Only when you instantiate a :msgpack writer do you get a ClassNotFoundException.
problematic dependency chain:
transit-java -> msgpack -> Javassist -> jdk.jdi module
In the module system, module jdk.jdi is not included in the default java.se module, it must be specified with --add-module
It appears that the underlying msgpack library shed the javassist dependency on the 0.8 series of releases.