RELEASE NOTES: JDK 26.0.1

Notes generated: Fri Mar 20 06:59:14 CET 2026

JEPs

None.

RELEASE NOTES

None.

FIXED ISSUES

client-libs/2d

Priority	Bug	Summary
P3	JDK-8373290	Update FreeType to 2.14.1
P3	JDK-8379158	Update FreeType to 2.14.2
P4	JDK-8372592	Adjust logger usage in java2d tests

client-libs/java.awt

Priority	Bug	Summary
P3	JDK-8375063	Update Libpng to 1.6.54
P3	JDK-8378623	Use unique font names in FormatCharAdvanceTest

client-libs/javax.sound

Priority	Bug	Summary
P4	JDK-8373632	Some sound tests failing in CI due to lack of sound key

core-libs/java.net

Priority	Bug	Summary
P4	JDK-8372661	Add a null-safe static factory method to "jdk.test.lib.net.SimpleSSLContext"

core-libs/java.time

Priority	Bug	Summary
P3	JDK-8373476	(tz) Update Timezone Data to 2025c
P3	JDK-8379035	(tz) Update Timezone Data to 2026a

core-libs/java.util.jar

Priority	Bug	Summary
P2	JDK-8374644	Regression in GZIPInputStream performance after JDK-7036144

hotspot/compiler

Priority	Bug	Summary
P4	JDK-8375094	RISC-V: Fix client builds after JDK-8368732
P4	JDK-8375657	RISC-V: Need to check size in SharedRuntime::is_wide_vector
P4	JDK-8372589	VM crashes on init when NonNMethodCodeHeapSize is set too small and UseTransparentHugePages is enabled
P5	JDK-8370489	Some compiler tests miss the @key randomness

hotspot/runtime

Priority	Bug	Summary
P3	JDK-8375530	PPC64: incorrect quick verify_method_data_pointer check causes poor performance in debug build

hotspot/svc

Priority	Bug	Summary
P4	JDK-8373625	CPUTimeCounters creates a total counter for unsupported GCs

infrastructure

Priority	Bug	Summary
P4	JDK-8373520	Bump update version for OpenJDK: jdk26u to 26.0.1

infrastructure/licensing

Priority	Bug	Summary
P4	JDK-8377905	gcc.md included with every build

security-libs/jdk.security

Priority	Bug	Summary
P4	JDK-8373793	TestDynamicStore.java '/manual' disables use of '/timeout'

tools/jshell

Priority	Bug	Summary
P4	JDK-8374434	Several JShell tests report JUnit discovery warnings