diff --git a/src/jdk.javadoc/share/classes/jdk/javadoc/internal/doclets/formats/html/taglets/SnippetTaglet.java b/src/jdk.javadoc/share/classes/jdk/javadoc/internal/doclets/formats/html/taglets/SnippetTaglet.java
index 93f83c5ba90c1..88769c23f26c6 100644
--- a/src/jdk.javadoc/share/classes/jdk/javadoc/internal/doclets/formats/html/taglets/SnippetTaglet.java
+++ b/src/jdk.javadoc/share/classes/jdk/javadoc/internal/doclets/formats/html/taglets/SnippetTaglet.java
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ private Content snippetTagOutput(Element element, SnippetTree tag, StyledText co
         if (lang != null && !lang.isBlank()) {
             code.addStyle("language-" + lang);
         }
-
+        //todo err: ambigious link (location)
         content.consumeBy((styles, sequence) -> {
             CharSequence text = Text.normalizeNewlines(sequence);
             if (styles.isEmpty()) {
@@ -145,6 +145,7 @@ private Content snippetTagOutput(Element element, SnippetTree tag, StyledText co
                 boolean markupEncountered = false;
                 Set<String> classes = new HashSet<>();
                 for (Style s : styles) {
+                    // different jvm runs use a differnet salt when creating  hash
                     if (s instanceof Style.Name n) {
                         classes.add(n.name());
                     } else if (s instanceof Style.Link l) {
diff --git a/test/langtools/jdk/javadoc/doclet/ReproducibleSnippet/ReproducibleSnippetTest.java b/test/langtools/jdk/javadoc/doclet/ReproducibleSnippet/ReproducibleSnippetTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..9bf78cee46049
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/langtools/jdk/javadoc/doclet/ReproducibleSnippet/ReproducibleSnippetTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,87 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2024, 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.
+ */
+
+/*
+ * @test
+ * @bug      8346128 8346095
+ * @summary  Check that snippet generation is reproducible
+ * @library  /tools/lib ../../lib
+ * @modules jdk.javadoc/jdk.javadoc.internal.tool
+ * @build    toolbox.ToolBox javadoc.tester.*
+ * @run main ReproducibleSnippetTest
+ */
+
+import javadoc.tester.JavadocTester;
+import toolbox.ToolBox;
+
+import java.nio.file.Path;
+
+public class ReproducibleSnippetTest extends JavadocTester {
+    ToolBox tb = new ToolBox();
+
+    public static void main(String... args) throws Exception {
+        var tester = new ReproducibleSnippetTest();
+        tester.runTests();
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void test(Path base) throws Exception {
+
+        Path src = base.resolve("src");
+        tb.writeJavaFiles(src,
+                """
+                        package p;
+                        public interface One {
+                            /**
+                             * {@code One obj1}
+                             * {@snippet lang = java:
+                             * // @link substring="ab" target="One#ab" :
+                             * obj1.ab(a()); // @link substring="a" target="#a"
+                             *} class comment
+                             */
+                            void start();
+                                  
+                            int a();
+                            void with();
+                                  
+                            void ab(int i);
+                        }
+                        """);
+
+
+        javadoc("-d",
+                "out",
+                "-sourcepath",
+                src.toString(),
+                "p");
+        checkExit(Exit.OK);
+
+        checkOutput("p/One.html", false,
+                """
+                        <pre class="snippet" id="snippet-start()1"><code class="language-java"> obj1.<a href="#ab(int)"><code>a</code></a>
+                        """,
+                """
+                        <pre class="snippet" id="snippet-start()2"><code class="language-java"> obj1.<a href="#ab(int)">" +
+                        """);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/test/langtools/jdk/javadoc/doclet/ReproducibleSnippet/ReproducibleSnippetTest.out b/test/langtools/jdk/javadoc/doclet/ReproducibleSnippet/ReproducibleSnippetTest.out
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..e69de29bb2d1d