I created an installer locally using JRE version 21.0.0 with Install4Jv10 and was able to replicate the behavior on my Mac.
I then created an installer locally using JRE version 21.0.1 with Install4Jv10 and was not able to replicate the behavior on my Mac.

Looking at the attached error log (hs_err_pid16613.log) I see webkit mentioned several times. This is interesting as the reason we went down to JRE 21.0.0 was because older versions of MacOS were crashing due to a webkit issue on JRE 21.0.1.

A new JRE has now been released 21.0.2. It may be worth testing to see if JRE 21.0.2 will work on the older MacOS versions.

Thanks for detecting this.
We can investigate JRE 21.0.2 for MacOS.

Tested IGB 10.0.0 using Install4Jv10 with JRE Zulu 21.0.2 on macOS 13.6.4

App Manager appears to be working correctly with no crashes.

Next step will be to test the installer on macOS 11. Note that JRE version 21.0.1 caused IGB on macOS 11 to crash on startup (see comments in IGBF-3508 and this link).

The universal bundle for JRE Zulu 21.0.2 (macos-universal-21.0.2.tar.gz) has been uploaded to https://bitbucket.org/lorainelab/jre-bundles-install4j/downloads/

Testing on macOS 11.7.10

JRE 21.0.0 - IGB opens, app manager crashes
JRE 21.0.1 - IGB crashes
JRE 21.0.2 - IGB opens, app manager works correctly

It appears that JRE Zulu 21.0.2 fixes both issues we were seeing on Mac. I would lean towards using Zulu 21.0.2 on Mac, Windows, and Linux for consistency.

The following JRE 21.0.2 bundles have been uploaded to https://bitbucket.org/lorainelab/jre-bundles-install4j/downloads/
windows-amd64-21.0.2.tar.gz
linux-amd64-21.0.2.tar.gz
macos-universal-21.0.2.tar.gz

Next step: We need to update the IGB docker image to use the new JREs.

Update:

• Using EC2 in the same directory as a newly edited Dockerfile to rebuild image with:

docker build -t igb-maven-install4j:I4J10-jre-21.0.2 .

• Cloning IGB onto EC2 with:

git clone --single-branch --branch main-JDK21-with-javafx-no-theme https://aloraine@bitbucket.org/lorainelab/integrated-genome-browser.git build

• edited install4Jv10 configuration file to use jre bundles for 21.0.2:

  <mediaSets>
    <windows name="Windows_x86_64" id="23" architecture="64">
      <jreBundle jreBundleSource="preCreated" includedJre="windows-amd64-21.0.2" />
    </windows>
    <unixInstaller name="Unix Installer" id="25">
      <jreBundle jreBundleSource="preCreated" includedJre="linux-amd64-21.0.2" />
    </unixInstaller>
    <macosFolder name="Mac_OS X_universal" id="552" architecture="universal" signLaunchers="true">
      <jreBundle jreBundleSource="preCreated" includedJre="macos-universal-21.0.2" />
    </macosFolder>
  </mediaSets>

• deployed low-risk certificates for signing jars to distribution directory inside build directory made in the previous step
• Started interactive docker session running the new image with:

docker run -i -t -v ~/build:/build --env-file env_vars --workdir /build igb-maven-install4j:I4J10-jre-21.0.2 /bin/bash

• within the interactive session above, tested docker image's ability to build installers with:

mvn install -P release-bitbucket-pipelines

The above command completed without reporting an error.

Checked image - it has the expected jres in ~/.local.

Tagged (made an alias) for new image with:

docker tag 96396a8f0274 lorainelab/igb-maven-install4j:I4J10-jre-21.0.2

After logging into docker hub with:

docker login -u aloraine

pushed the image to docker hub with:

docker push lorainelab/igb-maven-install4j:I4J10-jre-21.0.2

Update:

• Made new branch (named for this ticket) with edit to bitbucket pipelines configuration file and pushed to a fork.
• Ran "installer for dev" branch pipeline without error.
• Ran "release" branch pipeline without error.
• Downloaded Mac installer and ran it. IGB started without error on my Big Sur system, which couldn't run IGB made with JRE 21.0.1
• Decided to take a chance and merge the code into main dev branch on team repository without review.

Created and merged PR. Installers are available for download and testing in https://bitbucket.org/lorainelab/integrated-genome-browser/downloads/ as

• IGB-macos-universal-main-JDK21-with-javafx-no-theme.dmg
• IGB-windows-amd64-main-JDK21-with-javafx-no-theme.dmg
• IGB-linux-amd64-main-JDK21-with-javafx-no-theme.sh

Pushed updated main-JDK21-with-javafx-no-theme to my fork, bitbucket pipeline ran successfully. Downloaded installer for Mac (running intel macOS 13.6.4) and did not observe the app manager crashing.

Closing ticket.