A DESCRIPTION OF THE PROBLEM :
When running a Java application, the following exception was encountered:
   java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: Could not initialize class java.lang.invoke.MethodType
 This exception indicates that the java.lang.invoke.MethodType class failed to initialize during runtime, causing the program to fail to execute normally. This issue is reproducible in certain JDK versions but behaves normally in others, suggesting it may be related to specific JDK implementations.

Affected Versions:
JDK 21.0.5

JDK 11.0.25

JDK 17.0.13



STEPS TO FOLLOW TO REPRODUCE THE PROBLEM :
 javac Test.java
java Test

EXPECTED VERSUS ACTUAL BEHAVIOR :
EXPECTED -
Stack Overflow Error: null
ACTUAL -
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: Could not initialize class java.lang.invoke.MethodType
    at java.base/java.lang.invoke.MethodHandleNatives.findMethodHandleType(MethodHandleNatives.java:411)
    at Test.simulateForkRaceCondition(Test.java:14)
    at B176.simulateForkRaceCondition(B176.java:12)
    at Test.simulateForkRaceCondition(Test.java:12)
    at Test.simulateForkRaceCondition(Test.java:12)
    at Test.simulateForkRaceCondition(Test.java:12)
    at Test.simulateForkRaceCondition(Test.java:12)
    at Test.simulateForkRaceCondition(Test.java:12)

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import java.util.Stack;

public class Test {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        simulateForkRaceCondition();
    }

    public static void simulateForkRaceCondition() {
        try {
            simulateForkRaceCondition();
        } catch (StackOverflowError e) {
            System.err.println("Stack Overflow Error: " + e.getMessage());
        }
    }
}
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