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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.

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February 2, 2026

Java Cron Jobs & Recurring Tasks: A Complete Scheduling Guide

Learn how to schedule recurring jobs in Java. Compare ScheduledExecutorService, Spring @Scheduled, Quartz cron triggers, and modern alternatives that actually scale.

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January 14, 2026

JobRunr & JobRunr Pro v8.4

Enhanced Kotlin support with Bazel compatibility, auto-configured serialization, and Micronaut 4.10

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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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