[SUREFIRE-1534] Surefire 2.21.0 ClassNotFoundException: org.apache.maven.plugin.surefire.StartupReportConfiguration using reuseForks set to false

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 2.21.0, 2.22.0
• Fix Version/s: 3.0.0-M4
• Component/s: Maven Surefire Plugin
• Environment: Ubuntu 18.04 ; Java 9.0.4 or Java 10.0.1 ; Maven 3.5.4
• Assignee: Tibor Digana
• Reporter: Mark
• Created: 05/Jul/18 18:55
• Updated: 22/Jan/19 16:17
• Resolved: 22/Jan/19 16:17

Description

When using reuseForks set to false a ClassNotFoundException is thrown before test even start running. The tests will execute (but not pass) when reuseForks is set to true. This worked fine with Java 9.0.4 and Surefire 2.20.1:

[INFO] — maven-surefire-plugin:2.22.0:test (default-test) @ razor —
[INFO]
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[INFO] T E S T S
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[INFO]
[INFO] Results:
[INFO]
[INFO] Tests run: 0, Failures: 0, Errors: 0, Skipped: 0
[INFO]
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] BUILD FAILURE
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[INFO] Total time: 1.320 s
[INFO] Finished at: 2018-07-05T12:32:23-06:00
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[ERROR] Failed to execute goal org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-surefire-plugin:2.22.0:test (default-test) on project razor: Execution default-test of goal org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-surefire-plugin:2.22.0:test failed: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: org.apache.maven.plugin.surefire.StartupReportConfiguration -> [Help 1]
[ERROR]
[ERROR] To see the full stack trace of the errors, re-run Maven with the -e switch.
[ERROR] Re-run Maven using the -X switch to enable full debug logging.

Issue Links

• links to: GitHub Pull Request #213