How do I make Jenkins build fail when Maven unit tests fail?

Question

I\'m using Jenkins, Maven 3.1, and Java 1.6. I have the following Maven job set up in Jenkins with the following goals and options ...

clean install -U -P c         


        

Answer 1

Another hack that can be useful is to use groovy post-build to check and set test result.

e.g. this groovy gets build result, appends useful things to build description and sets build result to UNSTABLE in the case that there are no pass or fail but all tests skipped.

def currentBuild = Thread.currentThread().executable
// must be run groovy post-build action AFTER harvest junit xml  if you use junit xml test results
testResult1 = currentBuild.testResultAction

currentBuild.setDescription(currentBuild.getDescription() + "\n pass:"+testResult1.result.passCount.toString()+", fail:"+testResult1.result.failCount.toString()+", skip:"+testResult1.result.skipCount.toString())

// if no pass, no fail all skip then set result to unstable
if (testResult1.result.passCount == 0 && testResult1.result.failCount == 0 && testResult1.result.skipCount > 0) {
   currentBuild.result = hudson.model.Result.UNSTABLE
}

currentBuild.setDescription(currentBuild.getDescription() + "\n" + currentBuild.result.toString())

def ws = manager.build.workspace.getRemote()
myFile = new File(ws + "/VERSION.txt")
desc = myFile.readLines()
currentBuild.setDescription(currentBuild.getDescription() + "\n" + desc)