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Oracle JDK 26 is the newest actively maintained release, currently at patch 26.0.2.1. 6 of 27 tracked cycles remain supported. The next cycle scheduled to reach end-of-life is 8, on March 31, 2022.

Latest version

26.0.2.1

Aug 18, 2026

Actively maintained cycles

4

of 27 tracked

Total cycles tracked

27

since Jan 23, 1996

Support pattern

How Oracle JDK has behaved across the cycles tracked here, rather than what its policy documents state. Useful for judging how much runway a version is likely to have before you commit to it.

Typical support window

6 months

median of 27 completed cycles

New cycle roughly every

6 months

median gap between releases

Compared with language

−10 mo

shorter than the language median

Next end of life

9 days

Oracle JDK 26

Support windows are getting shorter: the most recent cycles run about 55 months less than the earlier ones.

Computed from release and end-of-life dates tracked for Oracle JDK. Medians are used rather than averages so one unusually short or long release does not skew the figure. Cycles with no recorded end-of-life date are excluded from the support window.

Release lifecycle

Actively maintainedSecurity support onlyEnd of life
Today
26Latest
26.0.2.1 · Aug 18, 2026
25
25.0.4.1 · Aug 18, 2026
24
EOL Sep 16, 2025
23
EOL Mar 18, 2025
22
EOL Sep 17, 2024
21
21.0.12.1 · Aug 18, 2026
20
EOL Sep 19, 2023
19
EOL Mar 21, 2023
18
EOL Sep 20, 2022
17
17.0.20.1 · Aug 18, 2026
16
EOL Sep 14, 2021
15
EOL Mar 16, 2021
14
EOL Sep 16, 2020
13
EOL Mar 17, 2020
12
EOL Sep 17, 2019
11
EOL Sep 30, 2023
10
EOL Sep 25, 2018
9
EOL Mar 20, 2018
8
EOL Mar 31, 2022
7
EOL Jul 31, 2019
6
EOL Dec 31, 2018
5
EOL Oct 30, 2009
1.4
EOL Oct 30, 2008
1.3
EOL Mar 31, 2006
1.2
EOL Nov 30, 2003
1.1
EOL Oct 9, 2002
1.0
EOL May 7, 1996
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