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Upgrade the bundled JDK version to 25 LTS #4439

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The currently bundled JDK version is 21, which does not recognize the UseCompactObjectHeaders VM option; upgrading to the latest LTS version (25) resolves this issue.

{
  message: 'Starting Java server with: /Users/leo/.vscode/extensions/redhat.java-1.55.0-darwin-arm64/jre/21.0.11-macosx-aarch64/bin/java --add-modules=ALL-SYSTEM --add-opens java.base/java.util=ALL-UNNAMED --add-opens java.base/java.lang=ALL-UNNAMED --add-opens java.base/sun.nio.fs=ALL-UNNAMED -Declipse.application=org.eclipse.jdt.ls.core.id1 -Dosgi.bundles.defaultStartLevel=4 -Declipse.product=org.eclipse.jdt.ls.core.product -Djava.import.generatesMetadataFilesAtProjectRoot=false -DDetectVMInstallationsJob.disabled=true -Dfile.encoding=utf8 -XX:+UseParallelGC -XX:GCTimeRatio=4 -XX:AdaptiveSizePolicyWeight=90 -Dsun.zip.disableMemoryMapping=true -Xmx2G -Xms100m -Xlog:disable -javaagent:/Users/leo/.vscode/extensions/redhat.java-1.55.0-darwin-arm64/lombok/lombok-1.18.39-4050.jar -XX:+HeapDumpOnOutOfMemoryError -XX:HeapDumpPath=/Users/leo/Library/Application Support/Code/User/workspaceStorage/86672a3e9479386619cea829e48e468b/redhat.java -Daether.dependencyCollector.impl=bf -jar /Users/leo/.vscode/extensions/redhat.java-1.55.0-darwin-arm64/server/plugins/org.eclipse.equinox.launcher_1.7.200.v20260619-2039.jar -configuration /Users/leo/Library/Application Support/Code/User/globalStorage/redhat.java/1.55.0/config_mac -data /Users/leo/Library/Application Support/Code/User/workspaceStorage/86672a3e9479386619cea829e48e468b/redhat.java/jdt_ws',
  level: 'info',
  timestamp: '2026-06-29 11:05:18.884'
}
{
  message: 'Picked up JAVA_TOOL_OPTIONS: -XX:+UseZGC -XX:+UseStringDeduplication -XX:+UseCompactObjectHeaders\n' +
    "Unrecognized VM option 'UseCompactObjectHeaders'\n" +
    'Error: Could not create the Java Virtual Machine.\n' +
    'Error: A fatal exception has occurred. Program will exit.\n',
  level: 'info',
  timestamp: '2026-06-29 11:05:19.273'
}

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Upgrade the bundled JDK version to 25 LTS

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