Failed to Read Artifact Descriptor: IntelliJ

Resolved it, was due to a proxy setting that was enabled. Re-ran with mvn -U clean install and all was repaired.

Following worked for IDEA 17,

• Go to File
• Select Settings
• Select Build, Execution, Deployments
• Select Build Tools from drop down
• Select Maven from drop down
• Tick the Always update snapshots check box

I guess IntelliJ comes with and ambedded Maven installation, so just make sure your IDE is pointing to the right Maven home directory: and User settings file: values, these are under:

• Go to File
• Select Settings
• Select Build, Execution, Deployments
• Select Build Tools from drop down
• Select Maven from drop down

In Intellij, I had the same issue,

I did the proxy settings also, and ran the command mvn –U clean install but it's not working.

I got its resolved with the below setting enabled (highlighted in yellow)

In Intellij, go to File -> Settings -> Build, Execution, Deployments -> Maven Check the box, ‘Always update snapshots’