Upgrade Error Prone to 2.46.0 with Java 8 target compatibility (#4605)

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Co-authored-by: Sean Li <xili9@microsoft.com>

Author: Copilot

agent/agent-gc-monitor/gc-monitor-api/gradle.lockfile

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 # This file is expected to be part of source control.
 com.azure:azure-sdk-bom:1.3.3=runtimeClasspath
 com.fasterxml.jackson:jackson-bom:2.20.1=runtimeClasspath
-com.google.errorprone:error_prone_annotations:2.44.0=runtimeClasspath
+com.google.errorprone:error_prone_annotations:2.46.0=runtimeClasspath
 io.netty:netty-bom:4.2.9.Final=runtimeClasspath
 io.opentelemetry.instrumentation:opentelemetry-instrumentation-bom-alpha:2.21.0-alpha=runtimeClasspath
 io.opentelemetry.instrumentation:opentelemetry-instrumentation-bom:2.21.0=runtimeClasspath

agent/agent-gc-monitor/gc-monitor-core/gradle.lockfile

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 # This file is expected to be part of source control.
 com.azure:azure-sdk-bom:1.3.3=runtimeClasspath
 com.fasterxml.jackson:jackson-bom:2.20.1=runtimeClasspath
-com.google.errorprone:error_prone_annotations:2.44.0=runtimeClasspath
+com.google.errorprone:error_prone_annotations:2.46.0=runtimeClasspath
 io.netty:netty-bom:4.2.9.Final=runtimeClasspath
 io.opentelemetry.instrumentation:opentelemetry-instrumentation-bom-alpha:2.21.0-alpha=runtimeClasspath
 io.opentelemetry.instrumentation:opentelemetry-instrumentation-bom:2.21.0=runtimeClasspath

agent/agent-tooling/gradle.lockfile

@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind:2.20.1=runtimeClasspath
 com.fasterxml.jackson.datatype:jackson-datatype-jsr310:2.20.1=runtimeClasspath
 com.fasterxml.jackson:jackson-bom:2.20.1=runtimeClasspath
 com.github.oshi:oshi-core:6.9.1=runtimeClasspath
-com.google.errorprone:error_prone_annotations:2.44.0=runtimeClasspath
+com.google.errorprone:error_prone_annotations:2.46.0=runtimeClasspath
 com.microsoft.azure:msal4j-persistence-extension:1.3.0=runtimeClasspath
 com.microsoft.azure:msal4j:1.23.1=runtimeClasspath
 commons-codec:commons-codec:1.20.0=runtimeClasspath

buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/ai.errorprone-conventions.gradle.kts

@@ -83,6 +83,11 @@ tasks {
 
         // Requires adding compile dependency to JSpecify
         disable("AddNullMarkedToPackageInfo")
+
+        // AddNullMarkedToClass also requires JSpecify and causes "unknown enum constant ElementType.MODULE"
+        // warnings when compiling with --release 8, even though we use JDK 21 for compilation.
+        // See: https://github.com/jspecify/jspecify/wiki/version-compatibility
+        disable("AddNullMarkedToClass")
       }
     }
   }

dependencyManagement/build.gradle.kts

@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ val DEPENDENCY_BOMS = listOf(
 
 val autoServiceVersion = "1.1.1"
 val autoValueVersion = "1.11.1"
-val errorProneVersion = "2.44.0"
+val errorProneVersion = "2.46.0"
 val jmhVersion = "1.37"
 val mockitoVersion = "4.11.0"
 val slf4jVersion = "2.0.17"

licenses/more-licenses.md

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 
 # agent
 ## Dependency License Report
-_2026-01-23 17:04:25 UTC_
+_2026-02-04 17:34:04 PST_
 ## Apache License, Version 2.0
 
 **1** **Group:** `com.fasterxml.jackson.core` **Name:** `jackson-annotations` **Version:** `2.20`
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ _2026-01-23 17:04:25 UTC_
 > - **Embedded license files**: [jackson-datatype-jsr310-2.20.1.jar/META-INF/LICENSE](jackson-datatype-jsr310-2.20.1.jar/META-INF/LICENSE)
     - [jackson-datatype-jsr310-2.20.1.jar/META-INF/NOTICE](jackson-datatype-jsr310-2.20.1.jar/META-INF/NOTICE)
 
-**5** **Group:** `com.google.errorprone` **Name:** `error_prone_annotations` **Version:** `2.44.0`
+**5** **Group:** `com.google.errorprone` **Name:** `error_prone_annotations` **Version:** `2.46.0`
 > - **Manifest Project URL**: [https://errorprone.info/error_prone_annotations](https://errorprone.info/error_prone_annotations)
 > - **Manifest License**: Apache License, Version 2.0 (Not Packaged)
 > - **POM License**: Apache License, Version 2.0 - [http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0](http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0)