RELEASE NOTES FOR: 8u181
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Notes generated: Mon Apr 01 18:11:19 CEST 2024

Hint: Prefix bug IDs with https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/ to reach the relevant JIRA entry.

JAVA ENHANCEMENT PROPOSALS (JEP):

  None.

RELEASE NOTES:

install/install:

    JDK-8202065: jre/bin/javaw.exe is missing from server-jre for windows since 8u171

      Two files, `jre/bin/javaw.exe` and `jre/bin/jabswitch.exe`, were not included in 8u171. As a
      workaround, users who need those files can download the non-server JRE and copy those files
      from it into the server JRE image.

core-svc/debugger:

    JDK-8197943: Unable to use the JDWP API in JDK 8 to debug JDK >=9

      The implementation of `VirtualMachineImpl.canGetInstanceInfo()` has been corrected, so it is
      now able to see JDK JVMs >= JDK 9. 
      
      This correction allows certain debugger agents to operate correctly without any action
      required from a user (developer).

core-libs/javax.naming:

    JDK-8211107: LDAPS Communication Failure

      Application code using LDAPS with a socket connect timeout that is <= 0 ( the default value ),
      may encounter an exception when establishing the connection.
      
      The top most frames from Exception stack traces of applications encountering such issues might
      resemble the following:
      
      ```     javax.naming.ServiceUnavailableException: <server:port>; socket closed     at  
      com.sun.jndi.ldap.Connection.readReply(Unknown Source)       at  
      com.sun.jndi.ldap.LdapClient.ldapBind(Unknown Source)     ... ```


ALL FIXED ISSUES, BY COMPONENT AND PRIORITY:

client-libs/2d:
  (P3) JDK-8201818: [macosx] Printing attributes break page size set via "java.awt.print.Book" object
  (P3) JDK-8201433: Fix potential crash in BufImg_SetupICM

client-libs/java.awt:
  (P3) JDK-8198606: Touch keyboard does not hide, when a text component looses focus
  (P3) JDK-8199748: Touch keyboard is not shown, if text component gets focus from other text component
  (P3) JDK-8198605: Touch keyboard is shown for a non-focusable text component

client-libs/javax.swing:
  (P3) JDK-8195095: Images are not scaled correctly in JEditorPane
  (P3) JDK-8202696: Remove exclusion range for phonetic chars in windows fontconfig.properties

core-libs/java.io:serialization:
  (P3) JDK-8203368: ObjectInputStream filterCheck method throws NullPointerException

core-libs/java.rmi:
  (P4) JDK-8202996: Remove debug print statements from RMI fix

core-libs/java.time:
  (P4) JDK-8203233: (tz) Upgrade time-zone data to tzdata2018e

core-libs/java.util.jar:
  (P4) JDK-8196854: TestFlushableGZIPOutputStream failing with IndexOutOfBoundsException

core-libs/javax.naming:
  (P2) JDK-8211107: LDAPS communication failure with jdk 1.8.0_181

core-svc/debugger:
  (P3) JDK-8197943: Unable to use JDWP API in JDK 8 to debug JDK 9 VM

deploy/plugin:
  (P3) JDK-8190689: Java incorrectly requires "HttpOnly" cookie attribute to be case sensitive

deploy/webstart:
  (P3) JDK-8189783: Java Web Start application with file extension association is removed from cache when invoked for the second time from browser 
  (P3) JDK-8187223: Long JNLP file is not parsed correctly and ends with javaws path
  (P3) JDK-8201133: Security check failure for main jar downlaod with jnlp.versionEnabled and Deployment Rule Set feature

hotspot/compiler:
  (P2) JDK-8188223: IfNode::range_check_trap_proj() should handle dying subgraph with single if proj
  (P5) JDK-8169201: Montgomery multiply intrinsic should use correct name

hotspot/runtime:
  (P5) JDK-8078628: linux-zero does not build without precompiled header

infrastructure:
  (P3) JDK-6305659: [RE] Java RPM packages should be signed and the public key available for download.

install/install:
  (P2) JDK-8199650: JDK installation uninstalls public JRE
  (P2) JDK-8202065: jre/bin/javaw.exe is missing from server-jre for windows since 8u171

security-libs/java.security:
  (P3) JDK-8157898: SupportedDSAParamGen.java failed with timeout
  (P4) JDK-8176183: sun/security/mscapi/SignedObjectChain.java fails on Windows

security-libs/javax.crypto:
  (P3) JDK-8207775: Better management of CipherCore buffers
  (P3) JDK-8208583: Better management of internal KeyStore buffers
  (P4) JDK-8209129: Further improvements to cipher buffer management

security-libs/javax.crypto:pkcs11:
  (P4) JDK-8051972: sun/security/pkcs11/ec/ReadCertificates.java fails intermittently

security-libs/javax.net.ssl:
  (P3) JDK-8170035: When determining the ciphersuite lists there is no debug output for disabled suites.