Bytebuddy Advice is not always working in Java agent - byte-buddy

Question

I have a simple bytebuddy agent which records method entry/exit. I run it as
export MAVEN_OPTS="-javaagent:$JAVA_AGENT=$CONFIG_FILE"
mvn clean test -DargLine="-javaagent:$JAVA_AGENT_JAR"
It works well for couple of my Java projects. However, when I tried it on few open source projects: flink, guava, dubbo it dint work.
JDK: 1.8
ByteBuddy: 1.10.18
Here is code snippet
#Override
public void instrument(Instrumentation instrumentation) {
final Advice methodAdvice = Advice.to(MethodTracer.class);
ElementMatcher.Junction matcher = nameStartsWithAnyOf(includes);
new AgentBuilder.Default()
.with(new TracerLogger())
.type(matcher)
.transform((builder, typeDescription, classLoader, module) -> {
builder = builder.visit(new AsmVisitorWrapper.ForDeclaredMethods().method(ElementMatchers.isMethod(), methodAdvice));
System.out.println("transform() called");
return builder;
}
})
.installOn(instrumentation);
}
public class MethodTracer {
#Advice.OnMethodEnter(inline = false)
public static StackNode enter(
#Advice.Origin("#t") String type, #Advice.Origin("#m") String method, #Advice.Origin("#s") String signature) {
System.out.println("OnMethodEnter() called");
return CallableTracer.enter(type, method, signature, false);
}
#Advice.OnMethodExit(inline = false, onThrowable = Throwable.class)
public static void exit(#Advice.Enter StackNode node) {
CallableTracer.exit(node);
}
When I run, it prints transform() called
but it never prints OnMethodEnter() called
any hint to resolve this? Thanks
Update: To answer Rafael's questions: Yes, tracer logger outputs. Some samples are here:
[2020-12-28 08:22:40:292] [DEBUG] [TracerLogger] onTransformation: class org.apache.flink.api.common.functions.AbstractRichFunction, null, false, agent.rt.bytebuddy.dynamic.DynamicType$Default$Unloaded#7e56d17f
[2020-12-28 08:22:40:292] [DEBUG] [TracerLogger] onComplete: org.apache.flink.api.common.functions.AbstractRichFunction, null, false
I don't see any log from onError(), so not sure if its transformation error.
adding these to pom.xml allowed me to register retransformation strategy, but the Advice is still not working.
<Can-Redefine-Classes>true</Can-Redefine-Classes>
<Can-Retransform-Classes>true</Can-Retransform-Classes>
This is how I register retransformation strategy:
.with(AgentBuilder.RedefinitionStrategy.RETRANSFORMATION)
.with(AgentBuilder.InitializationStrategy.NoOp.INSTANCE)
.with(AgentBuilder.TypeStrategy.Default.REDEFINE)
I ran with .with(AgentBuilder.Listener.StreamWriting.toSystemOut()). for flink methods, it prints loaded=false