JDK-8217780 : os.name returns Windows Server 2016 on Windows Server 2019
  • Type: Bug
  • Component: hotspot
  • Sub-Component: runtime
  • Affected Version: 8u202
  • Priority: P4
  • Status: Closed
  • Resolution: Duplicate
  • OS: windows_10
  • CPU: x86_64
  • Submitted: 2019-01-25
  • Updated: 2019-01-26
  • Resolved: 2019-01-26
Related Reports
Duplicate :  
JDK-8211106 - [windows] Update OS detection code to recognize Windows Server 2019
Description
ADDITIONAL SYSTEM INFORMATION :
OS: Windows Server 2019 Standard.
JRE: Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.8.0_202-b08)

A DESCRIPTION OF THE PROBLEM :
String name = System.getProperty("os.name")  returns "Windows Server 2016" on Windows Server 2019


FREQUENCY : always
Comments
This should be closed as a duplicate of JDK-8211106 and a backport request made.
26-01-2019
This seems to be request to backport JDK-8211106.
25-01-2019