Java 25, the Next LTS Release, Delivers Finalized Features and Focus on Performance and Runtime
InfoQ, September 16,2025
Oracle has released version 25 of the Java programming language and virtual machine. As the first LTS release since JDK 21, the final feature set includes 18 JEPs, seven of which have been finalized. Nine of these features are focused on performance and runtime.
This release also provides a focus on performance and runtime as nine of these JEPs are under the auspices of Project Leyden and the HotSpot JVM. This includes two JEPs, Ahead-of-Time Command-Line Ergonomics and Ahead-of-Time Method Profiling, that join JEP 483, Ahead-of-Time Class Loading & Linking, the first feature delivered by Project Leyden in JDK 24.