OpenJDK Quality Outreach: Java 24 Is Now Available!

Greetings and welcome to the latest OpenJDK Quality Outreach update! JDK 24 was officially released (General Availability) on March 18th during JavaOne. You can rewatch the Java 24 launch and the J1 keynote here [1]. Be sure to also check out the Quality Outreach section here [2]. JavaOne was a

JDK 24 Release Candidate | JavaOne and More Heads-Up

Welcome to the first OpenJDK Quality Outreach update of 2025! The first Release Candidate builds of JDK 24 are now available [1] and tt this stage, only P1 issues will be evaluated. With the JDK 24 General Availability set for March 18th, the attention is now turning to JDK 25. JDK 24 will offi

JDK 24 Feature Freeze | Permanently Disabling the Security Manager

Welcome to the final OpenJDK Quality Outreach update of 2024! JDK 24, scheduled for General Availability on March 18, 2025 [1], is now in Rampdown Phase One (RDP1) [2]. At this point, the overall JDK 24 feature set is frozen and only low-risk enhancements might still be considered. You will find

OpenJDK Quality Outreach: JDK 23 is GA, JDK 24 EA builds

Welcome to the latest OpenJDK Quality Outreach update. JDK 23 was released last month as planned. You can find "The Arrival of Java 23" announcement here [1], and some additional Java 23 materials in the "Topics of Interest" section at the bottom of this update. You can also rewatch the Java 23

JDK 23 Release Candidates | Restrictive JAXP Configuration Heads-up

Welcome to the latest OpenJDK Quality Outreach update! Everything is on track for the General Availability of Java 23 on September 17th [1] as the JDK 23 Release Candidate builds (RC2 - builds 37) are now available [2]. And before shifting your attention to JDK 24, make sure to check the Heads-

JDK 23 RDP2 | Removal of the legacy COMPAT locale provider and more heads-up!

Welcome to the OpenJDK Quality Outreach summer update. JDK 23 is now in Rampdown Phase Two [1], its overall feature has been frozen a few weeks ago. Per the JDK Release Process, we have now turned our focus to P1 and P2 bugs, which can be fixed with approval [2]. Late enhancements are still pos

JDK 23 Feature Freeze / New Loom EA builds

Welcome to the latest OpenJDK Quality Outreach update! JDK 23, scheduled for General Availability on September 17, 2024, is now in Rampdown Phase One (RDP1) [1]. At this point, the overall JDK 23 feature set is frozen (see the final list of JEPs integrated into JDK 23 below) and only low-risk e

Java 22 is GA + Heads-up!

Welcome to the latest OpenJDK Quality Outreach update! Java 22 was just released along with JavaFX 22 [1][2]. Thank you to all the projects who contributed to those releases by testing and providing feedback using their respective early-access builds. And to celebrate that, the Java DevRel Team

JDK 22 RDP2 & Deprecate sun.misc.Unsafe Memory-Access Methods…

Greetings! We are starting 2024 with JDK 22 as it has just entered Rampdown Phase 2 [1]. And with the initial JDK 22 Release Candidates now less than 2 weeks away (Feb. 8th) [2], it is time to shift our attention to JDK 23. After multiple rounds of incubations and preview, the Foreign Function

JDK 20 is now GA, JDK 21 Early-Access builds, and 2 important heads-up!

Welcome to the latest OpenJDK Quality Outreach update! Last week was busy as we released both Java 20 and JavaFX 20. To celebrate the launch, we hosted a live event focused on Java 20, i.e. Level Up Java Day. All the sessions recordings will be made available shortly on the YouTube Java channe

JDK 20 Release Candidate and Deprecation

Welcome to the latest OpenJDK Quality Outreach update! The first Release Candidates of JDK 20 have been released [1] as per the schedule [2]. At this stage, only P1 issues will be evaluated. And with the JDK 20 General Availability sets for March 21st, it is now time to fully focus on JDK 21.

JDK 20 Rampdown Phase 1 & Valhalla LW4 Early-Access builds

Welcome to the final OpenJDK Quality Outreach update for 2022! JDK 20, scheduled for General Availability on March 21 2023, is now in Rampdown Phase One (RDP1) [1]. At this point, the overall JDK 20 [2] feature set is frozen (see below the final list of JEPs integrated into JDK 20) and only lo

JDK 20 EAb22, ZenGC EA builds, JavaFX 20 EAb5 and several heads-ups!

Greetings, With JavaOne in Las Vegas, last month was epically busy! It was great to finally have the ability to meet and discuss the Quality Outreach program with some of you... face-to-face! This installment of the newsletter is packed as we have several heads-ups, including new Early-Acces