JDK 19, the second non-LTS release since JDK 17, has reached its initial release candidate phase as declared by Mark Reinhold, chief architect, Java Platform Group at Oracle. The main-line source repository, forked to the JDK stabilization repository in early June 2022 (Rampdown Phase One), defines the feature set for JDK 19. Critical bugs, such as regressions or serious functionality issues, may be addressed, but must be approved via the Fix-Request process. As per the release schedule, JDK 19 will be formally released on September 20, 2022.
