Liberica JDK 21.0.3+12: Release Notes

This document provides the late-breaking information about Liberica JDK 21.0.3 release.

The full version string for this update release is 21.0.3+12. The version number is 21.

Liberica is a certified, Java SE 21-compliant distribution of OpenJDK 21, which works on server (Linux x86_64, Linux ARM64, Windows 64), desktop (Windows 64, Mac, Linux x86_64), and embedded devices (Linux ARM64, Linux ARMv7, including Raspberry Pi 2 & 3 (ARMv6 hardfloat)). It has the following notable additions:

Refer to the Oracle JDK 21.0.3 release notes for further information on JDK 21 features. This document further outlines the peculiarities of Liberica distribution as compared to Oracle JDK 21 distribution.

Liberica JDK 21 is distributed as .rpm, .zip, .deb and .tar.gz packages. Please select the most appropriate for your purposes.

Liberica JDK 21 introduced all new features supported by OpenJDK 21.

With the introduction of the Jigsaw feature in JDK 9 and Minimal VM it is now possible to create a Runtime that is sufficient to run your application and trim down the size of the Runtime. To generate a Runtime with just the Minimal VM, add --vm=minimal to jlink options.

By default, the Liberica uses Server VM. Server VM and Client VM can be enabled with -server and -client command line options, respectively. In case the deployment requires minimizing the footprint, it may be beneficial to use Minimal VM, which emphasis is a minimal footprint. It has C1 JIT compiler only, Serial GC and no serviceability features.

This build does not contain any additional known issues. For the list of Liberica JDK known issues, see Liberica JDK 21.0.3+10 Known Issues.

This build does not contain any additional fixed CVEs. For the list of Liberica JDK fixed CVEs, see Liberica JDK 21.0.3+10 Fixed CVEs.

This is the list of the notable issues fixed in this release.

This build does not contain any additional fixed issues. For the list of Liberica JDK fixed issues, see Liberica JDK 21.0.3+10 Fixed Issues.