Proposed schedule for JDK 26
Mark Reinhold
mark.reinhold at oracle.com
Mon Nov 3 19:47:51 UTC 2025
2025/10/1 13:04:13 -0400, mark.reinhold at oracle.com:
> Here is the proposed schedule for JDK 26:
>
> 2025/12/04 Rampdown Phase One
> 2026/01/15 Rampdown Phase Two
> 2026/02/05 Initial Release Candidate
> 2026/02/19 Final Release Candidate
> 2026/03/17 General Availability
>
> The phases are defined in JEP 3 [1].
>
> Comments on this proposal from JDK Committers and Reviewers [2] are
> welcome, as are reasoned objections. If no such objections are raised
> by 18:00 UTC next Wednesday, 8 October, or if they’re raised and then
> satisfactorily answered, then per the JEP 2.0 process proposal [3]
> this will be the schedule for JDK 26.
Hearing no objection, this is now the schedule for JDK 26.
- Mark
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