Goal '{}' requires online mode for execution but Maven is cu

Error message

Goal '{}' requires online mode for execution but Maven is currently offline, skipping

What it means

Error "Goal '{}' requires online mode for execution but Maven is currently offline, skipping" thrown in apache/maven.

Source

Thrown at compat/maven-embedder/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/cli/event/ExecutionEventLogger.java:385

                Path topDirectory = session.getTopDirectory();
                if (topDirectory != null && current.startsWith(topDirectory)) {
                    current = topDirectory.relativize(current);
                }
                logger.info("  from " + current);
            }

            // ----------[ packaging ]----------
            prefix = chars('-', Math.max(0, (lineLength - project.getPackaging().length() - 4) / 2));
            suffix = chars('-', Math.max(0, lineLength - project.getPackaging().length() - 4 - prefix.length()));
            infoMain(prefix + "[ " + project.getPackaging() + " ]" + suffix);
        }
    }

    @Override
    public void mojoSkipped(ExecutionEvent event) {
        if (logger.isWarnEnabled()) {
            init();
            logger.warn(
                    "Goal '{}' requires online mode for execution but Maven is currently offline, skipping",
                    event.getMojoExecution().getGoal());
        }
    }

    /**
     * <pre>--- mojo-artifactId:version:goal (mojo-executionId) @ project-artifactId ---</pre>
     */
    @Override
    public void mojoStarted(ExecutionEvent event) {
        if (logger.isInfoEnabled()) {
            init();
            logger.info("");

            MessageBuilder buffer = builder().strong("--- ");
            append(buffer, event.getMojoExecution());
            append(buffer, event.getProject());
            buffer.strong(" ---");

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at compat/maven-embedder/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/cli/event/ExecutionEventLogger.java:385 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/23692ebb2d45301e. Report an issue: GitHub.