JDK 25

This release will be the Reference Implementation of version 25 of the Java SE Platform, as specified by JSR 400 in the Java Community Process.

Schedule

2025/06/05 Rampdown Phase One (branch from main line)
2025/07/17 Rampdown Phase Two
2025/08/07 Initial Release Candidate
2025/08/21 Final Release Candidate
2025/09/16 General Availability

Status

JDK 25 is in Release Candidate phase. The overall feature set is frozen. No further JEPs will be targeted to this release.

The stabilization branch, jdk25, is open for critical bug fixes, with approval, per the JDK Release Process (JEP 3). Integrate most such changes via backports from the main line.

Release-candidate binaries, under the GPL, are available here.

Features

470: PEM Encodings of Cryptographic Objects (Preview)
502: Stable Values (Preview)
503: Remove the 32-bit x86 Port
505: Structured Concurrency (Fifth Preview)
506: Scoped Values
507: Primitive Types in Patterns, instanceof, and switch (Third Preview)
508: Vector API (Tenth Incubator)
509: JFR CPU-Time Profiling (Experimental)
510: Key Derivation Function API
511: Module Import Declarations
512: Compact Source Files and Instance Main Methods
513: Flexible Constructor Bodies
514: Ahead-of-Time Command-Line Ergonomics
515: Ahead-of-Time Method Profiling
518: JFR Cooperative Sampling
519: Compact Object Headers
520: JFR Method Timing & Tracing
521: Generational Shenandoah
Last update: 2025/8/7 22:51 UTC