RELEASE NOTES FOR: openjdk8u472
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Notes generated: Sun Dec 07 05:05:39 CET 2025

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/java.security:

    JDK-8361212: Removed Four AffirmTrust Root Certificates

      The following root certificates, which are deactivated and no longer in use, have been removed
      from the `cacerts` keystore:
      
      ``` + alias name "affirmtrustcommercialca [jdk]"   Distinguished Name: CN=AffirmTrust
      Commercial, O=AffirmTrust, C=US
      
      + alias name "affirmtrustnetworkingca [jdk]"   Distinguished Name: CN=AffirmTrust Networking,
      O=AffirmTrust, C=US
      
      + alias name "affirmtrustpremiumca [jdk]"   Distinguished Name: CN=AffirmTrust Premium,
      O=AffirmTrust, C=US
      
      + alias name "affirmtrustpremiumeccca [jdk]"   Distinguished Name: CN=AffirmTrust Premium ECC,
      O=AffirmTrust, C=US ```


ALL FIXED ISSUES, BY COMPONENT AND PRIORITY:

client-libs/2d:
  (P4) JDK-8275303: sun/java2d/pipe/InterpolationQualityTest.java fails with D3D basic render driver

client-libs/java.awt:
  (P1) JDK-8186259: IOExceptionIfEncodedURLTest.sh versus IOExceptionIfEncodedURLTest.java
  (P4) JDK-8160767: [TEST_BUG] java/awt/Frame/MaximizedToIconified/MaximizedToIconified.java

client-libs/javax.swing:
  (P1) JDK-8348760: RadioButton is not shown if JRadioButtonMenuItem is rendered with ImageIcon in WindowsLookAndFeel
  (P3) JDK-8365375: Method SU3.setAcceleratorSelectionForeground assigns to acceleratorForeground
  (P3) JDK-8365389: Remove static color fields from SwingUtilities3 and WindowsMenuItemUI

core-libs/java.lang:
  (P4) JDK-8044051: Test jdk/lambda/vm/InterfaceAccessFlagsTest.java gets IOException during compilation

core-libs/java.net:
  (P4) JDK-8339414:  Fix JDK-8202369 incorrect backport for 8u
  (P4) JDK-8312065: Socket.connect does not timeout when profiling
  (P4) JDK-8365811: test/jdk/java/net/CookieHandler/B6644726.java failure - "Should have 5 cookies. Got only 4, expires probably didn't parse correctly"

core-libs/java.util.concurrent:
  (P2) JDK-8081734: ConcurrentHashMap/ConcurrentAssociateTest.java, times out 90% of time on sparc with 256 cpu.

core-libs/java.util:i18n:
  (P3) JDK-7102969: currency.properties supercede not working correctly
  (P3) JDK-8368308: ISO 4217 Amendment 180 Update - Bulgaria Adopts the Euro in 2026
  (P4) JDK-8157138: Error while fetching currency instance by Currency.getInstance(currencycode)

hotspot/jvmti:
  (P3) JDK-8185348: Major performance regression in GetMethodDeclaringClass and other JVMTI Method functions

hotspot/runtime:
  (P3) JDK-8340387: Update OS detection code to recognize Windows Server 2025
  (P4) JDK-8335978: [8u] incorrect include file name in semaphore.inline.hpp
  (P4) JDK-8365560: [8u] ppc64le MaxRAM default is too low at 4GiB

hotspot/svc:
  (P4) JDK-8228658: test GetTotalSafepointTime.java fails on fast Linux machines with Total safepoint time 0 ms

infrastructure/build:
  (P4) JDK-8366112: [8u] GHA: Fix broken installation of Windows SDK
  (P4) JDK-8363965: GHA: Switch cross-compiling sysroots to Debian bookworm
  (P4) JDK-8358538: Update GHA Windows runner to 2025

infrastructure/release_eng:
  (P4) JDK-8358328: Bump update version of OpenJDK: 8u472

security-libs/java.security:
  (P3) JDK-8345414: Google CAInterop test failures
  (P3) JDK-8361212: Remove AffirmTrust root CAs
  (P4) JDK-8352302: Test sun/security/tools/jarsigner/TimestampCheck.java is failing

security-libs/javax.net.ssl:
  (P3) JDK-8205653: test/jdk/sun/management/jmxremote/bootstrap/RmiRegistrySslTest.java and RmiSslBootstrapTest.sh fail with handshake_failure

tools/javac:
  (P3) JDK-8056283: @ignore tools/javac/defaultMethods/Assertions.java until JDK-8047675 is fixed

xml:
  (P4) JDK-8351624: [8u] Xerces-J version wrong in THIRD_PARTY_README after JDK-7150324