Eclipse loops endlessly: Invoking 'Maven Project Builder'

Question

Ugh! My Eclipse is stuck in an endless loop:

• No operations to display at this time
• Refreshing Workspace Building
• Workspace. Invoking \'Maven Pro

Answer 1

Eclipse on my workstation hangs every time I try to update maven project. The issue is not resolved even after trying a lot of resolutions/workarounds suggested by community. The only thing that works for me is to run mvn clean and install commands from command prompt. I end the task in task manager, run mvn commands and then re-launch eclipse. Running clean build after re-launching eclipse works fine.