Unable to get product info error showing in console

Issue

• When building projects, users are getting the below error in the console: 
  

  
  FAILURE: Build failed with an exception.
  
  * Where:
  Settings file 'C:\Users\ABC\Downloads\Dev\liferay\example\settings.gradle' line: 16
  
  * What went wrong:
  A problem occurred evaluating settings 'example'.
  > Failed to apply plugin 'com.liferay.workspace'.
     > Could not create an instance of type com.liferay.gradle.plugins.workspace.WorkspaceExtension.
        > Unable to get product info for :dxp-7.2-sp3
  
  * Try:
  Run with --stacktrace option to get the stack trace. Run with --info or --debug option to get more log output. Run with --scan to get full insights.
  
  * Get more help at https://help.gradle.org
  
  CONFIGURE FAILED in 21s

Environment

• Liferay 7.2
• Liferay 7.3
• Liferay 7.4

Resolution

• One of the instances of this error is due to  https://release.liferay.com/ site being down while using liferay.workspace.product=dxp-7.2-sp3 (or any workspace project)
• Users can manage to work around this issue, by using the 'bom' file instead of the API. In gradle.properties file, change liferay.workspace.product=dxp-7.2-sp3 to liferay.workspace.target.platform.version=7.2.10.3 
  

  liferay.workspace.target.platform.version=7.2.10.3

• And, set the setting.gradle to use the latest workspace plugin:
  

  buildscript {
   dependencies {
   classpath group: "biz.aQute.bnd", name: "biz.aQute.bnd", version: "5.2.0"
   classpath(group: "com.liferay", name: "com.liferay.gradle.plugins.workspace", version: "9.1.5") {
   exclude group: "biz.aQute.bnd", module: "biz.aQute.bnd"
   }
   classpath group: "net.saliman", name: "gradle-properties-plugin", version: "1.4.6"
   }
  
   repositories {
   maven {
   url "https://repository-cdn.liferay.com/nexus/content/groups/public"
   }
  
   maven {
   url "https://repository.liferay.com/nexus/content/groups/public"
   }
   }
  }
  
  apply plugin: "net.saliman.properties"
  
  apply plugin: "com.liferay.workspace"

  Note: After changing the workspace plugin version, if an error occurs during the build, adjust the version to match your workspace by referring to this link.

Additional Information

• release.dxp.bom-7.2.10.3.pom