diff --git a/application/org.openjdk.jmc.feature.flightrecorder/feature.xml b/application/org.openjdk.jmc.feature.flightrecorder/feature.xml
index f5d1b8eacb..1be101e2e0 100644
--- a/application/org.openjdk.jmc.feature.flightrecorder/feature.xml
+++ b/application/org.openjdk.jmc.feature.flightrecorder/feature.xml
@@ -191,4 +191,23 @@
          install-size="0"
          version="0.0.0"
          unpack="false"/>
+   <plugin
+         id="org.openjdk.jmc.flightrecorder.cjfr"
+         download-size="0"
+         install-size="0"
+         version="0.0.0"
+         unpack="false"/>
+   <plugin
+         id="me.bechberger.condensed.data.jmc"
+         download-size="0"
+         install-size="0"
+         version="0.0.0"
+         unpack="false"/>
+   <plugin
+         id="org.openjdk.jmc.flightrecorder.writer"
+         download-size="0"
+         install-size="0"
+         version="0.0.0"
+         unpack="false"/>
+
 </feature>
diff --git a/application/org.openjdk.jmc.flightrecorder.cjfr/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF b/application/org.openjdk.jmc.flightrecorder.cjfr/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..39c5843336
--- /dev/null
+++ b/application/org.openjdk.jmc.flightrecorder.cjfr/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+Manifest-Version: 1.0
+Bundle-ManifestVersion: 2
+Bundle-RequiredExecutionEnvironment: JavaSE-21
+Bundle-Name: Condensed Flight Recording Plug-in
+Bundle-SymbolicName: org.openjdk.jmc.flightrecorder.cjfr;singleton:=true
+Bundle-Version: 10.0.0.qualifier
+Bundle-Vendor: SAP SE
+Require-Bundle: org.eclipse.ui,
+ org.eclipse.core.runtime,
+ org.openjdk.jmc.flightrecorder.ui,
+ me.bechberger.condensed.data.jmc,
+ org.openjdk.jmc.flightrecorder.writer
+Import-Package: org.openjdk.jmc.ui,
+ me.bechberger.condensed,
+ me.bechberger.jfr
+Bundle-ActivationPolicy: lazy
+Automatic-Module-Name: org.openjdk.jmc.flightrecorder.cjfr
diff --git a/application/org.openjdk.jmc.flightrecorder.cjfr/build.properties b/application/org.openjdk.jmc.flightrecorder.cjfr/build.properties
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..bf4f815c59
--- /dev/null
+++ b/application/org.openjdk.jmc.flightrecorder.cjfr/build.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+source.. = src/main/java/
+output.. = target/classes/
+bin.includes = META-INF/,\
+               plugin.xml,\
+               .
diff --git a/application/org.openjdk.jmc.flightrecorder.cjfr/plugin.xml b/application/org.openjdk.jmc.flightrecorder.cjfr/plugin.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7bdddf542d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/application/org.openjdk.jmc.flightrecorder.cjfr/plugin.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<?eclipse version="3.4"?>
+<plugin>
+   <extension
+         point="org.eclipse.ui.editors">
+      <editor
+            class="org.openjdk.jmc.flightrecorder.cjfr.CjfrEditor"
+            extensions="cjfr"
+            icon="platform:/plugin/org.openjdk.jmc.flightrecorder.ui/icons/jfr.png"
+            id="org.openjdk.jmc.flightrecorder.cjfr.CjfrEditor"
+            name="Condensed Flight Recording">
+      </editor>
+   </extension>
+</plugin>
diff --git a/application/org.openjdk.jmc.flightrecorder.cjfr/pom.xml b/application/org.openjdk.jmc.flightrecorder.cjfr/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6d50a72337
--- /dev/null
+++ b/application/org.openjdk.jmc.flightrecorder.cjfr/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+   Copyright (c) 2026, SAP SE and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+
+   DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
+
+   The contents of this file are subject to the terms of either the Universal Permissive License
+   v 1.0 as shown at https://oss.oracle.com/licenses/upl
+-->
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+	<parent>
+		<groupId>org.openjdk.jmc</groupId>
+		<artifactId>missioncontrol.application</artifactId>
+		<version>${revision}${changelist}</version>
+	</parent>
+	<artifactId>org.openjdk.jmc.flightrecorder.cjfr</artifactId>
+	<packaging>eclipse-plugin</packaging>
+	<properties>
+		<jmc.config.path>${project.basedir}/../../configuration</jmc.config.path>
+	</properties>
+</project>
diff --git a/application/org.openjdk.jmc.flightrecorder.cjfr/src/main/java/org/openjdk/jmc/flightrecorder/cjfr/CjfrEditor.java b/application/org.openjdk.jmc.flightrecorder.cjfr/src/main/java/org/openjdk/jmc/flightrecorder/cjfr/CjfrEditor.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1e53785794
--- /dev/null
+++ b/application/org.openjdk.jmc.flightrecorder.cjfr/src/main/java/org/openjdk/jmc/flightrecorder/cjfr/CjfrEditor.java
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2026, SAP SE and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
+ *
+ * The contents of this file are subject to the terms of either the Universal Permissive License
+ * v 1.0 as shown at https://oss.oracle.com/licenses/upl
+ */
+package org.openjdk.jmc.flightrecorder.cjfr;
+
+import java.io.BufferedInputStream;
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.FileInputStream;
+import java.io.FileOutputStream;
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Composite;
+import org.openjdk.jmc.flightrecorder.ui.JfrEditor;
+import org.openjdk.jmc.ui.MCPathEditorInput;
+
+import me.bechberger.condensed.CondensedInputStream;
+import me.bechberger.jfr.BasicJFRReader;
+import me.bechberger.jfr.WritingJFRReader;
+
+/**
+ * Eclipse editor for .cjfr (condensed JFR) files. Inflates the recording to a temporary .jfr file
+ * and delegates to the standard JFR loading machinery.
+ */
+public class CjfrEditor extends JfrEditor {
+
+	public static final String EDITOR_ID = "org.openjdk.jmc.flightrecorder.cjfr.CjfrEditor"; //$NON-NLS-1$
+
+	@Override
+	public void createPartControl(Composite parent) {
+		File cjfrFile = MCPathEditorInput.getFile(getEditorInput());
+		try {
+			File tempJfr = File.createTempFile("cjfr-inflate-", ".jfr"); //$NON-NLS-1$ //$NON-NLS-2$
+			tempJfr.deleteOnExit();
+			try (CondensedInputStream cin = new CondensedInputStream(
+					new BufferedInputStream(new FileInputStream(cjfrFile)));
+					FileOutputStream fos = new FileOutputStream(tempJfr)) {
+				WritingJFRReader.toJFRStream(new BasicJFRReader(cin), fos);
+			}
+			setInput(new MCPathEditorInput(tempJfr, false));
+		} catch (IOException e) {
+			// Fall through: let RecordingLoader fail gracefully on the original file
+		}
+		super.createPartControl(parent);
+	}
+}
diff --git a/application/pom.xml b/application/pom.xml
index 72b8317e36..43ce002cc8 100644
--- a/application/pom.xml
+++ b/application/pom.xml
@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@
 		<module>org.openjdk.jmc.flightrecorder.pde</module>
 		<module>org.openjdk.jmc.flightrecorder.rules.extensionprovider</module>
 		<module>org.openjdk.jmc.flightrecorder.ui</module>
+		<module>org.openjdk.jmc.flightrecorder.cjfr</module>
 		<module>org.openjdk.jmc.greychart</module>
 		<module>org.openjdk.jmc.greychart.ui</module>
 		<module>org.openjdk.jmc.ide.jdt</module>
@@ -140,6 +141,11 @@
 			<artifactId>flightrecorder</artifactId>
 			<version>${revision}${changelist}</version>
 		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.openjdk.jmc</groupId>
+			<artifactId>flightrecorder.writer</artifactId>
+			<version>${revision}${changelist}</version>
+		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.openjdk.jmc</groupId>
 			<artifactId>flightrecorder.configuration</artifactId>
diff --git a/releng/platform-definitions/platform-definition-2026-06/platform-definition-2026-06.target b/releng/platform-definitions/platform-definition-2026-06/platform-definition-2026-06.target
index af39e98f25..8269af41d6 100644
--- a/releng/platform-definitions/platform-definition-2026-06/platform-definition-2026-06.target
+++ b/releng/platform-definitions/platform-definition-2026-06/platform-definition-2026-06.target
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@
             <unit id="fireplace-swing-animation" version="0.0.1.rc9"/>
             <unit id="radiance-animation" version="8.5.0"/>
             <unit id="org.awaitility" version="4.0.0"/>
+            <unit id="me.bechberger.condensed.data.jmc" version="0.1.3"/>
             <repository location="http://localhost:8080/site"/>
         </location>
         <location includeAllPlatforms="false" includeConfigurePhase="true" includeMode="planner" includeSource="true" type="InstallableUnit">
diff --git a/releng/third-party/pom.xml b/releng/third-party/pom.xml
index 873a91edd1..7ccb4afc0a 100644
--- a/releng/third-party/pom.xml
+++ b/releng/third-party/pom.xml
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@
 		<jetty-maven-plugin.version>11.0.15</jetty-maven-plugin.version>
 		<maven-enforcer-plugin.version>3.3.0</maven-enforcer-plugin.version>
 		<!-- Versions -->
+		<condensed-data.version>0.1.3</condensed-data.version>
 		<jakarta.mail.version>2.0.5</jakarta.mail.version>
 		<angus.activation.version>2.0.3</angus.activation.version>
 		<jakarta.activation.version>2.1.4</jakarta.activation.version>
@@ -215,6 +216,21 @@
 										<Export-Package>org.pushingpixels.radiance.animation.api.*</Export-Package>
 									</instructions>
 								</artifact>
+								<artifact>
+									<!-- Use the -jmc classifier: writer classes excluded, JMC's
+									     flightrecorder.writer bundle supplies them at runtime.
+									     This avoids shaded-copy drift when JMC's writer evolves. -->
+									<id>me.bechberger:condensed-data:jar:jmc:${condensed-data.version}</id>
+									<transitive>false</transitive>
+									<source>false</source>
+									<override>true</override>
+									<instructions>
+										<Bundle-SymbolicName>me.bechberger.condensed.data</Bundle-SymbolicName>
+										<Bundle-Name>Condensed Data</Bundle-Name>
+										<Export-Package>me.bechberger.*</Export-Package>
+										<Import-Package>*;resolution:=optional</Import-Package>
+									</instructions>
+								</artifact>
 							</artifacts>
 						</configuration>
 					</execution>