CFV: New JDK Reviewer: Kelvin Nilsen

[Shipilev, Aleksey]

I hereby nominate Kelvin Nilsen (kdnilsen) [1] to JDK Reviewer.

Kelvin is a member of the JDK team at AWS and a Committer in the JDK project.

Kelvin is a GC expert and the de-facto Shenandoah Project lead. He has contributed substantial code to the Shenandoah project downstream over many years. This work culminated in the large Generational Shenandoah integration, a substantial contribution in itself. Additionally, Kelvin has contributed 38 changes to JDK mainline [2]. He actively reviews Shenandoah changes, and his review is effectively required for many of them. Granting Kelvin JDK Reviewer status would formalize this existing role.

Votes are due by 00:00 UTC Saturday, Mar 7, 2026.

Only current JDK Reviewers [3] are eligible to vote on this nomination. Votes must be cast in the open by replying to this mailing list.

For Lazy Consensus voting instructions, see [4].

Thanks,
-Aleksey

[1] https://openjdk.org/census#kdnilsen
[2] https://github.com/openjdk/jdk/commits?author=kdnilsen
[3] https://openjdk.org/census#jdk
[4] https://openjdk.java.net/groups/#member-vote



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