import org.gradle.api.tasks.*;
            import java.util.Set;
            import java.util.Collections;
            import java.io.File;
            import java.nio.file.Path;

            @CacheableTask
            public abstract class MyTask extends DefaultTask {
                @javax.inject.Inject
                org.gradle.api.internal.file.FileResolver fileResolver;

                @InputDirectory

This error indicates that you have annotated a type with `@CacheableTransform` on something that is not an artifact transform, or `@CacheableTask` on something which is not a `Task`.

The solution is to remove the annotation.

For tasks, the annotation to use is `@CacheableTask`.
For artifact transforms, the annotation to use is `@CacheableTransform`

[[missing_normalization_annotation]]
== Missing normalization annotation

        then:
        succeeds("customTask")
    }

    def "corrupted cache artifact metadata provides useful error message"() {
        when:
        buildFile << """
            @CacheableTask
            class CustomTask extends DefaultTask {
                @OutputDirectory File outputDir = new File(temporaryDir, 'output')
                @TaskAction
                void generate() {

import org.gradle.api.internal.project.ProjectInternal
import org.gradle.api.internal.project.ProjectStateRegistry
import org.gradle.api.invocation.Gradle
import org.gradle.api.provider.Property
import org.gradle.api.tasks.CacheableTask
import org.gradle.api.tasks.Classpath
import org.gradle.api.tasks.IgnoreEmptyDirectories
import org.gradle.api.tasks.Input
import org.gradle.api.tasks.InputDirectory
import org.gradle.api.tasks.InputFiles

    def setup() {
        def bytes = new byte[1024 * 1024]
        new Random().nextBytes(bytes)
        file("output.txt").bytes = bytes

        buildFile << """
            @CacheableTask
            abstract class CustomTask extends DefaultTask {
                @OutputFile File outputFile = new File(temporaryDir, "output.txt")
                @Input String run = project.findProperty("run") ?: ""

        noneSkipped()
    }

    def "order of resources on classpath does not affect how we calculate the cache key"() {
        buildFile << """
            apply plugin: 'base'

            @CacheableTask
            class CustomTask extends DefaultTask {
                @OutputFile File outputFile = new File(temporaryDir, "output.txt")
                @Classpath FileCollection classpath = project.fileTree("resources")

                }
            }
            def evaluationCount = project.getGradle().getSharedServices().registerIfAbsent("evaluationCount", EvaluationCountBuildService) {}

            @CacheableTask
            abstract class CustomTask extends DefaultTask {

                @Inject
                abstract ProjectLayout getLayout()

                @Internal

            import org.gradle.api.tasks.*;
            import java.util.Set;
            import java.util.Collections;
            import java.io.File;
            import java.nio.file.Path;

            @CacheableTask
            public abstract class MyTask extends DefaultTask {
                @javax.inject.Inject
                org.gradle.api.internal.file.FileResolver fileResolver;

                @InputDirectory

        outputContains("Value of input property 'nested.\$0.prop' has changed for task ':myTask'")
    }

    private static String taskWithNestedBeanFromCustomClassLoader() {
        """
            @CacheableTask
            class TaskWithNestedProperty extends DefaultTask  {
                @Nested
                Object bean
                @TaskAction action() {
                    bean.output.text = bean.input.text

            super(checker)
        }

        NotCacheableWithoutReason noReasonOnTask() {
            workType = "task"
            cacheableAnnotation = "@CacheableTask"
            otherAnnotations.add("@UntrackedTask(because = ...)")
            this
        }

        NotCacheableWithoutReason noReasonOnArtifactTransform() {
            workType = "transform action"