RELEASE NOTES FOR: 15.0.1
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Notes generated: Tue Apr 02 22:59:28 CEST 2024

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JAVA ENHANCEMENT PROPOSALS (JEP):

  None.

RELEASE NOTES:

security-libs/java.security:

    JDK-8243320: Added 3 SSL Corporation Root CA Certificates

      The following root certificates have been added to the cacerts truststore: ``` + SSL
      Corporation   + sslrootrsaca     DN: CN=SSL.com Root Certification Authority RSA, O=SSL
      Corporation, L=Houston, ST=Texas, C=US
      
      + sslrootevrsaca     DN: CN=SSL.com EV Root Certification Authority RSA R2, O=SSL Corporation,
      L=Houston, ST=Texas, C=US
      
      + sslrooteccca     DN: CN=SSL.com Root Certification Authority ECC, O=SSL Corporation,
      L=Houston, ST=Texas, C=US ```

    JDK-8243321: Added Entrust Root Certification Authority - G4 certificate

      The following root certificate has been added to the cacerts truststore: ``` + Entrust   +
      entrustrootcag4     DN: CN=Entrust Root Certification Authority - G4, OU="(c) 2015 Entrust,
      Inc. - for authorized use only",             OU=See www.entrust.net/legal-terms, O="Entrust,
      Inc.", C=US ```


ALL FIXED ISSUES, BY COMPONENT AND PRIORITY:

docs/guides:
  (P3) JDK-8241387: Doc: Disable native SunEC implementation by default

globalization/locale-data:
  (P3) JDK-8250665: Wrong translation for the month of May in ar_JO, ar_LB and ar_SY

hotspot/compiler:
  (P3) JDK-8250548: libgraal can deadlock in -Xcomp mode
  (P4) JDK-8248987: AOT's Linker.java seems to eagerly fail-fast on Windows.
  (P4) JDK-8248467: C2: compiler/intrinsics/object/TestClone fails with -XX:+VerifyGraphEdges
  (P4) JDK-8250612: jvmciCompilerToVM.cpp declares jio_printf with "void" return type, should be "int"

hotspot/gc:
  (P2) JDK-8247736: Shenandoah: assert(_nm->is_alive()) failed: only alive nmethods here
  (P2) JDK-8249230: Shenandoah: assertion failure with -XX:-ResizeTLAB
  (P2) JDK-8251451: Shenandoah: Remark ObjectSynchronizer roots with I-U
  (P2) JDK-8247593: Shenandoah: should not block pacing reporters
  (P3) JDK-8251910: Shenandoah: Handshake threads between weak-roots and reset phases
  (P3) JDK-8250841: Shenandoah: need to reset/finish dead counters for StringTable/ResolvedMethodTable during STW root processing
  (P3) JDK-8248041: Shenandoah: pre-Full GC root updates may miss some roots
  (P4) JDK-8247860: Shenandoah: add update watermark line in rich assert failure message
  (P4) JDK-8248632: Shenandoah: build fails without both JVMTI and JFR
  (P4) JDK-8249801: Shenandoah: Clear soft-refs on requested GC cycle
  (P4) JDK-8251359: Shenandoah: filter null oops before calling enqueue/SATB barrier
  (P4) JDK-8249953: Shenandoah: gc/shenandoah/mxbeans tests should account for corner cases
  (P4) JDK-8248634: Shenandoah: incorrect include in shenandoahInitLogger.cpp
  (P4) JDK-8247754: Shenandoah: mxbeans tests can be shorter
  (P4) JDK-8247751: Shenandoah: options tests should run with smaller heaps
  (P4) JDK-8247367: Shenandoah: pacer should wait on lock instead of exponential backoff
  (P4) JDK-8249649: Shenandoah: provide per-cycle pacing stats
  (P4) JDK-8247845: Shenandoah: refactor TLAB/GCLAB retirement code
  (P4) JDK-8241065: Shenandoah: remove leftover code after JDK-8231086
  (P4) JDK-8241574: Shenandoah: remove ShenandoahAssertToSpaceClosure
  (P4) JDK-8241007: Shenandoah: remove ShenandoahCriticalControlThreadPriority support
  (P4) JDK-8248652: Shenandoah: SATB buffer handling may assume no forwarded objects
  (P4) JDK-8247757: Shenandoah: split heavy tests by heuristics to improve parallelism

hotspot/runtime:
  (P3) JDK-8249672: Include microcode revision in features_string on x86
  (P4) JDK-8243470: [macos] bring back O2 opt level for unsafe.cpp
  (P4) JDK-8250844: Make sure {type,obj}ArrayOopDesc accessors check the bounds 

infrastructure:
  (P4) JDK-8248495: [macos] zerovm is broken due to libffi headers location

infrastructure/build:
  (P4) JDK-8250876: Fix issues with cross-compile on macos

security-libs/java.security:
  (P2) JDK-8251859: sun/security/validator/PKIXValAndRevCheckTests.java fails with "RuntimeException: Received unexpected exception"
  (P3) JDK-8243321: Add Entrust root CA - G4 to Oracle Root CA program
  (P3) JDK-8248745: Add jarsigner and keytool tests for restricted algorithms
  (P3) JDK-8243320: Add SSL root certificates to Oracle Root CA program

security-libs/org.ietf.jgss:krb5:
  (P2) JDK-8250582: Revert Principal Name type to NT-UNKNOWN when requesting TGS Kerberos tickets