RuntimeAttach smoke tests fail on Java 17 HotSpot with OTel 2.22.0-alpha

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Problem

PR #4549 upgrades OpenTelemetry Instrumentation from 2.21.0-alpha to 2.22.0-alpha. This breaks RuntimeAttach smoke tests specifically on Java 17 HotSpot JVM with ClassCircularityError: java/lang/invoke/MethodHandle$1.

Investigation

Tested workaround from opentelemetry-java-instrumentation#3396 (pre-loading MethodHandle before agent attach):

try {
  Class.forName("java.lang.invoke.MethodHandle");
} catch (ClassNotFoundException e) {
  // ignore
}
ApplicationInsights.attach();

Result: Workaround fails - calling Class.forName("java.lang.invoke.MethodHandle") itself triggers the ClassCircularityError with OTel 2.22.0-alpha.

Test Matrix

Java Version	HotSpot	OpenJ9
8	✅	✅
11	✅	✅
17	❌	✅
21	✅	✅

Issue is isolated to Java 17 HotSpot during runtime attach.

Options

1. Skip Java 17 HotSpot tests - Annotate with @Disabled pending upstream fix
2. Upgrade to OTel 2.24.0+ - May contain fix (requires testing)
3. Exclude instrumentation - Configure OTel to skip MethodHandle instrumentation

This PR documents findings. No fix implemented yet - requires decision on approach.

Original prompt

Fix the RuntimeAttach smoke tests in this PR #4549

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