Deprecation warnings with Java OpenJDK 24 - sun.misc.Unsafe usage in Firebase Admin SDK
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Assessment
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100
- Issue type
- Bug
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Activity status
- Stale
- Tech stack
- java
- Domain
- authentication, backend
Research direction
Start by reproducing the Firebase Admin Authentication initialization with OpenJDK 24 and inspect the Guava AbstractFuture$UnsafeAtomicHelper dependency named in the report. Determine whether the warning can be resolved through the SDK dependency or requires compatibility guidance; done means the supported setup is documented or the warnings no longer appear.
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Description
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[REQUIRED] Step 2: Describe your environment
- Operating System version: macOS Sequoia 15.5
- Firebase SDK version: 9.5.0
- Library version: 9.5.0
- Firebase Product: Firebase Admin
- Java version: OpenJDK 24
[REQUIRED] Step 3: Describe the problem
Create a Java application using Firebase Admin Authentication
Use Java OpenJDK 24 as the runtime
Run the application
Observe deprecation warnings in the console output
What happened?
When running a Firebase Admin Authentication application with Java OpenJDK 24, the following deprecation warnings are displayed:
WARNING: A terminally deprecated method in sun.misc.Unsafe has been called
WARNING: sun.misc.Unsafe::objectFieldOffset has been called
WARNING: Please consider reporting this to the maintainers of class com.google.common.util.concurrent.AbstractFuture$UnsafeAtomicHelper
WARNING: sun.misc.Unsafe::objectFieldOffset will be removed in a future release
This appears to be related to the Firebase Admin SDK's dependency on Guava's AbstractFuture$UnsafeAtomicHelper class, which uses the deprecated sun.misc.Unsafe::objectFieldOffset method.
Expected behavior:
The Firebase Admin SDK should work without deprecation warnings on supported Java versions, or provide guidance on compatible Java versions.
Relevant Code:
java// Basic Firebase Admin initialization that triggers the warnings
FirebaseOptions options = FirebaseOptions.builder()
.setCredentials(GoogleCredentials.getApplicationDefault())
.build();
FirebaseApp.initializeApp(options);
// Any subsequent Firebase Admin operations will show the warnings
Additional context:
The warnings appear to be coming from the Guava library dependency used by Firebase Admin SDK
This may impact future compatibility when Java removes the deprecated sun.misc.Unsafe methods
The application functions correctly despite the warnings
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