Java 26 Roadmap

A vendor-neutral adoption path for the short-term JDK: align toolchain and CI, take free runtime wins, use stable libraries today, and park previews until final.

Why Java 26?

Short-term release after JDK 25 LTS

Day-0 Toolchain

Install JDK 26 (any major vendor)

Free Wins (No Code)

G1 throughput · less sync (JEP 522)

Library You Can Use

HTTP/3 in HttpClient (JEP 517)