Spurious "Unable to find credentials" error logs in sbt update with artifactory

[alexklibisz]

steps

1. Set credentials: credentials += Credentials("Artifactory Realm", "artifactory.company.tld", "valid username", "valid password")
2. Set externalResolvers: `externalResolvers := Seq(Resolver.defaultLocal, "Company Artifacts" at "artifactory.company.tld")
3. Run sbt -client update

problem

The sbt -client update step often prints a stack of spurious error logs like this:

But then it successfully completes the command.

The greyed out boxes are the "artifactory.company.tld"

expectation

Don't print error logs when the command is correct.

notes

• This doesn't always happen
• The frequency of error logs seems random

[alexklibisz]

Looks like the error might be coming from here: https://github.com/sbt/librarymanagement/blob/54011d5e74335bab229bc3f6532b6a1ca6d0d5cd/ivy/src/main/scala/sbt/internal/librarymanagement/ivyint/ErrorMessageAuthenticator.scala#L125

[alexklibisz]

One thing I don't understand is that this error/warning message is coming from code that's related to Ivy. I thought that SBT has been using coursier for a while now. Maybe it's using coursier to resolve from an Ivy repository?

[SethTisue]

One thing I don't understand is that this error/warning message is coming from code that's related to Ivy. I thought that SBT has been using coursier for a while now. Maybe it's using coursier to resolve from an Ivy repository?

You don't have useCoursier := false set, do you?

[alexklibisz]

Correct, I haven't set useCoursier := false.

[SethTisue]

I agree it seems downright weird. I'm afraid I don't know this part of the codebase and I don't have any special insight. A couple general suggestions though, one would be to try running with -debug to see if the debug logs give any additional clues. Another is to attach a debugger to the sbt process and set a breakpoint at the line where the error is generated, to see what stack frames led us there.

[mzuehlke]

You haven't specified wich sbt version you are using.
The usage of ivy could come from a sbt plugin. Which plugins, in which versions are you using?