Multiple Android DeviceLab tests fail with Android Studio RC bundled JDK 25 (OpenJDK 25.0.2) due to IllegalArgumentException: 25.0.2 during Gradle/Kotlin initialization

[preethi0228-git]

Steps to reproduce

1. Install Android Studio RC (bundled OpenJDK 25.0.2).
2. Configure Flutter to use the RC JDK: flutter config --jdk-dir="/Applications/Android Studio RC.app/Contents/jbr/Contents/Home"
3. Verify Flutter is using the RC JDK: flutter doctor -v
4. From the Flutter repository, run a DeviceLab test, for example: dart bin/test_runner.dart test -t android_display_cutout or dart bin/test_runner.dart test -t android_defines

Expected results

Android Device lab tests should build and execute successfully using the latest Android Studio RC bundled JDK.

Actual results

The Gradle build fails before compilation begins with:

FAILURE: Build failed with an exception.

• What went wrong:
  25.0.2

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: 25.0.2
at org.jetbrains.kotlin.com.intellij.util.lang.JavaVersion.parse(...)

Note :

• The same Flutter checkout succeeds when configured to use the Android Studio Stable bundled JDK (OpenJDK 21.0.10).
• Issue repro in all flutter channels

Few of the Tests failed :

• dart bin/test_runner.dart test -t android_defines_test
• dart bin/test_runner.dart test -t android_display_cutout
• dart bin/test_runner.dart test -t android_picture_cache_complexity_scoring_perf__timeline_summary
• dart bin/test_runner.dart test -t android_verified_input_test
• dart bin/test_runner.dart test -t android_view_scroll_perf__timeline_summary
• dart bin/test_runner.dart test -t complex_layout_android__scroll_smoothness
• dart bin/test_runner.dart test -t embedded_android_views_integration_test

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[android_display_cutout_jdk25.log](https://github.com/user-attachments/files/30231142/android_display_cutout_jdk25.log)

Flutter Doctor output

Doctor output

Flutter (Channel stable, 3.44.7, on macOS 26.5.2 25F84 darwin-arm64, locale en-US) [260ms]
    • Flutter version 3.44.7 on channel stable at /Users/preethikandukuri/development/flutter
    • Upstream repository https://github.com/flutter/flutter.git
    • Framework revision 84fc5cbb22 (4 days ago), 2026-07-17 10:20:17 -0700
    • Engine revision 69c8c61792
    • Dart version 3.12.2
    • DevTools version 2.57.0
    • Feature flags: enable-web, enable-linux-desktop, enable-macos-desktop, enable-windows-desktop, enable-android,
      enable-ios, cli-animations, enable-native-assets, enable-swift-package-manager, omit-legacy-version-file,
      enable-lldb-debugging, enable-uiscene-migration

[✓] Android toolchain - develop for Android devices (Android SDK version 37.0.0) [933ms]
    • Android SDK at /Users/preethikandukuri/Library/Android/sdk
    • Emulator version 37.1.9.0 (build_id 15834520) (CL:N/A)
    • Platform android-37.0, build-tools 37.0.0
    • ANDROID_HOME = /Users/preethikandukuri/Library/Android/sdk
    • Java binary at: /Applications/Android Studio RC.app/Contents/jbr/Contents/Home/bin/java
      This JDK is specified in your Flutter configuration.
      To change the current JDK, run: `flutter config --jdk-dir="path/to/jdk"`.
    • Java version OpenJDK Runtime Environment (build 25.0.2+-15348964-b329.117)
    • All Android licenses accepted.

[✓] Xcode - develop for iOS and macOS (Xcode 27.0) [628ms]
    • Xcode at /Applications/Xcode-beta273.app/Contents/Developer
    • Build 27A5218g
    • CocoaPods version 1.16.2

[✓] Chrome - develop for the web [4ms]
    • Chrome at /Applications/Google Chrome.app/Contents/MacOS/Google Chrome

[✓] Connected device (5 available) [6.4s]
    • Pixel 10 (mobile)            • 5A311FDCR0001H                                  • android-arm64  • Android 17 (API
      37)
    • Pixel 10 (wireless) (mobile) • adb-5A311FDCR0001H-OVGQJY._adb-tls-connect._tcp • android-arm64  • Android 17 (API
      37)
    • iPad (wireless) (mobile)     • 00008122-001A08DC22B9801C                       • ios            • iOS 27.0
      24A5390f
    • macOS (desktop)              • macos                                           • darwin-arm64   • macOS 26.5.2
      25F84 darwin-arm64
    • Chrome (web)                 • chrome                                          • web-javascript • Google Chrome
      150.0.7871.129

[✓] Network resources [1,124ms]
    • All expected network resources are available.

[mbcorona]

Thanks for the report, @preethi0228-git. Routing to the infra team with fyi-android for further investigation.

[mboetger]

I saw this issue on my own workflow yesterday, this happens when the java version is too new for the gradle version. Java 25 does not work with 8.14.

@mbcorona - this is not an infra issue since the user is running them locally.

@jesswrd - Are these tests already scheduled to be upgraded to 9.1?

[jmagman]

Are these tests already scheduled to be upgraded to 9.1?

The Flutter tool should give an actionable error when this happens instead of a tool crash and IllegalArgumentException.