Hi Jason/Tomaz, *JDK 9 Early Access* b162 <https://jdk9.java.net/download/> is available on java.net, summary of changes are listed here <http://download.java.net/java/jdk9/changes/jdk-9+162.html>;. There is one fix for a bug reported by Open Source projects since the last availability email : - b161 - JDK 8176265 Method overload resolution on a covariant base type doesn't work in 9 Other change that maybe of interest: - b162 - JDK 8176503 security-libs Disable SHA-1 TLS Server Certificates *Better tools for adjusting to strong encapsulation -* please read Mark Reinhold's email on this topic [1] *Quality Outreach Report for March 2017 *is available [2], many thanks for your continued support and welcome to the new projects! *Schedule - JDK 9 Rampdown Phase 2*: Proposal accepted [3]. The overall goal of this process is to ensure that we fix just the bugs that must be fixed in order to ensure a successful release. Oracle's JRE and JDK Cryptographic Roadmap has been updated since last availability email [4] Rgds,Rory [1] http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/jigsaw-dev/2017- March/011763.html [2] https://wiki.openjdk.java.net/display/quality/Quality+ Outreach+report+March+2017 [3] http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/jdk9-dev/2017-March/005689.html [4] https://www.java.com/en/jre-jdk-cryptoroadmap.html -- Rgds,Rory O'Donnell Quality Engineering Manager Oracle EMEA , Dublin, Ireland