Potential lost write IO notifications in Windows when using virtual threads

[robert engels]

But the bug you linked as a potential candidate uses epoll directly. I only linked it because it discusses what sounds to be similar race results in starvation conditions. 

> On Feb 11, 2026, at 12:46 PM, Alan Bateman <alan.bateman at oracle.com> wrote:
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>> On 11/02/2026 18:12, robert engels wrote:
>> It looks like the EPoll bug on windows is widely reported, but there also is a fair amount of critique of epoll in general. This article goes into depth on triggering events and various issues. My understanding though is that windows doesn’t even have a true epoll, on a layer over the native kernel event system.
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> The JDK does not share epfds across threads or use edge-triggered mode.
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> This discussion is about a shim over the AFD for winsock that exposes an epoll-like interface so not the same as the Linux epoll facility.
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> -Alan