We are happy to announce the release of Jaybird 6.0.7, providing bug fixes. Jaybird is the Firebird JDBC driver.

Changes

The following was fixed or changed in Jaybird 6.0.7:

• Fixed: Statement close with a pending async fetch results in a broken connection (#961)
• Dependency update: updated org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk18on from 1.85.2 to 1.86 (used by chacha64-plugin) (#962)

Bug reports about undocumented changes in behavior are appreciated. Feedback can be sent to Firebird-java or reported on the issue tracker https://github.com/FirebirdSQL/jaybird/issues.

Jaybird 6 supports Firebird 3.0, Firebird 4.0, and Firebird 5.0, on Java 17, Java 21, Java 25, and Java 27.

See also:

• Jaybird 6 release notes
• Jaybird downloads
• Instructions for Maven

The new article is dedicated to Firebird QA: how it works today and why it needs to be stronger.

How Firebird QA works and why it needs to be stronger (in English) 

Como funciona o QA do Firebird e por que ele precisa ser reforçado (in Portuguese)

Firebird SQL currently has 93 open pull requests (PRs) with bug fixes and new features! This is great in general, but there is a problem: a lack of QA resources to review the code and test the proposed bug fixes and features. The reliability of Firebird is the absolute priority, and no change can be merged without proper review and testing. 

More details are in the article  How Firebird QA works and why it needs to be stronger

What are QA resources? First, the time of QA engineers; second, VMs for QA runs, especially for performance tests.

The Firebird Foundation needs an additional US$20,000 over the next six months to keep up the pace and provide adequate QA for the project.

Please participate and donate: even the smallest donation helps. It brings the Firebird 6 release closer and improves Firebird's quality.

The crowdfunding page is here.