For more information about the JCP Program, refer to our overview page.

At the end of the year, the JCP Program Management Office reviews the past year's highlights with daily posts starting on December 1st. You can read these by viewing the #JCPAdventCalendar2025 tag on x.com.

The most recent public JCP EC meeting was held on December 9. The agenda and recording are available for review.

The results of the 2025 JCP EC elections have been published!

Congratulations to the newly elected and re-elected members, and thank you to all candidates for participating in this year's election.

Take a look at the Twenty-five years of the Java Community Process article for the recap of our anniversary.

Enjoy the Celebrating 25 years of the JCP with JUGs around the world video. Thank you to all the JUGs that participated in this amazing milestone!

• Java in Education is an initiative to promote Java in the local educational institutions.

  See the message from Heather VanCura, VP and Chairperson of the JCP Program.

• The goal of the Java Ecosystem JCP Working Group is to educate and increase awareness around Java ecosystem third-party tools and libraries to increase the adoption of modern release processes by third-party tool and library maintainers.

• The purpose of the Java and AI Working Group is to promote, support, and accelerate development of the Java platform for Artificial Intelligence.

JSR Updates

New JSRs JSR 402, Java SE 27 Public Reviews JSR 401, Java SE 26 Final Releases JSR 378, Portlet 3.0 Bridge for JavaServer Faces 2.2 JSR 381, Visual Recognition Specification JSR 393, Java SE 18 JSR 394, Java SE 19 JSR 395, Java SE 20 JSR 396, Java SE 21 JSR 397, Java SE 22 JSR 398, Java SE 23 JSR 399, Java SE 24 JSR 400, Java SE 25 JSR 401, Java SE 26

Maintenance Reviews   Maintenance Releases JSR 384, Java SE 11 JSR 385, Units of Measurement API JSR 387, Streamline the JCP Program JSR 392, Java SE 17 JSR 907, Java Transaction API JSR 199, Java Compiler API JSR 221, JDBC 4 API Specification JSR 269, Pluggable Annotation Processing API

There is a transparency sub-project introduced as part of the Adopt-a-JSR program. We need JUGs or individuals to do transparency checks or audits on JSRs.

• Adopt-a-JSR for Spec Leads (February 2013 call)
• JCP 2.9 and Transparency (November 2012 call)
• Meet the Candidates (October 2012 call)
• Expert Group Nominations (June 2012 call)
• Leveraging the JCP Community (February 2012 call)
• Transparency (December 2011 call)
• JCP 2.8 Overview (October 2011 call)