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.java domains dropping today

Thursday, September 17, 2026 · times in EDT · release times by registry

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Pending delete — release confirmed with the registry

No registry-confirmed releases for this day yet. Names that leave the zone file (below) are checked with the registry over the following day and appear here about five weeks later, once the registry marks them pendingDelete.

Left the .java zone on this day

0 names lost their nameservers in the .java zone file dated Thu, Sep 17. Most are deletions entering the 30-day redemption period; unless restored, they should be released around Thu, Oct 22. Each one is being confirmed with the registry.

None recorded for this file.

New in the .java zone on this day

0 names appeared in the zone file — new registrations, plus a few older names that regained nameservers.

None recorded for this file.

How this works: the registry publishes a zone file once a day listing every domain with nameservers. We compare each day's file with the previous one; a name that disappears has almost always been deleted and enters a 30-day redemption period, followed by five days of pending delete, after which it is released. We confirm every name with the registry's RDAP service before it is listed as a drop.