The regression occurs between 9-ea+156 and 9-ea+157, I suspect it's related to JDK-8174249.

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import java.util.*;
abstract class T {
  List<String> f(Enumeration e) {
    return newArrayList(forEnumeration(e));
  }

  abstract <T> Iterator<T> forEnumeration(Enumeration<T> e);
  abstract <E> ArrayList<E> newArrayList(Iterator<? extends E> xs);
  abstract <E> ArrayList<E> newArrayList(Iterable<? extends E> xs);
}
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$ javac -fullversion T.java 
javac full version "9-ea+156"
Note: T.java uses unchecked or unsafe operations.
Note: Recompile with -Xlint:unchecked for details.

$ javac -fullversion T.java 
javac full version "9-ea+157"
T.java:4: error: reference to newArrayList is ambiguous
    return newArrayList(forEnumeration(e));
           ^
  both method <E#1>newArrayList(Iterator<? extends E#1>) in T and method <E#2>newArrayList(Iterable<? extends E#2>) in T match
  where E#1,E#2 are type-variables:
    E#1 extends Object declared in method <E#1>newArrayList(Iterator<? extends E#1>)
    E#2 extends Object declared in method <E#2>newArrayList(Iterable<? extends E#2>)
Note: T.java uses unchecked or unsafe operations.
Note: Recompile with -Xlint:unchecked for details.
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