Releases designated as LTS are those same LTS releases as designated by Oracle and the OpenJDK community. For LTS releases, Azul provides at least 8 years of access to bug fixes, security updates, and other fixes as needed (“Production Support”) plus 2 years of additional support intended to advise and assist users to migrate to a newer JDK version (“Extended Support”).
For those releases designed as STS, Azul provides Production Support for at least 6 months.
You can also use the table below to determine the expected availability of public updates and the lifecycle of Oracle’s commercial Java support offerings.
| End of Commercial Support | |||||||
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| Java SE Release | Azul Lifecycle Title | Java SE GA Date | Oracle End of Free Commercial Use | Oracle Java SE | Azul Platform Core | Azul Platform Prime | |
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Azul Zulu Builds of OpenJDK |
Eclipse Temurin |
Azul Zing Builds of OpenJDK |
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Current Offerings
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Java 6
|
LTS
|
Dec 2006
|
Apr 2013
|
Dec 2018
(12 yrs) |
Dec 2018 / Dec 2027*
(12 yrs) / (21 yrs)* |
–
|
Apr 2017
(11 yrs) |
|
Java 7
|
LTS
|
Jul 2011
|
Apr 2015
|
July 2022
(11 yrs) |
Jul 2022 / Dec 2027*
(11 yrs) / (16 yrs)* |
–
|
Dec 2021
(10.5 yrs) |
|
Java 8
|
LTS
|
Mar 2014
|
Jan 2019
|
Dec 2030
(16 yrs) |
Dec 2030
(16 yrs) |
Nov 2026
(12.5 yrs) |
Dec 2030
(16 yrs) |
|
Java 11
|
LTS
|
Sept 2018
|
Mar 2019
|
Jan 2032
(13.5 yrs) |
Jan 2032
(13.5 yrs) |
Oct 2027
(9 yrs) |
Jan 2032
(13.5 yrs) |
|
Java 17
|
LTS
|
Sept 2021
|
Sept 2024
|
Sept 2029
(8 yrs) |
Sept 2029
(8 yrs) |
Oct 2027
(6 yrs) |
Sept 2029
(8 yrs) |
|
Java 21
|
LTS
|
Sept 2023
|
Sept 2026
|
Sept 2031
(8 yrs) |
Sept 2031
(8 yrs) |
Dec 2029
(7 yrs) |
Sept 2031
(8 yrs) |
|
Java 24
|
STS
|
Mar 2025
|
Sept 2025
|
Sept 2025
(6 mo) |
Sept 2025
(6 mo) |
–
|
–
|
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Future Offerings (Est.)
|
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Java 25
|
LTS
|
Sept 2025
|
Sept 2028
|
Sept 2033
(8 yrs) |
Sept 2033
(8 yrs) |
Dec 2029
(4 yrs) |
Sept 2033
(8 yrs) |
|
Java 26
|
STS
|
Mar 2026
|
Sept 2026
|
Sept 2026
(6 mo) |
Sept 2026
(6 mo) |
–
|
–
|
|
Java 27
|
STS
|
Sept 2026
|
Mar 2027
|
Mar 2027
(6 mo) |
Mar 2027
(6 mo) |
–
|
–
|
* Only for those customers who have purchased Legacy Production Support (formerly known as “Extended Production Support”) for Java 6, 7. Additional builds that may be provided during the Legacy Production Support period for Java 6 or 7 are not TCK-tested. Contact Azul for further information.
For the Support Roadmap before October 1, 2024, please take a look at the archived Azul Support Roadmap.
From time to time, Azul may offer “Feature Preview”, “Early Access” or “Not Supported” versions publicly or to select Azul customers. These releases are explicitly not supported in any manner.
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