# Can't publish plugin - artifact exists in DB?

**URL:** <https://discuss.gradle.org/t/cant-publish-plugin-artifact-exists-in-db/50014>\
**Category:** Help/Discuss\
**Created:** [December 2, 2024, 8:40am UTC](https://discuss.gradle.org/t/cant-publish-plugin-artifact-exists-in-db/50014 "2024-12-02T08:40:31Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![paullatzelsperger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3da27b/32.png) [@paullatzelsperger](https://discuss.gradle.org/u/paullatzelsperger)\
**Post date:** [December 2, 2024, 8:40am UTC](https://discuss.gradle.org/t/cant-publish-plugin-artifact-exists-in-db/50014/1 "2024-12-02T08:40:31Z")

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Hi all,

I was playing around with publishing Gradle plugins, then deleting them before the publication could have been approved, then publishing again, etc.

I used a GitHub action as well as a local CLI. Now I am getting this error message:

```gradle
Artifact org.eclipse.dataspacetck:tck-generator-plugin:0.0.1 with type jar:javadoc already in DB with a different hash

```

I’m assuming one of the deletes didn’t go all the way through. Can anyone help?

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**Author:** ![Vampire](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/gradle/user_avatar/discuss.gradle.org/vampire/32/9082_2.png) [@Vampire](https://discuss.gradle.org/u/Vampire)\
**Post date:** [December 2, 2024, 10:55am UTC](https://discuss.gradle.org/t/cant-publish-plugin-artifact-exists-in-db/50014/2 "2024-12-02T10:55:29Z")

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You mean getting help to resolve this on the plugin portal?  
For that you should open an issue at [GitHub - gradle/plugin-portal-requests: Gradle Plugin Portal issues and requests.](https://github.com/gradle/plugin-portal-requests) or write to the e-mail address mentioned there.