A DESCRIPTION OF THE PROBLEM :
It appears that the issue reported in JDK-8294193 is not fixed in JDK17. Can this be fixed in JDK17?

STEPS TO FOLLOW TO REPRODUCE THE PROBLEM :
1. Create a symlink. For example:
ln -s <some-path> /opt/test

2. Create a simple code as below and run it using the latest JDK17 and JDK20. JDK17 should give FileAlreadyExistsException.

import java.io.File;
import java.nio.file.Files;

public class Main {

    public static void main(String[] args) {

        File test = new File("/opt/test");
        try {
            Files.createDirectories(test.toPath());
        } catch(Exception e) {
            System.out.println(e);
        }
    }
}

EXPECTED VERSUS ACTUAL BEHAVIOR :
EXPECTED -
There shouldn't be FileAlreadyExistsException.
ACTUAL -
JDK17 gives FileAlreadyExistsException.

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import java.io.File;
import java.nio.file.Files;

public class Main {

    public static void main(String[] args) {

        File test = new File("/opt/test");
        try {
            Files.createDirectories(test.toPath());
        } catch(Exception e) {
            System.out.println(e);
        }
    }
}
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FREQUENCY : always