Hi David & Richard,* * *JDK 12 Early Access build 22 **is now available **at : - jdk.java.net/12/* * Per the JDK 12 schedule [1], we are now in Rampdown Phase One. o For more details , see Mark Reinhold's email to jdk-dev mailing list [2] o The overall feature set is frozen, no further JEPs will be targeted to this release. o We’ve forked the main-line source repository, jdk/jdk, to the JDK 12 stabilization repository. Changes since the last availability email * JEP 189: Shenandoah: A Low-Pause-Time Garbage Collector (Experimental) <http://openjdk.java.net/jeps/189> moved to *Targeted*. * JEP 334: JVM Constants API <http://openjdk.java.net/jeps/334> moved to *Targeted*. * JEP 344: Abortable Mixed Collections for G1 <http://openjdk.java.net/jeps/344> moved  to *Targeted*. * JEP 346: Promptly Return Unused Committed Memory from G1 <http://openjdk.java.net/jeps/346> to *Targeted*. * JEP 326: Raw String Literals <https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/326> (Preview) *Proposed to drop from JDK 12* o link to proposal on jdk-dev <https://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/jdk-dev/2018-December/002402.html... Bug fixes reported by Open Source Projects  : o JDK-8211051 - fixed in b22 - reported by JUnit5 o JDK-8211422 - fixed in b23 - reported by Apache Batik The Java Crypto Roadmap <https://java.com/cryptoroadmap> has been updated with the following target: * With the 2019-04-16 CPU, o Targeted Releases - JDK 12, JDK 11, JDK 8, and JDK 7 o Distrust TLS server certificates anchored by Symantec Root CAs. Oracle Java SE 8 Release Updates [3] * Public updates for Oracle Java SE 8 released after January 2019 will not be available for business, commercial or production use without a commercial license. Rgds, Rory [1] http://openjdk.java.net/projects/jdk/12/#Schedule [2] http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/jdk-dev/2018-December/002405.html [3] https://java.com/en/download/release_notice.jsp -- Rgds,Rory O'Donnell Quality Engineering Manager Oracle EMEA , Dublin, Ireland