Maven failsafe plugin does not run testNG XML suite - maven

Question

I'm using maven to run my integration tests which are in a TestNG suite.
When running the suite under eclipse- my test suite runs successfully.
When running "mvn verify" to run my integration tests, I see the failsafe plugin configurations debug prints including the correct path for the suite.xml file and my compiled classes, but it doesn't execute my tests (build process completes successfully).
I've tried to run the same pom configuration but using the surefire plugin instead of the failsafe plugins and my tests executed successfully.
<build>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-failsafe-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.12.3</version>
<configuration>
<suiteXmlFiles>
<suiteXmlFile>src/test/resources/MyTestNgSuiteFile.xml</suiteXmlFile>
</suiteXmlFiles>
<argLine>-Xmx1024m</argLine>
</configuration>
<executions>
<execution>
<id>integration-test</id>
<phase>integration-test</phase>
<goals>
<goal>integration-test</goal>
</goals>
</execution>
<execution>
<id>verify</id>
<phase>verify</phase>
<goals>
<goal>verify</goal>
</goals>
</execution>
</executions>
</plugin>
Here is the relevant console output:
[DEBUG] Excluded:
org.codehaus.plexus:plexus-container-default:jar:1.0-alpha-9-stable-1
[DEBUG] Excluded: junit:junit:jar:3.8.1 [DEBUG] Excluded:
org.apache.maven:maven-core:jar:2.0.9 [DEBUG] Excluded:
org.apache.maven:maven-plugin-parameter-documenter:jar:2.0.9 [DEBUG]
Excluded: org.apache.maven:maven-repository-metadata:jar:2.0.9 [DEBUG]
Excluded: org.apache.maven:maven-error-diagnostics:jar:2.0.9 [DEBUG]
Excluded: org.apache.maven:maven-plugin-descriptor:jar:2.0.9 [DEBUG]
Excluded: org.apache.maven:maven-monitor:jar:2.0.9 [DEBUG] Excluded:
classworlds:classworlds:jar:1.1 [DEBUG] Excluded:
org.apache.maven:maven-toolchain:jar:2.0.9
[DEBUG] Configuring mojo org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-failsafe-plugin:2.12.3:integration-test
from plugin realm
ClassRealm[plugin>org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-failsafe-plugin:2.12.3,
parent: sun.misc.Launcher$AppClassLoader#121ab80] [DEBUG] Configuring
mojo
'org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-failsafe-plugin:2.12.3:integration-test'
with basic configurator -->
[DEBUG] (s) argLine = -Xmx1024m [DEBUG]
(s) basedir = PathToMyDir\MyProject [DEBUG] (s) childDelegation =
false [DEBUG] (s) classesDirectory =
PathToMyDir\MyProject\target\classes [DEBUG] (s) disableXmlReport =
false [DEBUG] (s) enableAssertions = true [DEBUG] (s) forkMode =
once [DEBUG] (s) junitArtifactName = junit:junit [DEBUG] (s)
localRepository = id: local
url: file:///..../.m2/repository/ layout: none
[DEBUG] (f) parallelMavenExecution = false [DEBUG] (s)
perCoreThreadCount = true [DEBUG] (s) pluginArtifactMap =
{org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-failsafe-plugin=org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-failsafe-plugin:maven-plugin:2.12.3:,
org.apache.maven.surefire:surefire-booter=org.apache.maven.surefire:surefire-booter:jar:2.12.3:compile,
org.apache.maven.surefire:surefire-api=org.apache.maven.surefire:surefire-api:jar:2.12.3:compile,
org.apache.maven.surefire:maven-surefire-common=org.apache.maven.surefire:maven-surefire-common:jar:2.12.3:compile,
org.apache.commons:commons-lang3=org.apache.commons:commons-lang3:jar:3.1:compile,
org.apache.maven.shared:maven-common-artifact-filters=org.apache.maven.shared:maven-common-artifact-filters:jar:1.3:compile,
org.codehaus.plexus:plexus-utils=org.codehaus.plexus:plexus-utils:jar:3.0.5:compile,
org.apache.maven.reporting:maven-reporting-api=org.apache.maven.reporting:maven-reporting-api:jar:2.0.9:compile, org.apache.maven.plugin-tools:maven-plugin-annotations=org.apache.maven.plugin-tools:maven-plugin-annotations:jar:3.1:compile}
[DEBUG] (f) pluginDescriptor = Component Descriptor: role:
'org.apache.maven.plugin.Mojo', implementation:
'org.apache.maven.plugin.failsafe.HelpMojo', role hint:
'org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-failsafe-plugin:2.12.3:help' role:
'org.apache.maven.plugin.Mojo', implementation:
'org.apache.maven.plugin.failsafe.IntegrationTestMojo', role hint:
'org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-failsafe-plugin:2.12.3:integration-test'
role: 'org.apache.maven.plugin.Mojo', implementation:
'org.apache.maven.plugin.failsafe.VerifyMojo', role hint:
'org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-failsafe-plugin:2.12.3:verify'
--- [DEBUG] (s) printSummary = true [DEBUG] (s) projectArtifactMap = {All Artifacts Here} [DEBUG] (s) redirectTestOutputToFile = false [DEBUG] (s) remoteRepositories = [ id: central
url: http://repo1.maven.org/maven2 layout: default snapshots: [enabled => false, update => daily] releases: [enabled => true,
update => never] ] [DEBUG] (s) reportFormat = brief [DEBUG] (s)
reportsDirectory = PathToMyDir\MyProject\target\failsafe-reports
[DEBUG] (s) runOrder = filesystem [DEBUG] (s) skip = false [DEBUG]
(s) skipTests = false [DEBUG] (s) suiteXmlFiles =
[PathToMyDir\MyProject\src\test\resources\MyTestNgSuiteFile.xml]
[DEBUG] (s) summaryFile =
PathToMyDir\MyProject\target\failsafe-reports\failsafe-summary.xml
[DEBUG] (s) testClassesDirectory =
PathToMyDir\MyProject\target\test-classes [DEBUG] (s)
testNGArtifactName = org.testng:testng [DEBUG] (s)
testSourceDirectory = PathToMyDir\MyProject\src\test\java [DEBUG]
(s) trimStackTrace = true [DEBUG] (s) useFile = true [DEBUG] (s)
useManifestOnlyJar = true [DEBUG] (s) useSystemClassLoader = true
[DEBUG] (s) useUnlimitedThreads = false [DEBUG] (s)
workingDirectory = PathToMyDir\MyProject [DEBUG] (s) project =
MavenProject: MyParentProject:MyProject:0.0.1-SNAPSHOT #
PathToMyDir\MyProject\pom.xml [DEBUG] (s) session =
org.apache.maven.execution.MavenSession#bffe59 [DEBUG] -- end
configuration -- [WARNING] File encoding has not been set, using
platform encoding Cp1255, i.e. build is platform dependent! [INFO]
[INFO] --- maven-failsafe-plugin:2.12.3:verify (verify) # MyProject
--- [DEBUG] Configuring mojo org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-failsafe-plugin:2.12.3:verify from
plugin realm
ClassRealm[plugin>org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-failsafe-plugin:2.12.3,
parent: sun.misc.Launcher$AppClassLoader#121ab80] [DEBUG] Configuring
mojo 'org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-failsafe-plugin:2.12.3:verify'
with basic configurator --> [DEBUG] (s) basedir =
PathToMyDir\MyProject [DEBUG] (s) reportsDirectory =
PathToMyDir\MyProject\target\failsafe-reports [DEBUG] (s) skip =
false [DEBUG] (f) summaryFile =
PathToMyDir\MyProject\target\failsafe-reports\failsafe-summary.xml
[DEBUG] (s) testClassesDirectory =
PathToMyDir\MyProject\target\test-classes [DEBUG] (s)
testFailureIgnore = false [DEBUG] -- end configuration -- [INFO]
Failsafe report directory:
PathToMyDir\MyProject\target\failsafe-reports [WARNING] File encoding
has not been set, using platform encoding Cp1255, i.e. build is
platform dependent!
It looks like the "Forking command line: cmd.exe /X /C "C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jdk1.7.0_04..." command is missing and not getting executed.
I would appreciate any help.

Answer 1

I had a similar issue and downgrading the failsafe plugin to 2.11 worked for me.