hotfix: Optimize Maven and Gradle configurations

[shortthirdman]

This hotfix improves the Maven and Gradle configurations by optimizing build performance and resolving dependency issues. Changes include refining configuration files, eliminating redundant tasks, and enhancing compatibility for smoother builds. This update ensures faster build times and better overall efficiency for both Maven and Gradle projects.

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Dependency Review

✅ No vulnerabilities or license issues or OpenSSF Scorecard issues found.

OpenSSF Scorecard

Package	Version	Score	Details
actions/gradle/actions/wrapper-validation	4.*.*	🟢 8.2	Details Check Score Reason Code-Review ⚠️ 1 Found 4/22 approved changesets -- score normalized to 1 Dependency-Update-Tool 🟢 10 update tool detected Dangerous-Workflow 🟢 10 no dangerous workflow patterns detected Maintained 🟢 10 30 commit(s) and 17 issue activity found in the last 90 days -- score normalized to 10 Packaging ⚠️ -1 packaging workflow not detected Token-Permissions 🟢 10 GitHub workflow tokens follow principle of least privilege CII-Best-Practices ⚠️ 0 no effort to earn an OpenSSF best practices badge detected Pinned-Dependencies 🟢 10 all dependencies are pinned Signed-Releases ⚠️ -1 no releases found Fuzzing ⚠️ 0 project is not fuzzed License 🟢 10 license file detected Branch-Protection ⚠️ -1 internal error: error during branchesHandler.setup: internal error: githubv4.Query: Resource not accessible by integration SAST 🟢 9 SAST tool detected but not run on all commits Security-Policy 🟢 10 security policy file detected Binary-Artifacts 🟢 10 no binaries found in the repo Vulnerabilities 🟢 10 0 existing vulnerabilities detected CI-Tests 🟢 9 15 out of 16 merged PRs checked by a CI test -- score normalized to 9 Contributors 🟢 10 project has 7 contributing companies or organizations

Scanned Files

• .github/workflows/ci.yml

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Job Summary for Gradle

CI :: gradle-build

Gradle Root Project	Requested Tasks	Gradle Version	Build Outcome	Build Scan®
QuickStart-Challenges	build	8.10.2	✅

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Job Summary for Gradle

CI :: gradle-build

Gradle Root Project	Requested Tasks	Gradle Version	Build Outcome	Build Scan®
QuickStart-Challenges	build	8.10.2	✅

[github-actions]

Job Summary for Gradle

CI :: gradle-build

Gradle Root Project	Requested Tasks	Gradle Version	Build Outcome	Build Scan®
QuickStart-Challenges	build	8.10.2	❌

[github-actions]

Job Summary for Gradle

CI :: gradle-build

Gradle Root Project	Requested Tasks	Gradle Version	Build Outcome	Build Scan®
QuickStart-Challenges	build	8.10.2	❌

[github-actions]

Job Summary for Gradle

CI :: gradle-build

Gradle Root Project	Requested Tasks	Gradle Version	Build Outcome	Build Scan®
QuickStart-Challenges	build	8.10.2	✅

[github-actions]

Job Summary for Gradle

CI :: gradle-build

Gradle Root Project	Requested Tasks	Gradle Version	Build Outcome	Build Scan®
QuickStart-Challenges	build	8.10.2	✅