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title: PMD Release Notes
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## {{ site.pmd.date }} - {{ site.pmd.version }}

The PMD team is pleased to announce PMD {{ site.pmd.version }}.

This is a {{ site.pmd.release_type }} release.

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### New and noteworthy

#### New Rules

*   The new Java rule {% rule "java/codestyle/UseUnderscoresInNumericLiterals" %} (`java-codestyle`)
    verifies that numeric literals over a given length (4 chars by default, but configurable) are using
    underscores every 3 digits for readability. The rule only applies to Java 7+ codebases.

#### Modified Rules

*   The Java rule {% rule "java/bestpractices/JUnitTestsShouldIncludeAssert" %} (`java-bestpractices`)
    now also detects [Soft Assertions](https://github.com/joel-costigliola/assertj-core).

### Fixed Issues
*   all
    *   [#1284](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/1284): \[doc] Keep record of every currently deprecated API
    *   [#1318](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/1318): \[test] Kotlin DSL to ease test writing
    *   [#1341](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/1341): \[doc] Documentation Error with Regex Properties
    *   [#1468](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/1468): \[doc] Missing escaping leads to XSS
*   java
    *   [#1460](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/1460): \[java] Intermittent PMD failure : PMD processing errors while no violations reported
*   java-codestyle
    *   [#1232](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/1232): \[java] Detector for large numbers not separated by _
    *   [#1372](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/1372): \[java] false positive for UselessQualifiedThis
    *   [#1435](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/1435): \[java] JUnitTestsShouldIncludeAssert: Support AssertJ soft assertions

### API Changes

* The implementation of the adapters for the XPath engines Saxon and Jaxen (package `net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.ast.xpath`)
  are now deprecated. They'll be moved to an internal package come 7.0.0. Only `Attribute` remains public API.

### External Contributions

*   [#1384](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/1384): \[java] New Rule - UseUnderscoresInNumericLiterals - [RajeshR](https://github.com/rajeshggwp)
*   [#1424](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/1424): \[doc] #1341 Updating Regex Values in default Value Property - [avishvat](https://github.com/vishva007)
*   [#1428](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/1428): \[core] Upgrading JCommander from 1.48 to 1.72 - [Thunderforge](https://github.com/Thunderforge)
*   [#1430](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/1430): \[doc] Who really knows regex? - [Dem Pilafian](https://github.com/dpilafian)
*   [#1434](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/1434): \[java] JUnitTestsShouldIncludeAssert: Recognize AssertJ soft assertions as valid assert statements - [Loïc Ledoyen](https://github.com/ledoyen)
*   [#1464](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/1464): \[doc] Fix XSS on documentation web page - [Maxime Robert](https://github.com/marob)

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