Release 4.5.0 has no plugin descriptor for Maven Provider plugin

[Harmelodic]

When attempting to run Pact tests with the new 4.5.0 release, I get the following error:

[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] BUILD FAILURE
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] Total time:  4.601 s
[INFO] Finished at: 2023-02-24T07:58:44Z
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
Error:  Failed to parse plugin descriptor for au.com.dius.pact.provider:maven:4.5.0 (/home/runner/.m2/repository/au/com/dius/pact/provider/maven/4.5.0/maven-4.5.0.jar): No plugin descriptor found at META-INF/maven/plugin.xml -> [Help 1]

Link to example build job.

I'm guessing something wasn't packaged inside of the released JAR that was supposed to be?

[robert-zimmermann]

I also observed the same thing

[gertjanschouten]

Yep, here too. Our CI fails because of this, so we have to stick with 4.4.7 for now.

I investigated the issue and found that the "maven" directory, with the plugin.xml in it, is missing from the META-INF directory inside the maven plugin jar file.

[github-actions]

👋 Hi! The 'smartbear-supported' label has just been added to this issue, which will create an internal tracking ticket in PactFlow's Jira (PACT-777). We will use this to prioritise and assign a team member to this task. All activity will be public on this ticket. For now, sit tight and we'll update this ticket once we have more information on the next steps.

See our documentaiton for more information.

[rholshausen]

4.5.1 has been released with the fix

[Harmelodic]

Build succeeds with 4.5.1.
https://github.com/Harmelodic/init-microservice/actions/runs/4311749636/jobs/7521471550

Closing issue.