diff --git a/.github/scripts/setup_test_profiling_env.sh b/.github/scripts/setup_test_profiling_env.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000000..e3dff36867ab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/scripts/setup_test_profiling_env.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+# contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+# this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+# The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+# (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+# the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+#!/bin/bash
+
+set -e
+
+JAR_INPUT_FILE="jfr-profiler-1.0.0.jar"
+JAR_OUTPUT_FILE="jfr-profiler.jar"
+ENV_VAR="JFR_PROFILER_ARG_LINE"
+
+if [ "$#" -ne 5 ]; then
+    echo "usage: $0 <jdk_version> <run_id> <run_number> <run_attempt> <module>"
+fi
+
+if [[ "$1" == "17" ]];
+then
+  curl https://static.imply.io/cp/$JAR_INPUT_FILE -s -o $JAR_OUTPUT_FILE
+
+  echo $ENV_VAR=-javaagent:"$PWD"/$JAR_OUTPUT_FILE \
+  -Djfr.profiler.http.username=druid-ci \
+  -Djfr.profiler.http.password=w3Fb6PW8LIo849mViEkbgA== \
+  -Djfr.profiler.tags.project=druid \
+  -Djfr.profiler.tags.run_id=$2 \
+  -Djfr.profiler.tags.run_number=$3 \
+  -Djfr.profiler.tags.run_attempt=$4 \
+  -Djfr.profiler.tags.module=$5
+else
+  echo $ENV_VAR=\"\"
+fi
+
+
diff --git a/.github/scripts/unit_tests_script.sh b/.github/scripts/unit_tests_script.sh
index cef7867b4285..1f5407b95844 100755
--- a/.github/scripts/unit_tests_script.sh
+++ b/.github/scripts/unit_tests_script.sh
@@ -21,7 +21,8 @@ unset _JAVA_OPTIONS
 
 # Set MAVEN_OPTS for Surefire launcher.
 MAVEN_OPTS='-Xmx2500m' ${MVN} test -pl ${MAVEN_PROJECTS} \
-${MAVEN_SKIP} -Ddruid.generic.useDefaultValueForNull=${DRUID_USE_DEFAULT_VALUE_FOR_NULL}
+${MAVEN_SKIP} -Ddruid.generic.useDefaultValueForNull=${DRUID_USE_DEFAULT_VALUE_FOR_NULL} \
+-DjfrProfilerArgLine="${JFR_PROFILER_ARG_LINE}"
 sh -c "dmesg | egrep -i '(oom|out of memory|kill process|killed).*' -C 1 || exit 0"
 free -m
 ${MVN} -pl ${MAVEN_PROJECTS} jacoco:report || { echo "coverage_failure=false" >> "$GITHUB_ENV" && false; }
diff --git a/.github/workflows/reusable-unit-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/reusable-unit-tests.yml
index e2004fd9488e..34d992c397c2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/reusable-unit-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/reusable-unit-tests.yml
@@ -86,6 +86,11 @@ jobs:
             echo "DRUID_USE_DEFAULT_VALUE_FOR_NULL=true" >> $GITHUB_ENV
           fi
 
+      - name: test profiling
+        run: | 
+          ./.github/scripts/setup_test_profiling_env.sh ${{ inputs.jdk }} ${{ github.run_id }} \
+          ${{ github.run_number }} ${{ github.run_attempt }} ${{ inputs.module }} >> $GITHUB_ENV
+
       - name: fetch base branch for test coverage
         if: ${{ github.base_ref != '' }}
         run: |
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 42fbb8366e1c..993e9d3d413a 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -145,6 +145,8 @@
              ref: https://github.com/mapstruct/mapstruct/pull/1241
              -->
          <jacocoArgLine />
+         <!--  used to enable continuous profiling of jdk17 unit tests in github actions  -->
+         <jfrProfilerArgLine></jfrProfilerArgLine>
     </properties>
 
     <modules>
@@ -1636,6 +1638,7 @@
                             -Ddruid.test.stupidPool.poison=true
                             <!--@TODO After fixing https://github.com/apache/druid/issues/4964 remove this parameter-->
                             -Ddruid.indexing.doubleStorage=double
+                            ${jfrProfilerArgLine}
                         </argLine>
                         <!-- Skip the tests which Surefire runs. Surefire runs the unit tests,
                              while its sister plugin, Failsafe, runs the "new" ITs. -->
diff --git a/processing/src/main/java/org/apache/druid/common/guava/GuavaUtils.java b/processing/src/main/java/org/apache/druid/common/guava/GuavaUtils.java
index 30285d5053d9..6b1ccbaae4a7 100644
--- a/processing/src/main/java/org/apache/druid/common/guava/GuavaUtils.java
+++ b/processing/src/main/java/org/apache/druid/common/guava/GuavaUtils.java
@@ -75,12 +75,12 @@ public static <T extends Enum<T>> T getEnumIfPresent(final Class<T> enumClass, f
    * except will not explode if both arguments are null.
    */
   @Nullable
-  public static <T> T firstNonNull(@Nullable T arg1, @Nullable T arg2)
+  public static <T> T firstNonNull(@Nullable T lhs, @Nullable T rhs)
   {
-    if (arg1 == null) {
-      return arg2;
+    if (lhs == null) {
+      return rhs;
     }
-    return arg1;
+    return lhs;
   }
 
   /**