After a plan to eliminate use of sun.misc.Unsafe in Java 9 drew heavy criticism, Oracle crafted a workaround to keep the API functional Addressing a controversy over a popular but unsupported Java API ...

The current version, OpenJDK 25, was released in the fall of 2025, with many vendors offering Long-Term Support (LTS). Many companies use such releases as a stability anchor for migrations and ...

OpenJDK project teams will focus work on features such as value types, code reflection, AOT compilation, and structured concurrency in the coming year. Oracle’s Java team in 2026 will work toward ...