Hi David & Richard, *Per the JDK 15 schedule , we are in Rampdown Phase One* *[1] * *Please advise if you find any issues while testing the latest Early Access builds. * * Schedule for JDK 15 o *2020/06/11 Rampdown Phase One* o 2020/07/16 Rampdown Phase Two o 2020/08/06 Initial Release Candidate o 2020/08/20 Final Release Candidate o 2020/09/15 General Availability * Features included in JDK 15: o JEP 339: Edwards-Curve Digital Signature Algorithm (EdDSA) <http://openjdk.java.net/jeps/339> o JEP 360: Sealed Classes (Preview) <http://openjdk.java.net/jeps/360> o JEP 371: Hidden Classes <http://openjdk.java.net/jeps/371> o JEP 372: Remove the Nashorn JavaScript Engine <http://openjdk.java.net/jeps/372> o JEP 373: Reimplement the Legacy DatagramSocket API <https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/373> o JEP 374: Disable and Deprecate Biased Locking <http://openjdk.java.net/jeps/374> o JEP 375: Pattern Matching for instanceof (Second Preview) <https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/375> o JEP 377: ZGC: A Scalable Low-Latency Garbage Collector <http://openjdk.java.net/jeps/377> o JEP 378: Text Blocks <http://openjdk.java.net/jeps/378> o JEP 379: Shenandoah: A Low-Pause-Time Garbage Collector <https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/379> o JEP 381: Remove the Solaris and SPARC Ports <https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/381> o JEP 383: Foreign-Memory Access API (Second Incubator) <https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/383> o JEP 384: Records (Second Preview) <https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/384> o JEP 385: Deprecate RMI Activation for Removal <https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/385> *JDK 15 **Early Access build 28 **is available**at : - jdk.java.net/15/* These early-access, open-source builds are provided under the GNU General Public License, version 2, with the Classpath Exception**Release notes * Release notes o http://jdk.java.net/15/release-notes * Recent fixes that might be of interest o Build 27 + JDK-8233215: jpackage doesn't allow enough flexibility for file type binding + JDK-8244582: Remove terminally deprecated Solaris-specific SO_FLOW_SLA socket option + JDK-8245068: Implement Deprecation of RMI Activation + JDK-8246770: Atomic::add() with 64 bit value fails to link on 32-bit platforms # Reported by JaCoCo o Build 26 + JDK-8240871: SSLEngine handshake status immediately after the handshake can be NOT_HANDSHAKING rather than FINISHED with TLSv1.3 # Reported by Apache Tomcat o Build 25 + JDK-8206925: Support the certificate_authorities extension + JDK-8239480: Support for CLDR version 37 + JDK-8243925: Toolkit#getScreenInsets() returns wrong value on HiDPI screens (Windows) *JDK 16 Early Access build 2 ****is available**at : - jdk.java.net/16/* These early-access, open-source builds are provided under the GNU General Public License, version 2, with the Classpath Exception.* * *_Survey on _**_jinfo, jmap, jstack serviceability tools in JDK:_ * * Oracle is considering deprecation and (eventual) removal of 3 JDK tools - jinfo, jmap, jstack. * The Survey Link <https://www.questionpro.com/a/TakeSurvey?tt=n%2BDcx/aY3aA%3D> will remain open through July 15 2020. Rgds, Rory [1] https://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/jdk-dev/2020-June/004401.html -- Rgds, Rory O'Donnell Quality Engineering Manager Oracle EMEA, Dublin, Ireland