Failed to execute goal org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-surefire-plugin:2.12:test (default-test) on project.

Question

I have been trying from a couple of days to resolve the following error but I am unable to resolve it :(

My module\'s pom.xml file is:

Answer 1

Try this it works!

<plugin>
                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
                <version>3.0.0-M3</version>
                <configuration>
                <testFailureIgnore>true</testFailureIgnore>
                <shutdown>kill</shutdown> <!-- Use it if required-->
                </configuration>
            </plugin>

Answer 2

after a few days of wondering, my solution was that I forgot to use @Test annotation before the @BeforeEach

Answer 3

try in cmd: mvn clean install -Dskiptests=true

that'll skip all unit test. Might be It'll work fine for you.

Answer 4

Here is the simplest way to resolve this error:

1) Go to your pom.xml file path

2) And edit the pom.xml like:

<plugins>
    <plugin>
        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
        <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
        <version>2.12</version>
    </plugin>
</plugins>

3) Save the file That's it.

Answer 5

Was facing the same issue multiple times and I have 2 solutions:

Solution 1: Add surefire plugin reference to pom.xml. Watch that you have all nodes! In my IDEs auto import version was missing!!!

<plugins>
    <plugin>
        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
        <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
        <version>3.0.0-M3</version>
    </plugin>
</plugins>

Solution 2: My IDE added wrong import to the start of the file.

IDE added

import org.junit.Test;

I had to replace it with

import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;

Answer 6

I was facing the same kind of issue, your version numbers in the dependency of Selenium, TestNG, Junit should the same that you have used in your project. For example, in your project you are using the Selenium version 3.8. This version number should be mentioned in the dependency.

 <dependency>
    <groupId>org.testng</groupId>
    <artifactId>testng</artifactId>
    <version>7.0.0-beta1</version>
    <scope>test</scope>
</dependency>
    <dependency>
      <groupId>junit</groupId>
      <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
      <version>4.12</version>
      <scope>test</scope>
    </dependency>

    <dependency>
      <groupId>org.seleniumhq.selenium</groupId>
      <artifactId>selenium-java</artifactId>
      <version>3.8.1</version>
    </dependency>       
    <dependency>                
      <groupId>org.testng</groupId>                             
      <artifactId>testng</artifactId>                               
      <version>6.8</version>                                
      <scope>test</scope>                                       
    </dependency>   
  </dependencies>