Fixing Integration tests failure due to Order

The Maven Failsafe Plugin is used for running integration tests in a Maven project. It is designed to complement the Maven Surefire Plugin, which is used for running unit tests. The Failsafe Plugin allows for a separate lifecycle phase for integration tests, which typically run after the application has been packaged and deployed.

<plugin>

    <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>

    <artifactId>maven-failsafe-plugin</artifactId>

    <version>3.0.0-M5</version>

    <executions>

        <execution>

            <id>integration-test</id>

            <goals>

                <goal>integration-test</goal>

            </goals>

        </execution>

        <execution>

            <id>verify</id>

            <goals>

                <goal>verify</goal>

            </goals>

        </execution>

    </executions>

</plugin>

To configure the maven-failsafe-plugin to run integration tests in alphabetical order, Add the following configuration. <execution> <id>integration-test</id> <goals> <goal>integration-test</goal> </goals> <configuration> <runOrder>alphabetical</runOrder> </configuration> </execution> Helpful content from the article. First, we would like to know why a specific test failed. By default, Maven runs the tests in the order determined by our file system. This is the default setting for the runOrder property. This can be different on my Windows machine from the one on the Linux build system. Again frustration. A good aid could be if the build produces an easy-to-use output to tell, what was the real order of the tests. 

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