The following test failed to compile in the Valhalla CI:

runtime/VerifierMessages/Test7116786.java

Here's a snippet from the log file:

#section:compile
----------messages:(8/368)----------
command: compile /opt/mach5/mesos/work_dir/jib-master/install/jdk-27-valhalla+1-164/src.full/open/test/hotspot/jtreg/runtime/VerifierMessages/Test7116786.java
reason: .class file out of date or does not exist
started: Tue Feb 24 14:47:00.364 UTC 2026
Mode: agentvm
Agent id: 2
Process id: 789695
finished: Tue Feb 24 14:47:00.434 UTC 2026
elapsed time (seconds): 0.07
----------configuration:(9/1167)----------

<snip>

----------direct:(4/258)----------
/opt/mach5/mesos/work_dir/jib-master/install/jdk-27-valhalla+1-164/src.full/open/test/hotspot/jtreg/runtime/VerifierMessages/Test7116786.java:194: error: illegal start of expression
* new Case("case26", "verifier.cpp", true, "case bastore",
^
1 error
result: Failed. Compilation failed: Compilation failed

Since this is a Runtime test, I'm starting this issue off in hotspot/runtime.

However, it looks like this test has not been modified for years:

$ git log test/hotspot/jtreg/runtime/VerifierMessages/Test7116786.java
commit b4ffe4d8f712cf2c0f2610bc8954294d927ab8cc
Author: Coleen Phillimore <coleenp@openjdk.org>
Date: Thu Feb 20 07:25:14 2020 -0500

    8239461: Use jcod rather than jar files in runtime tests
    
    Reviewed-by: hseigel, lmesnik, dholmes