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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: Development Frozen for rampdown of 11.0.27. Pushes after . After freeze, pushes for 11.0.28 after jdk11u-fix-yes approval. Check here for clearance.
jdk11u: Weekly build promotions Pushes for 11.0.27 after jdk11u-critical-yes approval. Check here for clearance.
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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- Friday, December 6th 2024 : jdk11u-dev forest open (tag: jdk-11.0.27+0)
- Friday, January 31st 2025: First build promotion jdk11u-dev→jdk11u (tag: jdk-11.0.27+1)
- Friday, February 7th 2025: Second build promotion jdk11u-dev→jdk11u (tag:jdk-11.0.27+2)Skipped; no changes
- Friday, February 14th 2025: Third Second build promotion jdk11u-dev→jdk11u (tag: jdk-11.0.27+32)
- Friday, February 21st 2025: Fourth Third build promotion jdk11u-dev→ jdk11u (tag: jdk-11.0.27+43).
- Friday, February 28th 2025: Fifth Fourth build promotion jdk11u-dev→ jdk11u (tag: jdk-11.0.27+54). Start of Rampdown phase.
- Friday, March 7th 2025: First jdk11u build promotion (tag: jdk-11.0.27+6).
- Friday, March 14th 2025: Second jdk11u build promotion (tag: jdk-11.0.27+7).
- Friday, March 21st 2025: Third jdk11u build promotion (tag: jdk-11.0.27+8)
- Friday, March 28th 2025: Fourth and final jdk11u build promotion (tag: jdk-11.0.27+9). Frozen for release.
- Tuesday, April 15th 2025: GA; OpenJDK 11.0.27 released (tag: jdk-11.0.27-ga, likely to be jdk-11.0.27+10)
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