Release Notes

Supported OS:

• Microsoft Windows
• Linux: Intel platform, ARM HFLT, AArch64
• macOS

Required Software:

• Oracle JDK 8~15
• OpenJDK 8~15
• GraalVM 19~20

Features and Enhancements:

• Full support for running on JDK 15 and monitoring/profiling Java 15 processes
  • Optional GraalJS JavaScript engine as a plugin
• Drag and drop support for opening snapshots
• Improved support for OpenJ9

Fixed Bugs:

• GH-218: Polyglot Sampler not showing up
• GH-220: JDK 15 support
• GH-221: Add support for GC roots "JNI local"
• GH-222: NPE from JDK 15 jfr file
• GH-223: Invalid Regular Expression Dialog Keeps Opening
• GH-228: The --source-roots Parameter Should Optionally Be File-Based
• GH-231: Add support for drag and drop
• GH-234: OpenJ9: Duplicate PID in application name
• GH-235: Incorrect CPU usage reported on OpenJ9
• GH-242: Allow to use a sampling period of 1ms for the Polyglot Sampler
• GH-244: NPE when expanding some memory profile nodes
• GH-247: ClassCastException when profiling SQL
• GH-249: NPE from Polyglot Sampler agent

To view all known problems please see the VisualVM Issues page.

To resolve the most common problems please follow the Troubleshooting Guide.