# PMD Release Notes

## ????? - 6.0.0-SNAPSHOT

The PMD team is pleased to announce PMD 6.0.0.

This is a major release.

### Table Of Contents

* [New and noteworthy](#New_and_noteworthy)
* [Fixed Issues](#Fixed_Issues)
* [API Changes](#API_Changes)
* [External Contributions](#External_Contributions)

### New and noteworthy

### Fixed Issues

*   java-controversial
    *   [#408](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/408): \[java] DFA not analyzing asserts

### API Changes

*   The class `net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.dfa.NodeType` has been converted to an enum.
    All node types are enum members now instead of int constants. The names for node types are retained.

### External Contributions

*   [#420](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/420): \[java] Fix UR anomaly in assert statements