[8.2.0] Bazel server terminated abruptly
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Description
### Description of the bug:
One of our CI jobs recently had a server terminated abruptly exception when running a `bazel build //...`
### 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.
I'm not sure how to reproduce this issue and it's the first time this has happened to us in 8.2.0 over a lot of builds.
I've attached the `.ips` for the Java process during the crash.
[java-2025-05-17-173256.ips.zip](https://github.com/user-attachments/files/20265973/java-2025-05-17-173256.ips.zip)
### Which operating system are you running Bazel on?
macOS 15.5
### What is the output of `bazel info release`?
8.2.0
### 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` ?
```text
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### If this is a regression, please try to identify the Bazel commit where the bug was introduced with bazelisk --bisect.
_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_
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Research direction
Start with the attached java-2025-05-17-173256.ips.zip and the reported bazel build //... invocation on macOS 15.5 with Bazel 8.2.0. Determine why the Bazel server terminated abruptly and document a reproducible failure or a confirmed cause; the issue provides no named source file or failing test.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- java
- Domain
- build-system
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100