Kotlin 2.5.0-Beta2, the second preview release in ...

# gradle

[Nina Belova]

Kotlin 2.5.0-Beta2, the second preview release in the 2.5.0 cycle, is now available! 🎉

🔨 Gradle and build tooling updates:
• Introduced new Node.js provisioning toolchain
• Added a new DSL for declaring NPM dependencies.
• Introduced a new Swift export DSL (documentation).
• Enabled Compiler Reference Index generation by default for non-CI builds (documentation).
• Added a dedicated Gradle DSL option for the unused-return-value checker.
• Added full compatibility support for Gradle 9.8.0.
📦 Build Tools API and compilation improvements:
• Removed support for the non-Build-Tools-API JVM compiler execution mode.
• Reintroduced incremental compilation support for KMP/JVM.
• Improved multi-project build performance by keeping JAR caches in the Kotlin daemon until the end of the build. This may require a slight increase in the Kotlin daemon's maximum heap size.
⚠️ Migration notes:
• The legacy swiftExport {} DSL is deprecated; migrate to export.swift {}.
• The minimum supported AGP version is now 8.8.2.
• The minimum supported Gradle version remains 8.14.x, as introduced in Beta1.
Try the preview and share your feedback at kotl.in/issue or here in Slack! 🧵