Java 17 is a feature release which will obsolete Java 16 and became a long-term support (LTS) release of Java on its introduction on 14th September 2021.
Current status: Early Access
Page last updated: 2021-05-03, EA 20
Schedule:
- 2021-06-10 Rampdown Phase One (fork from main line)
- 2021-07-15 Rampdown Phase Two
- 2021-08-05 Initial Release Candidate
- 2021-08-19 Final Release Candidate
- 2021-09-14 General Availability
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- JEP 356: Enhanced Pseudo-Random Number Generators
- JEP 391: macOS/AArch64 Port (not clear if this will be back-ported to, e.g., Java 11 or not)
- JEP 409: Sealed Classes
- JDK-8259709: Disable SHA-1 XML Signatures