What a non-LTS release is for

Java 23 Course · lesson 1 of 15 · 3 min read

Java 23 was never meant for your production estate - understand what it is actually for.

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Key points

  • Java 23 shipped September 2024 and stopped receiving updates six months later when 24 arrived.
  • It is production-quality, not production-lifetime: no multi-year patch stream.
  • Its job is to get preview features in front of real users so the final design is better.
  • Library authors and early adopters run it; most product teams read the release notes and wait.
  • The features here matter because they are what later LTS releases finalise.

Non-LTS releases buy the JDK team feedback; you get the result two LTS versions later.

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