--- title: Java 25 is here, and it’s a Long-Term Support (LTS) release. description: Java 25 introduces significant improvements as a Long-Term Support release, featuring 18 JEPs that enhance developer experience and runtime performance. Key... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/java-25-is-here-and-it-s-a-long-term-support-lts-release--vsw6xh5jn twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Java 25 is here, and it’s a Long-Term Support (LTS) release. | daily.dev og:description: Java 25 introduces significant improvements as a Long-Term Support release, featuring 18 JEPs that enhance developer experience and runtime performance. Key... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/java-25-is-here-and-it-s-a-long-term-support-lts-release--vsw6xh5jn og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/Vsw6xH5jn.png og:image:alt: Java 25 is here, and it’s a Long-Term Support (LTS) release. og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Java 25 is here, and it’s a Long-Term Support (LTS) release. **[Just Java](https://daily.dev/sources/justjava)** · [@mandeep_dhakal](https://daily.dev/mandeep_dhakal) · 23 upvotes · 1 comments ## Summary Java 25 introduces significant improvements as a Long-Term Support release, featuring 18 JEPs that enhance developer experience and runtime performance. Key additions include compact source files with simplified main methods, flexible constructor bodies allowing validation before super() calls, ahead-of-time compilation features for faster startup, scoped values as ThreadLocal alternatives, and module import declarations. The release focuses on reducing boilerplate code, improving memory efficiency, strengthening cryptography with PEM encoding support, and modernizing concurrency patterns for virtual threads. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@a\_meb\_a** · 0 upvotes > did I read TS supremacy? --- Tags: [#java](https://daily.dev/tags/java), [#jvm](https://daily.dev/tags/jvm), [#performance](https://daily.dev/tags/performance) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/java-25-is-here-and-it-s-a-long-term-support-lts-release--vsw6xh5jn) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DiscussionForumPosting","mainEntityOfPage":"https://daily.dev/posts/java-25-is-here-and-it-s-a-long-term-support-lts-release--vsw6xh5jn","headline":"Java 25 is here, and it’s a Long-Term Support (LTS) release.","text":"Shared: What Java 25 Brings to the Table?","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/java-25-is-here-and-it-s-a-long-term-support-lts-release--vsw6xh5jn","datePublished":"2025-09-21T13:48:24.740Z","dateModified":"2025-12-08T02:13:58.688Z","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Mandeep Dhakal","url":"https://daily.dev/mandeep_dhakal","image":"https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/a-/AOh14GjeGntLZBCFMDwqcWbQXlSLK-uRELdKeRvXGEvzkQ=s100","description":"Backend Developer | Java | Spring","interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"EndorseAction"},"userInteractionCount":170}},"image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--P4t4XyoV--/f_auto/v1722860399/public/Placeholder%2001","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":23},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":1}],"sharedContent":{"@type":"WebPage","url":"https://api.daily.dev/r/8u8l4bjc7"},"comment":[{"@type":"Comment","text":"did I read TS supremacy?","datePublished":"2025-10-14T12:13:41.250Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/Vsw6xH5jn#c-t4VL2tM4Z","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Phillippe Michel Weir","url":"https://daily.dev/a_meb_a","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--BwH-uTMq--/f_auto/v1740136991/avatars/avatar_N403VFK9lAHNRwlSAhl1h"}}],"isPartOf":{"@type":"WebPage","url":"https://daily.dev/squads/justjava","name":"Just Java"}} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Just Java","item":"https://daily.dev/squads/justjava"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Java 25 is here, and it’s a Long-Term Support (LTS) release."}]} ```