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Asked: 2026-06-12T00:38:08+00:00

I am just getting started with Play Framework. I have downloaded and installed play

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I am just getting started with Play Framework. I have downloaded and installed play and created a sample java application. When I try to start the play console in the application directory it hangs at “Loading project definition”.

PS C:\dev\play\javatest> play.bat
Getting org.scala-sbt sbt_2.9.1 0.11.3 ...
:: retrieving :: org.scala-sbt#boot-app
        confs: [default]
        37 artifacts copied, 0 already retrieved (7245kB/283ms)
[info] Loading project definition from C:\dev\play\myFirstApp\project

When i try running a Scala application i get a message about it waiting for a lock:

PS C:\dev\play\scalatest> play
[info] Loading project definition from C:\dev\play\test1\project
Waiting for lock on C:\lib\play\repository\.sbt.ivy.lock to be available...

Running Windows 7, JDK 1.7.0_05 and Play Framework 2.0.2. Any ideas?

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  1. Editorial Team

    I just experienced this myself with Play 2 and it turns out it wasn’t truly hanging, it was just pulling a maven and downloading the Internet. To verify this is the same behavior you were experiencing edit project/plugins.sbt and replace:

    logLevel := Level.Warn

    with

    logLevel := Level.Debug

    (Though I am building on OSX I imagine you will experience similar output on Windows.)

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