NTFS recursive junction

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Note

OpenJDK bug: JDK-8364277

Encountering a recursive NTFS junction results in an infinitive loop / java.nio.file.FileSystemException

Related video that describes the situation pretty accurately

situation_in_a_nutshell.webm

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Reported to openjdk / Java Bug Report. Tracking id: 9078786

PoC: https://github.com/AB-xdev/java-recursive-junctions-poc

JDK issue should be listed in a few days here: https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8316029?jql=project%20%3D%20JDK%20AND%20resolution%20%3D%20Unresolved%20AND%20text%20~%20junction%20ORDER%20BY%20created%20DESC (you get no e-mail like "hey we received your issue" when reporting a issue at https://bugreport.java.com/ (╯°□°）╯︵ ┻━┻)

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Tracked now via https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8364277

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It looks like the bug was fixed, however only for Java 26 as far as I can see...