# Nexus deletes maven-metadata.xml

## post by max.schaefer on Jan 4, 2024

Hello,

in my Nexus instance’s (Sonatype Nexus Repository OSS 3.63.0-01) maven repository I’ve got these kind of artifacts:

1.  
   `<groupId>a</groupId>`  
   `<artifactId>b</artifactId>`

2.  
   `<groupId>a.b</groupId>`  
   `<artifactId>c</artifactId>`

When I delete via the UI or REST a version of 2. and afterwards upload a new version of 2. then Nexus deletes the maven-metadata.xml of 1. (a/b/maven-metadata.xml)

It does not automatically rebuild the maven-metadata.xml of 1.

I need to run a task of type Repair - Rebuild Maven repository metadata (maven-metadata.xml) to get it back.

Is that an expected behavior?

## post by mpiggott on Jan 11, 2024

This seems like a bug to me. Your projects are a little unusual and would result in different types of metadata at the same directory level. If you wouldn’t mind reporting it in: [Issues · sonatype/nexus-public · GitHub](https://github.com/sonatype/nexus-public/issues)

## post by max.schaefer on Jan 12, 2024

Thanks for your response. I’ve submitted [Nexus deletes maven-metadata.xml · Issue #314 · sonatype/nexus-public · GitHub](https://github.com/sonatype/nexus-public/issues/314)