JDK Bug System requires login for search

[Iris Clark]

Hi.

Thanks for reporting the problem with the JDK Bug System (bugs.openjdk.org) requiring login.   We noticed this change shortly after we upgraded the site and have been investigating it.  I've added your message to our internal report.

For now, as another workaround, try using the "Search for issues" option in the "Issues" drop down in the upper left:

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Thanks,
Iris

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Subject: Re: JDK Bug System requires login for search


Also affects the main project pages, such as https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK

Since there has been no response so far on web-discuss, and also apparently no response to another feedback mail I had sent to java-bug-submit-form_ww_grp at oracle.com<mailto:java-bug-submit-form_ww_grp at oracle.com> 3 weeks ago regarding the new bug reporting form (where feedback was explicitly requested), I am going to include help at openjdk.org<mailto:help at openjdk.org> now on CC (hopefully that is ok).

Also, another issue with the new bug reporting form (https://bugs.java/bugreport/):
It seems you do not get the "Update Notification: Bug Report - JDK-..." mail anymore which informs you about the creation of the bug report (unless I made a typo in my mail address when submitting the report)? I can see on https://bugs.openjdk.org that the report was created a few weeks ago already.

Sorry in case this missing communication is just due to the holiday season. Though web-discuss seems to be rarely looked at in general (but it seems to be the most appropriate mailing list for this topic).


Am 27.11.2025 um 11:30 schrieb some-java-user-99206970363698485155 at vodafonemail.de<mailto:some-java-user-99206970363698485155 at vodafonemail.de>:

Hello,

it seems since a few weeks or months the JDK Bug System (https://bugs.openjdk.org/secure/Dashboard.jspa) requires login when searching for issues.

To reproduce:

  1.  Open https://bugs.openjdk.org/secure/Dashboard.jspa
(make sure you are not logged in)
  2.  In the top right, enter any text in the search text field, e.g. "test"
  3.  Press Enter to search
(note that the search text field already provides suggestions, ignore those)

Problem: Instead of opening the results list, it shows the login page: https://bugs.openjdk.org/login.jsp?permissionViolation=true

This is quite inconvenient for external users who don't have an account, and likely also leads to increased amounts of duplicate bug reports.
If possible, could you please fix this?

Tested browsers:

  *   Firefox 145.0.2 (64-bit)
  *   Chrome 142.0.7444.176


Workarounds:

  *   Instead of pressing Enter in the text field, click the "View all matching issues" button at the end of the suggestions list
  *   Open https://bugs.openjdk.org/issues/ and perform the search there instead

But these workarounds might be a bit difficult to find if a user is not that familiar with Jira, or was not aware that searching did not require a login in the past, giving the impression that you cannot search without account.


Kind regards
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