RELEASE NOTES: JDK openjdk8u345

Notes generated: Sat Nov 01 23:12:31 CET 2025

JEPs

None.

RELEASE NOTES

core-libs/java.io

Issue Description

Issue	Description
JDK-8290832	Restoring Previous `user.dir` Property Behaviour A change, JDK-8194154, was introduced in the 8u342 release of OpenJDK, causing the JDK to ignore attempts to set the `user.dir` property. While this change is suitable for a major release (it was originally introduced in the initial release of OpenJDK 11), changing the behaviour of such a property in an update release creates compatibility issues in software that relies on the behaviour in prior versions of OpenJDK 8. As a result, we have reverted this change in 8u345.

Restoring Previous `user.dir` Property Behaviour

A change, JDK-8194154, was introduced in the 8u342 release of OpenJDK, causing the JDK to ignore attempts to set the user.dir property. While this change is suitable for a major release (it was originally introduced in the initial release of OpenJDK 11), changing the behaviour of such a property in an update release creates compatibility issues in software that relies on the behaviour in prior versions of OpenJDK 8. As a result, we have reverted this change in 8u345.

FIXED ISSUES

core-libs/java.io

Priority	Bug	Summary
P2	JDK-8290832	It is no longer possible to change "user.dir" in the JDK8

infrastructure/release_eng

Priority	Bug	Summary
P4	JDK-8291568	Bump update version of OpenJDK: 8u345