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 > - `latest` always resolves the newest version from the distribution's remote metadata (it behaves like `check-latest: true`), so it ignores any older version already present in the runner tool cache. This has the same performance trade-off described in [Check latest](#check-latest).
 > - `latest` is only supported through the `java-version` input, not through `java-version-file`, and it resolves stable (GA) releases only — it cannot be combined with `-ea`.
 > - The `jdkfile` distribution does not support `latest`, as it installs from a local file.
-> - For `oracle` and `graalvm`, `latest` resolves the newest GA major version via the Adoptium API and then requests it from the distribution. If that distribution hasn't published the newest major yet, the action fails and asks you to specify a concrete version. Note the Oracle JDK license caveat below still applies to a floating `latest`.
+> - For `oracle` and `graalvm`, `latest` only uses the Adoptium API to determine the newest GA **major version number** — the JDK binary itself is still downloaded from the Oracle / GraalVM servers for that major. If those servers haven't published the resolved major yet, the action fails and asks you to specify a concrete version. Note the Oracle JDK license caveat below still applies to a floating `latest`.
 
 #### Supported distributions
 Currently, the following distributions are supported: