When JDK 27 was released on 15 September 2026, most of the attention went to compact object headers and post-quantum TLS. JEP 523 received less coverage, partly because its description sounds like housekeeping: G1 becomes the default garbage collector in all environments.
For most applications, that changes nothing. For a specific class of container, it changes the collector silently, with no warning in the logs and no failure at startup.
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