Consider Supporting GraalVM "Innovation" Releases
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Hello! I'm guessing you are already working on this, but... just in case... Starting with Graal v25.1 Graal is now detached from OpenJDK releases for non-LTS releases. I think the Graal team is calling the non-LTS releases "Innovation" releases.
## Oracle GraalVM
For Oracle GraalVM 25.1+ we have the following [script-friendly URLs](https://www.graalvm.org/downloads/). For example, v25.1.3 URLs are:
```
curl https://gds.oracle.com/download/graal/25i1/archive/graalvm-jdk-25i1-25.0.3_linux-x64_bin.tar.gz
curl https://gds.oracle.com/download/graal/25i1/archive/graalvm-jdk-25i1-25.0.3_linux-aarch64_bin.tar.gz
curl https://gds.oracle.com/download/graal/25i1/archive/graalvm-jdk-25i1-25.0.3_macos-aarch64_bin.tar.gz
curl https://gds.oracle.com/download/graal/25i1/archive/graalvm-jdk-25i1-25.0.3_windows-x64_bin.zip
```
Interesting that we don't see 25.1.3 anywhere in the URL. On the Oracle website this is described as 25.1 (Innovation). So the `25i1` is probably the version key.
For LTS versions, URLs are unchanged (I think):
```
curl https://download.oracle.com/graalvm/25/archive/graalvm-jdk-25_linux-x64_bin.tar.gz
curl https://download.oracle.com/graalvm/25/archive/graalvm-jdk-25_linux-aarch64_bin.tar.gz
curl https://download.oracle.com/graalvm/25/archive/graalvm-jdk-25_macos-aarch64_bin.tar.gz
curl https://download.oracle.com/graalvm/25/archive/graalvm-jdk-25_windows-x64_bin.zip
```
## GraalVM Community Edition
For GraalVM Community Edition, downloads [are still available on GitHub](https://github.com/graalvm/graalvm-ce-builds/releases).
But the URL scheme has changed a tad:
25.1+:
```
https://github.com/graalvm/graalvm-ce-builds/releases/download/graal-25.1.3/graalvm-community-jdk-25i1-25.0.3_linux-x64_bin.tar.gz
```
Older LTS releases are unchanged (I think):
```
https://github.com/graalvm/graalvm-ce-builds/releases/download/jdk-25.0.2/graalvm-community-jdk-25.0.2_linux-x64_bin.tar.gz
```
Notice that the graal version does not necessarily match the jdk version anymore.
## Happy to Help
Let me know if there is anything I can do to help.
And I'll be so bold to ping @fniephaus from the Graal team to see if he has any tips/corrections.
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Research direction
Start by comparing the Oracle GraalVM and GraalVM Community Edition URL schemes shown in the issue, including the 25.1+ Innovation identifiers and the unchanged LTS forms. Done means Innovation releases can be discovered from both sources while existing LTS URLs continue to work; validate against the concrete Linux, macOS, and Windows examples provided.
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