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+/*
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+ */
+
+package jdk.jfr.event.runtime;
+
+import static jdk.test.lib.Asserts.assertTrue;
+
+import java.lang.management.ManagementFactory;
+import java.lang.management.ThreadMXBean;
+import java.time.Duration;
+import java.util.List;
+
+import jdk.jfr.Recording;
+import jdk.jfr.consumer.RecordedEvent;
+import jdk.test.lib.jfr.EventNames;
+import jdk.test.lib.jfr.Events;
+
+/*
+ * @test
+ * @key jfr
+ * @library /test/lib
+ *
+ * @run main/othervm jdk.jfr.event.runtime.TestJavaThreadStatisticsEventBean
+ */
+public class TestJavaThreadStatisticsEventBean {
+    private final static String EVENT_NAME = EventNames.JavaThreadStatistics;
+
+    // Compare JFR thread counts to ThreadMXBean counts
+    public static void main(String[] args) throws Throwable {
+        long mxDaemonCount = -1;
+        long mxActiveCount = -1;
+
+        // Loop until we are sure no threads were started during the recording.
+        Recording recording = null;
+        ThreadMXBean mxBean = ManagementFactory.getThreadMXBean();
+        long totalCountBefore = -1;
+        while (totalCountBefore != mxBean.getTotalStartedThreadCount()) {
+            recording = new Recording();
+            recording.enable(EVENT_NAME).withThreshold(Duration.ofMillis(10));
+            totalCountBefore = mxBean.getTotalStartedThreadCount();
+            recording.start();
+            mxDaemonCount = mxBean.getDaemonThreadCount();
+            mxActiveCount = mxBean.getThreadCount();
+            recording.stop();
+            final String msg = "testCountByMXBean: threadsBefore=%d, threadsAfter=%d%n";
+            System.out.format(msg, totalCountBefore, mxBean.getTotalStartedThreadCount());
+        }
+
+        List<RecordedEvent> events= Events.fromRecording(recording);
+        boolean isAnyFound = false;
+        for (RecordedEvent event : events) {
+            System.out.println("Event:" + event);
+            isAnyFound = true;
+            Events.assertField(event, "daemonCount").equal(mxDaemonCount);
+            Events.assertField(event, "activeCount").equal(mxActiveCount);
+            Events.assertField(event, "accumulatedCount").atLeast(mxActiveCount);
+            Events.assertField(event, "peakCount").atLeast(mxActiveCount);
+        }
+        assertTrue(isAnyFound, "Correct event not found");
+    }
+
+}