[BREAKING ALL CLIENT BUILDS] All versions before 18.1.3 removed from Maven central metadata file

[jtdaugh]

Checklist before submitting a bug report

• [x] I've updated to the latest released version of the SDK
• [x] I've searched for existing Github issues
• [x] I've looked for existing answers on Stack Overflow, the Facebook Developer Community Forum and the Facebook Developers Group
• [x] I've read the Code of Conduct
• [x] This issue is not security related and can safely be disclosed publicly on GitHub

Java version

N/A

Android version

N/A

Android SDK version

N/A

Installation platform & version

Maven

Package

Core & AppEvents

Goals

Install facebook-android-sdk dependencies via gradle+maven

Expected results

version 16.* to be available via maven for my gradle-built android app.

Actual results

The maven-metadata file lists no previous versions, only 18.1.3, despite other versions of course being available.

This is causing dependency resolution to fail in our app.

This issue began around 2pm PT today.

Steps to reproduce

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Code samples & details

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[rajeshias]

Same issue +1

[rajeshias]

https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/com/facebook/android/facebook-android-sdk/maven-metadata.xml

According to the metadata last updated time

This bug must be active from July 29, 2025, 8:57:41 PM UTC

[MurraySmith27]

Same issue, this broke our android builds this afternoon

[sean5940]

Same issue

[dickyfithub]

same issue

[shiponmvn]

implementation 'com.facebook.android:facebook-android-sdk:18.+'

[Flutter-DoHyunKim]

same issue

[jeffreycgy]

Happening to react native building android as well with package like react-native-fbsdk-next which has dependency on this. Initially I thought it's the issue of that package until I found this thread.

[dctopspin]

This is major. It's blocking all of our app releases.

[Kwonkunkun]

same

[Laughing-Hao]

Are you writing code with your feet?

[LimeVista]

https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/com/facebook/android/facebook-android-sdk/maven-metadata.xml Since the last update, historical version data of the maven-metadata.xml was lost.

[TuanLe-Lihuhu]

Are you writing code with your feet?

[hoangledev]

God bless him 🧖🏼

[aidendle94]

It's affecting flutter releases.

[rokkoo]

same issue, Im using react native package

[itokun99]

Happening to react native building android as well with package like react-native-fbsdk-next which has dependency on this. Initially I thought it's the issue of that package until I found this thread.

same issue, relate with this comment

[devSC]

same issue

[MadheadKampfer]

same issues with Unity facebook SDK 17.0.1

[hieunguyenlihuhu]

Are you writing code with your feet?

[Vo-Huy-Khoa]

I have fixed it for the Android part of my React Native project: node_modules-> react-native-fbsdk-next -> android -> build.gradle

Change this line to: def FACEBOOK_SDK_VERSION = safeExtGet('facebookSdkVersion', '18.1.3') '18.1.3' is the latest version of the facebook-android-sdk."

[kwondy0710]

Try specifying a fixed version like 17.0.2 instead of using a version range. This helps avoid resolution issues, especially since older versions might have been removed from the maven-metadata.xml. Our team is using the Unity engine and we were able to build successfully with this approach.

ex) implementation 'com.facebook.android:facebook-applinks:<YOUR_VERSION>'

[HarshalPatilBharatNXT]

Please fix this, my release is pending!!!!! My TL is sitting on my head.

[rajeshias]

Please fix this, my release is pending!!!!! My TL is sitting on my head.

In your android/build.gradle

configurations.all {
    resolutionStrategy {
        force 'com.facebook.android:facebook-android-sdk:<YOUR-PROJECT-VERSION>' // skips checking broken metadata
    }
}

Add this snippet inside your allProjects{ ... } to skip metadata check,

This should work until they fix this issue!

[ting0608]

I have fixed it for the Android part of my React Native project: node_modules-> react-native-fbsdk-next -> android -> build.gradle

Change this line to: def FACEBOOK_SDK_VERSION = safeExtGet('facebookSdkVersion', '18.1.3') '18.1.3' is the latest version of the facebook-android-sdk."

Bro saved my day, my TL now happy

[HarshalPatilBharatNXT]

From this - implementation 'com.facebook.android:facebook-android-sdk:[17.0,18.0)' To this - implementation 'com.facebook.android:facebook-android-sdk:[17.0,19.0)' also change in android/app/build.gradle to (18.1.3) implementation 'com.facebook.android:facebook-android-sdk:18.1.3'

This worked for me.

[fastie4]

Hey, facebook, did your billions make you miss that someone deleted all the old versions from the metadata? 🤣🤣🤣

[mitaxe]

Same. Please add old versions!

[MeoMeww]

Same. old ver 11.x has dead.

[Nezz]

If you are still on version 17, this will work:

implementation 'com.facebook.android:facebook-core:[17.0.2]'

Same applies to any version you used previously. You can find the valid versions here: https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/com/facebook/android/facebook-applinks/

The catalog doesn't have old versions which is used for automatic version resolving.