RELEASE NOTES: JDK openjdk8u492

Notes generated: Tue Feb 10 05:18:21 CET 2026

JEPs

None.

RELEASE NOTES

None.

FIXED ISSUES

client-libs/java.awt

Priority Bug Summary
P3 JDK-8376352 [8u] Build failure on Windows 32-bit after JDK-8362308
P3 JDK-8312518 [macos13] setFullScreenWindow() shows black screen on macOS 13 & above
P4 JDK-8376272 [8u] Windows x86-32 fails to build after JDK-8359501

core-libs/java.net

Priority Bug Summary
P3 JDK-8223145 Replace wildcard address with loopback or local host in tests - part 1
P3 JDK-8285836 sun/net/www/http/KeepAliveCache/KeepAliveProperty.java failed with "RuntimeException: Failed in server"
P4 JDK-8153147 Mark java/net/BindException/Test.java as intermittently failing

core-libs/java.nio

Priority Bug Summary
P4 JDK-8277159 Fix java/nio/file/FileStore/Basic.java test by ignoring /run/user/* mount points

core-libs/javax.naming

Priority Bug Summary
P4 JDK-8251189 com/sun/jndi/ldap/LdapDnsProviderTest.java failed due to timeout

hotspot/gc

Priority Bug Summary
P3 JDK-8186149 quarantine gc/survivorAlignment/TestPromotionFromSurvivorToTenuredAfterMinorGC.java

hotspot/jfr

Priority Bug Summary
P3 JDK-8360869 jcstress is able to crash jdk8 on aarch64 with jfr on

hotspot/runtime

Priority Bug Summary
P3 JDK-8313770 jdk/internal/platform/docker/TestSystemMetrics.java fails on Ubuntu
P3 JDK-8174734 Safepoint sync time did not increase
P4 JDK-8284758 [linux] improve print_container_info
P4 JDK-8056039 Hotspot does not compile with clang 3.4 on Linux
P4 JDK-8287011 Improve container information
P4 JDK-8220658 Improve the readability of container information in the error log
P4 JDK-8264524 jdk/internal/platform/docker/TestDockerMemoryMetrics.java fails due to swapping not working

hotspot/test

Priority Bug Summary
P4 JDK-8376338 Test7005594.sh fails when given a memory value with decimals

infrastructure/build

Priority Bug Summary
P3 JDK-8157758 JDK9 does not compile on Linux with GCC 6.1 because left-shifting a negative number has undefined behavior
P4 JDK-8374917 [8u] C++ flags get passed to C compiles in the HotSpot build
P4 JDK-8374899 [8u] Fully handle clang as the toolchain in flags.m4
P4 JDK-8376225 [8u] GHA: Apply work-around for missing JNF for MacOSX builds
P4 JDK-8374948 [8u] saproc & jsig builds add duplicate linker flags on Darwin/MacOS
P4 JDK-8369226 GHA: Switch to MacOS 15

infrastructure/release_eng

Priority Bug Summary
P4 JDK-8373250 Bump update version of OpenJDK: 8u492

security-libs/java.security

Priority Bug Summary
P4 JDK-8132786 java/security/cert/CertPathValidator/OCSP/AIACheck.java fails intermittently

tools/launcher

Priority Bug Summary
P3 JDK-8074840 Resolve disabled warnings for libjli and libjli_static
P4 JDK-8353657 [8u] Test tools/launcher/VersionCheck.java fails with debug build