Bean Validation, Hibernate Validator (its Reference Implementation) and the Test Compatibility Kit have been handed over to the JCP for what is called the Final Approval Ballot. That's when the expert committee votes for the go / no-go of the specification going final as it is. We have found a few glitches when working on both the RI and the TCK in the last month but everything is in order now. The biggest visible change for you is that we renamed @ValidateExecutable into @ValidateOnExecution...