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02/18/2026

08:22 AM Feature #9686: move FWD to Java 25

yes Teodor Gorghe

08:22 AM Feature #9686: move FWD to Java 25

Is this jsch fork backwards compatible with Java 17 and Java 21? Greg Shah

05:18 AM Feature #9686: move FWD to Java 25

Created harness task branch *9686a*.
Committed revision *40* on harness task branch *9686a*:
- Updated jsch depen... Teodor Gorghe

04:37 AM Feature #9686 (Review): move FWD to Java 25

Teodor Gorghe

04:36 AM Feature #9686 (WIP): move FWD to Java 25

I have done some more tests and I have noticed that there is an issue with the testcases harness. This also happens o... Teodor Gorghe

02/17/2026

02:12 AM Bug #10858: Replace capturing with non-capturing lambdas in getters and setters

Rebased 10858a to trunk rev. 16430 and commited rev. 16433 to fix new usages of the old @setAttr()@ method. Razvan-Nicolae Chichirau

02/16/2026

08:41 AM Feature #9684: migrate from libffi (and C heap functions) to the built-in JDK FFM support

I don't want to work on this until after we no longer support JDK 17. This is not a priority right now. Greg Shah

08:06 AM Feature #9684: migrate from libffi (and C heap functions) to the built-in JDK FFM support

Created task branch *9684a*.
Committed revision *16430* on task branch *9684a*:
- Initial alternative implementat... Teodor Gorghe

02/12/2026

09:39 AM Bug #10858 (Internal Test): Replace capturing with non-capturing lambdas in getters and setters

Code review 10858a. The changes look good. This will require full-spectrum regression testing. Hynek Cihlar

02/07/2026

03:52 AM Feature #11183 (WIP): Upgrade our PASOE implementation to a fully async paradigm

Artur Școlnic

02/06/2026

08:43 AM Feature #11183: Upgrade our PASOE implementation to a fully async paradigm

Sure, I will look into this as well. Artur Școlnic

08:42 AM Feature #11183: Upgrade our PASOE implementation to a fully async paradigm

I think we do more on the Jetty side than I want. I'm looking for a lower level transfer of the request. Also, I wa... Greg Shah

08:27 AM Feature #11183: Upgrade our PASOE implementation to a fully async paradigm

Greg Shah wrote:
> My idea was not to have a queue for getting a thread but a queue for the jobs. Also the idea is ... Artur Școlnic

08:23 AM Feature #11183: Upgrade our PASOE implementation to a fully async paradigm

My idea was not to have a queue for getting a thread but a queue for the jobs. Also the idea is to do almost nothing... Greg Shah

08:15 AM Feature #11183: Upgrade our PASOE implementation to a fully async paradigm

I believe for classic this does not happen and on agent pool exhaustion, the requests are refused. Artur Școlnic

08:14 AM Feature #11183: Upgrade our PASOE implementation to a fully async paradigm

Constantin, please correct me if I am not accurate here, but I think this already happens with PASOE.
@AppServerConn... Artur Școlnic

08:06 AM Feature #11183: Upgrade our PASOE implementation to a fully async paradigm

I have planned #6673 which I believe is the same idea. I would be happy for you to work on that task. My opinion is... Greg Shah

03:04 AM Feature #11183: Upgrade our PASOE implementation to a fully async paradigm

Although PASOE significantly improved request throughput compared to the classic AppServer infrastructure, there is s... Artur Școlnic

03:02 AM Feature #11183 (WIP): Upgrade our PASOE implementation to a fully async paradigm

Artur Școlnic

02/05/2026

04:16 AM Bug #11157: Improve FWD server startup mode in server.sh

Roger Borrello wrote:
> Can you test with Hotel ChUI, as well?
I tested now and it is also fine. If we want to ... Andrei Plugaru

02/04/2026

11:32 AM Bug #11157: Improve FWD server startup mode in server.sh

In a perfect world, the same @server.sh@ would be used at all customers. I don't want it to be customized or be out ... Greg Shah

09:29 AM Bug #11157 (Internal Test): Improve FWD server startup mode in server.sh

Can you test with Hotel ChUI, as well? If testing is good, Greg, we should be able to merge to the Hotel projects. It... Roger Borrello

09:09 AM Bug #11157: Improve FWD server startup mode in server.sh

Roger Borrello wrote:
> The changes look very good. Have you tested @start_server.sh@, the a wrapper script that exp... Andrei Plugaru

08:53 AM Bug #11157: Improve FWD server startup mode in server.sh

The changes look very good. Have you tested @start_server.sh@, the a wrapper script that expects @server.sh@ to start... Roger Borrello

03:03 AM Feature #11169: Running Ahead-of-time compilation (AOT) on FWD

Java *Ahead-of-time compilation* was introduced in *JDK 25*, as an evolution of *AppCDS*, which optimizes the warmup ... Teodor Gorghe

02:36 AM Feature #11169 (New): Running Ahead-of-time compilation (AOT) on FWD

Teodor Gorghe

02/03/2026

08:56 AM Bug #10071 (Closed): Method code too large - ReflectASM

Constantin Asofiei

03:38 AM Bug #10963: appserver resiliency and self healing

Regardin ... Artur Școlnic

01/30/2026

05:43 AM Bug #11157 (Review): Improve FWD server startup mode in server.sh

Andrei Plugaru

05:42 AM Bug #11157 (WIP): Improve FWD server startup mode in server.sh

This is the patch needed for @server.sh@ in hotel_gui project which allows redirecting the KILL signal to the java pr... Andrei Plugaru

01/29/2026

10:22 AM Bug #11157: Improve FWD server startup mode in server.sh

While working on #4369, I discovered that the current way of starting the Java process in server.sh may not work well... Andrei Plugaru

10:12 AM Bug #11157 (Internal Test): Improve FWD server startup mode in server.sh

Andrei Plugaru

07:05 AM Bug #10963: appserver resiliency and self healing

I increased the heap to 16Gb and repeated the stress test 3 times, the OutOfMemoryError was solved, so it is somethin... Artur Școlnic

05:27 AM Bug #10963: appserver resiliency and self healing

During the investigation for #10941-77 I tried to replicate a long running query by executing some apis on the client... Artur Școlnic

06:35 AM Feature #9686: move FWD to Java 25

Committed revision *16266* in task branch *9686a*:
- Additional fixes.
- Fix for database import when XML files exc... Teodor Gorghe

01/27/2026

10:59 AM Feature #11152: improve broker session distribution to implement simple load balancing

Our session distribution for the brokers is pretty naive. I recall it was a simple round robin but regardless, it do... Greg Shah

10:57 AM Feature #11152 (New): improve broker session distribution to implement simple load balancing

Greg Shah

01/26/2026

01:37 PM Support #8922: runtime infrastructure tests

Artur Școlnic wrote:
> I want to mention that I am committing the tests to 8922a/AppserverTests as I write them, so ... Constantin Asofiei

10:13 AM Support #8922: runtime infrastructure tests

I want to mention that I am committing the tests to 8922a/AppserverTests as I write them, so they can be found and re... Artur Școlnic

09:06 AM Feature #9686: move FWD to Java 25

Committed revision *422* on *hotel_gui* project:
- Adjusted client.sh and server.sh to be compatible with Java 25. Teodor Gorghe

08:58 AM Feature #9686: move FWD to Java 25

Yes, they are. Teodor Gorghe

08:57 AM Feature #9686: move FWD to Java 25

Teodor Gorghe wrote:
> Created task branch *9686a*.
>
> Committed revision *16265* in task branch *9686a*:
> - A... Roger Borrello

01/23/2026

07:57 AM Support #8922: runtime infrastructure tests

Ok, it was an issue in my project, I was running the wrong program, sorry for the confusion. The variable is persiste... Artur Școlnic

07:53 AM Support #8922: runtime infrastructure tests

State-aware, I think it is the only one that guarantees that the requests are handled by the same agent. Artur Școlnic

07:52 AM Support #8922: runtime infrastructure tests

Artur Școlnic wrote:
> And I configured only one agent in the pool range for all the tests, so it would be obvious w... Constantin Asofiei

07:51 AM Support #8922: runtime infrastructure tests

p1.p... Artur Școlnic

07:47 AM Support #8922: runtime infrastructure tests

Artur Școlnic wrote:
> I already tried with shared variables, I don't think they get saved on the appserver.
Are yo... Constantin Asofiei

07:38 AM Support #8922: runtime infrastructure tests

I already tried with shared variables, I don't think they get saved on the appserver.
I have a single agent for a st... Artur Școlnic

06:56 AM Support #8922: runtime infrastructure tests

Artur Școlnic wrote:
> Do you think there is a reliable way to check if the context is actually reset or if somethin... Constantin Asofiei

06:14 AM Support #8922: runtime infrastructure tests

Constantin, I am trying to write some tests that explore the different session management with classic appserver (sta... Artur Școlnic

06:54 AM Feature #9686: move FWD to Java 25

Created task branch *9686a*.
Committed revision *16265* in task branch *9686a*:
- Added compatibility for JRE25.
... Teodor Gorghe

06:06 AM Bug #10963 (WIP): appserver resiliency and self healing

Eric Faulhaber wrote:
> Artur/Constantin, should this go into test status, or back into WIP (it's marked 90%)? Is th... Artur Școlnic

06:03 AM Bug #10963: appserver resiliency and self healing

Eric Faulhaber wrote:
> Does #10963-84 need to be addressed in another iteration, or did that make it into 10963b?
... Artur Școlnic

01/22/2026

04:29 AM Support #8922: runtime infrastructure tests

I started developing the 4gl access tests on an OE env. I created a single project that is linked to the Web Server ... Artur Școlnic

03:01 AM Support #8922: runtime infrastructure tests

Although there are mentions of ABL unit tests covering the 4gl access, I could not find them.
What I did found are t... Artur Școlnic

01/21/2026

02:15 PM Bug #10963: appserver resiliency and self healing

Artur/Constantin, should this go into test status, or back into WIP (it's marked 90%)? Is there something left to imp... Eric Faulhaber

07:35 AM Bug #10963: appserver resiliency and self healing

10963b was merged as trunk/16357 and ported to 10614_main/16227. Artur Școlnic

07:06 AM Bug #10963 (Merge Pending): appserver resiliency and self healing

Please merge 10963b after 11104a. Constantin Asofiei

09:49 AM Support #8922: runtime infrastructure tests

The same tests written for 4GL "create server" will need to be executed via OpenClient, too (in both classic and paso... Constantin Asofiei

09:48 AM Support #8922: runtime infrastructure tests

> I reviewed this task and the Appserver_Tests wiki and noticed that we already have multiple tests covering differen... Greg Shah

09:36 AM Support #8922: runtime infrastructure tests

I reviewed this task and the Appserver_Tests wiki and noticed that we already have multiple tests covering different ... Artur Școlnic

01/20/2026

10:23 AM Bug #10963: appserver resiliency and self healing

I tested the PASOE application in both modes, the testing passed. Artur Școlnic

06:09 AM Bug #10963 (Internal Test): appserver resiliency and self healing

Please update the copyright year. Otherwise, I'm OK with the changes. Constantin Asofiei

04:21 AM Bug #10963 (Review): appserver resiliency and self healing

Artur Școlnic

09:14 AM Support #8922 (WIP): runtime infrastructure tests

Artur Școlnic

08:38 AM Feature #9685: move FWD to Java 21

Our appcds support from Java 17 is broken in Java 21. See #11100-27 and following for details. Greg Shah