Why Does Maven Say My POM File Is Missing?

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Issue

The following errors will be reported in the jenkins build log:

[ERROR] The goal you specified requires a project to execute but there is no POM in this directory (D:\JENKINS-WORK\workspace\Code Quality\DS-SONAR-CASPER). Please verify you invoked Maven from the correct directory. -> [Help 1]
org.apache.maven.lifecycle.MissingProjectException: The goal you specified requires a project to execute but there is no POM in this directory (D:\JENKINS-WORK\workspace\Code Quality\DS-SONAR-CASPER). Please verify you invoked Maven from the correct directory.

The build will fail since maven will not perform a build job.

Environment

  • CloudBees Jenkins Operations Center

  • CloudBees Jenkins

Resolution

Generally the file/folder path is wrong and can be corrected by specifying the correct path. Both Windows and *nix operating systems also need to have file/folder names escaped if spaces or special characters are used in the names.

Linux Example:

Setting a path to /opt/jenkins/my workspace folder/ will fail because the spaces in between the words "my workspace" and "workspace folder" were not properly escaped.

A more correct expression would be like this:

/opt/jenkins/my\ workspace\ folder/

Windows Example:

Setting a path to C:\jenkins\my workspace folder\ will fail because the spaces in between the words "my workspace" and "workspace folder" were not properly escaped.

A more correct expression would be like this:

C:\jenkins\"my workspace folder"\

This article is part of our Knowledge Base and is provided for guidance-based purposes only. The solutions or workarounds described here are not officially supported by CloudBees and may not be applicable in all environments. Use at your own discretion, and test changes in a safe environment before applying them to production systems.