Bug? Maven AetherRepository authentication - Eclipse Mars.2 startup hangs Password Required Artifactory realm login dialog - bndtools 3.1.1

[Brian Brooks]

I'm encountering an annoyance when using the aQute.bnd.deployer.repository.aether.AetherRepository bnd plugin.  After adding the Aether repo, every time I startup Eclipse I get prompted (twice!) for my Artifactory credentials.  The Eclipse startup hangs.  Eclipse is showing:

1. The Eclipse splash window.

2. Two dialogs with the title "Password Required".  The dialogs contain:

2a. Connect to: arthost

2b. Artifactory Realm

2c. User name:

2d. Password

2c. OK and Cancel buttons.

I only see this "Password Required" prompt during Eclipse startup.  For example, I didn't see such a prompt when bndtools added the repo.

Environment:

Java 1.8.0_66

Eclipse Mars.2 (4.5.2)

Bndtools 3.1.1.REL-20160122-125321-g240736f

Artifactory OSS 3.7.0

https://bintray.com/artifact/download/jfrog/artifactory/artifactory-3.7.0.zip

https://bintray.com/jfrog/artifactory/jfrog-artifactory-oss-zip/3.7.0/view

The Artifactory instance is configured to require authentication i.e. Artifactory->Admin->Security->General->checkbox "Allow Anonymous Access" is unchecked.

I've configured the bnd AetherRepository in cnf/ext/repositories.bnd like this:

bnd-release    = https://bndtools.ci.cloudbees.com/job/bnd.master/lastSuccessfulBuild/artifact/dist/bundles

-pluginpath: ${build}/cache/biz.aQute.repository.aether-latest.jar;url=${bnd-release}/biz.aQute.repository.aether/biz.aQute.repository.aether-latest.jar;

-plugin \

    aQute.bnd.deployer.repository.aether.AetherRepository; \

    name=Artifactory; \

    url=http://arthost:8082/artifactory/; \

    username=joe;password=joepass; \

    indexUrl=http://arthost:8082/artifactory/repo/.index/nexus-maven-repository-index.gz

Note that the new "Artifactory" repo shows up in the bndtools perspective Repositories view just fine.

This seems like a defect.  If so, I can open a ticket against bnd.

The issue seems similar to this resolved m2e issue...

Bug 440273 - unexpected auth popup when accessing password-protected repositories

https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=440273

[Brian Brooks]

Created a new issue against bndtools...

"#1323 Maven AetherRepository authentication - Eclipse Mars.2 startup hangs Password Required Artifactory realm login dialog - bndtools 3.1.1", https://github.com/bndtools/bndtools/issues/1323