RFR: 8357390 : java/awt/Toolkit/ScreenInsetsTest/ScreenInsetsTest.java Test failing on Ubuntu 24.04 SBR Hosts

Anass Baya abaya at openjdk.org
Tue Oct 14 14:02:43 UTC 2025


**Issue:**
The bottom inset is different from the expected value by 2 pixels.

**Analysis:**
In [JDK-8349351](https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8349351), we agreed that a small difference between the expected and actual inset values could happen due to scaling. So, we accepted a small margin of error. Harshita suggested allowing a margin of 2 or 3 pixels. However, we decided to accept only a 1-pixel margin since it was enough for scaling loss and the test was passing consistently on CI. 

But here we have a different origin of the error. On our OCI Ubuntu 24.04 hosts with X11, the _NET_WORKAREA most of the time returns a value that is 2px greater than the actual working area. We have verified that the source of the issue is not from our code. It seems to be related to the window manager.

When the issue occurs, running xprop -root | grep _NET_WORKAREA returns a value that is 2px larger than expected. In a system with a bottom inset of 30px, a top inset of 32px, and a screen resolution of 1920x1080, when the issue occurs, the _NET_WORKAREA value is as follows:

> _NET_WORKAREA(CARDINAL) = 0, 32, 1920, 1020, 0, 32, 1920, 10**20** 

However, it should be:
 
> _NET_WORKAREA(CARDINAL) = 0, 32, 1920, 1020, 0, 32, 1920, 10**18** 

Wich is the output of the command when the issue doest not occur.

after discution with @aivanov-jdk a 2 pixels margin error is acceptibe 

**Proposed Fix:**
Increase the allowed margin to 2 pixels.

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Commit messages:
 - add bug ID
 - Increase margin tolerance to 3 pixel

Changes: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/25521/files
  Webrev: https://webrevs.openjdk.org/?repo=jdk&pr=25521&range=00
  Issue: https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8357390
  Stats: 2 lines in 1 file changed: 0 ins; 0 del; 2 mod
  Patch: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/25521.diff
  Fetch: git fetch https://git.openjdk.org/jdk.git pull/25521/head:pull/25521

PR: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/25521


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