In JDK 21, virtual threads could experience "pinning" when using synchronized blocks, causing them to block their carrier thread and losing the main advantage of virtual threads. JDK 24 improves this ...

JEP 491, "Synchronize Virtual Threads without Pinning," is now Proposed to Target for JDK 24. This initiative aims to resolve Java's "pinning" issue, a limitation of the synchronized keyword ...

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Java’s virtual threads, introduced in JDK 21 in September 2023 to make it easier to write and maintain concurrent applications, has suffered from a “pinning” issue that arises with ...

Spring Framework 6.1 and Spring Boot 3.2 run on Java 21, make concurrent programming simpler and more efficient with virtual threads, and initially support “Scale to Zero” startup time with CRaC.

“It’s easy to treat the media as a punching bag. But look to the nation’s local newsrooms. For little money or recognition, reporters in 2023 stood up to power brokers who tried to bully them into ...

Modern applications might need to support millions of users, but OS threading limits present a problem. Here's how Java 21 virtual threads solve it.

Java 18's Simple Web Server lets you use a command-line tool or API to host files and more. Here's how it works.