FYI, more progress towards targeting JEP 401.
> Begin forwarded message:
>
> From: Dan Smith <[email protected]>
> Subject: Refreshed EA release
> Date: March 25, 2026 at 10:58:27 PM PDT
> To: valhalla-spec-experts <[email protected]>
>
> I’m happy to announce that we’ve published another EA build for JEP 401
> (Value Classes and Objects). There are no major changes in functionality, but
> since last October the team has fixed lots of bugs, improved performance, and
> updated some system components. If you’ve been using the previous build,
> please update to this one!
>
> Binaries of the EA can be downloaded here:
>
> https://jdk.java.net/valhalla/
>
> The JEP (unchanged) provides an outline of the implemented functionality:
>
> https://openjdk.org/jeps/401
>
> And the release notes cover some details specific to this release:
>
> https://openjdk.org/projects/valhalla/early-access
>
> This short introduction from October is still relevant:
>
> https://inside.java/2025/10/27/try-jep-401-value-classes/
