RELEASE NOTES: JDK 26

Notes generated: Mon Jun 23 09:56:35 CEST 2025

JEPs

Issue Description
JDK-8345525 JEP 504: Remove the Applet API
Remove the Applet API, which was deprecated for removal in JDK 17 (2021). It is obsolete because neither recent JDK releases nor current web browsers support applets.
JDK-8359894 Stable Values (Second Preview)