RELEASE NOTES FOR: 17.0.20
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Notes generated: Fri Mar 20 05:49:45 CET 2026

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JAVA ENHANCEMENT PROPOSALS (JEP):

  None.

RELEASE NOTES:

  None.

ALL FIXED ISSUES, BY COMPONENT AND PRIORITY:

client-libs/2d:
  (P4) JDK-8369911: Test sun/java2d/marlin/ClipShapeTest.java#CubicDoDash, #Cubic and #Poly fail intermittent

client-libs/java.awt:
  (P3) JDK-8376233: Clean up code in Desktop native peer

client-libs/javax.swing:
  (P3) JDK-8365625: Can't change accelerator colors in Windows L&F
  (P3) JDK-8374506: Incorrect positioning of arrow icon in parent JMenu in Windows L&F
  (P3) JDK-8373650: Test "javax/swing/JMenuItem/6458123/ManualBug6458123.java" fails because the check icons are not aligned properly as expected

core-libs/java.lang:
  (P4) JDK-8298783: java/lang/ref/FinalizerHistogramTest.java failed with "RuntimeException: MyObject is not found in test output"

hotspot/compiler:
  (P2) JDK-8358751: C2: Recursive inlining check for compiled lambda forms is broken

infrastructure:
  (P4) JDK-8378777: Bump update version for OpenJDK: jdk-17.0.20

tools/jpackage:
  (P4) JDK-8378802: [21u] backport changes to TKit.java by JDK-8352419
  (P4) JDK-8375080: The tools/jpackage/windows/Win8365790Test.java may fail with ClassNotFoundException: jtreg.SkippedException