ADDITIONAL SYSTEM INFORMATION :
Fedora Linux 42, replicated on Oracle build and Temurin build

A DESCRIPTION OF THE PROBLEM :
Annotating an inner class array reference (eg A.B[]) as such: @Marker A.B @Marker[] , followed by an expression method reference (i.e. @Marker A.B @Marker[]::foo) causes the compiler to crash

STEPS TO FOLLOW TO REPRODUCE THE PROBLEM :
Make a file as listed in the test case then attempt to compile it.

EXPECTED VERSUS ACTUAL BEHAVIOR :
EXPECTED -
Program fails to compile because arrays do not have a method `foo` that accepts an integer.
ACTUAL -
An exception has occurred in the compiler (25). Please file a bug against the Java compiler via the Java bug reporting page (https://bugreport.java.com) after checking the Bug Database (https://bugs.java.com) for duplicates. Include your program, the following diagnostic, and the parameters passed to the Java compiler in your report. Thank you.
java.lang.AssertionError
        at jdk.compiler/com.sun.tools.javac.util.Assert.error(Assert.java:155)
        at jdk.compiler/com.sun.tools.javac.util.Assert.check(Assert.java:46)
        at jdk.compiler/com.sun.tools.javac.code.Type.addMetadata(Type.java:388)
        at jdk.compiler/com.sun.tools.javac.code.Type.preannotatedType(Type.java:468)
        at jdk.compiler/com.sun.tools.javac.comp.Attr.visitAnnotatedType(Attr.java:5256)
        at jdk.compiler/com.sun.tools.javac.tree.JCTree$JCAnnotatedType.accept(JCTree.java:3096)
        at jdk.compiler/com.sun.tools.javac.comp.Attr.attribTree(Attr.java:677)
        at jdk.compiler/com.sun.tools.javac.comp.Attr.visitReference(Attr.java:3610)
        at jdk.compiler/com.sun.tools.javac.tree.JCTree$JCMemberReference.accept(JCTree.java:2657)
        at jdk.compiler/com.sun.tools.javac.comp.Attr.attribTree(Attr.java:677)
        at jdk.compiler/com.sun.tools.javac.comp.Attr.attribExpr(Attr.java:723)
        at jdk.compiler/com.sun.tools.javac.comp.Attr.visitVarDef(Attr.java:1317)
        at jdk.compiler/com.sun.tools.javac.tree.JCTree$JCVariableDecl.accept(JCTree.java:1066)
        at jdk.compiler/com.sun.tools.javac.comp.Attr.attribTree(Attr.java:677)
        at jdk.compiler/com.sun.tools.javac.comp.Attr.attribStat(Attr.java:751)
        at jdk.compiler/com.sun.tools.javac.comp.Attr.attribStats(Attr.java:770)
        at jdk.compiler/com.sun.tools.javac.comp.Attr.visitBlock(Attr.java:1463)
        at jdk.compiler/com.sun.tools.javac.tree.JCTree$JCBlock.accept(JCTree.java:1136)
        at jdk.compiler/com.sun.tools.javac.comp.Attr.attribTree(Attr.java:677)
        at jdk.compiler/com.sun.tools.javac.comp.Attr.attribStat(Attr.java:751)
        at jdk.compiler/com.sun.tools.javac.comp.Attr.visitMethodDef(Attr.java:1244)
        at jdk.compiler/com.sun.tools.javac.tree.JCTree$JCMethodDecl.accept(JCTree.java:960)
        at jdk.compiler/com.sun.tools.javac.comp.Attr.attribTree(Attr.java:677)
        at jdk.compiler/com.sun.tools.javac.comp.Attr.attribStat(Attr.java:751)
        at jdk.compiler/com.sun.tools.javac.comp.Attr.attribClassBody(Attr.java:5664)
        at jdk.compiler/com.sun.tools.javac.comp.Attr.attribClass(Attr.java:5550)
        at jdk.compiler/com.sun.tools.javac.comp.Attr.attribClass(Attr.java:5365)
        at jdk.compiler/com.sun.tools.javac.comp.Attr.attrib(Attr.java:5302)
        at jdk.compiler/com.sun.tools.javac.main.JavaCompiler.attribute(JavaCompiler.java:1346)
        at jdk.compiler/com.sun.tools.javac.main.JavaCompiler.compile(JavaCompiler.java:968)
        at jdk.compiler/com.sun.tools.javac.main.Main.compile(Main.java:319)
        at jdk.compiler/com.sun.tools.javac.main.Main.compile(Main.java:178)
        at jdk.compiler/com.sun.tools.javac.Main.compile(Main.java:66)
        at jdk.compiler/com.sun.tools.javac.Main.main(Main.java:52)

---------- BEGIN SOURCE ----------
public class HelloWorld {

interface I {
void foo(int i);
}

@interface Marker {
}
// crash happens with static or nonstatic classes
static class X {
static class Y {
}
}

public static void main(String... args) {
I i = @Marker X. Y @Marker [][] @Marker []::foo;
}
}
---------- END SOURCE ----------