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Asked: 2026-05-22T14:52:21+00:00

When upgrading yourkit profiler I’ve noticed the following message at their web site: YourKit

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When upgrading yourkit profiler I’ve noticed the following message at their web site:

YourKit Java Profiler 8.0.30

Use version 8.0 to profile Java 5
applications only. To profile Java 6
and Java 7 applications, use version
9.5.

The thing I cannot understand is why do they recommend to profile only Java 5 applications with 8.0? Is there any rationale behind this or just marketing?

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  1. Editorial Team

    At a guess, new APIs were added to Java 6 which allow version 9.5 to work more efficiently or effectively. That would certainly make sense of the message.

    EDIT: This is confirmed on the Yourkit 9.0 changes page:

    Caveat: only applications running on Java 6 or newer can be profiled. New functionality provided by this version of the profiler requires Java 6 APIs which are not available in earlier Java versions. For profiling Java 5 applications, please use YourKit Java Profiler 8.0.

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