- title: "Out-of-the-box SAST support for Java 8"
  announcement_milestone: "14.8"
  removal_milestone: "15.0"
  breaking_change: true
  reporter: connorgilbert
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    The [GitLab SAST SpotBugs analyzer](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/security-products/analyzers/spotbugs) scans [Java, Scala, Groovy, and Kotlin code](https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/user/application_security/sast/#supported-languages-and-frameworks) for security vulnerabilities.
    For technical reasons, the analyzer must first compile the code before scanning.
    Unless you use the [pre-compilation strategy](https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/user/application_security/sast/#pre-compilation), the analyzer attempts to automatically compile your project's code.

    In GitLab versions prior to 15.0, the analyzer image includes Java 8 and Java 11 runtimes to facilitate compilation.

    In GitLab 15.0, we will:

    - Remove Java 8 from the analyzer image to reduce the size of the image.
    - Add Java 17 to the analyzer image to make it easier to compile with Java 17.

    If you rely on Java 8 being present in the analyzer environment, you must take action as detailed in the [deprecation issue for this change](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/352549#breaking-change).
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  stage: Secure
  tiers: [Free, Silver, Gold, Core, Premium, Ultimate]
  issue_url: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/352549