J2SE Version (please include all output from java -version flag):

java version "1.6.0_23"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.6.0_23-b05)
Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 19.0-b09, mixed mode, sharing)

java version "1.6.0_24-ea"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.6.0_24-ea-b01)
Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 19.1-b01, mixed mode, sharing)

java version "1.6.0_24-ea"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.6.0_24-ea-b02)
Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 19.1-b02, mixed mode, sharing)


Does this problem occur on J2SE 5.0.x or 6ux ?

Jre 16U23,16U24



Operating System Configuration Information:

WinXP with SP 3


Hardware Configuration Information:

x86



Bug Description:

Customer application is not getting closed while killing IE using System.exit(0)
with Jre 16U23 and 16U24, whereas the same code is working with Jre 16U22
and lower versions.

show a Sign-on Message dialog with Yes and NO button and the user has to click
Yes to access the application, and by clicking on the 'No' button,
the application should get closed.


With Jre 16U23/24, while clicking 'NO' button, the application gets hang instead of closing. There is no client side and java console exceptions. Whereas, application is getting closed on clicking No button with Jre 16U22 and lower versions.

Root Cause:

per their investigation, the System.exit(0) is not working with Jre 16U23/24.
The responsible code is present in 'myprofile/CustomMessageUtils.java' line
no 155 and 228. Since there is no exception in the client logs, They have
captured the log folder of
'C:\\Documents and Settings\\<user Name>\\Application Data\\Sun\\Java\\Deployment\\log\'

at the time of the issue with 6U23, 6U24-b01, and 6U24-b02 jre versions.

Attached the log folder and screenshot fyr.