RELEASE NOTES FOR: 26.0.1
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Notes generated: Fri Mar 20 06:59:14 CET 2026

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JAVA ENHANCEMENT PROPOSALS (JEP):

  None.

RELEASE NOTES:

  None.

ALL FIXED ISSUES, BY COMPONENT AND PRIORITY:

client-libs/2d:
  (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:
  (P3) JDK-8375063: Update Libpng to 1.6.54
  (P3) JDK-8378623: Use unique font names in FormatCharAdvanceTest

client-libs/javax.sound:
  (P4) JDK-8373632: Some sound tests failing in CI due to lack of sound key

core-libs/java.net:
  (P4) JDK-8372661: Add a null-safe static factory method to "jdk.test.lib.net.SimpleSSLContext"

core-libs/java.time:
  (P3) JDK-8373476: (tz) Update Timezone Data to 2025c
  (P3) JDK-8379035: (tz) Update Timezone Data to 2026a

core-libs/java.util.jar:
  (P2) JDK-8374644: Regression in GZIPInputStream performance after JDK-7036144

hotspot/compiler:
  (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:
  (P3) JDK-8375530: PPC64: incorrect quick verify_method_data_pointer check causes poor performance in debug build

hotspot/svc:
  (P4) JDK-8373625: CPUTimeCounters creates a total counter for unsupported GCs

infrastructure:
  (P4) JDK-8373520: Bump update version for OpenJDK: jdk26u to 26.0.1

infrastructure/licensing:
  (P4) JDK-8377905: gcc.md included with every build

security-libs/jdk.security:
  (P4) JDK-8373793: TestDynamicStore.java '/manual' disables use of '/timeout'

tools/jshell:
  (P4) JDK-8374434: Several JShell tests report JUnit discovery warnings