Announcing Java updates of Apr 15, 2025 for 8, 11, 17, 21, and 24: thoughts and resources
It's that time again: there are new JVM updates released today (Apr 15, 2025) for the current long-term support (LTS) releases of Oracle Java, 8, 11, 17, and 21, as well as the new short-term release 24. (The previous short-term release, Java 23, is no longer updated.)
TLDR: The new updates are 1.8.0_451 (aka 8u451), 11.0.27, 17.0.15, 21.0.7, and 24.0.1, respectively. Crazy that there are now 5 current Java releases, I do realize. More below, including links to more on each of them including what changed, bug fixes, and the security fixes each version contains, which are offered in Oracle resources I list below.
But let's please not make this a place where folks ask about that CF update: it's off-topic for here. I even opted not to mention this in the post above for that reason, but I wanted to offer this comment to inform those who may be wondering.