# Gradle Build comes up with compilation problems, after update

**URL:** <https://discuss.gradle.org/t/gradle-build-comes-up-with-compilation-problems-after-update/27449>\
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**Created:** [June 21, 2018, 1:35pm UTC](https://discuss.gradle.org/t/gradle-build-comes-up-with-compilation-problems-after-update/27449 "2018-06-21T13:35:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![Ashutosh](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/gradle/user_avatar/discuss.gradle.org/ashutosh/32/7037_2.png) [@Ashutosh](https://discuss.gradle.org/u/Ashutosh)\
**Post date:** [June 21, 2018, 1:35pm UTC](https://discuss.gradle.org/t/gradle-build-comes-up-with-compilation-problems-after-update/27449/1 "2018-06-21T13:35:59Z")

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Build fails for my update after update, the error output is :

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18:57:32.878 [ERROR] [org.gradle.internal.buildevents.BuildExceptionReporter] 
    18:57:32.878 [ERROR] [org.gradle.internal.buildevents.BuildExceptionReporter] FAILURE: Build failed with an exception.
    18:57:32.878 [ERROR] [org.gradle.internal.buildevents.BuildExceptionReporter] 
    18:57:32.878 [ERROR] [org.gradle.internal.buildevents.BuildExceptionReporter] * What went wrong:
    18:57:32.878 [ERROR] [org.gradle.internal.buildevents.BuildExceptionReporter] Execution failed for task ':app:compileDebugJavaWithJavac'.
    18:57:32.878 [ERROR] [org.gradle.internal.buildevents.BuildExceptionReporter] > Compilation failed; see the compiler error output for details.
    18:57:32.878 [ERROR] [org.gradle.internal.buildevents.BuildExceptionReporter] 
    18:57:32.878 [ERROR] [org.gradle.internal.buildevents.BuildExceptionReporter] * Try:
    18:57:32.878 [ERROR] [org.gradle.internal.buildevents.BuildExceptionReporter] Run with --scan to get full insights.
    18:57:32.878 [ERROR] [org.gradle.internal.buildevents.BuildExceptionReporter] 
    18:57:32.878 [ERROR] [org.gradle.internal.buildevents.BuildExceptionReporter] * Exception is:
    18:57:32.878 [ERROR] [org.gradle.internal.buildevents.BuildExceptionReporter] org.gradle.api.tasks.TaskExecutionException: Execution failed for task ':app:compileDebugJavaWithJavac'.
    18:57:32.878 [ERROR] [org.gradle.internal.buildevents.BuildExceptionReporter] at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.execution.ExecuteActionsTaskExecuter.executeActions(ExecuteActionsTaskExecuter.java:100)
    18:57:32.878 [ERROR] [org.gradle.internal.buildevents.BuildExceptionReporter] at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.execution.ExecuteActionsTaskExecuter.execute(ExecuteActionsTaskExecuter.java:70)
    18:57:32.878 [ERROR] [org.gradle.internal.buildevents.BuildExceptionReporter] at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.execution.OutputDirectoryCreatingTaskExecuter.execute(OutputDirectoryCreatingTaskExecuter.java:51)
    18:57:32.878 [ERROR] [org.gradle.internal.buildevents.BuildExceptionReporter] at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.execution.SkipUpToDateTaskExecuter.execute(SkipUpToDateTaskExecuter.java:62)
    18:57:32.878 [ERROR] [org.gradle.internal.buildevents.BuildExceptionReporter] at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.execution.ResolveTaskOutputCachingStateExecuter.execute(ResolveTaskOutputCachingStateExecuter.java:54)
    18:57:32.878 [ERROR] [org.gradle.internal.buildevents.BuildExceptionReporter] at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.execution.ResolveBuildCacheKeyExecuter.execute(ResolveBuildCacheKeyExecuter.java:61)
    18:57:32.878 [ERROR] [org.gradle.internal.buildevents.BuildExceptionReporter] at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.execution.ValidatingTaskExecuter.execute(ValidatingTaskExecuter.java:60)
    18:57:32.878 [ERROR] [org.gradle.internal.buildevents.BuildExceptionReporter] at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.execution.SkipEmptySourceFilesTaskExecuter.execute(SkipEmptySourceFilesTaskExecuter.java:97)
    18:57:32.879 [ERROR] [org.gradle.internal.buildevents.BuildExceptionReporter] at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.execution.CleanupStaleOutputsExecuter.execute(CleanupStaleOutputsExecuter.java:87)
    18:57:32.879 [ERROR] [org.gradle.internal.buildevents.BuildExceptionReporter] at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.execution.ResolveTaskArtifactStateTaskExecuter.execute(ResolveTaskArtifactStateTaskExecuter.java:52)
    18:57:32.879 [ERROR] [org.gradle.internal.buildevents.BuildExceptionReporter] at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.execution.SkipTaskWithNoActionsExecuter.execute(SkipTaskWithNoActionsExecuter.java:52)
    18:57:32.879 [ERROR] [org.gradle.internal.buildevents.BuildExceptionReporter] at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.execution.SkipOnlyIfTaskExecuter.execute(SkipOnlyIfTaskExecuter.java:54)
    18:57:32.879 [ERROR] [org.gradle.internal.buildevents.BuildExceptionReporter] at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.execution.ExecuteAtMostOnceTaskExecuter.execute(ExecuteAtMostOnceTaskExecuter.java:43)
    18:57:32.879 [ERROR] [org.gradle.internal.buildevents.BuildExceptionReporter] at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.execution.CatchExceptionTaskExecuter.execute(CatchExceptionTaskExecuter.java:34)
    18:57:32.879 [ERROR] [org.gradle.internal.buildevents.BuildExceptionReporter] at org.gradle.execution.taskgraph.DefaultTaskGraphExecuter$EventFiringTaskWorker$1.run(DefaultTaskGraphExecuter.java:248)
    18:57:32.879 [ERROR] [org.gradle.internal.buildevents.BuildExceptionReporter] at org.gradle.internal.progress.DefaultBuildOperationExecutor$RunnableBuildOperationWorker.execute(DefaultBuildOperationExecutor.java:336)
    18:57:32.879 [ERROR] [org.gradle.internal.buildevents.BuildExceptionReporter] at org.gradle.internal.progress.DefaultBuildOperationExecutor$RunnableBuildOperationWorker.execute(DefaultBuildOperationExecutor.java:328)
    18:57:32.879 [ERROR] [org.gradle.internal.buildevents.BuildExceptionReporter] at org.gradle.internal.progress.DefaultBuildOperationExecutor.execute(DefaultBuildOperationExecutor.java:199)
    18:57:32.879 [ERROR] [org.gradle.internal.buildevents.BuildExceptionReporter] at org.gradle.internal.progress.DefaultBuildOperationExecutor.run(DefaultBuildOperationExecutor.java:110)
    18:57:32.879 [ERROR] [org.gradle.internal.buildevents.BuildExceptionReporter] at org.gradle.execution.taskgraph.DefaultTaskGraphExecuter$EventFiringTaskWorker.execute(DefaultTaskGraphExecuter.java:241)
    18:57:32.879 [ERROR] [org.gradle.internal.buildevents.BuildExceptionReporter] at org.gradle.execution.taskgraph.DefaultTaskGraphExecuter$EventFiringTaskWorker.execute(DefaultTaskGraphExecuter.java:230)
    18:57:32.879 [ERROR] [org.gradle.internal.buildevents.BuildExceptionReporter] at org.gradle.execution.taskgraph.DefaultTaskPlanExecutor$TaskExecutorWorker.processTask(DefaultTaskPlanExecutor.java:123)
    18:57:32.879 [ERROR] [org.gradle.internal.buildevents.BuildExceptionReporter] at org.gradle.execution.taskgraph.DefaultTaskPlanExecutor$TaskExecutorWorker.access$200(DefaultTaskPlanExecutor.java:79)
    18:57:32.879 [ERROR] [org.gradle.internal.buildevents.BuildExceptionReporter] at org.gradle.execution.taskgraph.DefaultTaskPlanExecutor$TaskExecutorWorker$1.execute(DefaultTaskPlanExecutor.java:104)
    18:57:32.879 [ERROR] [org.gradle.internal.buildevents.BuildExceptionReporter] at org.gradle.execution.taskgraph.DefaultTaskPlanExecutor$TaskExecutorWorker$1.execute(DefaultTaskPlanExecutor.java:98)
    18:57:32.879 [ERROR] [org.gradle.internal.buildevents.BuildExceptionReporter] at org.gradle.execution.taskgraph.DefaultTaskExecutionPlan.execute(DefaultTaskExecutionPlan.java:626)
    18:57:32.879 [ERROR] [org.gradle.internal.buildevents.BuildExceptionReporter] at org.gradle.execution.taskgraph.DefaultTaskExecutionPlan.executeWithTask(DefaultTaskExecutionPlan.java:581)
    18:57:32.879 [ERROR] [org.gradle.internal.buildevents.BuildExceptionReporter] at org.gradle.execution.taskgraph.DefaultTaskPlanExecutor$TaskExecutorWorker.run(DefaultTaskPlanExecutor.java:98)
    18:57:32.879 [ERROR] [org.gradle.internal.buildevents.BuildExceptionReporter] at org.gradle.internal.concurrent.ExecutorPolicy$CatchAndRecordFailures.onExecute(ExecutorPolicy.java:63)
    18:57:32.879 [ERROR] [org.gradle.internal.buildevents.BuildExceptionReporter] at org.gradle.internal.concurrent.ManagedExecutorImpl$1.run(ManagedExecutorImpl.java:46)
    18:57:32.879 [ERROR] [org.gradle.internal.buildevents.BuildExceptionReporter] at org.gradle.internal.concurrent.ThreadFactoryImpl$ManagedThreadRunnable.run(ThreadFactoryImpl.java:55)
    18:57:32.879 [ERROR] [org.gradle.internal.buildevents.BuildExceptionReporter] Caused by: org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.compile.CompilationFailedException: Compilation failed; see the compiler error output for details.
    18:57:32.879 [ERROR] [org.gradle.internal.buildevents.BuildExceptionReporter] at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.compile.JdkJavaCompiler.execute(JdkJavaCompiler.java:50)
    18:57:32.879 [ERROR] [org.gradle.internal.buildevents.BuildExceptionReporter] at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.compile.JdkJavaCompiler.execute(JdkJavaCompiler.java:35)
    18:57:32.879 [ERROR] [org.gradle.internal.buildevents.BuildExceptionReporter] at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.compile.NormalizingJavaCompiler.delegateAndHandleErrors(NormalizingJavaCompiler.java:98)
    18:57:32.879 [ERROR] [org.gradle.internal.buildevents.BuildExceptionReporter] at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.compile.NormalizingJavaCompiler.execute(NormalizingJavaCompiler.java:51)
    18:57:32.879 [ERROR] [org.gradle.internal.buildevents.BuildExceptionReporter] at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.compile.NormalizingJavaCompiler.execute(NormalizingJavaCompiler.java:37)
    18:57:32.880 [ERROR] [org.gradle.internal.buildevents.BuildExceptionReporter] at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.compile.CleaningJavaCompilerSupport.execute(CleaningJavaCompilerSupport.java:35)
    18:57:32.880 [ERROR] [org.gradle.internal.buildevents.BuildExceptionReporter] at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.compile.CleaningJavaCompilerSupport.execute(CleaningJavaCompilerSupport.java:25)
    18:57:32.880 [ERROR] [org.gradle.internal.buildevents.BuildExceptionReporter] at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.compile.incremental.IncrementalCompilationFinalizer.execute(IncrementalCompilationFinalizer.java:39)
    18:57:32.880 [ERROR] [org.gradle.internal.buildevents.BuildExceptionReporter] at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.compile.incremental.IncrementalCompilationFinalizer.execute(IncrementalCompilationFinalizer.java:24)
    18:57:32.880 [ERROR] [org.gradle.internal.buildevents.BuildExceptionReporter] at org.gradle.api.tasks.compile.JavaCompile.performCompilation(JavaCompile.java:207)
    18:57:32.880 [ERROR] [org.gradle.internal.buildevents.BuildExceptionReporter] at org.gradle.api.tasks.compile.JavaCompile.compile(JavaCompile.java:133)
    18:57:32.880 [ERROR] [org.gradle.internal.buildevents.BuildExceptionReporter] at com.android.build.gradle.tasks.factory.AndroidJavaCompile.compile(AndroidJavaCompile.java:125)
    18:57:32.880 [ERROR] [org.gradle.internal.buildevents.BuildExceptionReporter] at org.gradle.internal.reflect.JavaMethod.invoke(JavaMethod.java:73)
    18:57:32.880 [ERROR] [org.gradle.internal.buildevents.BuildExceptionReporter] at org.gradle.api.internal.project.taskfactory.IncrementalTaskAction.doExecute(IncrementalTaskAction.java:46)
    18:57:32.880 [ERROR] [org.gradle.internal.buildevents.BuildExceptionReporter] at org.gradle.api.internal.project.taskfactory.StandardTaskAction.execute(StandardTaskAction.java:39)
    18:57:32.880 [ERROR] [org.gradle.internal.buildevents.BuildExceptionReporter] at org.gradle.api.internal.project.taskfactory.StandardTaskAction.execute(StandardTaskAction.java:26)
    18:57:32.880 [ERROR] [org.gradle.internal.buildevents.BuildExceptionReporter] at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.execution.ExecuteActionsTaskExecuter$1.run(ExecuteActionsTaskExecuter.java:121)
    18:57:32.880 [ERROR] [org.gradle.internal.buildevents.BuildExceptionReporter] at org.gradle.internal.progress.DefaultBuildOperationExecutor$RunnableBuildOperationWorker.execute(DefaultBuildOperationExecutor.java:336)
    18:57:32.880 [ERROR] [org.gradle.internal.buildevents.BuildExceptionReporter] at org.gradle.internal.progress.DefaultBuildOperationExecutor$RunnableBuildOperationWorker.execute(DefaultBuildOperationExecutor.java:328)
    18:57:32.880 [ERROR] [org.gradle.internal.buildevents.BuildExceptionReporter] at org.gradle.internal.progress.DefaultBuildOperationExecutor.execute(DefaultBuildOperationExecutor.java:199)
    18:57:32.880 [ERROR] [org.gradle.internal.buildevents.BuildExceptionReporter] at org.gradle.internal.progress.DefaultBuildOperationExecutor.run(DefaultBuildOperationExecutor.java:110)
    18:57:32.880 [ERROR] [org.gradle.internal.buildevents.BuildExceptionReporter] at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.execution.ExecuteActionsTaskExecuter.executeAction(ExecuteActionsTaskExecuter.java:110)
    18:57:32.880 [ERROR] [org.gradle.internal.buildevents.BuildExceptionReporter] at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.execution.ExecuteActionsTaskExecuter.executeActions(ExecuteActionsTaskExecuter.java:92)
    18:57:32.880 [ERROR] [org.gradle.internal.buildevents.BuildExceptionReporter] ... 30 more
    18:57:32.880 [ERROR] [org.gradle.internal.buildevents.BuildExceptionReporter] 
    18:57:32.880 [ERROR] [org.gradle.internal.buildevents.BuildExceptionReporter] 
    18:57:32.880 [ERROR] [org.gradle.internal.buildevents.BuildExceptionReporter] * Get more help at https://help.gradle.org
    18:57:32.880 [ERROR] [org.gradle.internal.buildevents.BuildResultLogger] 
    18:57:32.880 [ERROR] [org.gradle.internal.buildevents.BuildResultLogger] BUILD FAILED in 5s</code
All help will be appreciated`