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26.08.103.0

Release Notes PDF

Release date: November 4, 2026

This release is based on the Azul Zing Build of OpenJDK (Zing) 26.08.102.0 and corresponds to the following OpenJDK versions:

Major Version OpenJDK Version

8

1.8.0_511-b2

11

11.0.32.1.103+1-LTS

17

17.0.20.1.103+1-LTS

21

21.0.12.1.103+1-LTS

25

25.0.4.1.103+1-LTS

What’s New

  • On arm64, the Zing .deb package now installs to /usr/lib/jvm, matching amd64 and the Debian JVM convention. Previously, it installed to /opt/zing.

Known Issues

  • There are no new issues to report in this release.

Resolved Issues

Issue ID Description

ZVM-40006

On x86_64, a packaging issue caused the JDK to include an incorrect signal handling library.

ZVM-39959

A signal handling issue can cause a crash when an application uses certain native libraries, such as libraries written in Go.

ZVM-39908

The multiplyHigh and unsignedMultiplyHigh intrinsics can occasionally return incorrect results on overflow.

ZVM-39876

A missing intrinsic method dependency can cause a crash when using JVMTI agents.

ZVM-39690

With Cloud Native Compiler compilation streaming enabled, maximum memory usage could increase by up to ~900 MB in some cases.

ZVM-39656

Bytecode verification of some methods can cause multi-second time to safepoint stalls.

ZVM-39650

Parsing classes with a large InnerClasses attribute can cause multi-second time to safepoint stalls.

ZVM-39553

On JDK 25, TLS handshakes can fail on x86_64 hosts with AVX-512 IFMA.

ZVM-36716

Crash in CPDataBuilder::fillMethod during JIT compilation.