Release Notes

Supported OS:

• Microsoft Windows (8, 7, Vista, Server): 32bit & 64bit
• Linux: Intel platform, 32bit & 64bit
• Linux ARM HFLT (Raspberry Pi), JDK 8+ only
• Sun Solaris: Intel & Sparc platform, 32bit & 64bit
• Mac OS X: Intel platform, 64bit

Required Software:

• Oracle JDK 7+
• OpenJDK 7+
• Oracle JDK 9 build 138 (experimental support, may not work with newer builds)

Migration to GitHub:

VisualVM project has been migrated to GitHub, including the sources, downloads and update centers. New project pages have been created at https://visualvm.github.io, the content will be incrementally transferred from the original pages at https://visualvm.java.net.

Features and Enhancements:

• Issue 603: remember decisions about future host/connection resolving
• Issue 618: --openjmx cli option should take a connection name and allow setting skip ssl
• Enabled VM Coredumps support on Microsoft Windows
• The --openid and --openpid parameters now accept index of process tab to open
• Start Page has been refreshed to contain up to date links to useful resources
• Experimental support for running on JDK 9 and monitoring/profiling Java 9 processes
• Built on NetBeans Platform & profiler 8.0.2

API Changes:

• Compatible: com.sun.tools.visualvm.charts.SimpleXYChartDescriptor.decimal(minValue, maxValue, initialYMargin, chartFactor, customFormat, hideableItems, valuesBuffer) added
• Compatible: com.sun.tools.visualvm.core.options.GlobalPreferences.setDoNotShowAgain(key, value) added
• Compatible: com.sun.tools.visualvm.core.options.GlobalPreferences.getDoNotShowAgain(key) added

Fixed Bugs:

• Issue 458: libprofilerinterface.so exports popular symbol names
• Issue 575: Fix sampler memory snapshot type
• Issue 594: Cannot load heap dump - ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException
• Issue 601: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: com.fubar.MyClass$$Lambda$9
• Issue 602: SimpleXYChartDescriptor.decimal Should Be Able To Display > 2 decimal places
• Issue 604: Tracer dynamic does not work with JDK 8
• Issue 605: VisualVM fails to load local java applications when NetbeansBased applications are running
• Issue 606: Command line arg --openjmx doesn't ask for credentials in some cases
• Issue 607: Incorrect snapshot name
• Issue 608: ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException
• Issue 623: Support Lambdas in Java 8
• Issue 625: Opening a thread dump may take several minutes
• Issue 626: ClassCastException: java.lang.String cannot be cast to [Ljava.lang.Object;
• Issue 627: Memory sampling does not work
• Issue 636: Thread dump cannot be closed
• IssueTracker query to list all changes in NetBeans profiler 8.0.1 and 8.0.2 affecting VisualVM
• IssueTracker query to list all changes in NetBeans profiler after 8.0.2 affecting VisualVM

• NB Issue 245522: Instrumented CPU profiling fails on JDK7u65 with -target >=1.7
• Issue 148: VisualVM hangs when lost remote connection
• Issue 120: JMX application datasource cannot be reused on application restart

To view all known problems please use this IssueTracker query.