As a reminder, Rampdown Phase 1 (RDP1) for JavaFX 27 starts on Thursday,
July 16, 2026 at 16:00 UTC (09:00 US/Pacific time), two weeks from today.
During rampdown of JavaFX 27, the "master" branch of the jfx repo will
be open for JavaFX 28 fixes.
Please allow sufficient time for any feature that needs a CSR. New
features should be far enough along in the review process that you can
finalize the CSR no later than Thursday, July 9, or it is likely to miss
the window for this release, in which case it can be targeted for JavaFX 28.
We will follow the same process as in previous releases for getting
fixes into JavaFX 27 during rampdown. I'll send a message with detailed
information when we fork, but candidates for fixing during RDP1 are
P1-P3 bugs (as long as they are not risky) and test or doc bugs of any
priority. Some small enhancements might be considered during RDP1, but
they require explicit approval; the bar will be high for such requests.
-- Kevin
On 5/20/2026 10:25 AM, Kevin Rushforth wrote:
Here is the proposed schedule for JavaFX 27:
RDP1: Jul 16, 2026 (aka “feature freeze”)
RDP2: Aug 6, 2026
RC: Aug 27, 2026 (aka “code freeze”)
GA: Sep 15, 2026 [1]
We will fork a jfx27 stabilization branch at RDP1.
The start of RDP1, the start of RDP2, and the code freeze will be
16:00 UTC on the respective dates.
Please let Johan or me know if you have any questions.
-- Kevin
[1] Note: the published JDK 27 schedule at
https://openjdk.org/projects/jdk/27/ has an off by one error, in that
they list the GA date as being on Monday, Sep 14, 2026. I have
confirmed that the actual release date is on the Tuesday, as usual.
