VSCode fails to load pom packaged parent of a multi-module maven project

Even a simple multi-module maven project where the top level pom has <packaging>pom</packaging> will fail with the pom packaged project not being loaded and then the language server failing with the following:

[Error - 2:23:52 PM] Jan 22, 2021, 2:23:52 PM Problem load project library 
maven-multi-example does not exist
Java Model Exception: Java Model Status [maven-multi-example does not exist]
	at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.core.JavaElement.newNotPresentException(JavaElement.java:573)
	at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.core.JavaModelManager.getPerProjectInfoCheckExistence(JavaModelManager.java:2525)
	at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.core.JavaProject.getPerProjectInfo(JavaProject.java:2382)
	at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.core.JavaProject.getRawClasspath(JavaProject.java:2411)
	at com.microsoft.jdtls.ext.core.PackageCommand.getContainers(PackageCommand.java:258)
	at com.microsoft.jdtls.ext.core.PackageCommand.getChildren(PackageCommand.java:107)
	at com.microsoft.jdtls.ext.core.CommandHandler.executeCommand(CommandHandler.java:31)
	at org.eclipse.jdt.ls.core.internal.handlers.WorkspaceExecuteCommandHandler$1.run(WorkspaceExecuteCommandHandler.java:215)
	at org.eclipse.core.runtime.SafeRunner.run(SafeRunner.java:45)
	at org.eclipse.jdt.ls.core.internal.handlers.WorkspaceExecuteCommandHandler.executeCommand(WorkspaceExecuteCommandHandler.java:205)
	at org.eclipse.jdt.ls.core.internal.handlers.JDTLanguageServer.lambda$3(JDTLanguageServer.java:497)
	at org.eclipse.jdt.ls.core.internal.BaseJDTLanguageServer.lambda$0(BaseJDTLanguageServer.java:75)
	at java.base/java.util.concurrent.CompletableFuture$UniApply.tryFire(CompletableFuture.java:642)
	at java.base/java.util.concurrent.CompletableFuture$Completion.exec(CompletableFuture.java:479)
	at java.base/java.util.concurrent.ForkJoinTask.doExec(ForkJoinTask.java:290)
	at java.base/java.util.concurrent.ForkJoinPool$WorkQueue.topLevelExec(ForkJoinPool.java:1016)
	at java.base/java.util.concurrent.ForkJoinPool.scan(ForkJoinPool.java:1665)
	at java.base/java.util.concurrent.ForkJoinPool.runWorker(ForkJoinPool.java:1598)
	at java.base/java.util.concurrent.ForkJoinWorkerThread.run(ForkJoinWorkerThread.java:183)

Environment

• Operating System: MacOS Big Sur
• JDK version: 15.0.1
• Visual Studio Code version: 1.52.1
• Java extension version: v0.74.0

Steps To Reproduce

1. Clone this example project: https://github.com/chadlyon/maven-multi-example.git
2. code maven-multi-example

Current Result

Expected Result

Additional Informations

Changing to jar packaging produces the expected behavior in VSCode but results in a maven error.

[jdneo]

Fixed in downstream

[arjenzhou]

I have similar issue at https://github.com/redhat-developer/vscode-java/issues/2028#issuecomment-882390086, and <nature>org.eclipse.jdt.core.javanature</nature> seems do not work (though no error, but can not navigate to references)