We were seeing the problem with the below jdk version
dmanna-a01:~ dmanna$ java -version
openjdk version "1.8.0_242"
OpenJDK Runtime Environment (Zulu 8.44.0.10-SA-macosx) (build 1.8.0_242-b20)
OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM (Zulu 8.44.0.10-SA-macosx) (build 25.242-b20, mixed mode)
The main problem seems to be that the fdb binaries are not notarized / signed as per Apple’s requirements.
Azul JDK notarizes the distribution with a more recent secure certificate, however, AdoptOpenJDK and Oracle use older certificates. Thus the Zulu distributions are stricter and does not allow unsigned JNI applications to load libraries from unsecured locations on Catalina.
It seems the pass given to Oracle and AdoptOpenJDK will stop soon, will be forced to update the certificates and will behave similar to Zulu. See this.
Azul has published the following tech doc for this
@alloc - Any thoughts on this?