Vague gradle "failed" error in new project following tutorial

Created October 02, 2019 02:47

Update: It worked at home, but not at work. This may have to do with not being able to download Gradle because at work they do a man-in-the-middle ssl certificate injection. Is there any way to tell intellij to use a custom SSL certificate when downloading Gradle? I tried to add it to Tools > Server Certificates, but that didn't fix the problem.

Konstantin Annikov

Created October 02, 2019 04:22

The error could be caused not only by the certificate. The same error occurs due to incompatibility between Gradle 4.4 and JDK 11. So, please check the exact error thrown by Gradle.

Clear idea.log and build.log files, execute build task and receive the error in IntelliJ IDEA interface. What has been logged inside both files?

Do you see something similar to

org.gradle.tooling.GradleConnectionException: Could not create an instance of Tooling API implementation using the specified Gradle distribution 'https://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-4.4-bin.zip'.

Igor Petrik

Created October 02, 2019 21:59

Thanks for the reply, Konstantin.

No build.log file gets created. Below is the relevant section of my idea.log file - definitely SSL related.

2019-10-02 14:52:36,674 [  47390]   INFO - ings.impl.UpdateCheckerService - channel: release 
2019-10-02 14:52:37,219 [  47935]   INFO - xecution.GradleExecutionHelper - Passing command-line args to Gradle Tooling API: --init-script C:\Users\ipetrik\AppData\Local\Temp\wrapper_init.gradle 
2019-10-02 14:52:37,375 [  48091]   WARN - xecution.GradleExecutionHelper - Can't update wrapper 
org.gradle.tooling.GradleConnectionException: Could not install Gradle distribution from 'https://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-5.2.1-bin.zip'.
	at org.gradle.tooling.internal.consumer.DistributionFactory$ZippedDistribution.getToolingImplementationClasspath(DistributionFactory.java:137)
	at org.gradle.tooling.internal.consumer.loader.CachingToolingImplementationLoader.create(CachingToolingImplementationLoader.java:40)
	at org.gradle.tooling.internal.consumer.loader.SynchronizedToolingImplementationLoader.create(SynchronizedToolingImplementationLoader.java:43)
	at org.gradle.tooling.internal.consumer.connection.LazyConsumerActionExecutor.onStartAction(LazyConsumerActionExecutor.java:101)
	at org.gradle.tooling.internal.consumer.connection.LazyConsumerActionExecutor.run(LazyConsumerActionExecutor.java:83)
	at org.gradle.tooling.internal.consumer.connection.CancellableConsumerActionExecutor.run(CancellableConsumerActionExecutor.java:45)
	at org.gradle.tooling.internal.consumer.connection.ProgressLoggingConsumerActionExecutor.run(ProgressLoggingConsumerActionExecutor.java:58)
	at org.gradle.tooling.internal.consumer.connection.RethrowingErrorsConsumerActionExecutor.run(RethrowingErrorsConsumerActionExecutor.java:38)
	at org.gradle.tooling.internal.consumer.async.DefaultAsyncConsumerActionExecutor$1$1.run(DefaultAsyncConsumerActionExecutor.java:55)
	at org.gradle.internal.concurrent.ExecutorPolicy$CatchAndRecordFailures.onExecute(ExecutorPolicy.java:63)
	at org.gradle.internal.concurrent.ManagedExecutorImpl$1.run(ManagedExecutorImpl.java:46)
	at java.base/java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1128)
	at java.base/java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:628)
	at org.gradle.internal.concurrent.ThreadFactoryImpl$ManagedThreadRunnable.run(ThreadFactoryImpl.java:55)
	at java.base/java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:834)
	at org.gradle.tooling.internal.consumer.BlockingResultHandler.getResult(BlockingResultHandler.java:46)
	at org.gradle.tooling.internal.consumer.DefaultBuildLauncher.run(DefaultBuildLauncher.java:77)
	at org.jetbrains.plugins.gradle.service.execution.GradleExecutionHelper.ensureInstalledWrapper(GradleExecutionHelper.java:351)
	at org.jetbrains.plugins.gradle.service.project.GradleProjectResolver.resolveProjectInfo(GradleProjectResolver.java:121)
	at org.jetbrains.plugins.gradle.service.project.GradleProjectResolver.resolveProjectInfo(GradleProjectResolver.java:60)
	at com.intellij.openapi.externalSystem.service.remote.RemoteExternalSystemProjectResolverImpl.lambda$resolveProjectInfo$0(RemoteExternalSystemProjectResolverImpl.java:35)
	at com.intellij.openapi.externalSystem.service.remote.AbstractRemoteExternalSystemService.execute(AbstractRemoteExternalSystemService.java:57)
	at com.intellij.openapi.externalSystem.service.remote.RemoteExternalSystemProjectResolverImpl.resolveProjectInfo(RemoteExternalSystemProjectResolverImpl.java:35)
	at com.intellij.openapi.externalSystem.service.remote.wrapper.ExternalSystemProjectResolverWrapper.resolveProjectInfo(ExternalSystemProjectResolverWrapper.java:44)
	at com.intellij.openapi.externalSystem.service.internal.ExternalSystemResolveProjectTask.doExecute(ExternalSystemResolveProjectTask.java:100)
	at com.intellij.openapi.externalSystem.service.internal.AbstractExternalSystemTask.execute(AbstractExternalSystemTask.java:146)
	at com.intellij.openapi.externalSystem.service.internal.AbstractExternalSystemTask.execute(AbstractExternalSystemTask.java:132)
	at com.intellij.openapi.externalSystem.util.ExternalSystemUtil$3.executeImpl(ExternalSystemUtil.java:535)
	at com.intellij.openapi.externalSystem.util.ExternalSystemUtil$3.lambda$execute$0(ExternalSystemUtil.java:388)
	at com.intellij.openapi.project.DumbServiceImpl.suspendIndexingAndRun(DumbServiceImpl.java:149)
	at com.intellij.openapi.externalSystem.util.ExternalSystemUtil$3.execute(ExternalSystemUtil.java:388)
	at com.intellij.openapi.externalSystem.util.ExternalSystemUtil$5.run(ExternalSystemUtil.java:642)
	at com.intellij.openapi.progress.impl.CoreProgressManager$TaskRunnable.run(CoreProgressManager.java:894)
	at com.intellij.openapi.progress.impl.CoreProgressManager.lambda$runProcess$2(CoreProgressManager.java:169)
	at com.intellij.openapi.progress.impl.CoreProgressManager.registerIndicatorAndRun(CoreProgressManager.java:591)
	at com.intellij.openapi.progress.impl.CoreProgressManager.executeProcessUnderProgress(CoreProgressManager.java:537)
	at com.intellij.openapi.progress.impl.ProgressManagerImpl.executeProcessUnderProgress(ProgressManagerImpl.java:59)
	at com.intellij.openapi.progress.impl.CoreProgressManager.runProcess(CoreProgressManager.java:156)
	at com.intellij.openapi.progress.impl.CoreProgressManager$4.run(CoreProgressManager.java:408)
	at com.intellij.openapi.application.impl.ApplicationImpl$1.run(ApplicationImpl.java:294)
	at java.base/java.util.concurrent.Executors$RunnableAdapter.call(Executors.java:515)
	at java.base/java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:264)
	at java.base/java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1128)
	at java.base/java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:628)
	at java.base/java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:834)
Caused by: javax.net.ssl.SSLHandshakeException: A potential protocol version downgrade attack
	at java.base/sun.security.ssl.Alert.createSSLException(Alert.java:131)
	at java.base/sun.security.ssl.Alert.createSSLException(Alert.java:117)
	at java.base/sun.security.ssl.TransportContext.fatal(TransportContext.java:307)
	at java.base/sun.security.ssl.TransportContext.fatal(TransportContext.java:263)
	at java.base/sun.security.ssl.TransportContext.fatal(TransportContext.java:254)
	at java.base/sun.security.ssl.ServerHello$ServerHelloConsumer.onServerHello(ServerHello.java:972)
	at java.base/sun.security.ssl.ServerHello$ServerHelloConsumer.consume(ServerHello.java:877)
	at java.base/sun.security.ssl.SSLHandshake.consume(SSLHandshake.java:392)
	at java.base/sun.security.ssl.HandshakeContext.dispatch(HandshakeContext.java:443)
	at java.base/sun.security.ssl.HandshakeContext.dispatch(HandshakeContext.java:421)
	at java.base/sun.security.ssl.TransportContext.dispatch(TransportContext.java:177)
	at java.base/sun.security.ssl.SSLTransport.decode(SSLTransport.java:164)
	at java.base/sun.security.ssl.SSLSocketImpl.decode(SSLSocketImpl.java:1152)
	at java.base/sun.security.ssl.SSLSocketImpl.readHandshakeRecord(SSLSocketImpl.java:1063)
	at java.base/sun.security.ssl.SSLSocketImpl.startHandshake(SSLSocketImpl.java:402)
	at java.base/sun.net.www.protocol.https.HttpsClient.afterConnect(HttpsClient.java:567)
	at java.base/sun.net.www.protocol.https.AbstractDelegateHttpsURLConnection.connect(AbstractDelegateHttpsURLConnection.java:185)
	at java.base/sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection.followRedirect0(HttpURLConnection.java:2774)
	at java.base/sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection.followRedirect(HttpURLConnection.java:2686)
	at java.base/sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection.getInputStream0(HttpURLConnection.java:1849)
	at java.base/sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection.getInputStream(HttpURLConnection.java:1515)
	at java.base/sun.net.www.protocol.https.HttpsURLConnectionImpl.getInputStream(HttpsURLConnectionImpl.java:250)
	at org.gradle.wrapper.Download.downloadInternal(Download.java:67)
	at org.gradle.wrapper.Download.download(Download.java:52)
	at org.gradle.tooling.internal.consumer.DistributionInstaller$1.run(DistributionInstaller.java:128)

Konstantin Annikov

Created October 03, 2019 04:18

Importing certificates into IDEA JVM or running IDEA under your system JVM with imported certificates (https://intellij-support.jetbrains.com/hc/articles/206544879) should work.