Console modes: --console=plain/rich/verbose/machine

apache-maven/pom.xml

@@ -78,13 +78,6 @@ under the License.
       <version>${slf4jVersion}</version>
       <scope>runtime</scope>
     </dependency>
-    <!-- bridge from java.util.logging (JUL) to SLF4J -->
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
-      <artifactId>jul-to-slf4j</artifactId>
-      <version>${slf4jVersion}</version>
-      <scope>runtime</scope>
-    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.maven.resolver</groupId>
       <artifactId>maven-resolver-connector-basic</artifactId>

api/maven-api-cli/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/api/cli/Options.java

@@ -182,6 +182,26 @@ public interface Options {
     @Nonnull
     Optional<String> color();
 
+    /**
+     * Returns the console output mode.
+     * <p>
+     * Supported modes:
+     * <ul>
+     *   <li>{@code "auto"} — selects {@code "plain"} in CI, {@code "rich"} on interactive TTYs,
+     *       {@code "verbose"} otherwise</li>
+     *   <li>{@code "plain"} — compact one-line-per-module output with structured summary</li>
+     *   <li>{@code "rich"} — JLine status bar with live reactor progress (requires TTY)</li>
+     *   <li>{@code "verbose"} — full mojo-level output (Maven 4.0 default behavior)</li>
+     *   <li>{@code "machine"} — JSON lines: one typed JSON object per lifecycle event,
+     *       designed for piping to external tools, CI systems, and LLM agents</li>
+     * </ul>
+     *
+     * @return an {@link Optional} containing the console mode, or empty if not set
+     * @since 4.1.0
+     */
+    @Nonnull
+    Optional<String> console();
+
     /**
      * Indicates whether Maven should operate in offline mode.
      *

api/maven-api-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/api/BuildEnvironment.java

@@ -0,0 +1,203 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+package org.apache.maven.api;
+
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
+
+import org.apache.maven.api.annotations.Experimental;
+import org.apache.maven.api.annotations.Immutable;
+import org.apache.maven.api.annotations.Nonnull;
+
+/**
+ * Describes the invocation context of a Maven build: the flags, properties, and
+ * environment settings that were active when the build started.
+ *
+ * <p>An instance is available via {@link Session#buildEnvironment()} during the build,
+ * and is also recorded in the structured build report for post-mortem analysis and
+ * reproducibility.
+ *
+ * <h2>What is captured</h2>
+ * <ul>
+ *   <li>Goals and lifecycle phases requested ({@link #goals()})</li>
+ *   <li>User properties passed via {@code -Dkey=value} ({@link #userProperties()}),
+ *       with sensitive keys redacted — see {@link #userProperties()} for the denylist</li>
+ *   <li>A curated subset of system properties relevant to reproducibility
+ *       ({@link #systemInfo()}): OS name/arch/version, Java vendor and VM name/version,
+ *       Maven home, and available processors</li>
+ *   <li>Local repository path ({@link #localRepository()})</li>
+ *   <li>Explicitly activated or deactivated profiles ({@link #activeProfiles()})</li>
+ *   <li>Selected projects ({@link #selectedProjects()}) and resume-from
+ *       ({@link #resumeFrom()})</li>
+ *   <li>Reactor failure behavior ({@link #reactorFailureBehavior()})</li>
+ *   <li>Offline mode ({@link #offline()}) and snapshot update policy
+ *       ({@link #updateSnapshots()})</li>
+ *   <li>Degree of concurrency ({@link #threads()})</li>
+ *   <li>Transfer-progress suppression ({@link #noTransferProgress()}) and batch mode ({@link #batchMode()})</li>
+ * </ul>
+ *
+ * <h2>What is not yet captured</h2>
+ * <p>The following information is not currently available through the Maven 4 API
+ * and therefore cannot be recorded here. It may be added in future versions as
+ * the API evolves:
+ * <ul>
+ *   <li><b>Raw command-line arguments</b> ({@code args[]}): the CLI bootstrap layer
+ *       does not surface these through {@code MavenExecutionRequest} or the session</li>
+ *   <li><b>Implicitly activated profiles</b>: profiles activated by OS, JDK, or
+ *       property conditions rather than by explicit {@code -P} flag; computing
+ *       these requires per-project activation and is not available at session level</li>
+ * </ul>
+ *
+ * @since 4.1.0
+ * @see Session#buildEnvironment()
+ */
+@Experimental
+@Immutable
+public interface BuildEnvironment {
+
+    /**
+     * The goals or lifecycle phases that were requested on the command line.
+     *
+     * @return the requested goals/phases, never {@code null}
+     */
+    @Nonnull
+    List<String> goals();
+
+    /**
+     * User properties passed via {@code -Dkey=value} on the command line or via
+     * {@code --define}.
+     *
+     * <p>Sensitive keys are redacted and replaced with {@code "***"}. A key is
+     * considered sensitive if its lower-case form contains any of:
+     * {@code password}, {@code passwd}, {@code secret}, {@code token},
+     * {@code apikey}, {@code api_key}, {@code credential}, {@code passphrase}.
+     *
+     * @return the user properties, never {@code null}; values of sensitive keys
+     *         are replaced with {@code "***"}
+     */
+    @Nonnull
+    Map<String, String> userProperties();
+
+    /**
+     * A curated subset of system properties capturing platform and JVM identity,
+     * relevant for build reproducibility analysis.
+     *
+     * <p>The following keys are included when present:
+     * {@code os.name}, {@code os.arch}, {@code os.version},
+     * {@code java.vendor}, {@code java.vm.name}, {@code java.vm.version},
+     * {@code maven.home}, {@code user.home}, {@code user.name},
+     * and {@code available.processors} (from {@code Runtime.getRuntime()}).
+     *
+     * <p>The full {@code System.getProperties()} map is intentionally not captured:
+     * it is large, mostly irrelevant, and may contain sensitive values.
+     *
+     * @return the curated system info map, never {@code null}
+     */
+    @Nonnull
+    Map<String, String> systemInfo();
+
+    /**
+     * The path to the local repository used for this build.
+     *
+     * @return the local repository path string, never {@code null}
+     */
+    @Nonnull
+    String localRepository();
+
+    /**
+     * Profiles explicitly activated ({@code -P profileId}) or deactivated
+     * ({@code -P !profileId}) on the command line.
+     *
+     * <p>This list reflects only explicit {@code -P} selections. Profiles activated
+     * implicitly by OS, JDK, or property conditions are not included here — see
+     * the class-level javadoc for details.
+     *
+     * @return the explicitly selected profiles, never {@code null}; may be empty
+     */
+    @Nonnull
+    List<String> activeProfiles();
+
+    /**
+     * Projects explicitly selected via {@code -pl} / {@code --projects}.
+     *
+     * @return the selected project selectors (e.g. {@code ":my-module"}),
+     *         never {@code null}; empty for a full reactor build
+     */
+    @Nonnull
+    List<String> selectedProjects();
+
+    /**
+     * The project to resume from, as specified via {@code -rf} / {@code --resume-from}.
+     *
+     * @return the resume-from selector, or {@code null} if not specified
+     */
+    String resumeFrom();
+
+    /**
+     * The reactor failure behavior, corresponding to the {@code -ff} / {@code -fae} /
+     * {@code -fn} flags.
+     *
+     * <p>Possible values (matching {@code MavenExecutionRequest} constants):
+     * <ul>
+     *   <li>{@code "FAIL_FAST"} — stop at first failure ({@code -ff}, default)</li>
+     *   <li>{@code "FAIL_AT_END"} — build all, report failures at end ({@code -fae})</li>
+     *   <li>{@code "FAIL_NEVER"} — always exit with success ({@code -fn})</li>
+     * </ul>
+     *
+     * @return the failure behavior string, never {@code null}
+     */
+    @Nonnull
+    String reactorFailureBehavior();
+
+    /**
+     * Whether the build was invoked in offline mode ({@code -o} / {@code --offline}).
+     *
+     * @return {@code true} if offline mode was active
+     */
+    boolean offline();
+
+    /**
+     * Whether snapshot updates were forced ({@code -U} / {@code --update-snapshots}).
+     *
+     * @return {@code true} if snapshot updates were forced
+     */
+    boolean updateSnapshots();
+
+    /**
+     * Whether transfer progress output was suppressed ({@code --no-transfer-progress} / {@code -ntp}).
+     *
+     * @return {@code true} if transfer progress was disabled
+     */
+    boolean noTransferProgress();
+
+    /**
+     * Whether the build was invoked in non-interactive (batch) mode ({@code --batch-mode} / {@code -B}).
+     * Equivalent to {@code !isInteractiveMode()} on {@code MavenExecutionRequest}.
+     *
+     * @return {@code true} if batch mode was active
+     */
+    boolean batchMode();
+
+    /**
+     * The degree of concurrency ({@code -T} flag), or {@code 1} for sequential builds.
+     *
+     * @return the thread count
+     */
+    int threads();
+}

api/maven-api-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/api/Session.java

@@ -46,6 +46,19 @@
 @ThreadSafe
 public interface Session extends ProtoSession {
 
+    /**
+     * Returns the environment context of this build: the flags, properties, and
+     * platform settings that were active when the session started.
+     *
+     * <p>The returned instance is immutable and captures a snapshot of the invocation
+     * context (offline mode, user properties, selected projects, etc.).
+     *
+     * @return the build environment, never {@code null}
+     * @since 4.1.0
+     */
+    @Nonnull
+    BuildEnvironment buildEnvironment();
+
     /**
      * Returns the current maven version.
      *