{
  "slug": "sam-cli-supports-additional-java-al2023-runtimes-afffbdafd1b4",
  "title": "SAM CLI supports additional Java AL2023 runtimes",
  "tools": [
    "sam"
  ],
  "tags": [
    "agent"
  ],
  "introduced_at": "2026-07-23T04:09:11.000Z",
  "announced_at": "2026-07-23T04:09:11.000Z",
  "effective_at": null,
  "date_basis": "source-publication",
  "status": "unknown",
  "how": {
    "incantation": "If a SAM function uses Java 8, 11, or 17 on AL2023, set its `Runtime` property to `java8.al2023`, `java11.al2023`, or `java17.al2023`.",
    "examples": [
      "Resources:\n  <FunctionLogicalId>:\n    Type: AWS::Serverless::Function\n    Properties:\n      Runtime: java17.al2023"
    ],
    "gotchas": [
      "Version: v1.164.0",
      "Runtime (required): Function runtime identifier; required when `PackageType` is `Zip`. Accepted values for this task: `java8.al2023`, `java11.al2023`, or `java17.al2023`."
    ]
  },
  "why_it_matters": "Configure a SAM application to use a Java 8, 11, or 17 AL2023 runtime.",
  "sources": [
    "https://github.com/aws/aws-sam-cli/releases/tag/v1.164.0",
    "https://docs.aws.amazon.com/serverless-application-model/latest/developerguide/sam-resource-function.html"
  ],
  "rank": 0.94022,
  "judge": {
    "publish": true,
    "judge_model": "codex-cli/gpt-6-luna+typesafe/jev-1.13.0",
    "prompt_version": "extract-v7+enrich-v2+judge-v2x3+jev-publish-v1"
  },
  "review_state": "approved",
  "provenance": {
    "run_id": "wave2a-20261017",
    "verdict_id": "wave2a-20261017:wave2a-20261017-da64bee5ea6946f9-2:gate",
    "evidence_hash": "93ac15e4732e1100f2ff78c73ebc6cfc43ed17b957919e5bc404c8476686afb1"
  },
  "review": {
    "draft_hash": "5323f65cc1a5db629f4e8c3d43abb80e261a1b07eac76bb4aa45fb6ef53b5386",
    "reviewer": "publication-gate",
    "reviewed_at": "2026-10-07T00:00:00.000Z",
    "decision": "wave2a-20261017:gate",
    "reason": "3 of 3 judge runs approved with p_yes >= 0.9 (mean 0.94 >= 0.9; 2 needed) and Jev gave 0.74 (>= 0.6 needed)."
  }
}