diff --git a/maven/cn1app-archetype/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/common/pom.xml b/maven/cn1app-archetype/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/common/pom.xml
index f6c1c3bd14..2647198ae9 100644
--- a/maven/cn1app-archetype/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/common/pom.xml
+++ b/maven/cn1app-archetype/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/common/pom.xml
@@ -382,7 +382,7 @@
                         <id>cn1-process-classes</id>
                         <phase>process-classes</phase>
                         <goals>
-                            <goal>compliance-check</goal>
+                            <goal>bytecode-compliance</goal>
                             <goal>css</goal>
                             <!-- Scans the project's compiled bytecode for
                                  @Route declarations and generates the
diff --git a/maven/cn1lib-archetype/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/common/pom.xml b/maven/cn1lib-archetype/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/common/pom.xml
index 747a7e4a30..6b8a54fe86 100644
--- a/maven/cn1lib-archetype/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/common/pom.xml
+++ b/maven/cn1lib-archetype/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/common/pom.xml
@@ -46,10 +46,10 @@
                         </goals>
                     </execution>
                     <execution>
-                        <id>cn1-compliance-check</id>
+                        <id>cn1-bytecode-compliance</id>
                         <phase>process-classes</phase>
                         <goals>
-                            <goal>compliance-check</goal>
+                            <goal>bytecode-compliance</goal>
                         </goals>
                     </execution>
                     <execution>
diff --git a/maven/codenameone-maven-plugin/src/main/java/com/codename1/maven/BytecodeComplianceMojo.java b/maven/codenameone-maven-plugin/src/main/java/com/codename1/maven/BytecodeComplianceMojo.java
index 28ba54696a..16291f2361 100644
--- a/maven/codenameone-maven-plugin/src/main/java/com/codename1/maven/BytecodeComplianceMojo.java
+++ b/maven/codenameone-maven-plugin/src/main/java/com/codename1/maven/BytecodeComplianceMojo.java
@@ -35,6 +35,9 @@
 import java.io.InputStream;
 import java.io.PrintWriter;
 import java.io.StringWriter;
+import java.net.MalformedURLException;
+import java.net.URL;
+import java.net.URLClassLoader;
 import java.util.ArrayDeque;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Arrays;
@@ -81,6 +84,7 @@ public class BytecodeComplianceMojo extends AbstractCN1Mojo {
 
     private File complianceOutputFile;
     private InvocationRewriteSummary lastInvocationRewriteSummary = new InvocationRewriteSummary();
+    private URLClassLoader validationClassLoader;
 
     private static Map<MethodRef, MethodRef> createInvocationRewriteRules() {
         Map<MethodRef, MethodRef> rules = new LinkedHashMap<MethodRef, MethodRef>();
@@ -318,20 +322,24 @@ private InvocationRewriteSummary applyInvocationRewrites(File outputDir) throws
         InvocationRewriteSummary summary = new InvocationRewriteSummary();
         List<File> classFiles = new ArrayList<File>();
         collectClassFiles(outputDir, classFiles);
-        for (File classFile : classFiles) {
-            try {
-                byte[] originalBytes = FileUtils.readFileToByteArray(classFile);
-                InvocationRewriteResult rewriteResult = rewriteClassInvocations(originalBytes);
-                if (rewriteResult.rewrittenCallsites > 0) {
-                    validateClass(rewriteResult.bytes, classFile);
-                    FileUtils.writeByteArrayToFile(classFile, rewriteResult.bytes);
-                    summary.rewrittenClasses++;
-                    summary.rewrittenCallsites += rewriteResult.rewrittenCallsites;
-                    getLog().info("Applied " + rewriteResult.rewrittenCallsites + " invocation rewrite(s) in " + classFile.getAbsolutePath());
+        try {
+            for (File classFile : classFiles) {
+                try {
+                    byte[] originalBytes = FileUtils.readFileToByteArray(classFile);
+                    InvocationRewriteResult rewriteResult = rewriteClassInvocations(originalBytes);
+                    if (rewriteResult.rewrittenCallsites > 0) {
+                        validateClass(rewriteResult.bytes, classFile, outputDir);
+                        FileUtils.writeByteArrayToFile(classFile, rewriteResult.bytes);
+                        summary.rewrittenClasses++;
+                        summary.rewrittenCallsites += rewriteResult.rewrittenCallsites;
+                        getLog().info("Applied " + rewriteResult.rewrittenCallsites + " invocation rewrite(s) in " + classFile.getAbsolutePath());
+                    }
+                } catch (IOException ex) {
+                    throw new MojoExecutionException("Failed to rewrite invocations for " + classFile, ex);
                 }
-            } catch (IOException ex) {
-                throw new MojoExecutionException("Failed to rewrite invocations for " + classFile, ex);
             }
+        } finally {
+            closeValidationClassLoader();
         }
         return summary;
     }
@@ -364,21 +372,85 @@ public void visitMethodInsn(int opcode, String owner, String methodName, String
         return result;
     }
 
-    private void validateClass(byte[] classBytes, File classFile) throws MojoExecutionException {
+    private void validateClass(byte[] classBytes, File classFile, File outputDir) throws MojoExecutionException {
+        ClassLoader loader = getValidationClassLoader(outputDir);
         try {
             StringWriter stringWriter = new StringWriter();
             PrintWriter printWriter = new PrintWriter(stringWriter);
-            CheckClassAdapter.verify(new ClassReader(classBytes), false, printWriter);
+            CheckClassAdapter.verify(new ClassReader(classBytes), loader, false, printWriter);
             printWriter.flush();
             String validationOutput = stringWriter.toString().trim();
             if (!validationOutput.isEmpty()) {
+                if (isUnresolvableTypeOutput(validationOutput)) {
+                    getLog().debug("Skipping deep verification for " + classFile.getName()
+                            + ": referenced type(s) not on classpath. Output: " + validationOutput);
+                    return;
+                }
                 throw new MojoExecutionException("Bytecode validation failed for " + classFile + ": " + validationOutput);
             }
         } catch (RuntimeException ex) {
+            if (isUnresolvableTypeCause(ex)) {
+                getLog().debug("Skipping deep verification for " + classFile.getName()
+                        + ": referenced type(s) not on classpath (" + ex.getMessage() + ").");
+                return;
+            }
             throw new MojoExecutionException("Bytecode validation failed for " + classFile, ex);
         }
     }
 
+    private ClassLoader getValidationClassLoader(File outputDir) {
+        if (validationClassLoader != null) {
+            return validationClassLoader;
+        }
+        List<URL> urls = new ArrayList<URL>();
+        try {
+            if (outputDir != null && outputDir.isDirectory()) {
+                urls.add(outputDir.toURI().toURL());
+            }
+            if (project != null) {
+                for (File jar : getDependencyJarsForScanning()) {
+                    if (jar != null && jar.exists()) {
+                        urls.add(jar.toURI().toURL());
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        } catch (MalformedURLException ex) {
+            getLog().debug("Failed to assemble validation classloader URLs; falling back to plugin classloader.", ex);
+            return getClass().getClassLoader();
+        }
+        validationClassLoader = new URLClassLoader(urls.toArray(new URL[0]), getClass().getClassLoader());
+        return validationClassLoader;
+    }
+
+    private void closeValidationClassLoader() {
+        if (validationClassLoader != null) {
+            try {
+                validationClassLoader.close();
+            } catch (IOException ex) {
+                getLog().debug("Failed to close validation classloader", ex);
+            }
+            validationClassLoader = null;
+        }
+    }
+
+    private static boolean isUnresolvableTypeCause(Throwable ex) {
+        Throwable t = ex;
+        while (t != null) {
+            if (t instanceof ClassNotFoundException || t instanceof TypeNotPresentException || t instanceof NoClassDefFoundError) {
+                return true;
+            }
+            t = t.getCause();
+        }
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    private static boolean isUnresolvableTypeOutput(String output) {
+        return output.contains("ClassNotFoundException")
+                || output.contains("TypeNotPresentException")
+                || output.contains("NoClassDefFoundError")
+                || output.contains(" not present");
+    }
+
     private List<Violation> scanProjectClasses(File outputDir, final Map<String, ClassMetadata> allowedIndex, final Map<String, ClassMetadata> projectAndDependencyIndex) throws MojoExecutionException {
         List<File> classFiles = new ArrayList<File>();
         collectClassFiles(outputDir, classFiles);
diff --git a/maven/codenameone-maven-plugin/src/main/java/com/codename1/maven/ComplianceCheckMojo.java b/maven/codenameone-maven-plugin/src/main/java/com/codename1/maven/ComplianceCheckMojo.java
index 4931526b79..5edf8f3755 100644
--- a/maven/codenameone-maven-plugin/src/main/java/com/codename1/maven/ComplianceCheckMojo.java
+++ b/maven/codenameone-maven-plugin/src/main/java/com/codename1/maven/ComplianceCheckMojo.java
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 import org.apache.maven.plugins.annotations.ResolutionScope;
 
 /**
- * @deprecated Use {@link BytecodeComplianceMojo}. This goal is kept as a backward-compatible alias.
+ * @deprecated Renamed to the bytecode-compliance goal. This alias is kept for backward compatibility with older project POMs.
  */
 @Deprecated
 @Mojo(name = "compliance-check", defaultPhase = LifecyclePhase.PROCESS_CLASSES, requiresDependencyResolution = ResolutionScope.TEST)
diff --git a/maven/codenameone-maven-plugin/src/main/resources/META-INF/plexus/components.xml b/maven/codenameone-maven-plugin/src/main/resources/META-INF/plexus/components.xml
index 6129251e10..325e2ee30c 100644
--- a/maven/codenameone-maven-plugin/src/main/resources/META-INF/plexus/components.xml
+++ b/maven/codenameone-maven-plugin/src/main/resources/META-INF/plexus/components.xml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
                             </process-resources>
                             <compile>
                                 org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-compiler-plugin:compile,
-                                com.codenameone:codenameone-maven-plugin:compliance-check
+                                com.codenameone:codenameone-maven-plugin:bytecode-compliance
                             </compile>
                             <process-test-resources>
                                 org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-resources-plugin:testResources
diff --git a/maven/tests/core-tests/pom.xml b/maven/tests/core-tests/pom.xml
index 2e7320ca6b..fa7e7b476e 100644
--- a/maven/tests/core-tests/pom.xml
+++ b/maven/tests/core-tests/pom.xml
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@
                         <id>cn1-process-classes</id>
                     <phase>process-classes</phase>
                         <goals>
-                            <goal>compliance-check</goal>
+                            <goal>bytecode-compliance</goal>
                             <goal>compile-javase-sources</goal>
                         </goals>
                     </execution>
diff --git a/maven/tests/signindemo/pom.xml b/maven/tests/signindemo/pom.xml
index 939f59c89d..47c24a72df 100644
--- a/maven/tests/signindemo/pom.xml
+++ b/maven/tests/signindemo/pom.xml
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@
                         <id>cn1-process-classes</id>
                     <phase>process-classes</phase>
                         <goals>
-                            <goal>compliance-check</goal>
+                            <goal>bytecode-compliance</goal>
                             <goal>compile-javase-sources</goal>
                         </goals>
                     </execution>
diff --git a/maven/tests/testnativeinterfaces/pom.xml b/maven/tests/testnativeinterfaces/pom.xml
index e73dd46d8e..e1f1a653ef 100644
--- a/maven/tests/testnativeinterfaces/pom.xml
+++ b/maven/tests/testnativeinterfaces/pom.xml
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@
                         <id>cn1-process-classes</id>
                     <phase>process-classes</phase>
                         <goals>
-                            <goal>compliance-check</goal>
+                            <goal>bytecode-compliance</goal>
                             <goal>compile-javase-sources</goal>
                         </goals>
                     </execution>
diff --git a/scripts/cn1playground/common/pom.xml b/scripts/cn1playground/common/pom.xml
index 06b87e131e..6682c56808 100644
--- a/scripts/cn1playground/common/pom.xml
+++ b/scripts/cn1playground/common/pom.xml
@@ -393,7 +393,7 @@
                         <id>cn1-process-classes</id>
                         <phase>process-classes</phase>
                         <goals>
-                            <goal>compliance-check</goal>
+                            <goal>bytecode-compliance</goal>
                             <goal>css</goal>
                             <!--<goal>compile-javase-sources</goal>-->
                         </goals>
diff --git a/scripts/cn1playground/common/src/main/resources/barebones-pom.xml b/scripts/cn1playground/common/src/main/resources/barebones-pom.xml
index 45b112c92d..9db90693d6 100644
--- a/scripts/cn1playground/common/src/main/resources/barebones-pom.xml
+++ b/scripts/cn1playground/common/src/main/resources/barebones-pom.xml
@@ -350,7 +350,7 @@
                         <id>cn1-process-classes</id>
                         <phase>process-classes</phase>
                         <goals>
-                            <goal>compliance-check</goal>
+                            <goal>bytecode-compliance</goal>
                             <goal>css</goal>
                             <!--<goal>compile-javase-sources</goal>-->
                         </goals>
diff --git a/scripts/hellocodenameone/common/pom.xml b/scripts/hellocodenameone/common/pom.xml
index a07cf852e9..ab7eda795f 100644
--- a/scripts/hellocodenameone/common/pom.xml
+++ b/scripts/hellocodenameone/common/pom.xml
@@ -357,7 +357,7 @@
                         <id>cn1-process-classes</id>
                         <phase>process-classes</phase>
                         <goals>
-                            <goal>compliance-check</goal>
+                            <goal>bytecode-compliance</goal>
                             <goal>css</goal>
                             <goal>process-annotations</goal>
                             <!--<goal>compile-javase-sources</goal>-->
diff --git a/scripts/initializr/common/pom.xml b/scripts/initializr/common/pom.xml
index 4fde35c158..6a217c55cc 100644
--- a/scripts/initializr/common/pom.xml
+++ b/scripts/initializr/common/pom.xml
@@ -366,7 +366,7 @@
                         <id>cn1-process-classes</id>
                         <phase>process-classes</phase>
                         <goals>
-                            <goal>compliance-check</goal>
+                            <goal>bytecode-compliance</goal>
                             <goal>css</goal>
                             <!--<goal>compile-javase-sources</goal>-->
                         </goals>
diff --git a/scripts/initializr/common/src/main/resources/barebones-pom.xml b/scripts/initializr/common/src/main/resources/barebones-pom.xml
index 5367184adb..00902d8594 100644
--- a/scripts/initializr/common/src/main/resources/barebones-pom.xml
+++ b/scripts/initializr/common/src/main/resources/barebones-pom.xml
@@ -354,7 +354,7 @@
                         <id>cn1-process-classes</id>
                         <phase>process-classes</phase>
                         <goals>
-                            <goal>compliance-check</goal>
+                            <goal>bytecode-compliance</goal>
                             <goal>css</goal>
                             <!--<goal>compile-javase-sources</goal>-->
                         </goals>
diff --git a/scripts/initializr/common/src/main/resources/grub-pom.xml b/scripts/initializr/common/src/main/resources/grub-pom.xml
index dabd70663a..bcbf61f9d1 100644
--- a/scripts/initializr/common/src/main/resources/grub-pom.xml
+++ b/scripts/initializr/common/src/main/resources/grub-pom.xml
@@ -357,7 +357,7 @@
                         <id>cn1-process-classes</id>
                         <phase>process-classes</phase>
                         <goals>
-                            <goal>compliance-check</goal>
+                            <goal>bytecode-compliance</goal>
                             <goal>css</goal>
                             <!--<goal>compile-javase-sources</goal>-->
                         </goals>
diff --git a/scripts/initializr/common/src/main/resources/kotlin-pom.xml b/scripts/initializr/common/src/main/resources/kotlin-pom.xml
index ca92d3951f..51f4bbeef1 100644
--- a/scripts/initializr/common/src/main/resources/kotlin-pom.xml
+++ b/scripts/initializr/common/src/main/resources/kotlin-pom.xml
@@ -350,7 +350,7 @@
                         <id>cn1-process-classes</id>
                         <phase>process-classes</phase>
                         <goals>
-                            <goal>compliance-check</goal>
+                            <goal>bytecode-compliance</goal>
                             <goal>css</goal>
                             <!--<goal>compile-javase-sources</goal>-->
                         </goals>
diff --git a/scripts/initializr/common/src/main/resources/skill/SKILL.md b/scripts/initializr/common/src/main/resources/skill/SKILL.md
index d6f730b088..081dc86f46 100644
--- a/scripts/initializr/common/src/main/resources/skill/SKILL.md
+++ b/scripts/initializr/common/src/main/resources/skill/SKILL.md
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ This project targets **Java 17** (`<source>17</source>` / `<target>17</target>`
 - `switch` expressions
 - Lambdas, method references, `Stream`s
 
-**Caveat — the build server cross-compiles to bytecode that ParparVM/TeaVM can consume.** Codename One ships a curated subset of the JDK, **not** the full `java.*` namespace. The `cn1:compliance-check` Maven goal runs on every compile and fails the build if you call an unsupported API. The most common gotchas:
+**Caveat — the build server cross-compiles to bytecode that ParparVM/TeaVM can consume.** Codename One ships a curated subset of the JDK, **not** the full `java.*` namespace. The `cn1:bytecode-compliance` Maven goal runs on every compile and fails the build if you call an unsupported API. The most common gotchas:
 
 - No `java.nio.file.*` — use `com.codename1.io.FileSystemStorage` and `Storage`.
 - No `java.net.http.*` / `java.net.URLConnection` — use `com.codename1.io.rest.Rest` (preferred) or `ConnectionRequest`.
diff --git a/scripts/initializr/common/src/main/resources/skill/references/cn1libs.md b/scripts/initializr/common/src/main/resources/skill/references/cn1libs.md
index 99d36e3f1e..745592283c 100644
--- a/scripts/initializr/common/src/main/resources/skill/references/cn1libs.md
+++ b/scripts/initializr/common/src/main/resources/skill/references/cn1libs.md
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ Run `mvn -pl common compile` and the CN1 plugin scans `cn1libs/`, unpacks each f
 To verify a cn1lib is wired in correctly, run the bytecode compliance check — it scans all dependencies and will fail noisily if a class is missing:
 
 ```bash
-mvn -pl common compile cn1:compliance-check
+mvn -pl common compile cn1:bytecode-compliance
 ```
 
 ## Creating a new cn1lib (Maven)
diff --git a/scripts/initializr/common/src/main/resources/skill/references/java-api-subset.md b/scripts/initializr/common/src/main/resources/skill/references/java-api-subset.md
index 7077f98bcf..23656cf5f5 100644
--- a/scripts/initializr/common/src/main/resources/skill/references/java-api-subset.md
+++ b/scripts/initializr/common/src/main/resources/skill/references/java-api-subset.md
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 # Java API Subset, IO, and Networking
 
-Codename One does **not** ship with the full JDK. The Java code you write in `common/` is cross-compiled by ParparVM (iOS) and TeaVM (web), and runs on Android against a hand-curated JDK subset. If you call a class or method that isn't in the subset, the cloud build fails the **compliance check** (`cn1:compliance-check`, which the `process-classes` phase runs automatically).
+Codename One does **not** ship with the full JDK. The Java code you write in `common/` is cross-compiled by ParparVM (iOS) and TeaVM (web), and runs on Android against a hand-curated JDK subset. If you call a class or method that isn't in the subset, the cloud build fails the **bytecode compliance check** (`cn1:bytecode-compliance`, which the `process-classes` phase runs automatically).
 
 This document tells you (1) how to discover what *is* supported, and (2) where the IO and networking APIs differ from standard Java.
 
 ## How to discover the supported API
 
-The supported API surface is defined by two artifacts that the Codename One Maven plugin resolves from Maven Central. The `compliance-check` goal compares your compiled bytecode against both jars and fails on anything not present.
+The supported API surface is defined by two artifacts that the Codename One Maven plugin resolves from Maven Central. The `bytecode-compliance` goal compares your compiled bytecode against both jars and fails on anything not present.
 
 | Artifact | What's inside |
 | --- | --- |
diff --git a/scripts/initializr/common/src/main/resources/skill/tools/README.md b/scripts/initializr/common/src/main/resources/skill/tools/README.md
index 2dba7ca87d..1c3e3f491f 100644
--- a/scripts/initializr/common/src/main/resources/skill/tools/README.md
+++ b/scripts/initializr/common/src/main/resources/skill/tools/README.md
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ java tools/IsApiSupported.java java.util.HashMap#put
 # YES (class present at java-runtime-7.0.242.jar!java/util/HashMap.class — for method-level confirmation run `javap -p -classpath …` and grep for `put`)
 ```
 
-Useful when porting code from desktop Java and you want a quick "is this safe to use" check before discovering it at `mvn cn1:compliance-check` time.
+Useful when porting code from desktop Java and you want a quick "is this safe to use" check before discovering it at `mvn cn1:bytecode-compliance` time.
 
 For the full picture of what's supported and what isn't, see `references/java-api-subset.md`.
 
diff --git a/scripts/initializr/common/src/main/resources/tweet-pom.xml b/scripts/initializr/common/src/main/resources/tweet-pom.xml
index bb6d73b787..cb8f999963 100644
--- a/scripts/initializr/common/src/main/resources/tweet-pom.xml
+++ b/scripts/initializr/common/src/main/resources/tweet-pom.xml
@@ -369,7 +369,7 @@
                         <id>cn1-process-classes</id>
                         <phase>process-classes</phase>
                         <goals>
-                            <goal>compliance-check</goal>
+                            <goal>bytecode-compliance</goal>
                             <goal>css</goal>
                             <!--<goal>compile-javase-sources</goal>-->
                         </goals>