apache/maven · error · TransferFailedException

Error copying temporary file to the final destination: " + e

Error message

Error copying temporary file to the final destination: " + e.getMessage()

What it means

Error "Error copying temporary file to the final destination: " + e.getMessage()" thrown in apache/maven.

Source

Thrown at compat/maven-compat/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/repository/legacy/DefaultWagonManager.java:468

            // The temporary file is named destination + ".tmp" and is done this way to ensure
            // that the temporary file is in the same file system as the destination because the
            // File.renameTo operation doesn't really work across file systems.
            // So we will attempt to do a File.renameTo for efficiency and atomicity, if this fails
            // then we will use a brute force copy and delete the temporary file.
            if (!temp.renameTo(destination)) {
                try {
                    Files.copy(
                            temp.toPath(),
                            destination.toPath(),
                            StandardCopyOption.REPLACE_EXISTING,
                            StandardCopyOption.COPY_ATTRIBUTES);

                    if (!temp.delete()) {
                        temp.deleteOnExit();
                    }
                } catch (IOException e) {
                    throw new TransferFailedException(
                            "Error copying temporary file to the final destination: " + e.getMessage(), e);
                }
            }
        }
    }

    //
    // Publisher
    //
    @Override
    public void putArtifact(
            File source, Artifact artifact, ArtifactRepository deploymentRepository, TransferListener downloadMonitor)
            throws TransferFailedException {
        putRemoteFile(deploymentRepository, source, deploymentRepository.pathOf(artifact), downloadMonitor);
    }

    @Override
    public void putArtifactMetadata(File source, ArtifactMetadata artifactMetadata, ArtifactRepository repository)

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at compat/maven-compat/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/repository/legacy/DefaultWagonManager.java:468 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

AI-assisted analysis of apache/maven@e4093d4e12 (2026-08-21). Data as JSON: /api/errors/efe46cbf6e658ab4. Report an issue: GitHub.