diff -r 2375b38a42f8 -r d2dc9bc3a3e1 src/Pure/Concurrent/isabelle_thread.scala
--- a/src/Pure/Concurrent/isabelle_thread.scala	Thu Aug 13 13:18:17 2020 +0200
+++ b/src/Pure/Concurrent/isabelle_thread.scala	Thu Aug 13 14:41:28 2020 +0200
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
 
   def current_thread_group: ThreadGroup = Thread.currentThread.getThreadGroup
 
+  lazy val worker_thread_group: ThreadGroup =
+    new ThreadGroup(current_thread_group, "Isabelle worker")
+
   def create(
     main: Runnable,
     name: String = "",
@@ -72,7 +75,8 @@
     val n = if (m > 0) m else (Runtime.getRuntime.availableProcessors max 1) min 8
     val executor =
       new ThreadPoolExecutor(n, n, 2500L, TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS, new LinkedBlockingQueue[Runnable])
-    executor.setThreadFactory(create(_, name = make_name(base = "worker"), group = current_thread_group))
+    executor.setThreadFactory(
+      create(_, name = make_name(base = "worker"), group = worker_thread_group))
     executor
   }