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Gradle – How to continue build if test is failed

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By default, the Gradle build process will be stopped and failed if any unit test is failed. 


$ gradle build

:clean
:compileJava
:processResources
:classes
:compileTestJava
:processTestResources UP-TO-DATE
:testClasses
:test

com.mkyong.example.TestExample > test_example FAILED
    java.lang.Exception at TestExample.java:9
//...

3 tests completed, 1 failed
:test FAILED

//...

BUILD FAILED  // <-------------- see status

In this article, we will show you a few ways to continue the build process even if the test process is failing.

1. Ignore Failed Test

Try ignoreFailures settings.

build.gradle

test {
	ignoreFailures = true
}

Now, the build will continue even the test process is failing.


$ gradle build

:clean
:compileJava
:processResources
:classes
:compileTestJava
:processTestResources UP-TO-DATE
:testClasses
:test

com.mkyong.example.TestExample > test_example FAILED
    java.lang.Exception at TestExample.java:9
//...

3 tests completed, 1 failed
:test FAILED

//...

:check //ignore test failed, continue the build
:build

BUILD SUCCESSFUL  // <-------------- see status

2. Exclude the Failed Test

Find out the failed unit test and exclude it:

build.gradle

test {
	exclude '**/ThisIsFailedTestExample.class'
	exclude '**/*FailedTestExample*'
}

Refer this Gradle exclude some tests example

3. Skipped the Test

Last one, skipped the entire test process.


$ gradle build -x test

References

  1. Gradle – How to skip unit test
  2. Gradle – How to exclude some tests
  3. Gradle Test documentation

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Abdul Sayeed
6 years ago

Thanks a lot. This is very useful.

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Tarakant
2 years ago

very good information. Thanks a lot, @mkyong.

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jinwookh
3 years ago

Thanks a lot!

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Vishal
4 years ago

I have one situation where I want to ignore failures on integrationTest. Is there any command line option available for gradle?
34 tests completed, 2 failed

> Task :integrationTest FAILED

FAILURE: Build failed with an exception

BUILD FAILED in 3m 41s
26 actionable tasks: 26 executed

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Ramesh Korla
4 years ago

java.lang.NoSuchMethodError: org.slf4j.impl.StaticLoggerBinder.getSingleton()Lorg/slf4j/impl/StaticLoggerBinder;
at org.slf4j.LoggerFactory.bind(LoggerFactory.java:150)
at org.slf4j.LoggerFactory.performInitialization(LoggerFactory.java:124)
at org.slf4j.LoggerFactory.getILoggerFactory(LoggerFactory.java:412)
at org.slf4j.LoggerFactory.getLogger(LoggerFactory.java:357)
at org.slf4j.LoggerFactory.getLogger(LoggerFactory.java:383)
at io.github.bonigarcia.wdm.WebDriverManager.(WebDriverManager.java:93)
at BaseProperties.BaseClass.initializeDriver(BaseClass.java:32)
at stepDefinations.stepDefination.initialize_the_browser_with_chrome(stepDefination.java:19)
at ?.Given Initialize the browser with Chrome(Branch.feature:5)

When I use the WebDriverManager dependency in maven project then run the TestRunner class then above error is display and doesn’t invoke the browser

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Arjun bm
5 years ago

Hi Mykong,

Where should I use ignoreFailures settings?

Here is my build.gradle.

plugins {
// Apply the java-library plugin to add support for Java Library
id ‘java-library’
}

dependencies {
// This dependency is exported to consumers, that is to say found on their compile classpath.
api ‘org.apache.commons:commons-math3:3.6.1’

implementation ‘com.google.guava:guava:23.2’ // This dependency is used internally, and not exposed to consumers on their own compile classpath.
compile group: ‘com.google.guava’, name: ‘guava’, version: ‘25.1-jre’

compile group: ‘org.seleniumhq.selenium’, name: ‘selenium-java’, version: ‘3.14.0’
compile group: ‘io.github.bonigarcia’, name: ‘webdrivermanager’, version: ‘2.2.5’

compile group: ‘log4j’, name: ‘log4j’, version: ‘1.2.17’
compile group: ‘org.slf4j’, name: ‘slf4j-api’, version: ‘1.7.25’
compile group: ‘ch.qos.logback’, name: ‘logback-classic’, version: ‘1.2.3’

compile group: ‘org.apache.commons’, name: ‘commons-collections4’, version: ‘4.1’
compile group: ‘org.apache.commons’, name: ‘commons-lang3’, version: ‘3.3.1’
compile group: ‘org.apache.poi’, name: ‘poi’, version: ‘3.17’
compile group: ‘org.apache.poi’, name: ‘poi-ooxml’, version: ‘3.17’

compile group: ‘org.apache.commons’, name: ‘commons-collections4’, version: ‘4.1’
compile group: ‘org.testng’, name: ‘testng’, version: ‘6.14.3’

compile group: ‘org.yaml’, name: ‘snakeyaml’, version: ‘1.11’
}

// In this section you declare where to find the dependencies of your project
repositories {
// Use jcenter for resolving your dependencies.
// You can declare any Maven/Ivy/file repository here.
jcenter()
mavenCentral()
}

task runTests(type: JavaExec, dependsOn: ‘classes’) {
main = ‘org.testng.TestNG’
classpath = files(“./src/test/resources”,
project.sourceSets.main.compileClasspath,
project.sourceSets.test.compileClasspath,
project.sourceSets.main.runtimeClasspath,
project.sourceSets.test.runtimeClasspath)
args = [“-threadcount”, “1”, “-d”, “./build/”, “./testng.xml”]
}

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Arjun bm
5 years ago
Reply to  Arjun bm

If i give ignoreFailures=true inside the task it shows error as below.

FAILURE: Build failed with an exception.

* Where:
Build file ‘D:\Backup\EC_Workspace\KEM\kem_testframework\build.gradle’ line: 48

* What went wrong:
A problem occurred evaluating root project ‘testautomation’.
> Could not set unknown property ‘ignoreFailures’ for task ‘:runTests’ of type org.gradle.api.tasks.JavaExec.

* Try:
Run with –stacktrace option to get the stack trace. Run with –info or –debug option to get more log output. Run with –scan to get full insights.

* Get more help at https://help.gradle.org

BUILD FAILED in 2s

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