Hi Stefan/Jaikiran,

*Per the JDK 17 schedule , we are in Rampdown Phase Two [1].*

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

 * Schedule:

     o *2021/07/15 Rampdown Phase Two*
     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>

*
*

*OpenJDK 17 Early Access build 31 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>


*
*

*OpenJDK 18 Early Access build 6 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-8269697: JNI_GetPrimitiveArrayCritical() should not accept
       object array [build 6]
     o JDK-8253119: Remove the legacy PlainSocketImpl and
       PlainDatagramSocketImpl implementation [build 6]
     o JDK-8268960: Prohibit Null for Header Keys and Values in
       com.sun.net.httpserver.Headers [build 5]
     o JDK-8256425: Obsolete Biased Locking in JDK 18 [build 4]

*Topics of Interest: *

 * ‘Inside Java’ Podcast #18: Java's steady march towards strong
   encapsulation <https://inside.java/2021/06/29/podcast-018/>


Rgds,Rory

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