[SUREFIRE-2106] [Maven-Failesafe-plugin] - Configurations not honoured when specified within <execution> tag

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Information Provided
• Affects Version/s: 3.0.0-M7
• Component/s: Maven Failsafe Plugin
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Krishnan Mahadevan
• Created: 24/Jun/22 13:54
• Updated: 24/Jun/22 15:35
• Resolved: 24/Jun/22 15:35

Description

Failsafe plugin fails to honour the configuration specified within the 

<execution>

tag.

For e.g., when I specify the configuration such as below

<plugin>
    <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
    <artifactId>maven-failsafe-plugin</artifactId>
    <version>3.0.0-M7</version>
    <configuration>
        <useSystemClassLoader>false</useSystemClassLoader>
        <useManifestOnlyJar>false</useManifestOnlyJar>
        <additionalClasspathElements>
            <additionalClasspathElement>src/main/resources</additionalClasspathElement>
            <additionalClasspathElement>${project.build.outputDirectory}</additionalClasspathElement>
        </additionalClasspathElements>
        <classpathDependencyExcludes>
            <classpathDependencyExclude>${groupId}:${artifactId}</classpathDependencyExclude>
        </classpathDependencyExcludes>
        <useModulePath>false</useModulePath>
    </configuration>
    <executions>
        <execution>
            <phase>integration-test</phase>
            <goals>
                <goal>integration-test</goal>
                <goal>verify</goal>
            </goals>
            <configuration>
                <suiteXmlFiles>
                    <suiteXmlFile>src/test/resources/cricket.xml</suiteXmlFile>
                    <suiteXmlFile>src/test/resources/football.xml</suiteXmlFile>
                </suiteXmlFiles>
            </configuration>
        </execution>
    </executions>
    <dependencies>
</dependencies>
</plugin> 

and then run 

./mvnw clean test-compile failsafe:integration-test failsafe:verify

Failsafe does not execute any of the tests that are included in the suite xml files provided.

But when the configuration section is housed outside of the execution tag, then it works fine.
 

<plugin>
  <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
  <artifactId>maven-failsafe-plugin</artifactId>
  <version>3.0.0-M7</version>
  <configuration>
    <suiteXmlFiles>
      <suiteXmlFile>src/test/resources/cricket.xml</suiteXmlFile>
      <suiteXmlFile>src/test/resources/football.xml</suiteXmlFile>
    </suiteXmlFiles>
    <useSystemClassLoader>false</useSystemClassLoader>
    <useManifestOnlyJar>false</useManifestOnlyJar>
    <additionalClasspathElements>
      <additionalClasspathElement>src/main/resources</additionalClasspathElement>
      <additionalClasspathElement>${project.build.outputDirectory}</additionalClasspathElement>
    </additionalClasspathElements>
    <classpathDependencyExcludes>
      <classpathDependencyExclude>${groupId}:${artifactId}</classpathDependencyExclude>
    </classpathDependencyExcludes>
    <useModulePath>false</useModulePath>
  </configuration>
  <executions>
    <execution>
      <phase>integration-test</phase>
      <goals>
        <goal>integration-test</goal>
        <goal>verify</goal>
      </goals>
    </execution>
  </executions>
  <dependencies>
  </dependencies>
</plugin>

 

Sample project that can be used to reproduce the problem is available in https://github.com/krmahadevan/failsafe_experiments and also attached here as a zip file.