apache / apache/maven-surefire
[SUREFIRE-1207] A new JVM is forked even for tests not matching the "groups" tag when "reuseForks" is false
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Description
**[Michael Comerford](https://issues.apache.org/jira/secure/ViewProfile.jspa?name=mcomerford)** opened **[SUREFIRE-1207](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SUREFIRE-1207?redirect=false)** and commented
When the "groups" tag is used with "resuseForks" as false, a new fork is created for every test, not just the one in the group tag. The tests which don't match the group aren't ran, but a fork is still created and destroyed for every test, which is very inefficient.
Example:
```xml
maven-surefire-plugin
true
default-tests
test
test
false
IsolatedTests
isolatedTests
test
test
false
IsolatedTests
1
false
```
The forking can be seen when running maven in debug mode: `mvn test -X` and searching for the text "Forking command line"
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**Affects:** 2.18.1
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Research direction
Reproduce the issue with the Maven Surefire configuration in the report, running `mvn test -X` and searching for "Forking command line". Trace how groups, excludedGroups, and reuseForks are handled; done means excluded tests do not create or destroy forked JVMs.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- java
- Domain
- build-system, testing
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100