Integrated: 8350689: Turn on timestamp and thread metadata by default for java.security.debug

Sean Coffey coffeys at openjdk.org
Wed Jun 4 09:44:23 UTC 2025


On Thu, 29 May 2025 19:06:15 GMT, Sean Coffey <coffeys at openjdk.org> wrote:

> Removal of the `+thread` and `+timestamp` options that were used to control the logging behavior of output from the `java.security.debug` system property.
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> To enhance the security debug logs, the thread and timestamp data should always be present. This brings it to a par with another important security debug system property, the TLS debug property: javax.net.debug. Output from the TLS `javax.net.debug` logs always contains thread and timestamp data.
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> This patch remove the `+thread` and `+timestamp` support code and print thread and timestamp data by default. This enancement is only proposed for the JDK feature release. Update releases can continue to opt into such data.
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> Debug output data from use of the `java.security.debug` property will now resemble something like the following:
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> properties[0x10|main|Security.java:122|2025-05-01 14:59:42.859 UTC]: Initial security property: package.definition=sun.misc.,sun.reflect.
> properties[0x10|main|Security.java:122|2025-05-01 14:59:42.859 UTC]: Initial security property: krb5.kdc.bad.policy=tryLast
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> I've also trimmed back on some of the test case coverage since use of `+thread` and `+timestamp` options is now redundant with this patch.

This pull request has now been integrated.

Changeset: 42f48a39
Author:    Sean Coffey <coffeys at openjdk.org>
URL:       https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/commit/42f48a39e867ae1683708dda3e158c24a6957180
Stats:     184 lines in 5 files changed: 15 ins; 130 del; 39 mod

8350689: Turn on timestamp and thread metadata by default for java.security.debug

Reviewed-by: mullan

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PR: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/25528


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