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Roadmap

This page outlines the planned features and improvements for jGuard.

Current Release: 0.4.0​

The 0.4.0 release focuses on developer experience and third-party library support:

  • ✅ Audit mode improvements: Accumulates all denials and prints suggested policy at shutdown
  • ✅ Test-specific policies: src/test/jguard/ for test-only permissions
  • ✅ Embedded external policies: Ship policies for dependencies in your JAR (src/main/jguard/)
  • ✅ Multi-directory overrides: Comma-separated paths in -Djguard.policy.override
  • ✅ Gradle clean task: Properly cleans compiled policy directories
  • ✅ Policy discovery debug logging: Enable with -Djguard.log.level=debug

Previous Release: 0.3.x​

The 0.3.x releases focused on expanded capabilities and native library support:

  • ✅ New capabilities: process.exec, fs.hardlink, crypto.provider, runtime.exit, runtime.shutdown_hook
  • ✅ Trusted module mechanism for native libraries (PyTorch, etc.)
  • ✅ Contextual keywords for flexible package naming
  • ✅ Bootstrap JAR caching with content-hash invalidation
  • ✅ Improved Gradle plugin with incremental builds
  • ✅ Global policy support for unnamed modules

Previous Release: 0.2.0​

The 0.2.0 release focused on production readiness:

  • ✅ Multi-module support
  • ✅ External policies with grant/deny
  • ✅ Legacy library support
  • ✅ CLI tools
  • ✅ Policy hot reload
  • ✅ Compiler enhancements

Future Releases​

0.5.0 (Planned)​

Focus: Runtime capabilities and observability

  • New Capabilities

    • jmx.monitor — JMX/MXBean access for monitoring
    • runtime.stack_trace — Stack trace access for diagnostics
    • network.socket_options — Extended TCP socket options
    • fs.symlink — Symbolic link creation

  • Metrics and Monitoring

    • Prometheus/Micrometer integration
    • Violation counters and histograms
    • Policy evaluation timing

  • Logging Improvements

    • Structured logging (JSON format)
    • Log correlation IDs
    • Configurable log destinations

  • IDE Integration

    • IntelliJ IDEA plugin for policy editing
    • Syntax highlighting and validation
    • Quick fixes for common issues

0.6.0 (Planned)​

Focus: Advanced policy features

  • Policy Inheritance

    • Base policies for common patterns
    • Policy composition and extension

  • Runtime Policy API

    • Programmatic policy queries
    • Dynamic capability checks

  • Conditional Capabilities

    • Time-based restrictions
    • Environment-based grants

  • Path Variables

    • Runtime variable substitution (${env:VAR}, ${sys:prop})
    • Portable policies across environments

1.0.0 (Future)​

Focus: Stability and long-term support

  • API stability guarantees
  • Long-term support commitment
  • Comprehensive migration guides
  • Performance optimizations

Feature Requests​

Have an idea for jGuard? We'd love to hear it!

Contributing​

Interested in implementing a roadmap item? See our Contributing Guide.