[CASSANDRA-16085] Cassandra fails to start using Java SE 8 Update 261

• Type: Bug
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Urgent
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 3.0.26, 3.11.12
• Component/s: Local/Startup and Shutdown
• Bug Category: Availability
• Severity: Normal
• Complexity: Normal
• Discovered By: User Report
• Platform: All, Java8, Windows
• Impacts: None, Clients
• Since Version: 3.11.2

Source Control Link

https://github.com/apache/cassandra/commit/be649d5d5437a99be225049f94fda058e4b9e896

Test and Documentation Plan

localized to windows

• Assignee: Stephen L. De Rudder
• Reporter: Alex Drinkwater

Authors

Stephen L. De Rudder

Reviewers

Brandon Williams, Josh McKenzie

• Created: 31/Aug/20 15:46
• Updated: 19/Jan/22 19:54
• Resolved: 15/Sep/21 18:44

Description

When using JRE 8u261 to start cassandra it fails and gives this error: \njava.lang.UnsatisfiedLinkError: WindowsTimer