I haven't measured, but I find it very likely that such a neglected corner of Java behaves just like it did many years ago. Finalizers were never a widely used

I haven't measured, but I find it very likely that such a neglected corner of Java behaves just like it did many years ago. Finalizers were never a widely used feature of the Java language, and are now deprecated to be fully removed in the future: https://www.infoworld.com/article/3649089/how-to-handle-java-errors-and-cleanup-without-finalize.html https://www.infoworld.com/article/3649089/how-to-handle-java...