It certainly has done, but currently the differences are pretty tiny: https://www.oracle.com/java/technologies/javase/17all-relnotes.html https://www.oracle.co

It certainly has done, but currently the differences are pretty tiny: https://www.oracle.com/java/technologies/javase/17all-relnotes.html https://www.oracle.com/java/technologies/javase/17all-relnot... It's really just 'usage logging', which is for Oracle's management tools. Their stated aim is to eliminate the functional differences, so presumably they are awaiting a non-proprietary replacement for that feature in JDK.