Bazel fails to build when referencing properties in Java 'record's

[markvr]

Description of the bug:

Bazel fails to build a Java multi-module project when referencing properties in a Java record between modules.

Build succeeds when using --nojava_header_compilation

Which category does this issue belong to?

No response

What's the simplest, easiest way to reproduce this bug? Please provide a minimal example if possible.

Create a project with two modules: A and B. Create a record in A:

package org.example.builder;

public record Test() {
    public static final String CONSTANT = "foobar"; 
}

Reference this from a class in B:

package org.example.example.tester;

import org.example.builder.Test;

public class Main {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        System.out.println(Test.CONSTANT);
    }
}

Build fails:

bazel build //... 
ERROR: /Users/mark.vanrossum/work/temp/jilt-bazel/tester/BUILD.bazel:5:13: Building tester/libtester.jar (1 source file) failed: (Exit 1): java failed: error executing Javac command (from target //tester:tester) external/rules_java++toolchains+remotejdk25_macos_aarch64/bin/java '--add-exports=jdk.compiler/com.sun.tools.javac.api=ALL-UNNAMED' '--add-exports=jdk.compiler/com.sun.tools.javac.main=ALL-UNNAMED' ... (remaining 19 arguments skipped)
tester/src/main/org/example/tester/Main.java:7: error: cannot find symbol
        System.out.println(Test.CONSTANT);
                               ^
  symbol:   variable CONSTANT
  location: class Test`

Build succeeds with --nojava_header_compilation

 bazel build //... --nojava_header_compilation
WARNING: Build option --java_header_compilation has changed, discarding analysis cache (this can be expensive, see https://bazel.build/advanced/performance/iteration-speed).
INFO: Analyzed 4 targets (0 packages loaded, 4198 targets configured).
INFO: Found 4 targets...
INFO: Elapsed time: 0.318s, Critical Path: 0.14s
INFO: 3 processes: 21 action cache hit, 1 internal, 2 worker.
INFO: Build completed successfully, 3 total actions

Which operating system are you running Bazel on?

MacOS

What is the output of bazel info release?

release 8.5.0rc2

If bazel info release returns development version or (@non-git), tell us how you built Bazel.

No response

What's the output of git remote get-url origin; git rev-parse HEAD ?

fatal: not a git repository (or any of the parent directories): .git

If this is a regression, please try to identify the Bazel commit where the bug was introduced with bazelisk --bisect.

No response

Have you found anything relevant by searching the web?

Can't find anything related.

Any other information, logs, or outputs that you want to share?

No response

[cushon]

Thanks for the report, I had just noticed this, it is a regression after #27810.

I have a fix in progress, and then I will make another turbine release.

@hvadehra unfortunately fixing this will require a follow-up java_tools release, sorry for the trouble :(

[markvr]

Amazing quick response thankyou!

[hvadehra]

fixing this will require a follow-up java_tools release

Released in java_tools 18.1 / rules_java 9.3.0

[hvadehra]

Closing as fixed, please reopen / comment if that's not the case.