Hi Ceki, *Thank you.* I'm retiring at the end of November 2021, it's time to spend more time with the family. We started the Quality Outreach back in October 2014.  We now have 170+ projects participating. Thank you for taking the time to provide Testing feedback , excellent bugs and support throughout the last seven years. It's been a pleasure working with you. I am delighted to say that the program will continue with the support of the Java DevRel Team, with David Delabassee as your contact. David has been assisting with on-boarding new projects for the last couple of years. All the best, Rory *OpenJDK 18Early Access build 20is now available at**https://jdk.java.net/18/ <https://jdk.java.net/18/>** * * These early-access , open-source builds are provided under the o GNU General Public License, version 2, with the Classpath Exception <https://openjdk.java.net/legal/gplv2+ce.html>. * Release Notes are available athttps://jdk.java.net/18/release-notes <https://jdk.java.net/18/release-notes> * Features: o JEPs integrated to JDK 18, so far: + JEP 400: UTF-8 by Default <https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/400> + JEP 408: Simple Web Server <https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/408> + JEP 413: Code Snippets in Java API Documentation <https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/413> o JEPs targeted to JDK 18, so far + JEP 417: Vector API (Third Incubator) <https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/417> o JEPs proposed to target JDK 18: + JEP 416: Reimplement Core Reflection with Method Handles <https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/416> * Significant changes since the last availability email: o Build 20: + JDK-8275252: Migrate cacerts from JKS to password-less PKCS12 + JDK-8275149: (ch) ReadableByteChannel returned by Channels.newChannel(InputStream) throws ReadOnlyBufferException + JDK-8266936: Add a finalization JFR event + JDK-8264849: Add KW and KWP support to PKCS11 provider o Build 19: + JDK-8274840: Update OS detection code to recognize Windows 11 + JDK-8274407: (tz) Update Timezone Data to 2021c + JDK-8273102: Delete deprecated for removal the empty finalize() in java.desktop module o Build 18: + JDK-8274656: Remove default_checksum and safe_checksum_type from krb5.conf + JDK-8274471: Add support for RSASSA-PSS in OCSP Response + JDK-8274227: Remove "impl.prefix" jdk system property usage from InetAddress + JDK-8274002: [win11 and winserver2022] JDK executable installer from network drive starts with huge delay + JDK-8273670: Remove weak etypes from default krb5 etype list o Build 17: + JDK-8273401: Disable JarIndex Support In URLClassPath + JDK-8231640: (prop) Canonical property storage + Build 16: + JDK-8269039: Disable SHA-1 Signed JARs *Topics of Interest:*_ _ _JDK 17:_** ** * *Inside Java Podcast “Java 17 is Here!”* o *Part 1: https://inside.java/2021/09/14/podcast-019/ <https://inside.java/2021/09/14/podcast-019/>* o *Part 2: https://inside.java/2021/09/27/podcast-020/ <https://inside.java/2021/09/27/podcast-020/>* * *G1 GC & Parallel GC Improvements in JDK 17* o *https://inside.java/2021/09/17/jdk-17-gc-updates/ <https://inside.java/2021/09/17/jdk-17-gc-updates/>* * ZGC - What's new in JDK 17** o *https://inside.java/2021/10/05/zgc-in-jdk17/ <https://inside.java/2021/10/05/zgc-in-jdk17/>* * JDK 17 Security Enhancements** o *https://inside.java/2021/09/15/jdk-17-security-enhancements/ <https://inside.java/2021/09/15/jdk-17-security-enhancements/>* * The Vector API in JDK 17 (video)** o *https://inside.java/2021/09/23/devlive-vector-api/ <https://inside.java/2021/09/23/devlive-vector-api/>* * Faster Charset Encoding** o *https://inside.java/2021/10/17/faster-charset-encoding/ <https://inside.java/2021/10/17/faster-charset-encoding/>* _JDK 18:_ * JEP 400 and the Default Charset o https://inside.java/2021/10/04/the-default-charset-jep400/ <https://inside.java/2021/10/04/the-default-charset-jep400/> * JDK 18 augmented `javac -Xlint:serial` checks o https://inside.java/2021/10/20/augmented-serial-checks <https://inside.java/2021/10/20/augmented-serial-checks/> _Project Panama - Foreign Function & Memory API:_ * Finalizing the Foreign APIs o https://inside.java/2021/09/16/finalizing-the-foreign-apis/ <https://inside.java/2021/09/16/finalizing-the-foreign-apis/> * Resource Scope Dependencies o https://inside.java/2021/10/12/panama-scope-dependencies/ <https://inside.java/2021/10/12/panama-scope-dependencies/> ***October 2021 Critical Patch Update Released* * As part of the October 2021, we released JDK 17.0.1 LTS, JDK 11.0.13 LTS, JDK 8u311 and JDK 7u321 as well as OpenJDK 17.0.1 (publicly available). Rgds,Rory -- Rgds, Rory O'Donnell Quality Engineering Manager Oracle EMEA, Dublin, Ireland