I’d just point out that etags by the RFC are an opaque identifier so I would generally discourage you from having any expectations about the content of the header.
[WARNING] Could not validate integrity of download from https://domain.com/nexus/repository/repo/groupid/artifact/version/artifact-version.pom
org.eclipse.aether.transfer.ChecksumFailureException: Checksum validation failed, no checksums available
at org.eclipse.aether.internal.impl.AbstractChecksumPolicy.onNoMoreChecksums (AbstractChecksumPolicy.java:63)
at org.eclipse.aether.connector.basic.ChecksumValidator.validate (ChecksumValidator.java:112)
at org.eclipse.aether.connector.basic.BasicRepositoryConnector$GetTaskRunner.runTask (BasicRepositoryConnector.java:484)
at org.eclipse.aether.connector.basic.BasicRepositoryConnector$TaskRunner.run (BasicRepositoryConnector.java:414)
at org.eclipse.aether.connector.basic.BasicRepositoryConnector.get (BasicRepositoryConnector.java:260)
at org.eclipse.aether.internal.impl.DefaultArtifactResolver.performDownloads (DefaultArtifactResolver.java:537)
at org.eclipse.aether.internal.impl.DefaultArtifactResolver.resolve (DefaultArtifactResolver.java:449)
at org.eclipse.aether.internal.impl.DefaultArtifactResolver.resolveArtifacts (DefaultArtifactResolver.java:261)
at org.eclipse.aether.internal.impl.DefaultArtifactResolver.resolveArtifact (DefaultArtifactResolver.java:243)
at org.apache.maven.repository.internal.DefaultArtifactDescriptorReader.loadPom (DefaultArtifactDescriptorReader.java:234)
at org.apache.maven.repository.internal.DefaultArtifactDescriptorReader.readArtifactDescriptor (DefaultArtifactDescriptorReader.java:175)
at org.eclipse.aether.internal.impl.collect.df.DfDependencyCollector.resolveCachedArtifactDescriptor (DfDependencyCollector.java:382)
at org.eclipse.aether.internal.impl.collect.df.DfDependencyCollector.getArtifactDescriptorResult (DfDependencyCollector.java:368)
at org.eclipse.aether.internal.impl.collect.df.DfDependencyCollector.processDependency (DfDependencyCollector.java:218)
at org.eclipse.aether.internal.impl.collect.df.DfDependencyCollector.processDependency (DfDependencyCollector.java:156)
at org.eclipse.aether.internal.impl.collect.df.DfDependencyCollector.process (DfDependencyCollector.java:138)
at org.eclipse.aether.internal.impl.collect.df.DfDependencyCollector.doRecurse (DfDependencyCollector.java:343)
at org.eclipse.aether.internal.impl.collect.df.DfDependencyCollector.processDependency (DfDependencyCollector.java:277)
at org.eclipse.aether.internal.impl.collect.df.DfDependencyCollector.processDependency (DfDependencyCollector.java:156)
at org.eclipse.aether.internal.impl.collect.df.DfDependencyCollector.process (DfDependencyCollector.java:138)
at org.eclipse.aether.internal.impl.collect.df.DfDependencyCollector.doRecurse (DfDependencyCollector.java:343)
at org.eclipse.aether.internal.impl.collect.df.DfDependencyCollector.processDependency (DfDependencyCollector.java:277)
at org.eclipse.aether.internal.impl.collect.df.DfDependencyCollector.processDependency (DfDependencyCollector.java:156)
at org.eclipse.aether.internal.impl.collect.df.DfDependencyCollector.process (DfDependencyCollector.java:138)
at org.eclipse.aether.internal.impl.collect.df.DfDependencyCollector.doCollectDependencies (DfDependencyCollector.java:108)
at org.eclipse.aether.internal.impl.collect.DependencyCollectorDelegate.collectDependencies (DependencyCollectorDelegate.java:222)
at org.eclipse.aether.internal.impl.collect.DefaultDependencyCollector.collectDependencies (DefaultDependencyCollector.java:87)
at org.eclipse.aether.internal.impl.DefaultRepositorySystem.collectDependencies (DefaultRepositorySystem.java:306)
at org.apache.maven.project.DefaultProjectDependenciesResolver.resolve (DefaultProjectDependenciesResolver.java:151)
at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.LifecycleDependencyResolver.getDependencies (LifecycleDependencyResolver.java:224)
at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.LifecycleDependencyResolver.resolveProjectDependencies (LifecycleDependencyResolver.java:136)
at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.MojoExecutor.ensureDependenciesAreResolved (MojoExecutor.java:355)
at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.MojoExecutor.doExecute (MojoExecutor.java:313)
at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.MojoExecutor.execute (MojoExecutor.java:212)
at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.MojoExecutor.execute (MojoExecutor.java:174)
at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.MojoExecutor.access$000 (MojoExecutor.java:75)
at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.MojoExecutor$1.run (MojoExecutor.java:162)
at org.apache.maven.plugin.DefaultMojosExecutionStrategy.execute (DefaultMojosExecutionStrategy.java:39)
at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.MojoExecutor.execute (MojoExecutor.java:159)
at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.LifecycleModuleBuilder.buildProject (LifecycleModuleBuilder.java:105)
at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.LifecycleModuleBuilder.buildProject (LifecycleModuleBuilder.java:73)
at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.builder.singlethreaded.SingleThreadedBuilder.build (SingleThreadedBuilder.java:53)
at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.LifecycleStarter.execute (LifecycleStarter.java:118)
at org.apache.maven.DefaultMaven.doExecute (DefaultMaven.java:261)
at org.apache.maven.DefaultMaven.doExecute (DefaultMaven.java:173)
at org.apache.maven.DefaultMaven.execute (DefaultMaven.java:101)
at org.apache.maven.cli.MavenCli.execute (MavenCli.java:906)
at org.apache.maven.cli.MavenCli.doMain (MavenCli.java:283)
at org.apache.maven.cli.MavenCli.main (MavenCli.java:206)
at jdk.internal.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0 (Native Method)
at jdk.internal.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke (NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62)
at jdk.internal.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke (DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke (Method.java:566)
at org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.launcher.Launcher.launchEnhanced (Launcher.java:283)
at org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.launcher.Launcher.launch (Launcher.java:226)
at org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.launcher.Launcher.mainWithExitCode (Launcher.java:407)
at org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.launcher.Launcher.main (Launcher.java:348)