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Explore technical deep-dives, product updates, and real-world examples to help you build, scale, and monitor your Java background jobs.
December 23, 2025
10 Most Asked questions about JobRunr in 2025
Since launching our AI-powered chatbot on the documentation page in August, it has answered over 5,000 developer questions. This massive influx of curiosity has given us a clear picture of exactly what you need to know to get JobRunr running smoothly.
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November 24, 2025
JobRunr v8.3 ❤️ Spring Boot
We’re proud to announce support for Spring Boot 4 and Jackson 3
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November 12, 2025
Why We Ran the Numbers: Benchmarking JobRunr vs. Quartz on Postgres
We benchmarked JobRunr Pro against Quartz on Postgres. The results are in: JobRunr is 18 times faster, processing 500,000 jobs with a fraction of the database load.
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September 29, 2025
Spring Batch vs. JobRunr: Choosing the Right Tool for Your Java Background Jobs
We compare Spring Batch and JobRunr to help you decide whether you need industrial-strength data processing or modern, simple task execution.
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September 25, 2025
JobRunr & JobRunr Pro v8.1.0
Async Jobs for Quarkus & Micronaut, Embedded Dashboards, bugfixes, and JDK 25 Support.
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