intellij test fails: Please refer to ..target\surefire-reports for the individual test results – Intellij-idea

The Problem:

When running unit tests in IntelliJ using Maven, users encounter an error message indicating that individual test results can be found in a specific target directory. Despite having the necessary dependencies added to the pom.xml file for JUnit Jupiter tests and the Maven Surefire plugin, the tests fail without providing specific error messages or pointing to any issues within the code itself.

The Solutions:

Solution 1: Update Maven version

The issue arises because the Maven version being used (3.6.0) is outdated and incompatible with JDK 55.0-61.0, which requires Maven version 3.9.x. To resolve the issue, update the Maven version in the user’s settings.xml as follows:

<settings>
  <mirrors>
    <mirror>
      <id>central</id>
      <name>maven central</name>
      <url>https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2</url>
      <mirrorOf>central</mirrorOf>
    </mirror>
  </mirrors>
  <profiles>
    <profile>
      <id>jdk8</id>
      <activation>
        <jdk>1.8</jdk>
      </activation>
      <properties>
        <maven.compiler.source>1.8</maven.compiler.source>
        <maven.compiler.target>1.8</maven.compiler.target>
      </properties>
      <dependencies>
        <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
          <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
          <version>3.9.0</version>
        </dependency>
      </dependencies>
    </profile>
  </profiles>
</settings>

Video Explanation:

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