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Sounds like the annotation has class retention, not runtime retention. Did you use the correct annotation? 

Btw. I wouldn't use Maven local but better use a composite build.

Thanks <@URQ797WRW>. I was able to use `pluginClass.getConstructors()[0].getAnnotations()` to find that the actual annotation on the constructor is `@shadow.javax.inject.Inject()` . So it seems the publication is shadowing annotations. That gives me something to go on.