Fail Fast Test Suite Execution

[tomweb153]

My Questions:

1. Is there any built-in support in JUnit 5 for failing fast at the suite level?
2. If not currently supported, is this feature being considered or explicitly out of scope for the JUnit Platform?
3. Are there any recommended workarounds (e.g., using the Launcher API, extensions, conditions, etc.) that are officially recognized or supported?

My Context:

I am asking in the context of integration tests, where the execution order of test classes matters, and continuing after a failure would invalidate the remaining tests (e.g., shared state, database setup, etc.).

Suppose I have a testsuite (JUnit v5.13.3 and JUnit Platform v1.13.3):

import org.junit.platform.suite.api.SelectClasses;
import org.junit.platform.suite.api.Suite;

@Suite
@SelectClasses(
   {
      TestOne.class,
      TestTwo.class,
      TestThree.class
   }
)
public class MyTestSuite {
}

Is it possible to skip the execution of TestTwo and TestThree, if TestOne fails?

I am using Maven Surefire Plugin (v 3.2.5) and tried the configuration:

<skipAfterFailureCount>1</skipAfterFailureCount>

However, this does not appear to affect test execution when using JUnit 5 suites. From what I understand, skipAfterFailureCount only works with legacy JUnit 4 - is that correct?

I have read about similar requests but those were referencing fail fast inside a single class, for example:

• [SUREFIRE-1710] skipAfterFailureCount in JUnit5 provider apache/maven-surefire#2038
• Introduce support for cancelling a running execution to the Launcher API #1880

However, these mostly discuss fail-fast within a single class, not across multiple classes in a suite. Or I am not able to comprehend the usage. I'm unsure whether I’m misunderstanding the scope of those issues or if the feature I’m looking for — halting execution across multiple test classes in a suite — is currently unsupported or out of scope.

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

[sormuras]

This feature was just integrated via:

• Provide cancellation support for Suite engine #4730

And will be available for testing in the upcoming 6.0.0-M2 pre-release.

[sormuras]

Note that adding graceful cancellation support is not integrated into Maven Surefire, yet:

• Implement fail-fast behavior for JUnit Platform provider apache/maven-surefire#3155