There's only been one "real" release since Java 8, which was Java 11. By which I mean those are the only LTS releases since the shift to frequent releases. The

There's only been one "real" release since Java 8, which was Java 11. By which I mean those are the only LTS releases since the shift to frequent releases. The rest have been glorified betas, sometimes with major compiler bugs included (such as https://dzone.com/articles/jdk-91011-side-effects-from-on-java-string https://dzone.com/articles/jdk-91011-side-effects-from-on-ja... ). They have very little support and a super tiny maintenance window. I wouldn't expect any large or stable library/project to use anything but the LTS releases as a result. It looks like Java 17 is the next planned LTS release, which is quite a ways off.