ADDITIONAL SYSTEM INFORMATION :
Oracle JDK 17.0.2 / Windows10 x64

A DESCRIPTION OF THE PROBLEM :
Looks like a strange behavior of lambda expression used as static initializer into class constructor, causing a unexpected execution deadlock

STEPS TO FOLLOW TO REPRODUCE THE PROBLEM :
Just execute the code

EXPECTED VERSUS ACTUAL BEHAVIOR :
EXPECTED -
It should initialize the class and print results
ACTUAL -
deadlock in constructor

---------- BEGIN SOURCE ----------
/*
 * Created on Jan 26, 2022
 */
package test;

/**
 * @author dar
 */
public class StaticFieldsTest
{
private static final String VALUE = "10";
private static final StaticFieldsTest sharedInstance = new StaticFieldsTest();

/**
*
*/
public StaticFieldsTest()
{
System.out.println("---------- start -----------");

// here we create our initializer
final Thread t = new Thread(() ->
{
System.out.println("inside runnable");
System.out.println("value is " + VALUE);

// uncomment this line to prevent DEADLOCK
// initialize();
});

// execute!
t.start();

try
{
// wait completion
t.join();
}
catch (InterruptedException e)
{
e.printStackTrace();
}

System.out.println("----------- end ------------");
}

/**
* a do-nothing method
*/
private void initialize()
{
// do nothing
}

/**
* @param args String[]
*/
public static void main(final String[] args)
{
StaticFieldsTest test = StaticFieldsTest.sharedInstance;
System.exit(0);
}
}
---------- END SOURCE ----------

CUSTOMER SUBMITTED WORKAROUND :
Look at the source:

just uncomment a do-nothing initialize(); call

// uncomment this line to prevent DEADLOCK
// initialize();


FREQUENCY : always