Hi Benedikt,

*Per the JDK 17 schedule , we are now in the Release Candidate Phase [1][2].*

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*

*Please advise if you find any issues while testing the latest Early Access builds.*

 * Schedule:
     o *2021/08/05       Initial Release Candidate *
     o 2021/08/19        Final Release Candidate
     o 2021/09/14        General Availability


The overall feature set is frozen. No further JEPs will be targeted to this release.

 * Features integrated in JDK 17:

     o JEP 306: Restore Always-Strict Floating-Point Semantics
       <https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/306>
     o JEP 356: Enhanced Pseudo-Random Number Generators
       <https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/356>
     o JEP 382: New macOS Rendering Pipeline
       <https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/382>
     o JEP 391: macOS/AArch64 Port <https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/391>
     o JEP 398: Deprecate the Applet API for Removal
       <https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/398>
     o JEP 403: Strongly Encapsulate JDK Internals
       <https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/403>
     o JEP 406: Pattern Matching for switch (Preview)
       <https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/406>
     o JEP 407: Remove RMI Activation <https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/407>
     o JEP 409: Sealed Classes <https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/409>
     o JEP 410: Remove the Experimental AOT and JIT Compiler
       <https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/410>
     o JEP 411: Deprecate the Security Manager for Removal
       <https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/411>
     o JEP 412: Foreign Function & Memory API (Incubator)
       <https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/412>
     o JEP 414: Vector API (Second Incubator)
       <https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/414>
     o JEP 415: Context-Specific Deserialization Filters
       <https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/415>

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*

*OpenJDK 17 Early Accessbuild 35 is available at **https://jdk.java.net/17* <https://jdk.java.net/17>

 * These early-access , open-source builds are provided under the
     o GNU General Public License, version 2, with the Classpath
       Exception <https://openjdk.java.net/legal/gplv2+ce.html>
 * Release Notes are available at https://jdk.java.net/17/release-notes
   <https://jdk.java.net/17/release-notes>
 * Changes in recent builds that maybe of interest:
     o JDK-8270866: NPE in DocTreePath.getTreePath()[build 33]
         + Reportedby jOOQ

**Topics of Interest: *
*

 * The latest Newscast covers 17's JEP 356
   <https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/356>: Enhanced Pseudo-Random Number
   Generators - Here
   <https://inside.java/2021/07/29/insidejava-newscast-009/>
 * The latest JEP Café cover 17's JEP 409
   <https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/409> : Sealed Classes - Here
   <https://inside.java/2021/07/22/jepcafe2/>
 * A few updates to JEP 411 <https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/411>:
   Deprecate the Security Manager for Removal - Here
   <https://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/security-dev/2021-July/026806.html>

*
*

*OpenJDK**18 Early Access build 9 is available at **https://jdk.java.net/18* <https://jdk.java.net/18>

 * These early-access , open-source builds are provided under the
     o GNU General Public License, version 2, with the Classpath
       Exception <https://openjdk.java.net/legal/gplv2+ce.html>
 * Release Notes are available at https://jdk.java.net/18/release-notes
   <https://jdk.java.net/18/release-notes>
 * Changes in recent builds that maybe of interest:
     o JDK-8225082: Remove IdenTrust certificate that is expiring in
       September 2021 [build 9]
     o JDK-8251329: Zip File System Provider Throws ZipException when
       entry name element contains "." or ".." [build 9]
     o JDK-8271359: NPE in DocTreePath.getTreePath() [build 8]
         + Reported by jOOQ

*July 2021 Critical Patch Update Released*

 * As part of the July 2021, we released JDK 16.0.2, JDK 11.0.12 LTS,
   JDK 8u301 and JDK 7u311 as well as OpenJDK 16.0.2 (publicly available)


Rgds,Rory

[1] https://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/jdk-dev/2021-August/005894.html
[2] https://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/jdk-dev/2021-August/005906.html

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Rgds, Rory O'Donnell
Quality Engineering Manager
Oracle EMEA, Dublin, Ireland

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