# Problem loading dependencies through a proxy using the gradle tooling API

**URL:** <https://discuss.gradle.org/t/problem-loading-dependencies-through-a-proxy-using-the-gradle-tooling-api/1937>\
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**Created:** [May 16, 2014, 6:53am UTC](https://discuss.gradle.org/t/problem-loading-dependencies-through-a-proxy-using-the-gradle-tooling-api/1937 "2014-05-16T06:53:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![Ignace\_Martin](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/gradle/user_avatar/discuss.gradle.org/ignace_martin/32/485_2.png) [@Ignace\_Martin](https://discuss.gradle.org/u/Ignace_Martin)\
**Post date:** [May 16, 2014, 6:53am UTC](https://discuss.gradle.org/t/problem-loading-dependencies-through-a-proxy-using-the-gradle-tooling-api/1937/1 "2014-05-16T06:53:00Z")

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Hi,

I have a strange behavior using gradle through a proxy. When using the gradle command line in my projects, the dependencies are downloaded correctly. When using the Netbeans plugin for gradle which uses the tooling API, it blocks and finally I get the error :

> Caused by: org.netbeans.gradle.model.util.TransferableExceptionWrapper: \>org.gradle.api.internal.externalresource.transport.http.HttpRequestException: Could not HEAD ‘[http://repo.jfrog.org/artifactory/repo1-cache/junit/junit/4.10/junit-4.10.jar](http://repo.jfrog.org/artifactory/repo1-cache/junit/junit/4.10/junit-4.10.jar)’. \>… \>Caused by: org.netbeans.gradle.model.util.TransferableExceptionWrapper: java.net.SocketException: Malformed reply from SOCKS server

I have the following setting in my build.gradle :

repositories {

maven {

url “[http://repo.jfrog.org/artifactory/repo1-cache](http://repo.jfrog.org/artifactory/repo1-cache)”

}

maven {

url “[http://repo.jfrog.org/artifactory/jcenter-cache](http://repo.jfrog.org/artifactory/jcenter-cache)”

}

}

I have also set the proxy configuration in %GRADLE\_USER\_HOME%\gradle.properties file :

systemProp.http.proxyUser=myUser

systemProp.http.proxyPassword=mySecret

systemProp.http.proxyHost=proxy.intranet

systemProp.http.proxyPort=8080

systemProp.http.nonProxyHosts=\*.intranet|localhost

systemProp.https.proxyUser=myUser

systemProp.https.proxyPassword=mySecret

systemProp.https.proxyHost=proxy.intranet

systemProp.https.proxyPort=8080

systemProp.https.nonProxyHosts=\*.intranet|localhost

Is there something special to care using gradle tooling API? I am wondering why the error mentions SOCKS server… Is the tooling API using the socks protocol?

FYI : I have opened an issue in the Netbeans plugin list too [Issue 139](https://github.com/kelemen/netbeans-gradle-project/issues/139)

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**Author:** ![Ignace\_Martin](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/gradle/user_avatar/discuss.gradle.org/ignace_martin/32/485_2.png) [@Ignace\_Martin](https://discuss.gradle.org/u/Ignace_Martin)\
**Post date:** [May 20, 2014, 7:06am UTC](https://discuss.gradle.org/t/problem-loading-dependencies-through-a-proxy-using-the-gradle-tooling-api/1937/2 "2014-05-20T07:06:00Z")

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I am still getting the error when no proxy is needed :

> **org.gradle.tooling.BuildException: Could not run build action using Gradle installation ‘C:\Tools\gradle-1.12’.** \> at org.gradle.tooling.internal.consumer.ResultHandlerAdapter.onFailure(ResultHandlerAdapter.java:53) \> at org.gradle.tooling.internal.consumer.async.DefaultAsyncConsumerActionExecutor$1$1.run(DefaultAsyncConsumerActionExecutor.java:57) \> at org.gradle.internal.concurrent.DefaultExecutorFactory$StoppableExecutorImpl$1.run(DefaultExecutorFactory.java:64) \> at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1145) \> at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:615) \> at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:744) \> at org.gradle.tooling.internal.consumer.BlockingResultHandler.getResult(BlockingResultHandler.java:46) \> at org.gradle.tooling.internal.consumer.DefaultBuildActionExecuter.run(DefaultBuildActionExecuter.java:43) \> at org.netbeans.gradle.model.GenericModelFetcher.getModels(GenericModelFetcher.java:166) \> at org.netbeans.gradle.project.model.NbGradle18ModelLoader$ProjectModelFetcher.getModels(NbGradle18ModelLoader.java:374) \> at org.netbeans.gradle.project.model.NbGradle18ModelLoader.loadModels(NbGradle18ModelLoader.java:79) \> at org.netbeans.gradle.project.model.GradleModelLoader.loadModelWithProgress(GradleModelLoader.java:496) \> at org.netbeans.gradle.project.model.GradleModelLoader.access$600(GradleModelLoader.java:57) \> at org.netbeans.gradle.project.model.GradleModelLoader$6.run(GradleModelLoader.java:364) \> at org.netbeans.gradle.project.tasks.GradleDaemonManager.runNonBlockingGradleTask(GradleDaemonManager.java:24) \> at org.netbeans.gradle.project.tasks.GradleDaemonManager.access$100(GradleDaemonManager.java:14) \> at org.netbeans.gradle.project.tasks.GradleDaemonManager$2.run(GradleDaemonManager.java:105) \> at org.netbeans.gradle.project.tasks.GradleDaemonManager$3.run(GradleDaemonManager.java:130) \> at org.openide.util.RequestProcessor$Task.run(RequestProcessor.java:1432) \> at org.openide.util.RequestProcessor$Processor.run(RequestProcessor.java:2042) \> **Caused by: org.gradle.internal.exceptions.LocationAwareException: A problem occurred configuring project ‘:irdlib’.** \> at org.gradle.initialization.DefaultExceptionAnalyser.transform(DefaultExceptionAnalyser.java:77) \> at org.gradle.initialization.MultipleBuildFailuresExceptionAnalyser.transform(MultipleBuildFailuresExceptionAnalyser.java:47) \> at org.gradle.initialization.DefaultGradleLauncher.doBuild(DefaultGradleLauncher.java:115) \> at org.gradle.initialization.DefaultGradleLauncher.getBuildAnalysis(DefaultGradleLauncher.java:92) \> at org.gradle.launcher.exec.InProcessBuildActionExecuter$DefaultBuildController.configure(InProcessBuildActionExecuter.java:68) \> at org.gradle.tooling.internal.provider.ClientProvidedBuildAction.run(ClientProvidedBuildAction.java:66) \> at org.gradle.tooling.internal.provider.ClientProvidedBuildAction.run(ClientProvidedBuildAction.java:33) \> at org.gradle.tooling.internal.provider.ConfiguringBuildAction.run(ConfiguringBuildAction.java:150) \> at org.gradle.launcher.exec.InProcessBuildActionExecuter.execute(InProcessBuildActionExecuter.java:35) \> at org.gradle.launcher.daemon.server.exec.ExecuteBuild.doBuild(ExecuteBuild.java:45) \> at org.gradle.launcher.daemon.server.exec.BuildCommandOnly.execute(BuildCommandOnly.java:34) \> at org.gradle.launcher.daemon.server.exec.DaemonCommandExecution.proceed(DaemonCommandExecution.java:125) \> at org.gradle.launcher.daemon.server.exec.WatchForDisconnection.execute(WatchForDisconnection.java:42) \> at org.gradle.launcher.daemon.server.exec.DaemonCommandExecution.proceed(DaemonCommandExecution.java:125) \> at org.gradle.launcher.daemon.server.exec.ResetDeprecationLogger.execute(ResetDeprecationLogger.java:24) \> at org.gradle.launcher.daemon.server.exec.DaemonCommandExecution.proceed(DaemonCommandExecution.java:125) \> at org.gradle.launcher.daemon.server.exec.StartStopIfBuildAndStop.execute(StartStopIfBuildAndStop.java:33) \> at org.gradle.launcher.daemon.server.exec.DaemonCommandExecution.proceed(DaemonCommandExecution.java:125) \> at org.gradle.launcher.daemon.server.exec.ReturnResult.execute(ReturnResult.java:34) \> at org.gradle.launcher.daemon.server.exec.DaemonCommandExecution.proceed(DaemonCommandExecution.java:125) \> at org.gradle.launcher.daemon.server.exec.ForwardClientInput$2.call(ForwardClientInput.java:71) \> at org.gradle.launcher.daemon.server.exec.ForwardClientInput$2.call(ForwardClientInput.java:69) \> at org.gradle.util.Swapper.swap(Swapper.java:38) \> at org.gradle.launcher.daemon.server.exec.ForwardClientInput.execute(ForwardClientInput.java:69) \> at org.gradle.launcher.daemon.server.exec.DaemonCommandExecution.proceed(DaemonCommandExecution.java:125) \> at org.gradle.launcher.daemon.server.exec.LogToClient.doBuild(LogToClient.java:60) \> at org.gradle.launcher.daemon.server.exec.BuildCommandOnly.execute(BuildCommandOnly.java:34) \> at org.gradle.launcher.daemon.server.exec.DaemonCommandExecution.proceed(DaemonCommandExecution.java:125) \> at org.gradle.launcher.daemon.server.exec.EstablishBuildEnvironment.doBuild(EstablishBuildEnvironment.java:60) \> at org.gradle.launcher.daemon.server.exec.BuildCommandOnly.execute(BuildCommandOnly.java:34) \> at org.gradle.launcher.daemon.server.exec.DaemonCommandExecution.proceed(DaemonCommandExecution.java:125) \> at org.gradle.launcher.daemon.server.exec.StartBuildOrRespondWithBusy$1.run(StartBuildOrRespondWithBusy.java:45) \> at org.gradle.launcher.daemon.server.DaemonStateCoordinator.runCommand(DaemonStateCoordinator.java:186) \> at org.gradle.launcher.daemon.server.exec.StartBuildOrRespondWithBusy.doBuild(StartBuildOrRespondWithBusy.java:49) \> at org.gradle.launcher.daemon.server.exec.BuildCommandOnly.execute(BuildCommandOnly.java:34) \> at org.gradle.launcher.daemon.server.exec.DaemonCommandExecution.proceed(DaemonCommandExecution.java:125) \> at org.gradle.launcher.daemon.server.exec.HandleStop.execute(HandleStop.java:36) \> at org.gradle.launcher.daemon.server.exec.DaemonCommandExecution.proceed(DaemonCommandExecution.java:125) \> at org.gradle.launcher.daemon.server.exec.DaemonHygieneAction.execute(DaemonHygieneAction.java:39) \> at org.gradle.launcher.daemon.server.exec.DaemonCommandExecution.proceed(DaemonCommandExecution.java:125) \> at org.gradle.launcher.daemon.server.exec.CatchAndForwardDaemonFailure.execute(CatchAndForwardDaemonFailure.java:32) \> at org.gradle.launcher.daemon.server.exec.DaemonCommandExecution.proceed(DaemonCommandExecution.java:125) \> at org.gradle.launcher.daemon.server.exec.DefaultDaemonCommandExecuter.executeCommand(DefaultDaemonCommandExecuter.java:51) \> at org.gradle.launcher.daemon.server.DefaultIncomingConnectionHandler$ConnectionWorker.handleCommand(DefaultIncomingConnectionHandler.java:155) \> at org.gradle.launcher.daemon.server.DefaultIncomingConnectionHandler$ConnectionWorker.receiveAndHandleCommand(DefaultIncomingConnectionHandler.java:128) \> at org.gradle.launcher.daemon.server.DefaultIncomingConnectionHandler$ConnectionWorker.run(DefaultIncomingConnectionHandler.java:116) \> at org.gradle.internal.concurrent.DefaultExecutorFactory$StoppableExecutorImpl$1.run(DefaultExecutorFactory.java:64) \> at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.runTask(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:886) \> at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:908) \> at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:662) \> **Caused by: org.gradle.api.ProjectConfigurationException: A problem occurred configuring project ‘:mylib’.** \> at org.gradle.configuration.project.LifecycleProjectEvaluator.addConfigurationFailure(LifecycleProjectEvaluator.java:79) \> at org.gradle.configuration.project.LifecycleProjectEvaluator.evaluate(LifecycleProjectEvaluator.java:57) \> at org.gradle.api.internal.project.AbstractProject.evaluate(AbstractProject.java:493) \> at org.gradle.api.internal.project.AbstractProject.evaluate(AbstractProject.java:80) \> at org.gradle.configuration.DefaultBuildConfigurer.configure(DefaultBuildConfigurer.java:31) \> at org.gradle.initialization.DefaultGradleLauncher.doBuildStages(DefaultGradleLauncher.java:142) \> at org.gradle.initialization.DefaultGradleLauncher.doBuild(DefaultGradleLauncher.java:113) \> … 47 more \> **Caused by: org.gradle.api.artifacts.ResolveException: Could not resolve all dependencies for configuration ‘:irdlib:classpath’.** \> at org.gradle.api.internal.artifacts.ivyservice.DefaultLenientConfiguration.rethrowFailure(DefaultLenientConfiguration.java:52) \> at org.gradle.api.internal.artifacts.ivyservice.DefaultResolvedConfiguration.rethrowFailure(DefaultResolvedConfiguration.java:36) \> at org.gradle.api.internal.artifacts.ivyservice.SelfResolvingDependencyResolver$FilesAggregatingResolvedConfiguration.rethrowFailure(SelfResolvingDependencyResolver.java:110) \> at org.gradle.api.internal.artifacts.ivyservice.ErrorHandlingArtifactDependencyResolver$ErrorHandlingResolvedConfiguration.rethrowFailure(ErrorHandlingArtifactDependencyResolver.java:180) \> at org.gradle.api.internal.artifacts.configurations.DefaultConfiguration$ConfigurationFileCollection.getFiles(DefaultConfiguration.java:465) \> at org.gradle.api.internal.artifacts.configurations.DefaultConfiguration.getFiles(DefaultConfiguration.java:202) \> at org.gradle.api.internal.artifacts.configurations.DefaultConfiguration\_Decorated.getFiles(Unknown Source) \> at org.gradle.configuration.DefaultScriptPluginFactory$ScriptPluginImpl.apply(DefaultScriptPluginFactory.java:127) \> at org.gradle.configuration.project.BuildScriptProcessor.execute(BuildScriptProcessor.java:40) \> at org.gradle.configuration.project.BuildScriptProcessor.execute(BuildScriptProcessor.java:26) \> at org.gradle.configuration.project.ConfigureActionsProjectEvaluator.evaluate(ConfigureActionsProjectEvaluator.java:34) \> at org.gradle.configuration.project.LifecycleProjectEvaluator.evaluate(LifecycleProjectEvaluator.java:55) \> … 52 more \> **Caused by: org.gradle.api.internal.artifacts.ivyservice.ModuleVersionResolveException: Could not resolve xmlunit:xmlunit:1.2.** \>Required by: \>

FlexING:irdlib:unspecified \> at org.gradle.api.internal.artifacts.ivyservice.ivyresolve.RepositoryChainDependencyResolver.resolve(RepositoryChainDependencyResolver.java:72) \> at org.gradle.api.internal.artifacts.ivyservice.clientmodule.ClientModuleResolver.resolve(ClientModuleResolver.java:35) \> at org.gradle.api.internal.artifacts.ivyservice.projectmodule.ProjectDependencyResolver.resolve(ProjectDependencyResolver.java:49) \> at org.gradle.api.internal.artifacts.ivyservice.ivyresolve.LazyDependencyToModuleResolver$AbstractVersionResolveResult.resolve(LazyDependencyToModuleResolver.java:69) \> at org.gradle.api.internal.artifacts.ivyservice.resolveengine.DependencyGraphBuilder$ModuleVersionResolveState.resolve(DependencyGraphBuilder.java:655) \> at org.gradle.api.internal.artifacts.ivyservice.resolveengine.DependencyGraphBuilder$ModuleVersionResolveState.getMetaData(DependencyGraphBuilder.java:666) \> at org.gradle.api.internal.artifacts.ivyservice.resolveengine.DependencyGraphBuilder$DependencyEdge.calculateTargetConfigurations(DependencyGraphBuilder.java:340) \> at org.gradle.api.internal.artifacts.ivyservice.resolveengine.DependencyGraphBuilder$DependencyEdge.attachToTargetConfigurations(DependencyGraphBuilder.java:314) \> at org.gradle.api.internal.artifacts.ivyservice.resolveengine.DependencyGraphBuilder.traverseGraph(DependencyGraphBuilder.java:130) \> at org.gradle.api.internal.artifacts.ivyservice.resolveengine.DependencyGraphBuilder.resolve(DependencyGraphBuilder.java:70) \> at org.gradle.api.internal.artifacts.ivyservice.resolveengine.DefaultDependencyResolver$1.execute(DefaultDependencyResolver.java:116) \> at org.gradle.api.internal.artifacts.ivyservice.resolveengine.DefaultDependencyResolver$1.execute(DefaultDependencyResolver.java:82) \> at org.gradle.internal.Transformers$3.transform(Transformers.java:131) \> at org.gradle.api.internal.artifacts.ivyservice.DefaultIvyContextManager.withIvy(DefaultIvyContextManager.java:61) \> at org.gradle.api.internal.artifacts.ivyservice.DefaultIvyContextManager.withIvy(DefaultIvyContextManager.java:39) \> at org.gradle.api.internal.artifacts.ivyservice.resolveengine.DefaultDependencyResolver.resolve(DefaultDependencyResolver.java:82) \> at org.gradle.api.internal.artifacts.ivyservice.CacheLockingArtifactDependencyResolver$1.run(CacheLockingArtifactDependencyResolver.java:42) \> at org.gradle.internal.Factories$1.create(Factories.java:22) \> at org.gradle.cache.internal.DefaultCacheAccess.useCache(DefaultCacheAccess.java:187) \> at org.gradle.cache.internal.DefaultCacheAccess.useCache(DefaultCacheAccess.java:175) \> at org.gradle.cache.internal.DefaultPersistentDirectoryStore.useCache(DefaultPersistentDirectoryStore.java:106) \> at org.gradle.cache.internal.DefaultCacheFactory$ReferenceTrackingCache.useCache(DefaultCacheFactory.java:193) \> at org.gradle.api.internal.artifacts.ivyservice.DefaultCacheLockingManager.useCache(DefaultCacheLockingManager.java:65) \> at org.gradle.api.internal.artifacts.ivyservice.CacheLockingArtifactDependencyResolver.resolve(CacheLockingArtifactDependencyResolver.java:40) \> at org.gradle.api.internal.artifacts.ivyservice.SelfResolvingDependencyResolver.resolve(SelfResolvingDependencyResolver.java:45) \> at org.gradle.api.internal.artifacts.ivyservice.ShortcircuitEmptyConfigsArtifactDependencyResolver.resolve(ShortcircuitEmptyConfigsArtifactDependencyResolver.java:55) \> at org.gradle.api.internal.artifacts.ivyservice.ErrorHandlingArtifactDependencyResolver.resolve(ErrorHandlingArtifactDependencyResolver.java:47) \> at org.gradle.api.internal.artifacts.ivyservice.DefaultConfigurationResolver.resolve(DefaultConfigurationResolver.java:46) \> at org.gradle.api.internal.artifacts.configurations.DefaultConfiguration.resolveNow(DefaultConfiguration.java:240) \> at org.gradle.api.internal.artifacts.configurations.DefaultConfiguration.getResolvedConfiguration(DefaultConfiguration.java:230) \> at org.gradle.api.internal.artifacts.configurations.DefaultConfiguration\_Decorated.getResolvedConfiguration(Unknown Source) \> at org.gradle.api.internal.artifacts.configurations.DefaultConfiguration$ConfigurationFileCollection.getFiles(DefaultConfiguration.java:463) \> … 59 more \>**Caused by: org.gradle.api.internal.externalresource.transport.http.HttpRequestException: Could not GET ‘[http://vls.europe.intranet:8085/nexus/content/groups/public/xmlunit/xmlunit/1.2/xmlunit-1.2.pom](http://vls.europe.intranet:8085/nexus/content/groups/public/xmlunit/xmlunit/1.2/xmlunit-1.2.pom)’.** \> at org.gradle.api.internal.externalresource.transport.http.HttpClientHelper.performRequest(HttpClientHelper.java:80) \> at org.gradle.api.internal.externalresource.transport.http.HttpClientHelper.performRawGet(HttpClientHelper.java:66) \> at org.gradle.api.internal.externalresource.transport.http.HttpClientHelper.performGet(HttpClientHelper.java:70) \> at org.gradle.api.internal.externalresource.transport.http.HttpResourceAccessor.getResource(HttpResourceAccessor.java:46) \> at org.gradle.api.internal.externalresource.transport.http.HttpResourceAccessor.getResource(HttpResourceAccessor.java:32) \> at org.gradle.api.internal.externalresource.transfer.ProgressLoggingExternalResourceAccessor.getResource(ProgressLoggingExternalResourceAccessor.java:38) \> at org.gradle.api.internal.externalresource.transfer.DefaultCacheAwareExternalResourceAccessor.getResource(DefaultCacheAwareExternalResourceAccessor.java:60) \> at org.gradle.api.internal.externalresource.transport.DefaultExternalResourceRepository.getResource(DefaultExternalResourceRepository.java:65) \> at org.gradle.api.internal.artifacts.repositories.resolver.ExternalResourceResolver$ArtifactResolver.getResource(ExternalResourceResolver.java:579) \> at org.gradle.api.internal.artifacts.repositories.resolver.ExternalResourceResolver$ArtifactResolver.findStaticResourceUsingPatterns(ExternalResourceResolver.java:564) \> at org.gradle.api.internal.artifacts.repositories.resolver.ExternalResourceResolver$ArtifactResolver.resolveMetaDataArtifact(ExternalResourceResolver.java:548) \> at org.gradle.api.internal.artifacts.repositories.resolver.ExternalResourceResolver.findMetaDataArtifact(ExternalResourceResolver.java:191) \> at org.gradle.api.internal.artifacts.repositories.resolver.ExternalResourceResolver.resolveStaticDependency(ExternalResourceResolver.java:165) \> at org.gradle.api.internal.artifacts.repositories.resolver.MavenResolver.getDependency(MavenResolver.java:83) \> at org.gradle.api.internal.artifacts.ivyservice.ivyresolve.CacheLockingModuleVersionRepository$2.run(CacheLockingModuleVersionRepository.java:54) \> at org.gradle.internal.Factories$1.create(Factories.java:22) \> at org.gradle.cache.internal.DefaultCacheAccess.longRunningOperation(DefaultCacheAccess.java:237) \> at org.gradle.cache.internal.DefaultCacheAccess.longRunningOperation(DefaultCacheAccess.java:308) \> at org.gradle.cache.internal.DefaultPersistentDirectoryStore.longRunningOperation(DefaultPersistentDirectoryStore.java:114) \> at org.gradle.cache.internal.DefaultCacheFactory$ReferenceTrackingCache.longRunningOperation(DefaultCacheFactory.java:185) \> at org.gradle.api.internal.artifacts.ivyservice.DefaultCacheLockingManager.longRunningOperation(DefaultCacheLockingManager.java:57) \> at org.gradle.api.internal.artifacts.ivyservice.ivyresolve.CacheLockingModuleVersionRepository.getDependency(CacheLockingModuleVersionRepository.java:52) \> at org.gradle.api.internal.artifacts.ivyservice.ivyresolve.CachingModuleVersionRepository.getDependency(CachingModuleVersionRepository.java:137) \> at org.gradle.api.internal.artifacts.ivyservice.ivyresolve.memcache.CachedRepository.getDependency(CachedRepository.java:74) \> at org.gradle.api.internal.artifacts.ivyservice.ivyresolve.RepositoryChainDependencyResolver$RepositoryResolveState$RemoteModuleAccess.getDependency(RepositoryChainDependencyResolver.java:216) \> at org.gradle.api.internal.artifacts.ivyservice.ivyresolve.RepositoryChainDependencyResolver$StaticVersionRepositoryResolveState.process(RepositoryChainDependencyResolver.java:228) \> at org.gradle.api.internal.artifacts.ivyservice.ivyresolve.RepositoryChainDependencyResolver$RepositoryResolveState.resolve(RepositoryChainDependencyResolver.java:182) \> at org.gradle.api.internal.artifacts.ivyservice.ivyresolve.RepositoryChainDependencyResolver.findLatestModule(RepositoryChainDependencyResolver.java:110) \> at org.gradle.api.internal.artifacts.ivyservice.ivyresolve.RepositoryChainDependencyResolver.findLatestModule(RepositoryChainDependencyResolver.java:86) \> at org.gradle.api.internal.artifacts.ivyservice.ivyresolve.RepositoryChainDependencyResolver.resolve(RepositoryChainDependencyResolver.java:61) \> … 90 more \> **Caused by: java.net.SocketException: Malformed reply from SOCKS server** \> at java.net.SocksSocketImpl.readSocksReply(SocksSocketImpl.java:90) \> at java.net.SocksSocketImpl.connect(SocksSocketImpl.java:429) \> at java.net.Socket.connect(Socket.java:529) \> at org.apache.http.conn.scheme.PlainSocketFactory.connectSocket(PlainSocketFactory.java:127) \> at org.apache.http.impl.conn.DefaultClientConnectionOperator.openConnection(DefaultClientConnectionOperator.java:180) \> at org.apache.http.impl.conn.ManagedClientConnectionImpl.open(ManagedClientConnectionImpl.java:294) \> at org.apache.http.impl.client.DefaultRequestDirector.tryConnect(DefaultRequestDirector.java:640) \> at org.apache.http.impl.client.DefaultRequestDirector.execute(DefaultRequestDirector.java:479) \> at org.apache.http.impl.client.AbstractHttpClient.execute(AbstractHttpClient.java:906) \> at org.apache.http.impl.client.DecompressingHttpClient.execute(DecompressingHttpClient.java:137) \> at org.apache.http.impl.client.DecompressingHttpClient.execute(DecompressingHttpClient.java:118) \> at org.gradle.api.internal.externalresource.transport.http.HttpClientHelper.performHttpRequest(HttpClientHelper.java:111) \> at org.gradle.api.internal.externalresource.transport.http.HttpClientHelper.executeGetOrHead(HttpClientHelper.java:87) \> at org.gradle.api.internal.externalresource.transport.http.HttpClientHelper.performRequest(HttpClientHelper.java:78) \> … 119 more

Looking at [this post](http://ideen2011.blogspot.nl/2011/08/java-proxyselector-usesystemproxies-and.html) it seems that “java.net.Socket always uses a proxy when a default ProxySelector is set” and the solution would be to set the default to null :

ProxySelector.setDefault(null);

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**Author:** ![Ignace\_Martin](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/gradle/user_avatar/discuss.gradle.org/ignace_martin/32/485_2.png) [@Ignace\_Martin](https://discuss.gradle.org/u/Ignace_Martin)\
**Post date:** [May 22, 2014, 8:19am UTC](https://discuss.gradle.org/t/problem-loading-dependencies-through-a-proxy-using-the-gradle-tooling-api/1937/3 "2014-05-22T08:19:00Z")

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I have tried several solutions without success… I am still blocked with this issue and I am more and more convinced that the problem lies in the fact that the tooling API at a certain point is not using the proxy settings in gradle.properties.

Clearly, it works with command line and blocks with the Netbeans IDE plugin. It was working before we switched to the new version of the plugin using the tooling API.

It seems that I am not the only one to get this problem [cf this link](http://netbeans-org.1045718.n5.nabble.com/gradle-plugin-loading-gradle-for-ever-td5727035.html).

Could you raise an issue on that point? Thanks in advance

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**Author:** ![Ignace\_Martin](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/gradle/user_avatar/discuss.gradle.org/ignace_martin/32/485_2.png) [@Ignace\_Martin](https://discuss.gradle.org/u/Ignace_Martin)\
**Post date:** [May 22, 2014, 11:20am UTC](https://discuss.gradle.org/t/problem-loading-dependencies-through-a-proxy-using-the-gradle-tooling-api/1937/4 "2014-05-22T11:20:00Z")

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I found a clue : setting the --debug mode, It seems that for the plugin project reload, the proxy settings of Netbeans are used, not the ones in gradle.properties.

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**Author:** ![Radim\_Kubacki](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/gradle/user_avatar/discuss.gradle.org/radim_kubacki/32/1032_2.png) [@Radim\_Kubacki](https://discuss.gradle.org/u/Radim_Kubacki)\
**Post date:** [May 22, 2014, 12:23pm UTC](https://discuss.gradle.org/t/problem-loading-dependencies-through-a-proxy-using-the-gradle-tooling-api/1937/5 "2014-05-22T12:23:00Z")

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Oh yes, NetBeans reads system proxy settings from a registry in its launcher and sets a

```gradle
java.net.ProxySelector

```

and/or some system properties and/or environment variables to make sure [java.net](http://java.net) package uses your proxy. Through env var or system proxy it gets propagated to Gradle daemon (I think the former but I am not sure at the moment). You can simply turn it off in IDE options dialog.