Unable to make progress running work with empty buildSrc

[mandrachek]

Current Behavior

When Android Studio Iguana or later attempts to rebuild the project, the build fails with:
Unable to make progress running work. There are items queued for execution but none of them can be started.

Expected Behavior

The build doesn't fail.

Context (optional)

This has broken our builds in Android Studio Iguana and later, as we're using buildSrc. It is not clear however that this is the fault of Gradle - I'm not sure what the purpose of calling :buildSrc:testClasses is. This was not being called when doing a rebuild on Android Studio Hedgehog.

This can be worked around by excluding the :buildSrc:testClasses task in the top level settings.gradle file, via:

gradle.startParameter.excludedTaskNames.addAll(listOf(":buildSrc:testClasses"))`

Steps to Reproduce

Extract the reproducer, then run the same set of tasks in the same order as Android Studio's Build -> Rebuild menu option:

./gradlew :app:clean :buildSrc:clean :app:assembleDebug :app:assembleDebugUnitTest :app:assembleDebugAndroidTest :buildSrc:assemble :buildSrc:testClasses

Gradle version

8.4, 8.5, 8.6, 8.7-rc2

Build scan URL (optional)

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Your Environment (optional)

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[mandrachek]

Broken.zip
Updated reproducer (without binaries)

[ov7a]

The issue can be simplified down to an empty buildSrc and ./gradlew :buildSrc:clean :buildSrc:testClasses.
See the simplified reproducer here and the output here.

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The issue is in the backlog of the relevant team and is prioritized by them.

[CristianMG]

Same error, same workaround.

Android Studio: Iguana | 2023.2.1
Gradle Distribution: https://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.4-bin.zip
Gradle Plugin: com.android.tools.build:gradle:8.3.0

@mandrachek Thankss for the workaround.

[scott-pollom]

Related Android Studio bug

[digrec]

I'm facing the same issue in my Flutter plugin project with :gradle:testClasses task when doing Build > Rebuild Project.

Adding this workaround to top level settings.gradle helped:
gradle.startParameter.excludedTaskNames.addAll([":gradle:testClasses"])

Android Studio Iguana | 2023.2.1 Patch 1 and 2
Gradle 8.4, AGP 8.3.1 and 8.3.2

[jjohannes]

This seems to be the same issue. Reproducer:

• clone https://github.com/jjohannes/gradle-project-setup-howto
• git checkout android
• run:

./gradlew :aggregation:clean :app:clean :bespin:clean :corellia:clean :coruscant:clean :kamino:clean :kashyyyk:clean :naboo:clean :tatooine:clean :plugins:clean :aggregation:assemble :aggregation:testClasses :app:assembleDebug :app:assembleDebugUnitTest :app:assembleDebugAndroidTest :bespin:assemble :bespin:testClasses :corellia:assemble :corellia:testClasses :coruscant:assemble :coruscant:testClasses :kamino:assembleDebug :kamino:assembleDebugUnitTest :kamino:assembleDebugAndroidTest :kashyyyk:assembleDebug :kashyyyk:assembleDebugUnitTest :kashyyyk:assembleDebugAndroidTest :naboo:assemble :naboo:testClasses :tatooine:assemble :tatooine:testClasses :plugins:assemble :plugins:testClasses