On Tue, 28 Apr 2026 22:38:39 GMT, Artur Barashev <[email protected]> wrote:

>> If the PKIX path building cares about validity nesting violations, possibly 
>> yes.  You might not see it for a long time and then you'll get a rare 
>> failure here and there.  That's why when I use CertificateBuilder to build 
>> chains I make a point of ensuring the EE cert's validity window will always 
>> be inside that of the CAs.  The code as written will do that almost always, 
>> but in rare cases maybe not.
>
> We don't care about validity nesting violations by default. I just verified 
> it by running the test with CA validity period entirely inside EE validity 
> period. I can set `now` value statically (just in case we ever change the 
> default behavior) if you prefer it this way.

That seems like a good solution.

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PR Review Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/30944#discussion_r3157648811

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