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## {{ site.pmd.date }} - {{ site.pmd.version }}

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### New and noteworthy

### Fixed Issues

*   apex
    *   [#2092](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/2092): \[apex] ApexLexer logs visible when Apex is the selected language upon starting the designer
*   core
    *   [#2096](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/2096): \[core] Referencing category errorprone.xml produces deprecation warnings for InvalidSlf4jMessageFormat
*   java
    *   [#1861](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/1861): \[java] Be more lenient with version numbers
    *   [#2105](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/2105): \[java] Wrong name for inner classes in violations

### API Changes

### External Contributions

*   [#2088](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/2088): \[java] Add more version shortcuts for older java - [Henning Schmiedehausen](https://github.com/hgschmie)
*   [#2089](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/2089): \[core] Minor unrelated improvements to code - [Gonzalo Exequiel Ibars Ingman](https://github.com/gibarsin)
*   [#2091](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/2091): \[core] Fix pmd warnings (IdenticalCatchCases) - [Gonzalo Exequiel Ibars Ingman](https://github.com/gibarsin)
*   [#2106](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/2106): \[java] Wrong name for inner classes - [Andi Pabst](https://github.com/andipabst)

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