I sent the skywalking slack invitation for you. Welcome to discuss tech details there.
Sheng Wu 吴晟 Twitter, wusheng1108 On Wed, 14 Jan 2026 at 17:03, Siman Nath <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Sheng, > > Thank you for the guidance. > > I’ve successfully built the OAP backend using JDK 17. I can try building > OAP with the latest JDK 25 early-access build and verify whether it > compiles and packages correctly. > > I’ll share the results (build success/failure and any issues) once I > complete the test. > > Thanks again for pointing me to this — happy to help with the pre-feature > validation. > > Best regards, > Siman > > On Wed, 14 Jan 2026 at 14:20, Sheng Wu <[email protected]> wrote: > > > You could try to build oap in JDK 25. You don't need to add any > > feature. This is a pre-feature thing. We are going to adopt JDK 25 > > virtual thread, but for now, we just need JDK25 compilng passed, and > > packaged in JRE25 runtime. > > > > Sheng Wu 吴晟 > > Twitter, wusheng1108 > > > > On Wed, 14 Jan 2026 at 15:00, Siman Nath <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > I'm a student developer from India interested in contributing to Apache > > > SkyWalking. > > > > > > I’ve cloned the main SkyWalking repository and am currently setting up > > and > > > building the OAP backend locally. I have a strong Java background and > > > experience with Spring Boot and backend systems. > > > > > > I plan to start by exploring the OAP server modules (server-core / > > > server-starter) and picking up a small bug fix or test-related issue. I > > > wanted to check if this is a good starting point, or if there are > > specific > > > areas/issues you’d recommend for new contributors. > > > > > > Looking forward to contributing and learning from the community. > > > > > > Thanks, > > > Siman > >
