No objections after a few days. I think this can keep moving forward. If no
vote is required to be taken, shall we just get on with merging the
associated PR?

On Tue, Apr 14, 2026 at 2:49 PM Maytas Monsereenusorn <[email protected]>
wrote:

> +1 from me too. Being able to use virtual threads would be a big plus.
>
> Thanks,
> Maytas
>
> On Tue, Apr 14, 2026 at 12:39 PM Lucas Capistrant <
> [email protected]> wrote:
>
> > I should clarify “wherever possible” was not to say just blindly move
> > things to use vthreads. But rather to evaluate and execute migration
> > wherever is a technically sound decision to move that will provide actual
> > value for performance, operability, or both.
> >
> > On Tue, Apr 14, 2026 at 2:32 PM Lucas Capistrant <
> > [email protected]>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > I guess a first adopter could be to pick some size configurable thread
> > > pool to migrate. remove the config and use virtual threads. Stating
> that
> > > the initial win is reducing cognitive load for an operator by replacing
> > > config choices with virtual threads wherever possible. Perhaps the pool
> > in
> > > LookupReferencesManager if we had to pick something.
> > >
> > > On Tue, Apr 14, 2026 at 12:33 PM Clint Wylie <[email protected]>
> wrote:
> > >
> > >> +1 from me, I also would like to explore using virtual threads as soon
> > >> as possible (without the overhead of trying to build multi-release
> > >> jars), and java 25 is my real wish for our minimum supported version
> > >> too so we can at least have all the nice memory stuff from the ffi
> > >>
> > >> On Tue, Apr 14, 2026 at 9:52 AM Jesse Tuğlu <[email protected]> wrote:
> > >> >
> > >> > > Is there any place you have in mind where you are eager leverage
> > >> > Java 21 language features?
> > >> >
> > >> > This will allow for things like green (virtual) threads and JDK 25
> > will
> > >> > allow for things like FFI, which will help move along the goals
> > >> mentioned
> > >> > in: https://github.com/apache/druid/issues/19039.
> > >> >
> > >> > > Regarding java25, is that your analysis from initial inspection
> the
> > >> Hadoop
> > >> > docs/code or did you smoke check the compatibility at runtime too?
> > >> >
> > >> > I've run JDK 25 on JDK 21-compiled bytecode internally on a test
> > cluster
> > >> > and have validated it passes CI. I believe the prior blockers for
> > >> running
> > >> > JDK 25 were the incompatibilities with SecurityManager brought in by
> > >> older
> > >> > versions of Hadoop.
> > >> >
> > >> > On Tue, Apr 14, 2026 at 7:47 AM Lucas Capistrant <
> > >> [email protected]>
> > >> > wrote:
> > >> >
> > >> > > Thanks for starting the thread, Jesse. I think this is a great
> idea
> > >> for
> > >> > > Druid 38. Is there any place you have in mind where you are eager
> > >> leverage
> > >> > > Java 21 language features? A good motivation to share with the
> > change
> > >> > > notice helps communicate the benefit of updating our Java support
> > >> matrix.
> > >> > > Regardless, I’m on board with it.
> > >> > >
> > >> > > Regarding java25, is that your analysis from initial inspection
> the
> > >> Hadoop
> > >> > > docs/code or did you smoke check the compatibility at runtime too?
> > >> > >
> > >> > > Thanks,
> > >> > > Lucas
> > >> > >
> > >> > > On Tue, Apr 14, 2026 at 12:08 AM Jesse Tuğlu <[email protected]>
> > >> wrote:
> > >> > >
> > >> > > > Hi folks,
> > >> > > >
> > >> > > > Wanted to start a devlist thread to discuss removal of JDK 17 in
> > >> favor of
> > >> > > > JDK 21/25 as supported runtimes in Druid 38. The PR for this
> > change
> > >> is
> > >> > > > here: https://github.com/apache/druid/pull/19304. Upgrading to
> > >> Hadoop
> > >> > > 3.5
> > >> > > > clients enabled <https://hadoop.apache.org/docs/r3.5.0/> the
> use
> > >> of JDK
> > >> > > 21
> > >> > > > and, from what I can tell, contains SecurityManager patches that
> > >> unblock
> > >> > > > Druid's usage of JDK 25.
> > >> > > >
> > >> > > > Best,
> > >> > > >
> > >> > > > Jesse
> > >> > > >
> > >> > >
> > >>
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