Changes in Pega Platform ‘25.1.2 supported platforms

These changes were announced in the recently released Pega Platform ‘25.1.2.

• Java Security Manager support was removed from the Pega Platform.
  • Java Security Manager has been deprecated in the Java standard since Java 17. It has been permanently disabled as of Java 25. 
  • Containerization provides a modern sandboxing approach to limiting Java applications.

Changes in Pega Platform ‘26 supported platforms

These changes are anticipated in the upcoming Pega ‘26 release.

• Pega User Defined Functions (UDFs) for Reporting and Connect SQL capabilities (for example, pr_read_from_stream) are highly discouraged and unsupported in Staging and Production Environments. However, application developers can continue leveraging them in Development (Production Level – 2) and Quality Assurance (Product Level – 3) environments to expedite development processes.
• Real-time BIX will support Google Cloud Pub/Sub in addition to Kafka.
• Cassandra 5 will be supported for CDH applications.
• Kafka 4.1 servers will be supported in addition to Kafka 3.x. 
• Kafka 3.x server support will be deprecated with plans to de-support Kafka 3.x in the upcoming Pega 27.1 release.

Changes in Pega Platform relational database support

See the Support Lifecycle for Relational Databases in Pega’s Platform Support Guide.

• Both PostgreSQL 17 and PostgreSQL 18 are supported as of Q1 2026.

Projected Search changes in 2026

These changes are anticipated in upcoming releases during the 2026 calendar year:

• Elasticsearch 9 and OpenSearch 3 support

Projected changes in 2027

These changes are anticipated during the 2027 calendar year:

• Tomcat 11 support is anticipated in 2027.
• Pega Platform will move to a minimum of Java 21. Subsequent Pega Platform releases will not run on Java 17.
• Java 25 runtime support will be added.
• Kafka 3.x server support will be removed, requiring Kafka 4.x servers going forward.

As always, consult the up-to-date Platform Support Guide and Technology Support Roadmap for current and future technology support profiles for Pega Infinity.

This general information about Pega’s product vision and future direction is for informational purposes only. These statements are not a commitment, promise or legal obligation to deliver any material, code, or functionality.  The development, release and timing of any features or functionality described for our products remains at our sole discretion.