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My favorite is the stream gatherers, an addition to the stream processing API that will let streams do things like sliding windows.

https://docs.oracle.com/en/java/javase/22/core/stream-gather...

Ahead Of Time (AOT) linking is nice as well, should cut down cold start time.

Are record patterns stable yet?

Java releases are timeboxed, so they don't need standout features.

Ooh, looks like they sync up with years going forward. That's... actually really quite nice.

https://www.java.com/releases/matrix/

It's just a coincidence. There are two releases per year. JDK 27 will be released in September 2026.

Not for long. JDK 27 is coming out in September 2026

that would actually be cool and useful.

the development team could either lengthen or shorten a couple of development cycles to stay in sync with the years.

- If you're using virtual threads you must have been pining (pun intended) for freeing up the carrier thread when a virtual thread waits for a `synchronized` lock.

- Stabilized FFI library

- Unnamed variables and patterns

- Always improvements to GCs and the runtime. Compact Object Headers v2 might be worthwhile on non-critical systems even though it's still experimental.