Plugin vanishing again Plugin [id: 'com.github.johnrengelman.shadow', version: '7.1.2'] was not found

[cyberpwnn]

See https://plugins.gradle.org/m2/com/github/jengelman/gradle/plugins/shadow/7.1.2/
See #221

Build file '/Users/danielmills/Documents/development/workspace/Iris/build.gradle' line: 22

Plugin [id: 'com.github.johnrengelman.shadow', version: '7.1.2'] was not found in any of the following sources:

* Try:
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> Run with --scan to get full insights.

Note: Before it's mentioned, changing the jdk doesnt magically make the dependency available on a remote server. Doesnt work with java 11, 16, or 17, all working yesterday.

[johnrengelman]

I don’t manage the hosting infrastructure for the artifacts in Gradle’s plugin portal. You should raise an issue with them - https://discuss.gradle.org/

[cyberpwnn]

@johnrengelman do you intend to work around this issue so shadow can be used reliably or just ignore it?

[johnrengelman]

Not sure what your expecting here. Gradle plug-ins are resolved from their infrastructure. Any “workaround” would require users to apply shadow outside the normal/documented flow for Gradle plugins.
As I said, raise an issue with Gradle. If it’s affecting this plugin, it’s affecting others.

[lnhrdt]

@johnrengelman I just stumbled into this as well. It appears to me that the Getting Started page in the User Guide is just incorrect. I opened #754 to fix it.

[sjmittal-plenty]

@johnrengelman The issue keeps surfacing up now also. We are using the DSL way of defining the plugin:

plugins {
  ....
  id 'com.github.johnrengelman.shadow' version '5.2.0'
  ....
}

Error we keep getting is:

Could not apply requested plugin [id: 'com.github.johnrengelman.shadow', version: '5.2.0'] as it does not provide a plugin with id 'com.github.johnrengelman.shadow'. This is caused by an incorrect plugin implementation. Please contact the plugin author(s).
> Plugin with id 'com.github.johnrengelman.shadow' not found.