# Gradle 2.6 released **URL:** \ **Category:** Build Tool\ **Tags:** banner\ **Created:** [August 10, 2015, 1:44pm UTC](https://discuss.gradle.org/t/gradle-2-6-released/11092 "2015-08-10T13:44:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Adrian\_Kelly](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/gradle/user_avatar/discuss.gradle.org/adrian_kelly/32/106_2.png) [@Adrian\_Kelly](https://discuss.gradle.org/u/Adrian_Kelly)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2015, 1:44pm UTC](https://discuss.gradle.org/t/gradle-2-6-released/11092/1 "2015-08-10T13:44:19Z")
The Gradle team is pleased to announce the release of Gradle 2.6. Check it out at [http://gradle.org/gradle-download/](http://gradle.org/gradle-download/). This release introduces Gradle support for developing applications on the [Play framework](https://www.playframework.com/), including application reload functionality built on top of the continuous build support featured in Gradle 2.5. Also new in this release is the “Gradle TestKit”, providing an official mechanism for testing Gradle plugins. Gradle 2.6 brings some additional enhancements to the Tooling API and to rule based model configuration along with some much-appreciated community contributed bug fixes and improvements. Please check the [release notes](http://docs.gradle.org/2.6/release-notes) for more information. ---
**Author:** ![Adrian\_Kelly](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/gradle/user_avatar/discuss.gradle.org/adrian_kelly/32/106_2.png) [@Adrian\_Kelly](https://discuss.gradle.org/u/Adrian_Kelly)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2015, 1:49pm UTC](https://discuss.gradle.org/t/gradle-2-6-released/11092/2 "2015-08-10T13:49:07Z")
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**Author:** ![Anne\_Stellingwerf](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/gradle/user_avatar/discuss.gradle.org/anne_stellingwerf/32/444_2.png) [@Anne\_Stellingwerf](https://discuss.gradle.org/u/Anne_Stellingwerf)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2015, 2:14pm UTC](https://discuss.gradle.org/t/gradle-2-6-released/11092/3 "2015-08-10T14:14:20Z")
[https://docs.gradle.org/2.6/release-notes#rule-based-model-configuration-reporting-improvements](https://docs.gradle.org/2.6/release-notes#rule-based-model-configuration-reporting-improvements) states that 2.5 brings new stuff. Should be 2.6, I presume. ---
**Author:** ![Adrian\_Kelly](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/gradle/user_avatar/discuss.gradle.org/adrian_kelly/32/106_2.png) [@Adrian\_Kelly](https://discuss.gradle.org/u/Adrian_Kelly)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2015, 2:32pm UTC](https://discuss.gradle.org/t/gradle-2-6-released/11092/4 "2015-08-10T14:32:31Z")
@Anne_Stellingwerf good catch. Fixed ---
**Author:** ![michel\_slm](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/gradle/user_avatar/discuss.gradle.org/michel_slm/32/2440_2.png) [@michel\_slm](https://discuss.gradle.org/u/michel_slm)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2015, 5:54am UTC](https://discuss.gradle.org/t/gradle-2-6-released/11092/5 "2015-08-12T05:54:26Z")
[https://docs.gradle.org/2.6/userguide/gradle\_wrapper.html#sec:verification](https://docs.gradle.org/2.6/userguide/gradle_wrapper.html#sec:verification) uses `gradle-2.4-all.zip` as an example instead of `gradle-2.6-bin.zip`, is that intentional? Also, I added distributionSha256Sum to `gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties`, intentionally used the wrong checksum there, deleted the gradle wrapper cache in `~/.gradle/wrapper/dists/gradle-2.6-bin` and relaunched the wrapper, and re-triggered the download and there was no checksum verification. I had to re-generate the wrapper using Gradle 2.6 before it can verify checksums. ---
**Author:** ![sterling](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/gradle/user_avatar/discuss.gradle.org/sterling/32/5395_2.png) [@sterling](https://discuss.gradle.org/u/sterling)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2015, 3:29pm UTC](https://discuss.gradle.org/t/gradle-2-6-released/11092/6 "2015-08-28T15:29:59Z")
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