See https://stackoverflow.com/questions/27549671/how-to-diagnose-or-detect-deadlocks-in-java-static-initializers

public class StaticDeadlockExample implements Runnable
{
    static
    {
        Thread thread = new Thread(
                new StaticDeadlockExample(),
                "StaticDeadlockExample child thread");
        thread.start();
        try {
            thread.join();
        } catch (InterruptedException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
    }

    public static void main(String[] args)
    {
        System.out.println("in main");
    }

    public static void sayHello()
    {
        System.out.println("hello from thread " + Thread.currentThread().getName());
    }

    @Override
    public void run() {
        StaticDeadlockExample.sayHello();
    }
}

This program deadlocks. The stack trace at time of deadlock (from jstack) contains the following two deadlocked threads, but provides no clear indication of the deadlock. It lists one of the thread as RUNNABLE.

"StaticDeadlockExample child thread" prio=6 tid=0x000000006c86a000 nid=0x4f54 in Object.wait() [0x000000006d38f000]
   java.lang.Thread.State: RUNNABLE
    at StaticDeadlockExample.run(StaticDeadlockExample.java:37)
    at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:619)

   Locked ownable synchronizers:
    - None

"main" prio=6 tid=0x00000000005db000 nid=0x2fbc in Object.wait() [0x000000000254e000]
   java.lang.Thread.State: WAITING (on object monitor)
    at java.lang.Object.wait(Native Method)
    - waiting on <0x000000004a6a7870> (a java.lang.Thread)
    at java.lang.Thread.join(Thread.java:1143)
    - locked <0x000000004a6a7870> (a java.lang.Thread)
    at java.lang.Thread.join(Thread.java:1196)
    at StaticDeadlockExample.<clinit>(StaticDeadlockExample.java:17)
    at java.lang.Class.forName0(Native Method)
    at java.lang.Class.forName(Class.java:169)
    at com.intellij.rt.execution.application.AppMain.main(AppMain.java:116)

   Locked ownable synchronizers:
    - None