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

It may be better to set the surefire-plugin version in the parent pom, otherwise including it as a dependency will override any configuration (includes file patterns etc) that may be inherited, e.g. from Spring Boots spring-boot-starter-test pom using pluginManagement

<build>
    <pluginManagement>
        <plugins>
            <plugin>
                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
                <version>2.22.0</version>
            </plugin>
        </plugins>
    </pluginManagement>
</build>

Answer 2

If there are test failures just skip them with

mvn install -DskipTests

but i strongly recomend fixing your test first.

Answer 3

This error is brought up for many different reasons so everyone has a different solution. However, your own webapp should hold the answer for it.

You can look it up in

/module_with_failure/target/surefire-reports/*.txt

Answer 4

This happens when Maven tries to run your test cases while building the jar. You can simply skip running the test cases by adding -DskipTests at the end of your maven command.

Ex: mvn clean install -DskipTests or mvn clean package -DskipTests

Answer 5

Just add those below line in pom.xml file on the top of <modelversion> tag:

<repositories>
  <repository>
    <id>central</id>
    <name>Central Repository</name>
    <url>http://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2</url>
    <layout>default</layout>
    <snapshots>
      <enabled>false</enabled>
    </snapshots>
  </repository>
</repositories>

Answer 6

surefire plugins version might be one of the reasons. For me following dependency worked. Please try:

    <!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.apache.maven.plugins/maven-surefire-plugin -->
<dependency>
    <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
    <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
    <version>2.19.1</version>
</dependency>