Hello OFBiz Dev Team,
Very recently I started getting the following error while setting
up/building up the ofbiz project on trunk and release branch 24.09 branch.
Please refer following error details:
> Task :buildSrc:extractPluginRequests UP-TO-DATE
> Task :buildSrc:generatePluginAdapters UP-TO-DATE
> Task :buildSrc:compileJava UP-TO-DATE
> Task :buildSrc:compileGroovy
NO-SOURCE
> Task :buildSrc:compileGroovyPlugins UP-TO-DATE
> Task :buildSrc:pluginDescriptors
UP-TO-DATE
> Task :buildSrc:processResources UP-TO-DATE
> Task :buildSrc:classes UP-TO-DATE
> Task :buildSrc:jar UP-TO-DATE
[Incubating] Problems report is available at:
file:///Users/ashish/ofbiz-dev/ofbiz-trunk/build/reports/problems/problems-report.html
FAILURE: Build completed with 2 failures.
1: Task failed with an
exception.
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* Where:
Build file '/Users/ashish/ofbiz-dev/ofbiz-trunk/build.gradle' line:
1587 --
* What went wrong:
A problem occurred evaluating root project 'ofbiz'.
> Could not resolve all files for configuration ':runtimeClasspath'.
> Could not resolve com.google.guava:guava:33.8.0-jre.
Required by:
root project 'ofbiz'
> Could not resolve com.google.guava:guava:33.8.0-jre.
> Could not get resource '
https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/com/google/guava/guava/33.8.0-jre/guava-33.8.0-jre.pom'.
> Could not GET '
https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/com/google/guava/guava/33.8.0-jre/guava-33.8.0-jre.pom'.
> Received status code 429 from server: Too Many
Requests
> Could not resolve
com.googlecode.owasp-java-html-sanitizer:owasp-java-html-sanitizer:20261031.1.
Required by:
root project 'ofbiz'
> Could not resolve
com.googlecode.owasp-java-html-sanitizer:owasp-java-html-sanitizer:20261031.1.
> Could not get resource '
https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/com/googlecode/owasp-java-html-sanitizer/owasp-java-html-san
itizer/20261031.1/owasp-java-html-sanitizer-20261031.1.pom'.
> Could not GET '
https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/com/googlecode/owasp-java-html-sanitizer/owasp-java-html-sanitizer
/20261031.1/owasp-java-html-sanitizer-20261031.1.pom'.
> Received status code 429 from server: Too Many
Requests
> Could not resolve
com.googlecode.libphonenumber:libphonenumber:9.0.43.
Required by:
root project 'ofbiz'
> Could not resolve
com.googlecode.libphonenumber:libphonenumber:9.0.43.
⎿ (timeout 5m)
I get this error while building the project, and when I push any code
changes in my forked version of the project(
https://github.com/ashishvijaywargiya/ofbiz-framework). While pushing a
branch in my fork it compiles and builds the project and sometimes it gives
429 error.
I contacted the SonaType(https://www.sonatype.com/) team who is managing
Maven Repositories. They shared the below link:
https://central.sonatype.org/faq/429-error/
The following snippet is important to consider.
==========================
Maven Central is beginning to enforce consumption limits for unusually
high-volume traffic. If you are seeing a 429 Too Many Requests response,
your organization, network, tool, build environment, or infrastructure
provider may be generating enough aggregate traffic to fall into one of the
highest-consumption groups.
We are introducing these limits gradually. Today, enforcement is focused
only on the highest-volume consumers — the top few percent of traffic
patterns we see across Maven Central. Over time, those thresholds will move
downward as we continue the transition toward a more sustainable
consumption model.
==========================
The Sonatype team suggested the following two options, which I have been
using over the last few days whenever I encounter a **429 Too Many
Requests** error:
1. Setting up a Nexus Repository*
Set up a Nexus repository to manage and host the dependent libraries/JAR
files. This way, whenever the project build process runs, the required JAR
files can be downloaded from our Nexus repository instead of being fetched
directly from Maven Central.
https://www.sonatype.com/products/nexus-community-edition-download
2. Changing the Static IP Address
The alternative option is to change the static IP address from which
requests are sent to the Maven Central server.
I am sharing this email so that we can work together to find a long-term
solution that prevents other users from encountering similar issues while
setting up or building an Apache OFBiz project on their laptops or servers.
I believe other users may also be experiencing the same issue, so it would
be beneficial to explore a common solution that addresses this problem for
the entire Apache OFBiz community.
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Thank you,
Ashish Vijaywargiya
