[SUREFIRE-1946] Stack trace is ommited by ForkStarter.fork if forkClient.isErrorInFork

• Type: Bug
• Status: Open
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Unresolved
• Affects Version/s: 3.0.0-M5
• Component/s: process forking
• Labels: waiting-for-feedback
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Flavia Rainone
• Created: 19/Sep/21 22:18
• Updated: 21/Jan/22 01:10

Description

If there is an error in the fork client (forkClient.isErrorInFork), only the title of the exception is shown, and without the stack trace that caused that exception, it is hard to be able to figure what is causing the error.

In my case, I'm getting a NPE, and the output shows solely:

[ERROR] Failed to execute goal org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-surefire-plugin:3.0.0-M5:test (default-test) on project undertow-core: There are test failures.
[ERROR] 
[ERROR] Please refer to /home/fla/Development/projects/undertow/core/target/surefire-reports for the individual test results.
[ERROR] Please refer to dump files (if any exist) [date].dump, [date]-jvmRun[N].dump and [date].dumpstream.
[ERROR] There was an error in the forked process
[ERROR] Test mechanism :: java.lang.NullPointerException
[ERROR] org.apache.maven.surefire.booter.SurefireBooterForkException: There was an error in the forked process
[ERROR] Test mechanism :: java.lang.NullPointerException
[ERROR] 	at org.apache.maven.plugin.surefire.booterclient.ForkStarter.fork(ForkStarter.java:733)
[ERROR] 	at org.apache.maven.plugin.surefire.booterclient.ForkStarter.run(ForkStarter.java:305)
[ERROR] 	at org.apache.maven.plugin.surefire.booterclient.ForkStarter.run(ForkStarter.java:265)
[ERROR] 	at org.apache.maven.plugin.surefire.AbstractSurefireMojo.executeProvider(AbstractSurefireMojo.java:1314)
[ERROR] 	at org.apache.maven.plugin.surefire.AbstractSurefireMojo.executeAfterPreconditionsChecked(AbstractSurefireMojo.java:1159)
[ERROR] 	at org.apache.maven.plugin.surefire.AbstractSurefireMojo.execute(AbstractSurefireMojo.java:932)
[ERROR] 	at org.apache.maven.plugin.DefaultBuildPluginManager.executeMojo(DefaultBuildPluginManager.java:137)
[ERROR] 	at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.MojoExecutor.execute(MojoExecutor.java:210)
[ERROR] 	at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.MojoExecutor.execute(MojoExecutor.java:156)
[ERROR] 	at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.MojoExecutor.execute(MojoExecutor.java:148)
[ERROR] 	at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.LifecycleModuleBuilder.buildProject(LifecycleModuleBuilder.java:117)
[ERROR] 	at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.LifecycleModuleBuilder.buildProject(LifecycleModuleBuilder.java:81)
[ERROR] 	at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.builder.singlethreaded.SingleThreadedBuilder.build(SingleThreadedBuilder.java:56)
[ERROR] 	at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.LifecycleStarter.execute(LifecycleStarter.java:128)
[ERROR] 	at org.apache.maven.DefaultMaven.doExecute(DefaultMaven.java:305)
[ERROR] 	at org.apache.maven.DefaultMaven.doExecute(DefaultMaven.java:192)
[ERROR] 	at org.apache.maven.DefaultMaven.execute(DefaultMaven.java:105)
[ERROR] 	at org.apache.maven.cli.MavenCli.execute(MavenCli.java:957)
[ERROR] 	at org.apache.maven.cli.MavenCli.doMain(MavenCli.java:289)
[ERROR] 	at org.apache.maven.cli.MavenCli.main(MavenCli.java:193)
[ERROR] 	at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
[ERROR] 	at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62)
[ERROR] 	at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
[ERROR] 	at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:498)
[ERROR] 	at org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.launcher.Launcher.launchEnhanced(Launcher.java:282)
[ERROR] 	at org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.launcher.Launcher.launch(Launcher.java:225)
[ERROR] 	at org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.launcher.Launcher.mainWithExitCode(Launcher.java:406)
[ERROR] 	at org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.launcher.Launcher.main(Launcher.java:347)
[ERROR] 
[ERROR] -> [Help 1]
[ERROR] 

Issue Links

• links to: GitHub Pull Request #391