# ./gradlew clean check is giving error \> Task :licenseHeaders FAILED **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [May 23, 2021, 3:23am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/gradlew-clean-check-is-giving-error-task-licenseheaders-failed/273745 "2021-05-23T03:23:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Sreekumar\_Chathambil](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/sreekumar_chathambil/32/82772_2.png) [@Sreekumar\_Chathambil](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Sreekumar_Chathambil)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2021, 3:23am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/gradlew-clean-check-is-giving-error-task-licenseheaders-failed/273745/1 "2021-05-23T03:23:39Z")
Hi, I am new to plugin development. I have created ingest-plugin project using cookiecutter for the version 7.9.0 and tried checking with ./gradle clean check. i was getting an error Task :licenseHeaders FAILED Unapproved licenses: /home/piway/projects/my-plugin/ingest-projecta/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/plugin/ingest/projecta/IngestProjectaPlugin.java /home/piway/projects/my-plugin/ingest-projecta/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/plugin/ingest/projecta/ProjectaProcessor.java /home/piway/projects/my-plugin/ingest-projecta/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/plugin/ingest/projecta/ProjectaProcessorTests.java /home/piway/projects/my-plugin/ingest-projecta/src/yamlRestTest/java/org/elasticsearch/plugin/ingest/projecta/ProjectaRestIT.java FAILURE: Build failed with an exception. - What went wrong: Execution failed for task ':licenseHeaders'. > License header problems were found! Full details: /home/piway/projects/my-plugin/ingest-projecta/build/reports/licenseHeaders/rat.log ## rat.log ## Summary Generated at: 2021-05-23T08:31:58+05:30 Notes: 0 Binaries: 0 Archives: 0 Standards: 4 Apache Licensed: 4 Generated Documents: 0 JavaDocs are generated and so license header is optional Generated files do not required license headers 0 Unknown Licenses * * * Unapproved licenses: /home/piway/projects/my-plugin/ingest-projecta/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/plugin/ingest/projecta/IngestProjectaPlugin.java /home/piway/projects/my-plugin/ingest-projecta/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/plugin/ingest/projecta/ProjectaProcessor.java /home/piway/projects/my-plugin/ingest-projecta/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/plugin/ingest/projecta/ProjectaProcessorTests.java /home/piway/projects/my-plugin/ingest-projecta/src/yamlRestTest/java/org/elasticsearch/plugin/ingest/projecta/ProjectaRestIT.java * * * Archives: * * * Files with Apache License headers will be marked AL Binary files (which do not require AL headers) will be marked B Compressed archives will be marked A Notices, licenses etc will be marked N !AL /home/piway/projects/my-plugin/ingest-projecta/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/plugin/ingest/projecta/IngestProjectaPlugin.java !AL /home/piway/projects/my-plugin/ingest-projecta/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/plugin/ingest/projecta/ProjectaProcessor.java !AL /home/piway/projects/my-plugin/ingest-projecta/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/plugin/ingest/projecta/ProjectaProcessorTests.java !AL /home/piway/projects/my-plugin/ingest-projecta/src/yamlRestTest/java/org/elasticsearch/plugin/ingest/projecta/ProjectaRestIT.java * * * Printing headers for files without AL header... ---
**Author:** ![spinscale](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/spinscale/32/25011_2.png) [@spinscale](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/spinscale)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2021, 10:30am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/gradlew-clean-check-is-giving-error-task-licenseheaders-failed/273745/2 "2021-05-25T10:30:50Z")
This is part of the build-tools suite for building custom plugin, but merely an internal helper to ensure that the Elasticsearch source files always have a license. You could customize this or disable by putting `licenseHeaders.enabled = false` in your gradle file. Hope that helps! ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2021, 10:31am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/gradlew-clean-check-is-giving-error-task-licenseheaders-failed/273745/3 "2021-06-22T10:31:23Z")
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