junit_test is incompatible with JDK 18+ - "java.lang.UnsupportedOperationException: The Security Manager is deprecated"

[sitaktif]

Description of the bug:

Running a trivial java_test with JDK 18+ yields the following (with the test failing):

JUnit4 Test Runner
java.lang.UnsupportedOperationException: The Security Manager is deprecated and will be removed in a future release
	at java.base/java.lang.System.setSecurityManager(System.java:418)
	at com.google.testing.junit.runner.junit4.JUnit4Runner.installSecurityManager(JUnit4Runner.java:256)
	at com.google.testing.junit.runner.junit4.JUnit4Runner.run(JUnit4Runner.java:113)
	at com.google.testing.junit.runner.BazelTestRunner.runTestsInSuite(BazelTestRunner.java:148)
	at com.google.testing.junit.runner.BazelTestRunner.main(BazelTestRunner.java:75)

BazelTestRunner exiting with a return value of 1

Having JDK 17 (or older) on the PATH fixes the issue above.

What's the simplest, easiest way to reproduce this bug? Please provide a minimal example if possible.

Sources

WORKSPACE.bazel:

(Empty)

java/example/BUILD.bazel:

java_test(
    name = "ExampleTest",
    srcs = ["ExampleTest.java"],
)

java/example/ExampleTest.java:

package example;

import org.junit.Test;

public class ExampleTest {
  @Test
  public void passes() {
  }
}

Repro command

$ java --version
openjdk 18.0.1
[...]

$ bazel test ... --test_output=errors
[...]
JUnit4 Test Runner
java.lang.UnsupportedOperationException: The Security Manager is deprecated and will be removed in a future release
	at java.base/java.lang.System.setSecurityManager(System.java:418)
	at com.google.testing.junit.runner.junit4.JUnit4Runner.installSecurityManager(JUnit4Runner.java:256)
	at com.google.testing.junit.runner.junit4.JUnit4Runner.run(JUnit4Runner.java:113)
	at com.google.testing.junit.runner.BazelTestRunner.runTestsInSuite(BazelTestRunner.java:148)
	at com.google.testing.junit.runner.BazelTestRunner.main(BazelTestRunner.java:75)

BazelTestRunner exiting with a return value of 1
[...]
INFO: Build completed, 1 test FAILED
[...]

Which operating system are you running Bazel on?=

Macos 12.6

What is the output of bazel info release?

release 5.1.1

[fmeum]

You can specify --jvmopt=-Djava.security.manager=allow on the command-line or add common --jvmopt=-Djava.security.manager=allow to your .bazelrc as a workaround that allows you to use JDK 18.

[fmeum]

@sgowroji This is essentially a duplicate of #14502, but, in my opinion, a real bug - java_test should work with any released JDK by default.

[sgowroji]

Agreed, Thanks for sharing the workaround and marking it to Java team.

[comius]

Closing as duplicate of #14502

[toandaominh1997]

@fmeum This is a great way to fix Security Manager is deprecated on JDK 18