Versions newer than 2025.12.1 fail to start on arm65

[coanghel]

Describe the problem

It appears than running any version released after 2025.12.1 is resulting in the below

Container definition

Compose:

# Generated by setupmc.com on 2025-12-07T14:19:00.078Z

services:
  minecraft:
    image: itzg/minecraft-server:2025.12.1
    container_name: minecraft-java
    hostname: minecraft-java
    tty: true
    stdin_open: true
    networks:
      - reverse-proxy-network
    environment:
      EULA: "TRUE"
      MEMORY: "8192M"
      ICON: "/data/server_icon.png"
      USE_AIKAR_FLAGS: "true"
      USE_MEOWICE_FLAGS: "true"

    volumes:
      - "/docker/minecraft/data:/data"
networks:
  reverse-proxy-network:
    external: true

Container logs

2026-01-26T03:40:23.552492625Z [init] Starting the Minecraft server...
2026-01-26T03:40:23.574531287Z [0.001s][warning][os] NUMA support disabled: Failed to initialize libnuma
2026-01-26T03:40:24.436245986Z Starting net.minecraft.server.Main
2026-01-26T03:40:24.482562832Z #
2026-01-26T03:40:24.482615032Z # A fatal error has been detected by the Java Runtime Environment:
2026-01-26T03:40:24.482620192Z #
2026-01-26T03:40:24.482622672Z #  Internal Error (barrierSetAssembler_aarch64.cpp:428), pid=356, tid=376
2026-01-26T03:40:24.482624672Z #  Error: ShouldNotReachHere()
2026-01-26T03:40:24.482626752Z #
2026-01-26T03:40:24.482628512Z # JRE version: OpenJDK Runtime Environment Temurin-25.0.1+8 (25.0.1+8) (build 25.0.1+8-LTS)
2026-01-26T03:40:24.482630552Z # Java VM: OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM Temurin-25.0.1+8 (25.0.1+8-LTS, mixed mode, sharing, tiered, compressed oops, compressed class ptrs, g1 gc, linux-aarch64)
2026-01-26T03:40:24.482632752Z # Problematic frame:
2026-01-26T03:40:24.482634552Z # V  [libjvm.so+0x47ed94][thread 381 also had an error]
2026-01-26T03:40:24.485178994Z   BarrierSetAssembler::refine_register(Node const*, int)+0xd4
2026-01-26T03:40:24.485226394Z #
2026-01-26T03:40:24.485229354Z # Core dump will be written. Default location: Core dumps may be processed with "/usr/share/apport/apport -p%p -s%s -c%c -d%d -P%P -u%u -g%g -F%F -- %E" (or dumping to /data/core.356)
2026-01-26T03:40:24.485233194Z #
2026-01-26T03:40:24.485234954Z # An error report file with more information is saved as:
2026-01-26T03:40:24.485236874Z # /data/hs_err_pid356.log
2026-01-26T03:40:24.511407900Z #
2026-01-26T03:40:24.511429340Z # Compiler replay data is saved as:
2026-01-26T03:40:24.511432180Z # /data/replay_pid356.log
2026-01-26T03:40:24.511445580Z #
2026-01-26T03:40:24.511447900Z # If you would like to submit a bug report, please visit:
2026-01-26T03:40:24.511449980Z #   https://github.com/adoptium/adoptium-support/issues
2026-01-26T03:40:24.511451900Z #
2026-01-26T03:40:25.127573994Z 2026-01-26T03:40:25.127Z	WARN	mc-server-runner	Minecraft server failed. Inspect logs above for errors that indicate cause. DO NOT report this line as an error.	{"exitCode": -1}
2026-01-26T03:40:25.127615314Z 2026-01-26T03:40:25.127Z	INFO	mc-server-runner	Done

[dhwisema]

I had the same issue earlier. What fixed the issue was removing the meowice and aikar flags. Also im not entirely sure if this is correct, but it looks like meowice flags make the aikar flags irrelevant.