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In NetBeans 8.x.x the Maven Indexing seems to last forever. It seems to index central, sonatype and doesn't stop. I tried set Tools > Options > Java > Maven > Index > Index Update Frequency > 'Never' But the index task still appears sometimes at the bottom of the IDE
did you try out a build created after #239915 was fixed?