--- a/src/share/classes/java/util/logging/FileHandler.java	Wed May 12 16:21:59 2021 +0100
+++ b/src/share/classes/java/util/logging/FileHandler.java	Thu Feb 25 12:05:16 2021 +0000
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2000, 2017, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2000, 2021, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
  * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
  *
  * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
 import java.io.OutputStream;
 import java.nio.channels.FileChannel;
 import java.nio.channels.OverlappingFileLockException;
+import java.nio.file.AccessDeniedException;
 import java.nio.file.FileAlreadyExistsException;
 import java.nio.file.Files;
 import java.nio.file.LinkOption;
@@ -478,6 +479,22 @@
                         channel = FileChannel.open(lockFilePath,
                                 CREATE_NEW, WRITE);
                         fileCreated = true;
+                    } catch (AccessDeniedException ade) {
+                        // This can be either a temporary, or a more permanent issue.
+                        // The lock file might be still pending deletion from a previous run
+                        // (temporary), or the parent directory might not be accessible,
+                        // not writable, etc..
+                        // If we can write to the current directory, and this is a regular file,
+                        // let's try again.
+                        if (Files.isRegularFile(lockFilePath, LinkOption.NOFOLLOW_LINKS)
+                            && isParentWritable(lockFilePath)) {
+                            // Try again. If it doesn't work, then this will
+                            // eventually ensure that we increment "unique" and
+                            // use another file name.
+                            continue;
+                        } else {
+                            throw ade; // no need to retry
+                        }
                     } catch (FileAlreadyExistsException ix) {
                         // This may be a zombie file left over by a previous
                         // execution. Reuse it - but only if we can actually

--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/test/java/util/logging/FileHandlerAccessTest.java	Thu Feb 25 12:05:16 2021 +0000
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2021, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
+ *
+ * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
+ * This code is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+ * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
+ * version 2 for more details (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that
+ * accompanied this code).
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License version
+ * 2 along with this work; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
+ * Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+ *
+ * Please contact Oracle, 500 Oracle Parkway, Redwood Shores, CA 94065 USA
+ * or visit www.oracle.com if you need additional information or have any
+ * questions.
+ */
+
+import java.util.logging.FileHandler;
+import java.util.logging.Level;
+import java.util.logging.LogRecord;
+
+/**
+ * @test
+ * @bug 8252883
+ * @summary tests the handling of AccessDeniedException due to delay in Windows deletion.
+ * @modules java.logging/java.util.logging:open
+ * @run main/othervm FileHandlerAccessTest 20
+ * @author evwhelan
+ */
+
+public class FileHandlerAccessTest {
+    public static void main(String[] args) {
+        int count = Integer.parseInt(args[0]);
+        System.out.println("Testing with " + count + " threads");
+        for (int i = 0; i < count; i++) {
+            new Thread(FileHandlerAccessTest::access).start();
+        }
+    }
+
+    private static void access() {
+        try {
+            FileHandler handler = new FileHandler("sample%g.log", 1048576, 2, true);
+            handler.publish(new LogRecord(Level.SEVERE, "TEST"));
+            handler.close();
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            throw new RuntimeException(e);
+        }
+    }
+}