Dear community, @dkayiwa and the Platform Team want your feedback on the Platform 2.8 Roadmap plan! We hope to release this in 1-2 months 
Personally I’m especially excited about how Platform 2.8 will enable the Horizontal Scaling that so many Implementers have been asking for, given the new Cloud-hosting reality for so many groups.
Thanks to all those who provided feedback on our first version, OpenMRS Platform Roadmap: 2025. This adds more specifics 
Platform 2.8.0 Roadmap (Release goal: ~July 2025)
- Cloud/Scaling Support: Create a new storage service. TRUNK-6300
- Cloud/Scaling Support: Add ElasticSearch backend for full text search. TRUNK-6301
- Cloud/Scaling Support: Setup Infinispan backend for Hibernate/Spring caching. TRUNK-6302
- Hibernate Upgrade: Upgrade Hibernate Search to 6.2.4. TRUNK-6316
- Java Upgrade: Add support for Java 21, 24. TRUNK-6311
- ProviderRole in Core: Migrate Provider role functionality from the Provider Management Module. TRUNK-6354
- Install Wizard UI: Modernize OpenMRS installation wizard UI to match the current OpenMRS branding. TRUNK-6329
- Security Fixes from Library Upgrades: Upgrade a number of underlying library dependencies to take advantage of security vulnerability fixes.
- Hibernate Annotations: Migrate more domain objects from Hibernate xml mappings to annotations. TRUNK-5748
- Support Postgres in Setup: Add Simple Installation Method for PosgreSQL. TRUNK-6343
Further details on the Detailed Technical Roadmap wiki page.
How You Can Help
- Share what you think of this plan: We’d really love to hear from you! Reply here, and/or join the Wednesday Platform Team calls to discuss (call details on the calendar at om.rs/cal)
- Test the 2.8-SNAPSHOT: Testing is VERY appreciated! The 2.8.0 Snapshot is available already on JFrog here: https://openmrs.jfrog.io/ui/native/snapshots/org/openmrs/distro/platform/2.8.0-SNAPSHOT/
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