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Gradle fails to assemble release build, debug build is assembled fine & it works on devices.
But release build is not assembled because r8 requires /build/intermediates/merged_java_res/release/base.jar
which is not present at the moment of the execution of minify task

Task :Module:mergeNetCleanReleaseGeneratedProguardFiles UP-TO-DATE
> Task :Module:processNetCleanReleaseJavaRes
> Task :Module:mergeNetCleanReleaseJavaResource

> Task :Module:minifyNetCleanReleaseWithR8 FAILED
AGPBI: {"kind":"error","text":"com.android.tools.r8.ResourceException: com.android.tools.r8.internal.Sb: I/O exception while reading '/home/andrew/StudioProjects/Project/Module/build/intermediates/merged_java_res/netCleanRelease/base.jar': /home/andrew/StudioProjects/Project/Module/build/intermediates/merged_java_res/netCleanRelease/base.jar","sources":[{"file":"/home/andrew/StudioProjects/Project/Module/build/intermediates/merged_java_res/netCleanRelease/base.jar"}],"tool":"R8"}

I have tried manually launch task mergeNetCleanReleaseJavaResource and base.jar is generated which is the same as in the debug buildVariant and contains nothing special just some metadata from libraries. It is attached below.

Build with debug or stacktrace gives no additional information because stack trace is for r8 which can't find base.jar which is deleted by some previous tasks.

Build: AI-223.8836.35.2231.9848316, 202303300030

AI-223.8836.35.2231.9848316, JRE 17.0.6+0-17.0.6b653.34-9746777x64 JetBrains s.r.o., OS Linux(amd64) v5.15.0-69-generic, screens 3440.0x1440.0

AS: Giraffe | 2022.3.1 Canary 11
Kotlin plugin: 223-1.8.0-release-345-AS8836.35.2231.9848316
Android Gradle Plugin: 8.1.0-alpha11
Gradle: 8.0
Gradle JDK: JetBrains Runtime version 17.0.6
NDK: from local.properties: (not specified), latest from SDK: (not found)
CMake: from local.properties: (not specified), latest from SDK: (not found), from PATH: (not found)
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