See http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/kulla-dev/2017-June/002031.html for example of a "/exit 1" as requested in https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8185840 Cheers, Christian PS: I'd love to comment on https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8185840 directly, but the login does not work for me.