Does anyone have input on this? I had to revert all deployments I made
with JDK 25.0.2 back to JDK 25.0.1 due to it breaking various different
features that relied on opening URLs of specific applications. The same
will probably also apply to many other applications out there.
Is there a supported way in JDK 25.0.2 to open an URL with the
associated application instead of the web browser on Windows?
On 10/02/2026 16:45, Christopher Schnick wrote:
Hello,
We recently upgraded our application to JDK 25.0.2 and saw a changed
behaviour in the Desktop.browse method when opening any non-http URLs
on Windows. Previously, those URLs were opened with the default
application associated with that URL scheme, now it always opens the
URL in the web browser, even though it shouldn't really do that. Even
stuff like file:// URLs are opened in the browser.
I saw there were PRs for both the AWT and JavaFX implementation for
opening URLs, but the related JBS issues are private. So I'm guessing
some kind of security issue?
Is this the expected behaviour now due to security constraints or is
this a bug?
Best
Christopher Schnick
