quarkusio/quarkus · error · BootstrapMavenException

Failed to parse

Error message

Failed to parse 

What it means

BootstrapMavenException from loadCurrentProjectModel: the current project's pom.xml could not be parsed by the Maven model reader. The path of the file that failed to parse follows the message prefix; the caused-by exception carries the XML/model error detail.

Source

Thrown at independent-projects/bootstrap/maven-resolver/src/main/java/io/quarkus/bootstrap/resolver/maven/BootstrapMavenContext.java:810

    public static RemoteRepository newDefaultRepository() {
        return new RemoteRepository.Builder(DEFAULT_REMOTE_REPO_ID, "default", DEFAULT_REMOTE_REPO_URL)
                .setReleasePolicy(new RepositoryPolicy(true, RepositoryPolicy.UPDATE_POLICY_DAILY,
                        RepositoryPolicy.CHECKSUM_POLICY_WARN))
                .setSnapshotPolicy(new RepositoryPolicy(false, RepositoryPolicy.UPDATE_POLICY_DAILY,
                        RepositoryPolicy.CHECKSUM_POLICY_WARN))
                .build();
    }

    private Model loadCurrentProjectModel() throws BootstrapMavenException {
        final Path pom = getCurrentProjectPomOrNull();
        if (pom == null) {
            return null;
        }
        try {
            return ModelUtils.readModel(pom);
        } catch (IOException e) {
            throw new BootstrapMavenException("Failed to parse " + pom, e);
        }
    }

    private List<RemoteRepository> resolveRawProjectRepos(List<RemoteRepository> repos)
            throws BootstrapMavenException {
        final Artifact projectArtifact;
        if (currentProject == null) {
            final Model model = loadCurrentProjectModel();
            if (model == null) {
                return List.of();
            }
            projectArtifact = new DefaultArtifact(ModelUtils.getGroupId(model), model.getArtifactId(),
                    ArtifactCoords.DEFAULT_CLASSIFIER, ArtifactCoords.TYPE_POM, ModelUtils.getVersion(model));
        } else {
            projectArtifact = new DefaultArtifact(currentProject.getGroupId(), currentProject.getArtifactId(),
                    ArtifactCoords.DEFAULT_CLASSIFIER, ArtifactCoords.TYPE_POM, currentProject.getVersion());
        }

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Solutions

1. Fix the XML/model error reported by the caused-by exception in the named pom
2. Ensure the pom is well-formed and declares a valid project model
3. Check for unescaped characters or broken entity references in the pom

When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at independent-projects/bootstrap/maven-resolver/src/main/java/io/quarkus/bootstrap/resolver/maven/BootstrapMavenContext.java:810 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

Understand the failure class

• Parsing and encoding errors: unexpected token, malformed input — why parsers reject input and how to find the real culprit.

AI-assisted analysis of quarkusio/quarkus@e1c734241f (2026-09-05). Data as JSON: /api/errors/28df651f47ed6e7a. Report an issue: GitHub.