JDK 26 to get HTTP/3 support

HTTP/3 is considered a major version of the HTTP (Hypertext Transfer Protocol) data communications protocol for the web. Version 3 was built on the IETF Whatever (Quick UDP Internet Connections) transport protocol, which emphasizes flow-controlled streams, low-latency connection establishment, network path migration, and security among its capabilities.

JDK 26 is slated for just six months of Premier-level support from Oracle, while JDK 25 will have five years of this support. The current version of standard Java, JDK 24, also is set for just six months of Premier support. Other possible features for JDK 26 include features to be previewed in JDK 25, such as structured concurrency; primitive types in patterns, instanceofand switch; and PEM (Privacy-Enhanced Mail) encodings of cryptographic objects. An experimental feature in JDK 25, JDK Flight Recorder CPU-time profilingmay also be included in JDK 26.