version>
</dependency>

<dependency>
  <groupId>com.azure</groupId>
  <artifactId>com.azure+azure-storage-blob-changefeed</artifactId>
  <version>12.0.0-beta.34</version>
</dependency>

<dependency>
  <groupId>com.azure</groupId>
  <artifactId>com.azure+azure-storage-blob-cryptography</artifactId>
  <version>12.32.0</version>
</dependency>

<dependency>
  <groupId>com.azure</groupId>
  <artifactId>com.azure+azure-storage-blob-nio</artifactId>
  <version>12.0.0-beta.35</version>
</dependency>

<dependency>
  <groupId>com.azure</groupId>
  <artifactId>com.azure+azure-storage-common</artifactId>
  <version>12.32.0</version>
</dependency>

<dependency>
  <groupId>com.azure</groupId>
  <artifactId>com.azure+azure-storage-file-datalake</artifactId>
  <version>12.26.0</version>
</dependency>

<dependency>
  <groupId>com.azure</groupId>
  <artifactId>com.azure+azure-storage-file-share</artifactId>
  <version>12.29.0</version>
</dependency>

<dependency>
  <groupId>com.azure</groupId>
  <artifactId>com.azure+azure-storage-internal-avro</artifactId>
  <version>12.18.0</version>
</dependency>

<dependency>
  <groupId>com.azure</groupId>
  <artifactId>com.azure+azure-storage-queue</artifactId>
  <version>12.28.0</version>
</dependency>

<dependency>
  <groupId>com.azure</groupId>
  <artifactId>com.azure+azure-xml</artifactId>
  <version>1.2.1</version>
</dependency>

<dependency>
  <groupId>com.azure.resourcemanager</groupId>
  <artifactId>com.azure.resourcemanager+azure-resourcemanager</artifactId>
  <version>2.58.0</version>
</dependency>

<dependency>
  <groupId>com.azure.resourcemanager</groupId>
  <artifactId>com.azure.resourcemanager+azure-resourcemanager-avs</artifactId>
  <version>1.4.0</version>
</dependency>

<dependency>
  <groupId>com.azure.resourcemanager</groupId>
  <artifactId>com.azure.resourcemanager+azure-resourcemanager-compute</artifactId>
  <version>2.56.0</version>
</dependency>

<dependency>
  <groupId>com.azure.resourcemanager</groupId>
  <artifactId>com.azure.resourcemanager+azure-resourcemanager-containerservice</artifactId>
  <version>2.58.0-beta.1</version>
</dependency>

<dependency>
  <groupId>com.azure.resourcemanager</groupId>
  <artifactId>com.azure.resourcemanager+azure-resourcemanager-containerservice</artifactId>
  <version>2.57.0</version>
</dependency>

<dependency>
  <groupId>com.azure.resourcemanager</groupId>
  <artifactId>com.azure.resourcemanager+azure-resourcemanager-containerservicefleet</artifactId>
  <version>1.3.0-beta.2</version>
</dependency>

<dependency>
  <groupId>com.azure.resourcemanager</groupId>
  <artifactId>com.azure.resourcemanager+azure-resourcemanager-dell-storage</artifactId>
  <version>1.0.0</version>
</dependency>

<dependency>
  <groupId>com.azure.resourcemanager</groupId>
  <artifactId>com.azure.resourcemanager+azure-resourcemanager-loganalytics</artifactId>
  <version>2.1.0</version>
</dependency>

<dependency>
  <groupId>com.azure.resourcemanager</groupId>
  <artifactId>com.azure.resourcemanager+azure-resourcemanager-loganalytics</artifactId>
  <version>2.0.0</version>
</dependency>

<dependency>
  <groupId>com.azure.resourcemanager</groupId>
  <artifactId>com.azure.resourcemanager+azure-resourcemanager-mobilenetwork</artifactId>
  <version>1.3.1</version>
</dependency>

<dependency>
  <groupId>com.azure.resourcemanager</groupId>
  <artifactId>com.azure.resourcemanager+azure-resourcemanager-networkcloud</artifactId>
  <version>2.1.0</version>
</dependency>

<dependency>
  <groupId>com.azure.resourcemanager</groupId>
  <artifactId>com.azure.resourcemanager+azure-resourcemanager-resourceconnector</artifactId>
  <version>1.2.0-beta.1</version>
</dependency>

<dependency>
  <groupId>com.azure.resourcemanager</groupId>
  <artifactId>com.azure.resourcemanager+azure-resourcemanager-subscription</artifactId>
  <version>1.1.0-beta.1</version>
</dependency>

Feedback

If you have a bug or feature request for one of the libraries, please post an issue to GitHub.