How to re-run failed test cases using mvn gauge:execute

[Sreejith Edayillam]

Hi,

I setup a maven gauge project and running it from Jenkins.

Just curious to know whether i can re-run the failed test cases using mvn gauge:execute. I saw gauge --failed but not sure how to use the same command with mvn gauge:execute.

Any help on this is really appreciated.

Thank You,

Sreejith.

[Srikanth V]

Hi,

You can use the -DFlags option to pass additional flags to gauge via maven. Ref here: https://docs.getgauge.io/configuration.html#all-additional-properties

Specifically, in your case you can do mvn gauge:execute -DFlags="--failed".

HTH
Srikanth

[Sreejith Edayillam]

Thank You Sriknath.

[Rafees Rahim]

I am also facing the same issue. Can you please tell us where we have to give mvn gauge:execute -DFlags="--failed" in our eclipse and also in our jenkins job.

[Srikanth V]

Hi,

On every gauge run, if there are failures they are recorded in a file : <ProjectRoot>/.gauge/failures.json. The "--failed" flag would look at your project directory and see if there is a .gauge/failures.json, and use it to rerun failed tests.

So typically you woudl use the "--failed" flag after a run with failed test. So the workflow would be something like this:

mkdir sample
cd sample
gauge --init java
# add your specs and implementations
gauge specs
# some failures!
gauge --failed specs
# rerun the failed tests

You can map this to your eclipse/jenkins setup. However, running --failed in a CI environment can be a sign of flaky test(s). So please consider that, and do not ignore the hint!

hope this helps
Srikanth