RELEASE NOTES FOR: 8u66 ==================================================================================================== Notes generated: Sun Dec 01 12:09:00 CET 2024 Hint: Prefix bug IDs with https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/ to reach the relevant JIRA entry. JAVA ENHANCEMENT PROPOSALS (JEP): None. RELEASE NOTES: security-libs/org.ietf.jgss:krb5: JDK-8078495: Correction to end time checking for native TGT The end times for native TGTs (ticket-granting tickets) are now compared with UTC time stamps. ALL FIXED ISSUES, BY COMPONENT AND PRIORITY: client-libs/2d: (P3) JDK-8130938: [solaris] Incomplete 8ux fix for 8071710: libfontmanager & t2k should link against headless awt on solaris (P3) JDK-8087201: OGL: rendering of lcd text is slow (P3) JDK-8132890: Text Overlapping on Dot Matrix Printers client-libs/java.awt: (P3) JDK-8037371: [macosx] Test closed/java/awt/dnd/ImageTransferTest/ImageTransferTest.html fails (P3) JDK-8131752: [Regression] Test java/awt/GraphicsDevice/CheckDisplayModes.java fails client-libs/javax.accessibility: (P2) JDK-8134453: JAWS crashes in WindowsAccessBridge.DLL on 32 bit 8u60 running on 32 bit Win 7 client-libs/javax.swing: (P3) JDK-8134828: Scrollbar thumb disappears with Nimbus L&F core-libs/jdk.nashorn: (P3) JDK-8134403: Nashorn react.js benchmark performance regression deploy/plugin: (P1) JDK-8133523: _releaseObject called from wrong thread (P3) JDK-8079618: AccessControlException with deployment cache and RMI deploy/webstart: (P2) JDK-8141527: AddRemoveTest tests fail as second request to jnlp not getting to server, but resource requests going through fine hotspot/jvmti: (P3) JDK-6904403: assert(f == k->has_finalizer(),"inconsistent has_finalizer") with debug VM hotspot/runtime: (P3) JDK-8048353: jstack -l crashes VM when a Java mirror for a primitive type is locked (P3) JDK-8072147: Preloading libjsig.dylib causes deadlock when signal() is called (P3) JDK-8076110: VM crash when class is redefined with Instrumentation.redefineClasses infrastructure/build: (P2) JDK-8072116: [Solaris] : Fix for 8071710 needs to be updated for build dependency checking. (P3) JDK-8131588: new hotspot build - hs25.66-b02 (P3) JDK-8131628: new hotspot build - hs25.66-b03 (P3) JDK-8131126: Set update release to 8u66 and keep default jprt release as 8u60 on jdk8u repos (P3) JDK-8130291: Update the Hotspot version numbers in Hotspot for JDK 8u66 install: (P2) JDK-8133191: NVDA screen reader and JAWS can't read the "Look and Feel" Selections. install/install: (P2) JDK-8136492: IPS bundle build failed on S11.1 (P3) JDK-8132845: 8u60b25 installation fails on Windows XP javafx/accessibility: (P2) JDK-8132897: ComboBox hangs on Windows 10 when clicked while not in focus javafx/graphics: (P3) JDK-8088707: GUI is slowing down sporadically javafx/web: (P3) JDK-8090098: [WebView] getTimezoneOffset() of a ISO strings returns a wrong value (P3) JDK-8132149: [WebView] not reporting device scale factor to a web service (P3) JDK-8130749: WebView 8u60 Gmail display problems on HiDPI (P3) JDK-8130740: WebView does not render woff fonts security-libs/javax.crypto: (P5) JDK-8098854: Do cleanup in a proper order in sunmscapi code security-libs/org.ietf.jgss:krb5: (P4) JDK-8078495: End time checking for native TGT is wrong xml/jaxp: (P3) JDK-8131907: Numerous threads lock during XML processing while running Weblogic 12.1.3