We also recommend to update Checkstyle to version 9.3 or later.

==== Missing files specified with relative paths when running Checkstyle

Gradle 7.5 consistently sets the current working directory for the Checkstyle task to `$<<directory_layout.adoc#dir:gradle_user_home,GRADLE_USER_HOME>>/workers`.

   *
   * @since 20.0 (varargs overload since 2.0)
   */
  public static void checkArgument(
      boolean expression,
      // TODO: cl/604933487 - Make errorMessageTemplate consistently @CheckForNull across overloads.
      @CheckForNull String errorMessageTemplate,
      @CheckForNull Object p1,
      @CheckForNull Object p2) {
    if (!expression) {

   *
   * @since 20.0 (varargs overload since 2.0)
   */
  public static void checkArgument(
      boolean expression,
      // TODO: cl/604933487 - Make errorMessageTemplate consistently @CheckForNull across overloads.
      @CheckForNull String errorMessageTemplate,
      @CheckForNull Object p1,
      @CheckForNull Object p2) {
    if (!expression) {

You will need to explicitly declare any missing dependencies that you need.

[[rel4.7:plain_console_output]]
=== [4.7] Changes to the structure of Gradle's plain console output

The plain console mode now formats output consistently with the rich console, which means that the output format has changed.
For example:

 * The output produced by a given task is now grouped together, even when other tasks execute in parallel with it.

reading or writing the cached configuration data via the `GRADLE_ENCRYPTION_KEY` environment variable.

[IMPORTANT]
====
You must ensure that the same encryption key is consistently provided across multiple Gradle runs,
or else Gradle will not be able to reuse existing cached configurations.
====

[[config_cache:secrets:generating_encryption_key]]