Failed to interpolate missing file location for profile acti

Error message

Failed to interpolate missing file location for profile activator: {}, enable verbose output (-X) for more details

What it means

Error "Failed to interpolate missing file location for profile activator: {}, enable verbose output (-X) for more details" thrown in apache/maven.

Source

Thrown at compat/maven-compat/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/profiles/activation/FileProfileActivator.java:83

                if (fileString != null && !fileString.isEmpty()) {
                    fileString = interpolator.interpolate(fileString, "").replace("\\", "/");
                    File file = new File(fileString);
                    return file.exists();
                }

                // check if the file is missing, if it is then the profile will be active
                fileString = actFile.getMissing();

                if (fileString != null && !fileString.isEmpty()) {
                    fileString = interpolator.interpolate(fileString, "").replace("\\", "/");
                    File file = new File(fileString);
                    return !file.exists();
                }
            } catch (InterpolationException e) {
                if (logger.isDebugEnabled()) {
                    logger.debug("Failed to interpolate missing file location for profile activator: " + fileString, e);
                } else {
                    logger.warn("Failed to interpolate missing file location for profile activator: " + fileString
                            + ", enable verbose output (-X) for more details");
                }
            }
        }

        return false;
    }

    @Override
    public void enableLogging(Logger logger) {
        this.logger = logger;
    }
}

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at compat/maven-compat/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/profiles/activation/FileProfileActivator.java:83 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/9ffbd426ac474203. Report an issue: GitHub.