JSR 396 (Java SE 21): JEP Proposed to Target: 451: Prepare to Disallow the Dynamic Loading of Agents

[Iris Clark]

The following JEP with scope "SE" has been proposed to target JDK 21:

  451: Prepare to Disallow the Dynamic Loading of Agents
       https://openjdk.org/jeps/451

  Summary: Issue warnings when agents are loaded dynamically into a
  running JVM.  These warnings aim to prepare users for a future release
  which disallows the dynamic loading of agents by default in order to
  improve integrity by default.  Serviceability tools that load agents at
  startup will not cause warnings to be issued in any release.

The announced deadline for feedback to jdk-dev is Wed 31 May 23:59 UTC:

    https://mail.openjdk.org/pipermail/jdk-dev/2023-May/007827.html

If there are no unresolved objections at that time, then the JEP will be moved
to the Targeted state, indicating that the feature is expected to appear in
the specified release of the JDK Project.  For more information about states,
see the JEP Process document:

    https://openjdk.org/jeps/1

A dashboard that lists JEPs with "SE" scope may be found via a link on this
page:

    https://openjdk.org/projects/jdk/21/spec/

Thanks,
Iris