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JEP targeted to JDK 27: 523: Make G1 the Default Garbage Collector in All Environments

1 · · May 26, 2026, 9:35 a.m.

JDK 27 gc Java garbage-collection JDK 27 G1 Collector

Summary

The blog post discusses JEP 523, which proposes making the G1 garbage collector the default for all environments in JDK 27. This change aims to standardize garbage collection across different platforms.

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