[pron]

> and still has no release date

JEP 425 has been proposed to target JDK 19, out September 20. It will first be a "Preview" feature, which means supported but subject to change, and if all goes well would normally be out of Preview two releases, i.e. one year, after that.

> I'm not using one request per Java thread anyway

You don't have to, but not that only the thread-per-request model offers you world-class observability/debuggability.

> other than "ugh, this again".

Ok, although in 2022, the Java platform is still among the most technologically advanced, state-of-the art, software plarform out there. It stands shoulder to shoulder with clang and V8 on compilation, and beats everything else on GC and low-overhead observability (yes, even eBPF).