Gradle Build Fail

Hello!
After a few successful builds, I’ve been getting a “gradle build failed” error.
Tried updating the SDK and Downgrading the JDK as recommended here How to fix Android Gradle Failure? - Questions & Answers - Unity Discussions

ANy ideas? did anyone had a similar problem?

this is the console text at failure-

CommandInvokationFailure: Gradle build failed.
C:/Program Files/Java/jdk1.8.0_211\bin\java.exe -classpath “C:\Program Files\Unity\Editor\Data\PlaybackEngines\AndroidPlayer\Tools\gradle\lib\gradle-launcher-4.6.jar” org.gradle.launcher.GradleMain “-Dorg.gradle.jvmargs=-Xmx4096m” “assembleDebug”
stderr[
FAILURE: Build failed with an exception.

  • What went wrong:
    Could not update C:\Users\rudis.gradle\caches\4.6\file-changes\last-build.bin

C:\Users\rudis.gradle\caches\4.6\file-changes\last-build.bin (Access is denied)

  • 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
    BUILD FAILED in 33s
    ]
    stdout[
    :checkDebugClasspath UP-TO-DATE
    :preBuild UP-TO-DATE
    :preDebugBuild UP-TO-DATE
    :compileDebugAidl NO-SOURCE
    :compileDebugRenderscript
    :checkDebugManifest UP-TO-DATE
    :generateDebugBuildConfig UP-TO-DATE
    :prepareLintJar UP-TO-DATE
    :mainApkListPersistenceDebug UP-TO-DATE
    :generateDebugResValues UP-TO-DATE
    :generateDebugResources
    :mergeDebugResources
    :createDebugCompatibleScreenManifests
    :processDebugManifest
    :splitsDiscoveryTaskDebug UP-TO-DATE
    :processDebugResources
    :generateDebugSources
    :javaPreCompileDebug UP-TO-DATE
    :compileDebugJavaWithJavac UP-TO-DATE
    :compileDebugNdk NO-SOURCE
    :compileDebugSources UP-TO-DATE
    :mergeDebugShaders UP-TO-DATE
    :compileDebugShaders UP-TO-DATE
    :generateDebugAssets UP-TO-DATE
    :mergeDebugAssets
    :transformClassesWithDexBuilderForDebug
    :transformDexArchiveWithExternalLibsDexMergerForDebug
    :transformDexArchiveWithDexMergerForDebug
    :mergeDebugJniLibFolders UP-TO-DATE
    :transformNativeLibsWithMergeJniLibsForDebug UP-TO-DATE
    :checkDebugLibraries UP-TO-DATE
    :processDebugJavaRes NO-SOURCE
    :transformResourcesWithMergeJavaResForDebug UP-TO-DATE
    :validateSigningDebug UP-TO-DATE
    :packageDebug
    :assembleDebug
    BUILD SUCCESSFUL in 33s
    27 actionable tasks: 10 executed, 17 up-to-date
    ]
    exit code: 1
    UnityEditor.Android.Command.WaitForProgramToRun (UnityEditor.Utils.Program p, UnityEditor.Android.Command+WaitingForProcessToExit waitingForProcessToExit, System.String errorMsg) (at <4132c5c2cd7b45b09ef33302ae416489>:0)
    UnityEditor.Android.Command.Run (System.Diagnostics.ProcessStartInfo psi, UnityEditor.Android.Command+WaitingForProcessToExit waitingForProcessToExit, System.String errorMsg) (at <4132c5c2cd7b45b09ef33302ae416489>:0)
    UnityEditor.Android.Command.Run (System.String command, System.String args, System.String workingdir, UnityEditor.Android.Command+WaitingForProcessToExit waitingForProcessToExit, System.String errorMsg) (at <4132c5c2cd7b45b09ef33302ae416489>:0)
    UnityEditor.Android.AndroidJavaTools.RunJava (System.String args, System.String workingdir, System.Action1[T] progress, System.String error) (at <4132c5c2cd7b45b09ef33302ae416489>:0) UnityEditor.Android.GradleWrapper.Run (UnityEditor.Android.AndroidJavaTools javaTools, System.String workingdir, System.String task, System.Action1[T] progress) (at <4132c5c2cd7b45b09ef33302ae416489>:0)
    Rethrow as GradleInvokationException: Gradle build failed
    UnityEditor.Android.GradleWrapper.Run (UnityEditor.Android.AndroidJavaTools javaTools, System.String workingdir, System.String task, System.Action`1[T] progress) (at <4132c5c2cd7b45b09ef33302ae416489>:0)
    UnityEditor.Android.PostProcessor.Tasks.BuildGradleProject.Execute (UnityEditor.Android.PostProcessor.PostProcessorContext context) (at <4132c5c2cd7b45b09ef33302ae416489>:0)
    UnityEditor.Android.PostProcessor.PostProcessRunner.RunAllTasks (UnityEditor.Android.PostProcessor.PostProcessorContext context) (at <4132c5c2cd7b45b09ef33302ae416489>:0)
    Rethrow as BuildFailedException: Exception of type ‘UnityEditor.Build.BuildFailedException’ was thrown.
    UnityEditor.Android.PostProcessor.CancelPostProcess.AbortBuild (System.String title, System.String message, System.Exception ex) (at <4132c5c2cd7b45b09ef33302ae416489>:0)
    UnityEditor.Android.PostProcessor.PostProcessRunner.RunAllTasks (UnityEditor.Android.PostProcessor.PostProcessorContext context) (at <4132c5c2cd7b45b09ef33302ae416489>:0)
    UnityEditor.Android.PostProcessAndroidPlayer.PostProcess (UnityEditor.BuildTarget target, System.String stagingAreaData, System.String stagingArea, System.String playerPackage, System.String installPath, System.String companyName, System.String productName, UnityEditor.BuildOptions options, UnityEditor.RuntimeClassRegistry usedClassRegistry, UnityEditor.Build.Reporting.BuildReport report) (at <4132c5c2cd7b45b09ef33302ae416489>:0)
    UnityEditor.Android.AndroidBuildPostprocessor.PostProcess (UnityEditor.Modules.BuildPostProcessArgs args, UnityEditor.BuildProperties& outProperties) (at <4132c5c2cd7b45b09ef33302ae416489>:0)
    UnityEditor.PostprocessBuildPlayer.Postprocess (UnityEditor.BuildTargetGroup targetGroup, UnityEditor.BuildTarget target, System.String installPath, System.String companyName, System.String productName, System.Int32 width, System.Int32 height, UnityEditor.BuildOptions options, UnityEditor.RuntimeClassRegistry usedClassRegistry, UnityEditor.Build.Reporting.BuildReport report) (at C:/buildslave/unity/build/Editor/Mono/BuildPipeline/PostprocessBuildPlayer.cs:281)
    UnityEngine.GUIUtility:ProcessEvent(Int32, IntPtr)

summery-
FAILURE: Build failed with an exception.

  • What went wrong:
    Could not update C:\Users\rudis.gradle\caches\4.6\file-changes\last-build.bin

C:\Users\rudis.gradle\caches\4.6\file-changes\last-build.bin (Access is denied)

  • 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
    BUILD FAILED in 33s