// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
// limitations under the License.

[[feature_lifecycle]]
= The Feature Lifecycle

Gradle is under constant development. New versions are delivered on a regular and frequent basis (approximately every six weeks) as described in <<#eol_support,the section on end-of-life support>>.

            Element link = document.createElement("ulink");
            para.appendChild(link);
            link.setAttribute("url", "../userguide/feature_lifecycle.html");
            link.appendChild(document.createTextNode("deprecated"));
            para.appendChild(document.createTextNode(" and will be removed in the next major version of Gradle."));
        }

NOTE: This sample shows how to adopt an link:sample_java_modules_multi_project_with_integration_tests.html[existing sample] for use with Test Suites.

IMPORTANT: Test Suites are an link:{userManualPath}/feature_lifecycle.html#sec:incubating_state[incubating] feature, and the details described here may change.

NOTE: There is also a link:sample_incubating_java_modules_multi_project_with_integration_tests.html[new sample] demonstrating how to use the link:{userManualPath}/feature_lifecycle.html#sec:incubating_state[incubating] link:{userManualPath}/jvm_test_suite_plugin.html[Test Suite Plugin] in this scenario.

Here, we add an additional source set _integrationTest_ with a `module-info.java`.

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src

// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
// limitations under the License.

[[dataflow_action]]
= Dataflow Actions

NOTE: The dataflow actions support is an <<feature_lifecycle.adoc#feature_lifecycle,incubating>> feature and is subject to change.

A preferred way of executing work in a Gradle build is using a task.
However, some kinds of work do not fit tasks well, such as custom handling of the build failure.

NOTE: This sample shows how to adopt an link:sample_jvm_multi_project_with_additional_test_types.html[existing sample] for use with Test Suites.

IMPORTANT: Test Suites are an link:{userManualPath}/feature_lifecycle.html#sec:incubating_state[incubating] feature, and the details described here may change.

In this sample, we are testing Java projects with JUnit5; however, this applies to other JVM languages as well.

## Promoted features
Promoted features are features that were incubating in previous versions of Gradle but are now supported and subject to backward compatibility.
See the User Manual section on the “[Feature Lifecycle](userguide/feature_lifecycle.html)” for more information.

The following are the features that have been promoted in this Gradle release.

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### Example promoted
-->

## Fixed issues

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====

[[sec:service_references]]
=== Annotating a shared build service property with `@ServiceReference`

NOTE: The `@ServiceReference` annotation is an <<feature_lifecycle.adoc#feature_lifecycle,incubating>> API and is subject to change in a future release.

## Promoted features
Promoted features are features that were incubating in previous versions of Gradle but are now supported and subject to backward compatibility.
See the User Manual section on the “[Feature Lifecycle](userguide/feature_lifecycle.html)” for more information.

The following are the features that have been promoted in this Gradle release.

<!--
### Example promoted
-->

## Fixed issues

<!--

                "The feature flag is no longer relevant, please remove it from your settings file. " +
                "See https://docs.gradle.org/current/userguide/feature_lifecycle.html#feature_preview for more details.")

        then:
        succeeds()

        where:
        feature << FeaturePreviewsActivationFixture.inactiveFeatures()
    }