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Investigate a SpringApplication variant of ApplicationContextRunner

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status: pending-design-work type: enhancement
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Description

It would be helpful if we could offer something similar to ApplicationContextRunner but for SpringApplication integration tests. See this Twitter thread for background.

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Research direction

Start by reading the existing ApplicationContextRunner and the SpringApplication integration-test entry points to understand how the requested variant would differ. The issue is complete when the scope and expected behavior of a SpringApplication-based test runner are defined and an agreed implementation path is clear.

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Assessment

Tech stack
java, spring-boot
Domain
testing
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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