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What's new in version 0.57.0

The following new features and notable changes since version 0.56.0 are included in this release:

Features and changes

Binaries and supported environments

Eclipse OpenJ9™ release 0.57.0 supports OpenJDK 8, 11, 17, 21, and 25.

To learn more about support for OpenJ9 releases, including OpenJDK levels and platform support, see Supported environments.

The zlib library bundled on all Linux platforms except Linux on IBM Z

The zlib compression library is now bundled on all Linux® platforms except Linux on IBM Z®. You don't have to specifically install the zlib library with the operating system for data compression and decompression.

For more information on hardware-accelerated data compression and decompression, see Hardware acceleration.

Known problems and full release information

To see known problems and a complete list of changes between Eclipse OpenJ9 v0.56.0 and v0.57.0 releases, see the Release notes.