I'm seeing plugin portal being rate limited by maven central, i.e.

13:36:05        > Could not resolve software.amazon.awssdk:ssooidc:2.40.8.
13:36:05           > Could not get resource '<https://plugins.gradle.org/m2/software/amazon/awssdk/ssooidc/2.40.8/ssooidc-2.40.8.pom>'.
13:36:05              > Could not GET '<https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/software/amazon/awssdk/ssooidc/2.40.8/ssooidc-2.40.8.pom>'. Received status code 429 from server: Too Many Requests

Anybody else? https://status.gradle.com/ is all green...

The plugin portal is not accessing Maven Central. It is sending you a redirect to Maven Central. It is you that is rate-limited.

oh, right, thanks for explaining! 🤦