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At the end of the month prior to the release month, the jdk11u repository is declared frozen so embargoed security fixes can be added in private during the final few weeks. On release day, the final version will be pushed to the jdk11u repository and source bundles made available.

Repositories

jdk11u-dev: Always open repository for development of upcoming JDK 11 Update releases. Pushes after Frozen for rampdown. When re-opened, pushes after jdk11u-fix-yes approval. Check here for clearance.

jdk11u: Repository used for Rampdown of JDK 11 Update releases. Pushes only during 4-weeks rampdown period after jdk11u-critical-yes approval. Check here for clearance Weekly build promotions for OpenJDK 11.0.26.

Timelines

The release date follows the schedule of Oracle Critical Patch Updates as this is the date embargoed security fixes can be published.

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• Wednesday, August 28 2024: jdk11u-dev repo open (tag: jdk-11.0.26+0)
• TuesdayFriday, October 29 November 8th 2024: First merge from jdk11u-dev to build promotion jdk11u-dev→jdk11u (tag: jdk-11.0.26+1)
• Friday, November 15th 2024: Second build promotion jdk11u-dev→ jdk11u (tag: jdk-11.0.26+12)
• TuesdayFriday, December 3 November 22nd 2024: Rampdown; last merge from jdk11u-dev to jdk11u
• Tuesday, December 31  2024: Last tag before code freeze
• Skipped; no changes
• Friday, November 29th 2024: Third build promotion jdk11u-dev→ jdk11u (tag: jdk-11.0.26+3) & start of Rampdown phase
• Friday, December 6th 2024: First jdk11u build promotion (tag: jdk-11.0.26+4)
• Friday, December 13th 2024: Second jdk11u build promotion Tuesday, January 21 2025 GA; OpenJDK 11.0.26 released (tag: jdk-11.0.26-ga)

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• +5)
• Friday, December 20th 2024: Third jdk11u build promotion (tag: jdk-11.0.

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• 26+6)
• FridayWednesday, December 4 27th 2024: Fourth and final jdk11u -dev repo open build promotion (tag: jdk-11.0.26+7)
• Tuesday, January 21st 2025: GA; OpenJDK 11.0.26 released (tag: jdk-11.0.27+026-ga, likely to be jdk-11.0.26+8)

Older releases can be found in the archive.

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