Ok strange problem, using maven site 3.12.0 (also tried 3.6.0) Project layout is like this
/pom.xml <- root project /src/site/testfile/file1.json <- the snippet i want /project1 <- pom project only /project1/warmodule/pom.xml <- the project i'm generating a site for /project1/warmodule/src/site.xml <- usually stuff here /project1/warmodule/src/markdown/index.md <- file with the snippet macro the snippet macro points to file=../../src/site/testfile/file1.json if i build maven site from warmodule, the site works as expected, the contents of file1.json ends up in the snippet if i build maven site from either project1 or the root, it outputs an error message: "Error during retrieving content skip as ignoreDownloadError activated." I've tried a few different things to resolve this such as file=${project.basedir}../../src/site/testfile/file1.json which causes the error message in both scenarios I've also tried the maven pdf plugin and it also has the same behavior. This leads me to believe that maybe this is a doxia thing. I did try -X but there's no warnings or errors reported to console. Has anyone ran into this before?