Failure to start from source due to bytecode version for bazel-dev vs. bazel
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Description
### Description of the bug:
Building **bazel-dev** fails to start due to mismatch bytecode version.
This is confusing because my understanding is that it should have an embedded JDK?
```
Something is weird with all_modules version
❯ ./bazel-bin/src/bazel-dev
Starting local Bazel server and connecting to it...
Server crashed during startup. Now printing /usr/local/google/home/fmzakari/.cache/bazel/_bazel_fmzakari/874c14ef1c34fc798aecff4a194edbff/server/jvm.out
Error: LinkageError occurred while loading main class com.google.devtools.build.lib.bazel.Bazel
java.lang.UnsupportedClassVersionError: com/google/devtools/build/lib/bazel/Bazel has been compiled by a more recent version of the Java Runtime (class file version 65.0), this version of the Java Runtime only recognizes class file versions up to 55.0
```
The **bazel** target which has the minimal JDK seems to work fine.
```
) for suffix, jdk in [
("-dev", "_jdk_allmodules"),
("", "_jdk_minimal"),
("_jdk_allmodules", "_jdk_allmodules"),
("_jdk_minimal", "_jdk_minimal"),
("_notools", "_notools"),
("_nojdk", "_nojdk"),
]]
```
```
❯ ./bazel-bin/src/bazel
Starting local Bazel server and connecting to it...
[bazel development version]
Usage: bazel .
```
**bazel_nojdk** also has the problem but from what I understand that is picking up my default JDK which is Java11
```
❯ bazel-bin/src/bazel_nojdk
Starting local Bazel server and connecting to it...
Server crashed during startup. Now printing /usr/local/google/home/fmzakari/.cache/bazel/_bazel_fmzakari/874c14ef1c34fc798aecff4a194edbff/server/jvm.out
Error: LinkageError occurred while loading main class com.google.devtools.build.lib.bazel.Bazel
java.lang.UnsupportedClassVersionError: com/google/devtools/build/lib/bazel/Bazel has been compiled by a more recent version of the Java Runtime (class file version 65.0), this version of the Java Runtime only recognizes class file versions up to 55.0
```
### Which category does this issue belong to?
Core
### What's the simplest, easiest way to reproduce this bug? Please provide a minimal example if possible.
_No response_
### Which operating system are you running Bazel on?
Linux
### What is the output of `bazel info release`?
7.1.1
### If `bazel info release` returns `development version` or `(@non-git)`, tell us how you built Bazel.
_No response_
### What's the output of `git remote get-url origin; git rev-parse HEAD` ?
_No response_
### Is this a regression? If yes, please try to identify the Bazel commit where the bug was introduced.
_No response_
### Have you found anything relevant by searching the web?
_No response_
### Any other information, logs, or outputs that you want to share?
_No response_
Contributor guide
Research direction
Start by comparing the bazel-dev, bazel, and bazel_nojdk build targets and the JDK selections shown in the issue. Reproduce the startup commands on Linux and trace why bazel-dev launches Java 11-class runtime code against class files built for Java 21; done means the affected targets start without UnsupportedClassVersionError.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- java
- Domain
- build-system
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100