Long-term support release candidate arrives, general availability comes next month Java 25, an LTS (long-term support) ...

This latest version of Java, due to arrive as a production release on September 16, has 18 features. JDK 25 comes on the heels of JDK 24, a six-month-support release that arrived March 18.

JDK 24 continues moving the Java platform forward, delivering the features developers and users will find helpful. Expect more of the same in JDK 25 (the next long-term support release) and beyond.