I thought maybe it was trying to instrument/analyze some code not from my project, so I did an <includes/> to only include source from my project.
<plugins>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.jacoco</groupId>
<artifactId>jacoco-maven-plugin</artifactId>
<executions>
<execution>
<id>pre-unit-test</id>
<goals>
<goal>prepare-agent</goal>
</goals>
<configuration>
<destFile>target/jacoco-ut.exec</destFile>
<propertyName>surefireArgLine</propertyName>
<includes>
<include>myproject.*</include>
</includes>
</configuration>
</execution>
<execution>
<id>post-unit-test</id>
<phase>test</phase>
<goals>
<goal>report</goal>
</goals>
<configuration>
<dataFile>target/jacoco-ut.exec</dataFile>
<outputDirectory>${project.reporting.outputDirectory}/jacoco-ut</outputDirectory>
</configuration>
</execution>
</executions>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
<configuration>
<argLine>${surefireArgLine}</argLine>
<suiteXmlFiles>
<suiteXmlFile>src/test/java/testng.xml</suiteXmlFile>
</suiteXmlFiles>
</configuration>
</plugin>
</plugins>
[ERROR] Failed to execute goal org.jacoco:jacoco-maven-plugin:0.6.3.201306030806:report (post-unit-test) on project jert: An error has occurred in JaCoCo report generation. Error while creating report: null: EOFException -> [Help 1]
org.apache.maven.lifecycle.LifecycleExecutionException: Failed to execute goal org.jacoco:jacoco-maven-plugin:0.6.3.201306030806:report (post-unit-test) on project jert: An error has occurred in JaCoCo report generation.
at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.MojoExecutor.execute(MojoExecutor.java:217)
at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.MojoExecutor.execute(MojoExecutor.java:153)
at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.MojoExecutor.execute(MojoExecutor.java:145)
at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.LifecycleModuleBuilder.buildProject(LifecycleModuleBuilder.java:84)
at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.LifecycleModuleBuilder.buildProject(LifecycleModuleBuilder.java:59)
at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.LifecycleStarter.singleThreadedBuild(LifecycleStarter.java:183)
at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.LifecycleStarter.execute(LifecycleStarter.java:161)
at org.apache.maven.DefaultMaven.doExecute(DefaultMaven.java:320)
at org.apache.maven.DefaultMaven.execute(DefaultMaven.java:156)
at org.apache.maven.cli.MavenCli.execute(MavenCli.java:537)
at org.apache.maven.cli.MavenCli.doMain(MavenCli.java:196)
at org.apache.maven.cli.MavenCli.main(MavenCli.java:141)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597)
at org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.launcher.Launcher.launchEnhanced(Launcher.java:290)
at org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.launcher.Launcher.launch(Launcher.java:230)
at org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.launcher.Launcher.mainWithExitCode(Launcher.java:409)
at org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.launcher.Launcher.main(Launcher.java:352)
at org.codehaus.classworlds.Launcher.main(Launcher.java:47)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597)
at com.intellij.rt.execution.application.AppMain.main(AppMain.java:120)
Caused by: org.apache.maven.plugin.MojoExecutionException: An error has occurred in JaCoCo report generation.
at org.jacoco.maven.ReportMojo.execute(ReportMojo.java:222)
at org.apache.maven.plugin.DefaultBuildPluginManager.executeMojo(DefaultBuildPluginManager.java:101)
at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.MojoExecutor.execute(MojoExecutor.java:209)
... 25 more
Caused by: org.apache.maven.reporting.MavenReportException: Error while creating report: null
at org.jacoco.maven.ReportMojo.executeReport(ReportMojo.java:238)
at org.jacoco.maven.ReportMojo.execute(ReportMojo.java:220)
... 27 more
Caused by: java.io.EOFException
at java.util.zip.ZipInputStream.readFully(ZipInputStream.java:409)
at java.util.zip.ZipInputStream.readLOC(ZipInputStream.java:254)
at java.util.zip.ZipInputStream.getNextEntry(ZipInputStream.java:82)
at org.jacoco.core.analysis.Analyzer.analyzeZip(Analyzer.java:234)
at org.jacoco.core.analysis.Analyzer.analyzeAll(Analyzer.java:167)
at org.jacoco.core.analysis.Analyzer.analyzeAll(Analyzer.java:197)
at org.jacoco.maven.BundleCreator.createBundle(BundleCreator.java:68)
at org.jacoco.maven.ReportMojo.createReport(ReportMojo.java:262)
at org.jacoco.maven.ReportMojo.executeReport(ReportMojo.java:235)
... 28 more