gradle-versions-plugin: Plugin not show the latest stable version when there is alpha version

I have declared com.squareup.okhttp3:okhttp:4.9.3 in my build.gradle file. When no version filter added, it prints there is a new alpha (5.0.0-alpha.11) version. So I added the version rejecter described in readme.md. As the result, it is not reporting outdated, but also not reports the newer com.squareup.okhttp3:okhttp:4.11.0 version. It says

The following dependencies are using the latest milestone version:
- com.squareup.okhttp3:okhttp:4.9.2

But it isn’t true! I add a debug printer in the rejectVersionIf script and it is returns

isNonStable: true 5.0.0-alpha.1
isNonStable: false 4.11.0

So it seems this script working, somehow the plugin rejects stable version too if alpha rejected.

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You might inspect the info log to see if a reject reason is given for a problematic version. An external resolution rule, constraint, locking, etc may be interfering with the evaluation. Since we resolve using gradle other configuration is at play, for good or bad.

ben-manes on Apr 15, 2024

Thanks for the info, I’ve created an upstream bug here: https://issuetracker.google.com/issues/311414913

matejdro on Nov 17, 2023

I wrote a minimal example which works,

plugins {
  id 'com.github.ben-manes.versions' version '0.47.0'
  id 'java-library'
}

repositories {
  mavenCentral()
}

def isNonStable = { String version ->
  def stableKeyword = ['RELEASE', 'FINAL', 'GA'].any { it -> version.toUpperCase().contains(it) }
  def regex = /^[0-9,.v-]+(-r)?$/
  return !stableKeyword && !(version ==~ regex)
}

tasks.named("dependencyUpdates").configure {
  rejectVersionIf {
    isNonStable(it.candidate.version)
  }
}

dependencies {
  implementation('com.squareup.okhttp3:okhttp:4.9.2')
}

$ gradle dU --refresh-dependencies -q

------------------------------------------------------------
: Project Dependency Updates (report to plain text file)
------------------------------------------------------------

The following dependencies are using the latest milestone version:
 - com.github.ben-manes.versions:com.github.ben-manes.versions.gradle.plugin:0.47.0

The following dependencies have later milestone versions:
 - com.squareup.okhttp3:okhttp [4.9.2 -> 4.11.0]
     https://square.github.io/okhttp/

Gradle release-candidate updates:
 - Gradle: [8.0.2 -> 8.2.1 -> 8.3-rc-1]

ben-manes on Jul 25, 2023