[Dec. 14, 2015 update: An emergency fix for this issue as well as the fix for the Firefox ESR 38 issue is available in Patch 22286087. Like Patch 22097409 described in the article below, these patches are only available to users with a current My Oracle Support contract. If you do not have a My Oracle Support contract, you will have to wait for a future release to be posted on the public Java download site.]
Running JRE 1.8.0_60 through 1.8.0_66 (pre-build 33) using Internet Explorer causes Update the initial Java applet launch to be delayed by around 20 seconds. This affects all E-Business Suite users when starting Forms-based EBS screens for the first time. This issue does not affect Firefox users.
JRE 1.8.0_66-b33 is now available. This release fixes the issue in JRE 8 for all EBS releases affected: 11i, 12.1, and 12.2:
- Oracle JDK 8 Update 66 b33 (Patch 22097409)
Although Java patches contain both the JRE and JDK releases you only need the JRE version installed on the desktop client to use this fix.
Also affects JRE 7
The same issue is also displayed when running JRE 1.7.0_91 through Internet Explorer. A fix for the JRE 7 family is currently in progress.
All JRE 6, 7, and 8 releases are certified with EBS upon release
Our standard policy is that all E-Business Suite customers can apply all JRE updates to end-user desktops:
- From JRE 1.6.0_03 and later updates on the JRE 6 codeline
- From JRE 1.7.0_10 and later updates on the JRE 7 codeline
- From JRE 1.8.0_25 and later updates on the JRE 8 codeline
You do not need to wait for a certification announcement before applying new JRE 6, 7, or 8 releases to your EBS users’ desktops.
References
- Recommended Browsers for Oracle Applications 11i (Note 285218.1)
- Upgrading Sun JRE (Native Plug-in) with Oracle Applications 11i for Windows Clients (Note 290807.1)
- Recommended Browsers for Oracle Applications 12 (Note 389422.1)
- Upgrading JRE Plugin with Oracle Applications R12 (Note 393931.1)
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