JDK-8267425 : Intermittent failure of HonorDeveloperSettingsTest unit test
  • Type: Bug
  • Component: javafx
  • Sub-Component: graphics
  • Affected Version: jfx17
  • Priority: P3
  • Status: Open
  • Resolution: Unresolved
  • OS: linux
  • CPU: x86_64
  • Submitted: 2021-05-19
  • Updated: 2025-07-16
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Related Reports
Cloners :  
JDK-8266643 - Intermittent failure of HonorDeveloperSettingsTest unit test
Relates :  
JDK-8267621 - Mark HonorDeveloperSettingsTest as unstable on Linux
Description
Even with the fix for JDK-8266643 we are still seeing occasional failures in HonorDeveloperSettingsTest. See, for example:

https://github.com/kevinrushforth/jfx/runs/2622717440

Here is the failure:

2021-05-19T17:31:28.3107034Z test.javafx.css.HonorDeveloperSettingsTest > testOpacityWithManuallyChangedValueAndInlineStyleIsSetToInlineStyle FAILED
2021-05-19T17:31:28.3110123Z     java.lang.NullPointerException: Cannot invoke "javafx.scene.Parent.isDirty(com.sun.javafx.scene.DirtyBits)" because "root" is null
2021-05-19T17:31:28.3112077Z         at javafx.graphics/javafx.scene.Node.notifyParentsOfInvalidatedCSS(Node.java:9295)
2021-05-19T17:31:28.3113561Z         at javafx.graphics/javafx.scene.Node.reapplyCSS(Node.java:9342)
2021-05-19T17:31:28.3114647Z         at javafx.graphics/javafx.scene.Node$1.reapplyCSS(Node.java:588)
2021-05-19T17:31:28.3115989Z         at javafx.graphics/com.sun.javafx.scene.NodeHelper.reapplyCSS(NodeHelper.java:283)
2021-05-19T17:31:28.3120682Z         at javafx.graphics/com.sun.javafx.css.StyleManager.userAgentStylesheetsChanged(StyleManager.java:1514)
2021-05-19T17:31:28.3123014Z         at javafx.graphics/com.sun.javafx.css.StyleManager.setDefaultUserAgentStylesheet(StyleManager.java:1365)
2021-05-19T17:31:28.3125364Z         at javafx.graphics/com.sun.javafx.css.StyleManager.setDefaultUserAgentStylesheet(StyleManager.java:1347)
2021-05-19T17:31:28.3127674Z         at test.javafx.css.HonorDeveloperSettingsTest.setUp(HonorDeveloperSettingsTest.java:90)