Topic

Java release cadence

Java's six-month release train, in which most versions are short-term-support and every few years one becomes a long-term-support line that enterprises actually deploy.

Current clusters

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Java 27 makes G1 the collector on the 1-CPU container that used to get Serial

The non-LTS release is mostly two years of JDK 25 experiments switched on by default, and the flipped defaults change memory and handshake behaviour in small containers rather than adding syntax anyone will write.

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Reality

Evidence56
Adoption24
Hype gap−14
Incentives58
Confidence52