I am not not sure how useful this will be, but I dived into Console.app looking for clues, and found a JavaApplicationStub_2019-07-09-092441_Humuhumunukunukuapuaa.cpu_resource.diag for cytoscape 3.6.1 apparently from the time I was able to run it successfully without crashes. Funnily, I had JAVA_HOME pointing to /Library/Internet\ Plug-Ins/JavaAppletPlugin.plugin/Contents/Home. In order to fix crashes I pointed it to the /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk1.8.0_211.jdk/Contents/Home (as well as version 181), to no avail. When I return JAVA_HOME to JavaAppletPlugin, the same problem persists and nothing changes anyway.
Date/Time:Â Â Â Â Â Â 2019-07-09 09:22:49.604345 +0100
OS Version:Â Â Â Â Â Mac OS X 10.13.6 (Build 17G7024)
Architecture:Â Â Â x86_64
Report Version:Â 19
Command:Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â JavaApplicationStub
Path:Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â /Applications/Cytoscape_v3.6.1/Cytoscape.app/Contents/MacOS/JavaApplicationStub
Version:Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 3.6.1 (3.6.1)
Parent:Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â launchd [1]
PID:Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 17948
Event:Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â cpu usage
Action taken:Â Â Â none
CPU:Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 90 seconds cpu time over 102 seconds (88% cpu average), exceeding limit of 50% cpu over 180 seconds
CPU limit:Â Â Â Â Â Â 90s
Limit duration:Â 180s
CPU used:Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 90s
Duration:Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 102.07s
Steps:Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 60
Hardware model:Â MacBookPro9,2
Active cpus:Â Â Â Â 4
Fan speed:Â Â Â Â Â Â 2291 rpm
Powerstats for:Â JavaApplicationS [17948]
UUID:Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 24EBE302-01AB-3854-B9AD-92C10C2965FD
Start time:Â Â Â Â Â 2019-07-09 09:22:55 +0100
End time:Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 2019-07-09 09:24:31 +0100
Parent:Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â launchd
Microstackshots: 60 samples (100%)
Primary state:Â Â 30 samples Frontmost App, User mode, Effective Thread QoS Default, Requested Thread QoS Default, Override Thread QoS Unspecified
User Activity:Â Â 0 samples Idle, 60 samples Active
Power Source:Â Â Â 60 samples on Battery, 0 samples on AC
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             5 thread_entry(JavaThread*, Thread*) + 124 (libjvm.dylib) [0x104b4bf5d]
               5 JavaCalls::call_virtual(JavaValue*, Handle, KlassHandle, Symbol*, Symbol*, Thread*) + 74 (libjvm.dylib) [0x104af166e]
                 5 JavaCalls::call_virtual(JavaValue*, KlassHandle, Symbol*, Symbol*, JavaCallArguments*, Thread*) + 356 (libjvm.dylib) [0x104af14c2]
                   5 JavaCalls::call_helper(JavaValue*, methodHandle*, JavaCallArguments*, Thread*) + 1710 (libjvm.dylib) [0x104af0d1e]
                     5 ??? [0x10a5577a7]
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                           1 ??? [0x10b483164]
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                             1 OGLTR_DrawGlyphList + 698 (libawt_lwawt.dylib) [0x1084ee5ae]
                               1 Java_sun_java2d_opengl_OGLSurfaceData_initFlipBackbuffer + 145 (libawt_lwawt.dylib) [0x1084edd8d]
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                             1 -[NSObject(NSThreadPerformAdditions) performSelectorOnMainThread:withObject:waitUntilDone:modes:] + 87 (Foundation) [0x7fff52014bce]
                               1 -[NSObject(NSThreadPerformAdditions) performSelector:onThread:withObject:waitUntilDone:modes:] + 865 (Foundation) [0x7fff51f703ee]
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                             1 ??? [0x10a56f667]
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                                   1 os::PlatformEvent::park(long) + 404 (libjvm.dylib) [0x104c8bf22]
                                     1 __psynch_cvwait + 10 (libsystem_kernel.dylib) [0x7fff77f63a16]
                                       1 <Non-Frontmost App, Kernel mode>
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               4 CompileBroker::invoke_compiler_on_method(CompileTask*) + 1458 (libjvm.dylib) [0x1049b8376]
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                     3 Compile::Code_Gen() + 334 (libjvm.dylib) [0x1049b0adc]
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                           1 IndexSetIterator::advance_and_next() + 163 (libjvm.dylib) [0x104ab6671]
                       1 PhaseChaitin::Register_Allocate() + 1309 (libjvm.dylib) [0x104961ee5]
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                         1 PhaseChaitin::Select() + 507 (libjvm.dylib) [0x104960ccb]
                           1 PhaseChaitin::bias_color(LRG&, int) + 602 (libjvm.dylib) [0x104960a70]
                             1 RegMask::find_first_elem() const + 165 (libjvm.dylib) [0x10484a86b]
                   1 Compile::Compile(ciEnv*, C2Compiler*, ciMethod*, int, bool, bool, bool) + 2284 (libjvm.dylib) [0x1049b4c38]
                     1 Compile::Optimize() + 175 (libjvm.dylib) [0x1049b1579]
                       1 PhaseIterGVN::optimize() + 53 (libjvm.dylib) [0x104cb996f]
                         1 PhaseIterGVN::transform_old(Node*) + 58 (libjvm.dylib) [0x104cb9e34]
                           1 RegionNode::Ideal(PhaseGVN*, bool) + 941 (libjvm.dylib) [0x10495e567]
                             1 RegionNode::is_unreachable_region(PhaseGVN*) const + 369 (libjvm.dylib) [0x10495dcaf]
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             2 CardTableExtension::scavenge_contents_parallel(ObjectStartArray*, MutableSpace*, HeapWord*, PSPromotionManager*, unsigned int, unsigned int) + 896 (libjvm.dylib) [0x104957e3a]
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                 2 PSPromotionManager::process_popped_location_depth(StarTask) + 115 (libjvm.dylib) [0x104ccca7f]
                   2 oopDesc* PSPromotionManager::copy_to_survivor_space<false>(oopDesc*) + 556 (libjvm.dylib) [0x104ccc760]
                     2 Copy::pd_disjoint_words(HeapWord*, HeapWord*, unsigned long) + 108 (libjvm.dylib) [0x10499d870]
                       2 _platform_memmove$VARIANT$Nehalem + 224 (libsystem_platform.dylib) [0x7fff781214e0]
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                     1 _platform_memmove$VARIANT$Nehalem + 235 (libsystem_platform.dylib) [0x7fff781214eb]
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